Quote Originally Posted by Shadera View Post
That would be me. I have 11 birds and have worked with many more, none of them domesticated. Companions yes, pets no. A lot of the birds in the market today are only one generation removed from their wild relatives. You can still find wild caught breeder pairs too, especially the AGs. That's not domesticated. There is a difference between being imprinted on humans at an early age and being truly domesticated.
I can trace my two adults at least 2 generations back via the captive bred breeder I got them from years ago, my two babies were born here. Although I don't necessarily disagree with what you said about AGs especially Greys from pet stores, there really are some horror stories out there. I do think a Grey can be domesticated if you start early enough and alot of the wild instincts simply disappear or in some cases when started early enough never develop. If it's paid attention to, if it has plenty of toys, and gets out enough I think they can be domesticated. Greys are also notorious pluckers, we're happy to say we havn't seen it yet. Xcross-fingersX

Nice to meet you by the way, glade to see a fellow bird brain on here. Do you have any pictures of your birds? I'd love to see them, I'll upload some baby Grey pics tonight when I get home.