BarnabyRose
New member
Ok guys... So my wife and I have decided on an adorable little baby Timneh African Grey boy (actually he kind of chose us), and are going to put our deposit down tomorrow afternoon.
We are both SUPER excited, and he will be ready to come home in about a month, give or take of course.
Here is my question: I did not think about this until just now, but on August 16th (almost exactly when he would be brought home ish..) I have to be in Europe for business for about 2 weeks. My wife of course will be staying here, and I may be completing over reacting... But I can't help get the feeling that that initial time spent with the little guy immediately after being brought home will be CRUCIAL to the 'bonding experience', maybe learning who we both are, becoming comfortable with both of us and etc. Am I wrong? I mean, I know that African Greys are notorious for becoming 'one person birds', and to be perfectly honest I don't really care, and am not very worried about it, but the thing is I will be leaving literally almost immediately after bringing him home, and my wife will be spending every single day with him, feeding him, holding him and etc, and of course he is a boy and she is a girl - another reason he may take to her or course, should I be concerned at all?
The other thing I could do is buy him outright, and then ask if the store he is being sold from here will hold him for me until I get back, at which point we can start from scratch. Don't know if they will, but I could definitely ask.
Anyway thank you so much reading, any advice or experience or etc would be VERY much appreciated
- B
We are both SUPER excited, and he will be ready to come home in about a month, give or take of course.
Here is my question: I did not think about this until just now, but on August 16th (almost exactly when he would be brought home ish..) I have to be in Europe for business for about 2 weeks. My wife of course will be staying here, and I may be completing over reacting... But I can't help get the feeling that that initial time spent with the little guy immediately after being brought home will be CRUCIAL to the 'bonding experience', maybe learning who we both are, becoming comfortable with both of us and etc. Am I wrong? I mean, I know that African Greys are notorious for becoming 'one person birds', and to be perfectly honest I don't really care, and am not very worried about it, but the thing is I will be leaving literally almost immediately after bringing him home, and my wife will be spending every single day with him, feeding him, holding him and etc, and of course he is a boy and she is a girl - another reason he may take to her or course, should I be concerned at all?
The other thing I could do is buy him outright, and then ask if the store he is being sold from here will hold him for me until I get back, at which point we can start from scratch. Don't know if they will, but I could definitely ask.
Anyway thank you so much reading, any advice or experience or etc would be VERY much appreciated
- B
