I lived with mine for 14 wonderful years and became too sick to continue to handle them. Greys need a minimum of 6-8 hours a day of out of cage time and few people can accommodate that, they also need to be supervised nearly that entire time unless you're ready to switch out the woodwork or even sheetrock in your house. He had the dining room table where he would take boxes and "remodel them" - he could go through 2-3 a day. Then you get to clean up the mess so you can get dinner on the table and he screams when put back in his cage. Lola had a plate at the dinner table where he would eat whatever we were having. Sometimes he sampled from other people's plates. Mornings were spent in food preparation of different fruit and vegetables. He was still unhappy. With my illness I was getting too tired to chase him all over the house. He was depressed as well and this became a game to him. Birds can be very loving but they are more like little clowns than compassionate souls like dogs and cats. He would try and control them "Go lay down", "Stop your whining" "GD cat get out of here" I'd get attacked when on the phone and he would copy what he heard me say "Yeah, uhhuh, ok, maybe tomorrow, talk to you later". They are very dusty birds so they need frequent showers - as parrots go, this species seems to hate water so you have battle to take a shower with you (watch any exposed parts). It sounds lie fun because they make jokes and they are so totally bonded to you but it's not healthy for either of you. We spent a fortune on a custom made backpack so he could go on hikes with us - but then I got to sick for that. I eventually talked to the Tallgrass Parrot Sanctuary in Kansas and they suggested he might be happier being around more activity - that his vitamin D levels were probably too low from lack of sunshine, his diet deplorable because I'd let him have McRibs and Cookies and Fried Chicken. I keep taking rehab hoping to build up strength so I can get him back but he loves it out there - they are vegans but they care for a woman with special needs who is not a vegetarian and he is allowed to eat off her plate as well as eat more fruits and veggies. He doesn't talk much anymore but associates more with other parrots. I got the aquariums thinking they would be easier to care for but keep me from just staying in bed all day and giving up. It worked for a long while. I have great arm muscles now but they are still deteriorating faster that I can get the strength back. I'm already think of assisted living and have had to hire somebody to help me clean the aquariums because my stamina isn't enough to clean them all the time any more. It's going to cost a fortune but they will have a healthy environment, no more pets - thankfully the cat is easy,
So as fun as it looks, caring for exotic pets is a whole other ballgame most are not more than one or two generations from being wild birds. My bird had an African mother (wild caught) and an American father. Most get neglected or ignored after a while because it's so much work - while they are intelligent beings - it's just so unfair. It's bad enough neglecting our fish friends by not providing an appropriate diet or clean tank but to ignore natures more intelligent creatures is just sinful. They become our resented unwanted prisoners through no fault of their own. They try to get your attention and love back and do it the wrong way so sad. They start pulling their own feathers out or performing other self destructive behaviors. They give up, stop eating and die from lack of care. But how many people have 6-8 hours a day to care for just 1 bird everyday - without vacations or anything. Everything they do in life revolves around that bird.
shes all me and follows me everywhere acting as my personal bodyguard. Rosie thinks i spend to much time with the fish now, shes started flying on top of my tank to try tell me shes No.1 
my budgies and love birds stuck to me too. My wife at the time had very long hair so she didn't like them landing on her 
