Awesome! I'm so glad this worked, figured I might be in your spam. I'm sure you've marked me as "not spam" for the future. Well, ok, no package for now. A rain check it is. So, you were cleaning house on me, huh?:) Good thing I got your attention, I was just going to send a package anyway. It was very nice of you to send the package even though you hadn't received a reply from me. Well, your babies have found a good home. I can't wait to see the blooms on 'Twilight Zone'! It's foggy here today.

The soil needs to be more porous, and some direct sun, gradually applied, would be better. If it's in a warm area and gets some water 3x a month or so now, along with the light, it will start reverting to form. I hadn't heard of this hybrid (no real surprise there) but what I've found on the Interwebus is that this isn't actually an Aloe but a Gasteraloe (Gasteria crossed with an Aloe). It should, as you know, have much more compact growth. If it is indeed Gasteraloe 'Flow', the leaves should also be shorter. I want to think that you have a correctly ID'd plant, but I don't know. Still, it doesn't look all that unhealthy, but more direct sun, with most of its light indirect, would help it be all it can be.

Norma, lol, you are hilarious.. Sux = succulents..sorry, I shouldn't be so lax, just type out the darn word. How did you get away with typing bast*** in your post? Does GW not consider this word vulgarity? A few wks ago, I typed the word bi*ch in a post, after clicking submit, a window opened warning that word wasn't permitted. IMO, b**ch, 'like bast**d' have a few definitions, one meaning a female dog..yet it was denied. hmm.. Regarding parrots/macaws, Citosa pretty much explained. The last 15 years, I bred Cockatiels. Are you familiar with this bird? They're larger than parakeets, but smaller than, a breadbox..lol, j/k, I don't know which bird to compare to..Let's say from head to tip of tail, they're at least 9". Some a little larger, others smaller. On top of a cockatiels' head is a crest. Did you ever see the bird on the show Barreta/Baretta..sp is incorrect. Baretta has a Cockatoo..if you ever saw this bird, you might recall he too has a crest..the crest sometimes stands erect, especially when a bird is excited or frightened. Anyway, when we bred cockatiels, (not a big business, more of a hobby and to help people who couldn't afford big-time prices.) One pair, description. Male/common gray..his body, mostly gray, some white, gray and white wings..cheek, circles of bright orange. Female/white-face-pearl..no orange..mottled gray and white from head to bottom. Cockatiels can lay anywhere from 1-10 eggs..ours averaged 4-6.. Per every clutch/eggs laid, 1-2 were all yellow babies..some had orange cheecks, others were w/o. The remining chicks mostly looked like dad, but every so often, one resembled mom. My other pair are white face pied/male, and white face pearl/female..Gray babies are without orange.. His wife is number 3..he's outlived, and hope he lives another 20 yrs, 2 wives. Number one was a Cinnamon gray..when they had babies, most were gray w/light orange cheeks, males had deep orange cheeks. The first couple mentioned, somewhere along the line, an all yellow male or female/yellow = Lutino, got in the act..lol. Norma, now for plants, lol, a good number of my succulents are what you call, bast***s..lol..problem is, I do not know their ID's.. I get mixed up with Alow/Haworthia, and yucca/pandanus.. One succulent bought locally looks like hanging baby aloes..It was only a year or two ago I found it was a Sanseveria. Do you know which Sans I'm referring to? Thanks for the help..btw, why Blue & Gold bred with Scarlet macaws produce orange and blue Catlalina's is an enigma..The DNA maker knows for sure..lol..Toni

Oh no, It might not even be infested. Because I am a little paranoid don't destroy your plants that might very well be okay. Crested or extreme growth does happen with out mites. I feel bad even telling you my fears. I have a mite infested aloe that I have kept many years that I keep away from every thing and been treating it with liquid seven. So far so good and yesterday I saw a one ounce bottle of 'Avin' miteicide for under $20. That would be enough to treat maybe 20 plants. This plant was very deformed and had bump strange growth. Attracted the flower stock first, so when it flowers again I'll see if there is any changes. It is a cheap plant but well worth the experience. Aloe mites cannot attack or infest nothing else but aloe species.