African Grey

The African Grey Parrot is a very popular parrot and can make a wonderful pet and companion parrot. The African Grey is popular today as a pet due to its amazing talent of mimicry and talking ability and is one of the most

intelligent of parrots. Described as the perfect combination of brains and beauty, the African Grey is one of the more popular parrots kept by the aviculturist
The Grey is a medium sized parrot from the genus Psittacus, commonly found in the tropical rain forests of west and central Africa.  African grey parrot can live for 50, 60 and there are documented cases for birds that lived up to the respectable age of 100 years! If you are looking for an intellectual, loyal, and affectionate parrot, the African Grey is probably a good choice.
Parrot Training is very important for an African Grey,the African Grey is a very intelligent bird an can be, and should be, trained to help with handling the bird. A grey must be well trained so that the owner can easily interact with the bird, an essential activity. A trained bird will make taking him out of the cage that much easier and enjoyable for both the bird and owner. The link below will lead you to a wonderful training video series that I can highly recommend.

African Grey parrots  are considered by many bird owners to be very high-maintenance pets, and require attention more than most pets with many hours each day out of their cages being mandatory. Most Grey owners agree three hours out of cage daily and 45 minutes of physical interaction is the minimum amount for a healthy well balanced parrot. African Greys can be  wary of strangers, and tend to bond solely to their main care taker if they are not given the chance to  interact with different people regularly.        African Greys are essentially social animals, they will benefit from being kept in the company of other birds and do well in households with more than one parrot

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July 20, 2010

Lance @ 7:10 am #

How can I stop my bird from pooping on me, when I carry her arround on my shoulder.

August 2, 2010

ma african grey parrot is 2 wild 2 be brought out of the cage ....and does not talk @ 2:14 pm #

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August 18, 2010

Dare @ 1:13 pm #

Hi, I have a african parrot which i just bought, and i cut her feather because i don’t want her to fly away.
I don’t know wether its good to cut the parrot feathers.
secondly, how long its going to take me to train my parrot or to understand each other?
Thanks.
Dare.

August 26, 2010

Dean Parkinson @ 8:49 am #

Hallo All

I got 3 ringnecks at home sky blue,green and a yellow one and I do enjoy them.

I want to get myself a African Grey and I want to know about the african grey parrot.

Will I make a mistake if I get an africa grey parrot as a pet and will the parrot be a problem to the ringnecks.

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