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
Comments on African Grey
How can I stop my bird from pooping on me, when I carry her arround on my shoulder.
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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.
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.
looking into getting an African Grey.
Doing a little research, I’ve raised my 4 children, tired of talking to myself. No one left to take care of, empty nest so to speak.LOL.
Wondering if it would be better for me to look into getting an older bird or a younger one.
Is it possible to teach a bird in it’s 20′s to talk if it doesn’t?
I plan to dedicate a lot of time to this, and want to find out as much about them as I can prior to getting one. Where is a good resource for this?
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!
@Snazzy!: i think ur looking for either a indian ring neck or african grey. i think one of them would be best u should young because at that age they learn lots and both of those types have an high vulcaberly of words to learn. they only start talking until they are at the age of 4 months old. hand tamed ring necks are usaully around 250 or 300. i got mine for 300.
hope i helped -jaimee