Anyone with an African Grey Parrots - Page 2

scosha37 · #11 (**permalink**) 08-03-2009, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by tracie

funny as he does slurp and make burping noises which we presumed the lads had taught him. He comes out of his cage but not every day, as sometimes he will go in when I want him too and sometimes he is so stubborn I have to bride him with food - which can take time!

Funny you ask about food, as someone once told me to feed him pellets, but no one seems to sell pellets for parrots. he does seem to leave a lot of the parrot mix we get, which means loads get wasted. he probably gets much more in titbits than he should! He does have some of my toast in the morning and does have the occasional crisp!

Sorry about yours - he sounded a real character. I'd be lost without Freddie.

I am going to try the tickle tickle tickle and see how long it takes for him to learn it. I'll let you know!

Floyd hated sunflower seeds or normal parrot food only eat a biscuit kind ooh god whats it name it smelt of fruit he loved it , i will try get the name of it...they said sunflowers seeds arent to good for them and you will know about chocolate and avacardos ?

susie · #12 (**permalink**) 08-03-2009, 01:57 PM

Yup another mad bird slave here as well

Alfie is 4yrs old and more like a naughty toddler than a flipping bird .

Mind you from being able to do anything with him he decided around 9 months ago that he's no longer my baby and now prefers my OH to me

scosha37 · #13 (**permalink**) 08-03-2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by susie

Yup another mad bird slave here as well

Alfie is 4yrs old and more like a naughty toddler than a flipping bird .

Mind you from being able to do anything with him he decided around 9 months ago that he's no longer my baby and now prefers my OH to me

Aww susie...you just need to get one for yourself...lol

I sure hes a male?? usealy male prefers Females and Males prefer us girls..hope you understood that...lol

susie · #14 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by scosha37

Aww susie...you just need to get one for yourself...lol

I sure hes a male?? usealy male prefers Females and Males prefer us girls..hope you understood that...lol

I would not fit another animal in this house , we already have approx 30 chins
( I run a chin rescue so numbers vary ) , a gsd and a rescue 'so called designer dog' , a mad bird , a bearded dragon ( thats sons though lol) and 2 ducks who thankfully live outside

We have never bothered having him dna tested as have no intentions breeding , hes a little so and so, got to be male in my book

scosha37 · #15 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by susie

I would not fit another animal in this house , we already have approx 30 chins
( I run a chin rescue so numbers vary ) , a gsd and a rescue 'so called designer dog' , a mad bird , a bearded dragon ( thats sons though lol) and 2 ducks who thankfully live outside

We have never bothered having him dna tested as have no intentions breeding , hes a little so and so, got to be male in my book

Oh i dont know about that..lol my female grey was a tomboy!...

Good for you for running a chin rescue!!

africangreys · #16 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 12:23 PM

African grey parrots are great, when I met my partner she had one and talked me into letting her breed them, which is what we do now, well she does ... we have 18 breeders 3 pets and 2 blue front amazons ... oh and four kids, you can imagine how noisy our house!!

xgemma86x · #17 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 06:42 PM

We've had our African Grey Casper for almost 12 years. I'm not sure of his/her sex as we have no intention at all of breeding him/her. He talks,screeches,makes daft noises and is soooo amusing. I darent repeat some of the stuff he says

He eats anything and everything apart from fruit

He mainly enjoys pasta and meat!

I would love to be able to chat to others with this type of parrot as I love sharing stories about Casper.

scosha37 · #18 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 07:29 PM

Heres a couple of links for yous all...

It's A Grey's World! African Grey Parrot Information

Welcome to Africangreys.com

xgemma86x · #19 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 07:47 PM

I know people say not to feed Greys certain foods but Casper eats what we eat and has done pretty much since we got him almost 12 years ago and he's NEVER had any health problems

scosha37 · #20 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by xgemma86x

I know people say not to feed Greys certain foods but Casper eats what we eat and has done pretty much since we got him almost 12 years ago and he's NEVER had any health problems

Yeah theres a few things i got told not to give ..like the Chcolate,oberzens..sorry for the spelling..

and to watch for ccoking smells as well...and certain pots and pans...

..To many grapes...
theres was a guy around the corner he fed his grey what he eat he never gave it parrot food...

and he 10 years old..but remember prrots can out live us..

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