Hi

do we have any African Grey owners on this site - would be great to chat with someone else who has one?

Hi,
Yeah theres a few on here...

I used to own 2 chleo & floyd but had to rehome due to my asthma.. i miss them very very much... so now i cannot have any birds...well gutted..

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What a shame, my african grey is almost three and I swear he thinks I am his mate. He even tries to feed me sometimes and I can more or less touch him anywhere but he won't let my husband anywhere near him. He picks things up so quickly and amazes us with how many words and sentences he remembers.
I would be lost without him.

Yeah floyd was like that with me..he was my buddy i really really do miss him..but hes in a good home now
Or first grey was my OH she hated me ..untill i had a paket of cheese n onion crisps....yes i hear everyone say you cant let them eat anything like that!..but she would come to me then..even thou i was the one who cleaned her out and fed her ect ect... she nearly broke my pinky off although she didnt bite just pulled it... but it nearly broke!..

Yeah they can pick up anything...when i got floyd the lady said he only said 2 notty words.....more like 22!.. but we manages to kinda change them ..lol

How long have you had him??

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We've had Freddie six months now our last one died at the age of 30 last year. Freddie came from a family of three teenage boys and they were getting too rough with him and teasing him, hence they put him up for sale and we now have him. I have just read been reading a thread of someone else's parrot behaviour and it sounds just like Freddie, I think he does think I'm his mate, which explains a lot about how he behaves around me.

Yeah he will think he is your mate you are his love of his life!..lol

I had a Panama Amazon and he was really bad as in wouldnt let anyone near me, kids or hubby and even started on the dogs and he bite my youngest son on the ear when he came to ask a question really gave him a nasty one son is scared of them now but was fine when floyd cam along he would really go to them but he didnt bite them..

So what kind of word does he say then??

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He says loads, from coughing really loudly and saying 'bad cough - get the vet!' to 'cheeky monkey', he tells our puppy billy to get down, stop barking, stop biting and that he's a bad boy! He shouts mummy - love you (which is soooooooo sweet and I love it!) he shouts my name in a really weird voice and he shouts 'mummy talk to me' he tells himself to stop squawking, shouts 'stop it Freddie' which is really funny.He also swears quite badly as we think the teenage boys taught him so as you can imagine he has a few choice words!

I love 'In the air tonight' by Phil Collins and Freddie sings the first part of the chorus but gets it a bit wrong and misses loads out so he sings' I can feel it - ohh Lord'

He also says 'whatever' in such a voice that you can also imagine it coming from a teenager. He has been in stitches as you can say things to him. My husband is a great sulker and has been sulking for days now, so I am thinking of teaching Freddie to say 'sulky bu**er - That would be funny!

sorry has me in stitches I should have said - it sounds like Freddie has had stitches in my email above!

OOh yeah they can be so sos funny can they...

Learn him Tickle tickle tickle..its so sweet,,floyd used to wistle the mcdonalds tune and when he used to see my Hubby he would copy a lot of what he said even the sound of him drinking out the cup and burbing!..was so funny
and hubby got him to wistle the close encounter tune he got it down to a T!

God even typing about him i really miss him i even had a dream about him that i got him back from the lady..

So what food and stuff does he like then??
Does he fly around the house?

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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!