What are some facts about african grey parrots?
they are the best speakers, with the current record for a number of words learnt held by an african grey, who has a vocabulary of over 1,800 words. the best thing you can teach your grey first off is your phone number and address, this way if he gets lost, he is likely to repeat it to whoever finds him, and you may get him back quicker. African greys like a varied diet, some seeds and nuts, they like to shell their own monkey nuts as it also gives them something to do, so keep this in mind when feeding fresh fruit and veg too, they will love corn on the cob! If not handled regularly, a grey can become vicious, and very very noisy. greys sometimes become a one person bird, and if they see this person as their mate, they can be off with anyone else in the household, sometimes attacking them.
African Grey’s need constant mental challenges for their mental health. If neglected they will turn neurotic and some self mutilate. I saw one at a pet shop recently that had stripped it’s self of every feather it could reach. They put a hood on it and as soon as the hood is off it starts picking. When buying a African Grey make sure that the bird you are buying has been raised right. In other words, know the breeders. If a breeder doesn’t want to show you the babies as they are developing something is wrong. I change the toys in my baby’s cage at least once a week. They do not hold the world record for number of words, the parakeet holds that distinction. A Grey isn’t really a social animal. The do best in one on one situations. I had a friend who lost his wife to cancer at the age of 26. He bought a Grey for companionship. That bird would talk to Bill like they were having a conversation. If anyone was around the bird would not talk. It would only make it’s repertoire of whistles and
