The Pleasure In Having an African Grey Parrot
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Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
Loriculus galgulus
The great thing about keeping an African Grey parrot as a pet is that it can form a strong bond with you. Unlike a dog which can fetch a baseball, an African Grey can talk, well at least mimic the sounds you and others around you make, including the telephone and microwave oven.
Just like any other pet, this bird requires all the attention you can give to it. Spend some quality time feeding your bird and you will discover their amazing character and affection. Unlike a cat or a dog, an African Grey parrot can live as long as humans do, and some even outlived their owners. In that sense, it is a great companion to have.
Considering that this bird is going to live with you for a very long time, it will need a big and sturdy cage for comfort, with doors opening on the front and at the top. It will not be a problem to source for a suitable cage because pet shops carry a wide variety of cages for parrots. And with the internet so accessible to anyone, ordering a bird cage from a website is also a good option if there are no pet shops in your area.
Unlike other pet birds, this parrot needs stimulation. Get parrot toys so that your bird can amuse itself during the times you are not at home. The most common ones are plastic rings that you can hang from the top of the cage. They love to bite, climb and hang upside down on the rings.
The African Grey loves dry natural seed and nut mix. You should be able make this yourself with ingredients from the grocery store or supermarket if the pet store is too far away. Fresh cut fruits and vegetables like celery and asparagus are also good for the parrot for the vitamins that they provide.
This parrot likes to be spoken too, especially by its owner. But be careful with the vocabulary that you use because the bird is actually studying all the sounds that you make and registering it in its head. But one good idea is to let it speak your name, home address and telephone number. This is exactly what an owner did and when his African Grey flew away through an opened window, the person who found the parrot managed to return it because the bird kept on repeating its owner’s phone number.
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Question by Peter Blake-segovia: Can 2 cockatiels with eggs live with a wild parrot?
I have two cockatiels in an outside aviary and a wild parrot keeps hanging around. I am able to catch this parrot easily, and I was wondering, if I caught this wild parrot, could it live with my cockatiels and their two eggs?
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Answer by Jmbs Onetwothree
yeah. But only if you give them no food for a few days so they learn companionship
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No.
The wild parrot could have all manner of parasites and bacteria in it’s body. It could also physically attack your birds and their eggs.
Are you sure the parrot is wild and not a lost pet? You did not say what part of the world you live in.
You always want to quarantine any new birds before you let them around your birds, most especially if it is flying free. I rescued a wild dove with a hurt wing and kept it quarantined for a month before putting it in the aviary with my Button Quail and cockatiels. His wing never did heal so I could not return him to the wild. He cannot fly high enough to even get on the lower perches and the cockatiels do not bother him.
But a parrot? We have a few parrots and some smaller conures. There is no way that we would trust them with our tiels. We don’t even trust them with each other. Each has its own cage. If you caught the parrot it would most certainly need its own section that was big enough and that it could not chew thru.
No, the wild parrot might have a disease and pass it onto your cockatiel or it might get jealous and destroy the cockatiel eggs. If you want to keep this wild parrot, my suggestion would be to buy yourself a new cage for it and whatever you do, DO NOT put the wild parrot and your cockatiel within the same cage.
– PA