Any African Grey parrot owners in here.

There's an easy way to check the sex of the parrot: seeing as it can already hold a pen, give it a sheet of paper and let it draw something.

If the resulting image consists of smooth arcs, conjoined with subtle inverted flicks and complete asymmetry, then it's female.

If it draws a willy & gonads it's a male.
 
panthro said:
Ive read that the parrot will get attached to one particular member or one particular sex in the household, i.e. it will take a liking to females only, so if any men go near it, it will not be best pleased. True?
Id love a parrot but wouldnt be able to commit to it as everyone in the house works a full time job.
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Ours hates my dad, as hes the one that feeds him and will tell him off for mis behaving,

But loves my mum and me.

I'm only one he never ever bites. But he really is a ladys parrot. He loves the ladys.
 
TANK COCKATIEL WILL SQUASH YOUR AFRICAN GREY!!!

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panthro said:
Ive read that the parrot will get attached to one particular member or one particular sex in the household, i.e. it will take a liking to females only, so if any men go near it, it will not be best pleased. True?
Id love a parrot but wouldnt be able to commit to it as everyone in the house works a full time job.
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Don't know about parrots but our Cockatiel prefers to play with me, my sister and brother but not our parents, the one above will present his head at all manner of angles to for a scratch to me and my sister.

Also if you're doing something he'll fly over on your shoulder and peek at what you're doing ^_^
 
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My parents have in their house. No one really knows how old he is, but been with my folks for 5-6 years now. They are keeping him in a huge cage, where it can swing his wings. They never let him out is it ****s all over the place and its impossible to get it back in the cage :))
I her they are supposed to be very intelligent, but theirs hasn't picked up a single word. All it does is imitate microwave and a cat. The cat by the way is so afraid of the bird, it doesn't come anywhere close :) Oh, and he doesn't let itself to be touched - just bites :(
 
inflynx said:
My parents have in their house. No one really knows how old he is, but been with my folks for 5-6 years now. They are keeping him in a huge cage, where it can swing his wings. They never let him out is it ****s all over the place and its impossible to get it back in the cage :))
I her they are supposed to be very intelligent, but theirs hasn't picked up a single word. All it does is imitate microwave and a cat. The cat by the way is so afraid of the bird, it doesn't come anywhere close :) Oh, and he doesn't let itself to be touched - just bites :(
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The signs of an unhappy bird :/

They will poop on the floor, it's not hard to clean up but they can be trained to poop in X location, it takes time.

He won't let anyone touch him because he's not bonded with anyone and most likely never will now as it's been several years. He hasn't been given the opportunity to explore the house and fly for a bit either.

Our Cockatiels know the house fully now, they fly upstairs and see what is going on then fly back downstairs on top of their cage or fly in the kitchen if they hear the tea spoon and food! They also go in and out of their cage when they want to, if one goes in he or she will call the other one it - cute :p
 
panthro said:
Ive read that the parrot will get attached to one particular member or one particular sex in the household, i.e. it will take a liking to females only, so if any men go near it, it will not be best pleased. True?
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That's definitely my experience of it. My Mum's African Grey doesn't like men in the house at all, really.
 
I've always wanted to know, I see you guys appear to let them have a free roam of the house, when its happily trotting about, does it happen to, you know, poop on things?

Also I happen to swear a lot when I'm in the house, see if I was to get one (I'm not considering it btw, just curious) would the parrot fling obscenities at people it sees?

Theres one round the corner from me, sits outside in its cage when its sunny, and screams hello at people who walk by, absolutely facinates my dog. He doesn't know what to make of it, just stands up on his hind legs against the wall staring at it. :D
 
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Le_Petit_Lapin said:
I've always wanted to know, I see you guys appear to let them have a free roam of the house, when its happily trotting about, does it happen to, you know, poop on things? ...
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Yes, usually your clothes, just before you leave the house as you are trying to persuade it to get back in its cage. They are also very partial to chewing things, bills, credit card statements, the microwave and kettle flex, etc.

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
... Also I happen to swear a lot when I'm in the house, see if I was to get one (I'm not considering it btw, just curious) would the parrot fling obscenities at people it sees? ...
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They emulate the strangest sounds, the sound of the microwave when it has finished cooking, any phones or mobiles, the time signal pips on the radio, repeated phrases and yes, obscenities - VERY convincingly. They then come out with these sounds at entirely unpredictable and occasionally, embarrassing moments :p
 
I nearly got one of these a few years ago, free. My mate rang up and asked if I wanted it as he knew someone who had one. After a few days I rang him back to say yes but the bird had already gone to the ginger actor from the Harry Potter films :(

As someone said above they need a lot of attention other wise they get stressed.
 
He/She looks lovely. :)

They're great pets, ours talks loads and shouts if you ignore him which can become bloody annoying (he shouts COME HEEERE, really, really loud). He is very clever though and can string sentences together from words he has picked up.

He acts like a stroppy child sometimes and can be moody. Sometimes he's naughty and bites on things he shouldn't when he's in a mood as well, bless him. He loves me and the girlfriend and that's about it, he bites everyone else. He makes all sorts of weird noises, cats meowing, doors opening, phone message tone and recently started to make a dodgy heavy breathing sound which I hope isn't from what I think it is :eek:

He's a big baby really and is scared of some new toys we buy him haha!

Make sure you let him out as much as possible. :)

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My aunt had one but had to give it away. Back in the days of roads being dug up by large sweaty men running pneumatic drills all day long, her bird very quickly learned the noise of the drills along with the men's whistling. I remember it also did a fantastic impression of the door bell which used to have us scuttling to the front door.
 
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