r/AfricanGrey

I make up my birb’s veggies up a couple of times a month with food I get from the grocery store and put it in individual serving containers that I thaw before giving it to him daily.
So I saw a bag of frozen mixed vegetables at the grocery store. Everything in the bag is fine for birds. Is there any reason I can’t use these frozen vegetables to make up the majority of his vegetables? I know I’d have to add a few things, and change things up pretty often, but being able to bypass much of the vegetable prep would be nice.

I roll up old catalogs and magazines for him to shred. Recently, I started sprinkling treats between the pages before I roll it and he loves when he finds them!

What are you doing?

I bought pet blankets for any soft surface because she shredds. How else can I discourage this. She has plenty of toys and a tray with paper to shred. She wants the blankets. 😭

I thought it would never happen. My heart is absolutely melting.

She usually does it when she sees outside and multiple other occasions, is that normal does it mean she is happy. She tilts her head and make a soft hshh sound

This is Gizmo, he is in his 40s. I inherited him from my uncle whos had him for 20+ years. He is bonded to me but has also taken a liking to my 13 year old daughter now too. He is so funny and talks all day long.

My grandmother passed away and we have taken in her African Grey, Timmy. All I want is for him to be happy and so far he appears happy.
It’s quite a change of pace from living with two elderly people to a home with two adults, two kids (girls 7,4), two dogs, and a cat.
He likes my wife and lets her pet him, he’s even done some of those hormonal characteristics with which we are trying to avoid.
He won’t let me pet him but I can hand feed him pistachios and other stuff he likes.
I’m really curious about this behavior in the video.
He will also sort of shake and puff up and start chattering when I take the cover off his cage in the morning.
The cage is too small.
He has a larger cage at my grandmothers but she didn’t leave a will and legally we can’t access the home or take possession for about 60-90(off of memory from talking with my mom).
I plan on buying him a much much larger cage within the next week. In my opinion it’s still not enough, imagine having the ability to fly and being confined to bars, it’s fucked imo..
Sorry for the rambling, it’s just been a lot and I want to make sure we do right by Timmy.
He also started to pull feathers from his right wing to a small bald spot, I don’t know if that’s new or an existing thing but I want to avoid him doing it more.
As far as the dogs and cats go, he looks at them but doesn’t react. He went down to the bottom of his cage and our husky/malamute licked his beak through the bars and he didn’t react.
We don’t let him out unless they are outside.
My wife just got home when I took this video and he was very excited to see her.
My wife is off work Monday-Wednesday, I work Monday through Friday.
On the Thursday and Friday we both work I have been leaving on a playlist of African grey videos and Elvis music.

So difficult to get a photo of my bird because he shines away when the camera comes out but the only some of the shenanigans

Hi everyone, I just rescued an African Grey parrot from a neglectful case. He/She was living outside in isolation for 5yrs. Health, age and gender are unknown. I have no experience with birds/parrots and almost every time I approach the cage, this happens.

What does it mean? It’s like he’s whining/moaning and his wings are slightly elevated. We are on day 4 together and I don’t want to overwhelm him if he’s uncomfortable but I am trying to socialize with him a little more every day. Should I back off?

Long-time play date gal buddies ready to drop an album. Kiki (ours top) ft Luna

She kept coming at me and made little burp like sounds, so I thought she might be choking on a piece of grape I gave her. Then she spread her wings and rubbed her face all over my hand. I panicked because I thought that I didn’t wash my hands well enough and had something toxic on them.she stopped with the gurgle and I think it was a regurgitate. You think she was loving on me?? She would mouth me but not bite, and oddly she didn’t want her usual nightly pets. She also didn’t want to get off my hand. Oh god I don’t want to kill her before I even get her home!

I got another big chomp to the face, with no warning I could see, from my CAG today. I’m getting so discouraged 😭

Have a good nap my babe :)

Got her moved, decided to do the box. She was super well behaved. She regurgitated a couple times when I got her in the cage, but has been exploring and eating and talking up a storm! I think she likes it.

Yes, that perch is upside down and her old one. Gonna flip it as soon as she lets me and I think my new ones come tomorrow.right now, she’s kind of attracted to it.

Thank you to all who gave me the courage to move her!

I’ve been given this little lady from my elderly neighbor who isn’t taking care of her well. I’ve spent the last few weeks working with her and she’ll get on my hand and let me pet her and she’s friendly. Although she was poorly taken care of, in the last year.

I need to move her to the clean cage I have at my house. I don’t think there’s a cage she’ll fit in at my neighbors house and I doubt she can fly well and lord knows if she ever had a wing clipped. (Do they still even clip a wing?)I have lots of bird experience but the biggest I had was a cockatiel and they were all very tame family members.

Can I get her out and put her in a big box for the short trip next door? A blanket? Gosh I have no idea. She’ll likely bite if I try to wrap her, so I want to make this easy. Have a friend coming over. I’ll have to get a travel cage to take her to the vet eventually. I know she’s old, I’ve known her for over 25 years.

She’s a picky eater, but I’m getting her to eat more variety. I swear my neighbor was feeding her wild bird food for a while. She loves her eggs, but I only give her about a quarter of a scrambled eggs. How much and often can they have those? She’s picky about fruit but loves orange and peels, but I wasn’t sure about orange peels for her. I’ve been giving her a variety of things that I googled were safe and trying to get her on pellet food. She’s better about eating it.

Ok all that was just info, but I still gotta move her. Help!