I have a 5 year old CAG and conure. We adopted them shortly after they hatched. They have been relatively well behaved with their routine and diet, nothing out of the ordinary for the past 5 years. They have a varied diet. They get adequate amount of time out of the cage and attention. Unfortunately, their 10 year old buddy (our rottie/Great Dane mix) passed away 5 months ago and I'm pregnant. Since I've been pregnant and our dog died the birds have been out of control screaming and making what I would call their "bad noises". I've tried to give some more attention, positive reinforcement, rotating their toys more often. But nothing seems to be working. I know they can be influenced by their environment and they are also still young. Any advice or help would be welcomed. We had older CAGs in the past and never ran into this issue.

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So my baby talks A LOT but only when I'm not here or when my back is turned lol.

He will say the occasional "hi 🙂" or cockatiel sound when I'm looking at him but he is just too shy to do anything else when I'm there, and when he says something while I'm here, it almost like he did it by accident.

I've had him for about 4 months now, is it because he's still warming up to me?

Btw look at how pretty he is !!🥺 he's just 5 years old!

How many have a separate cage in a non-communal area for sleep?? We just adopted a 30 year old Grey, and her cage is in our open concept main area - kitchen, living room. We have been covering her at 730 when our kids go to bed, but my husband is up for work at 5 (stays pretty quiet but does make some noise making his breakfast) and my kids are up by 630 at the latest. In the summer it gets bright very early as we have skylights and lots of big windows on all sides. Would it make sense (or be beneficial) to have a separate cage somewhere like our bedroom strictly for sleep, where it stays quieter (and darker) longer? Thanks in advance!

So as the title states, I have rescued an African Grey who is about 15 years old. His previous owner died and then he moved to a house where he was caged most of the time. Now he is with me. I know the basics but have received mixed advice on how to go about giving him affection and knowing if he is happy, scared, bored, etc…

Any tips will be appreciated!

So I've had my african grey since it was born. I weened it.. I fed it from a spoon and I raised it. (He also loves my dad). Now one time I wanted to return cookie to his Aviary, he usually likes to try dodge me because he doesn't want to go in. Cookie knows how to fly, even taught him commands to fly to me regardless of which room I am in.

But on this occasion cookie decided to fly in circles above my head in an effort to dodge me. Cookie almost go stuck behind a gap of a massive inbuilt wardrobe. If he went in all the way, I would have to demolish the entire thing to get him out or if he fell in wrong, he could die. He couldn't grip the landing and almost fell in, I managed to grab him and pull him out before he fell too deep.

He now hates me. He's very well behaved with my dad, He doesn't fly around anymore as his matured abit. But he still doesn't like me anymore. He bites my ears off, my lip, doesn't let me pat him.

I can't keep toys in his cage or he will fly from one side to the other and I'm scared he could hurt him self.

On his stand he isn't scared that much but he is standoff ish I really want him to keep himself busy when I'm not around.

He loves to fly on doors and chew wood lol i buy him alot of wood toys but he won't chew so I end up giving to my other grey who loves toys

He has been trough multiple homes I think he just doesn't know what they are ment for

I'm thinking of going to lowes and building him a wall of wood frames maybe he would love that

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some days it really hard to decide what to give him as meals in daily basis. i tried giving him oat and he doesn’t like it same with peppers. carrots meh sometime he eats it same with lettuce he really enjoys corn but should i give it to him daily? and what else i can try to give him to try?

and how do i know if that enough food for him?

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So I’m trying to get a bird for my dad since he really want one they were selling it. 1.1k + 200 for shots.

Good morning, I’m considering purchasing this 4-year-old African Grey. During my visit, I noticed she has some missing feathers on her chest. The current owner mentioned that she was taken to the vet, who recommended providing more toys and regular showers. However, I’ve read that once a bird starts plucking, it can be a lifelong habit. I’m very interested in moving forward with the purchase but would appreciate input from knowledgeable individuals.

Anyone else got a funny quick phone photoshop of their bird and their birds mood tonight? I’ll look forward to seeing some in the morning!!

As an African Grey parent for over 25 years, I've often wondered. This question probably has been asked before. If so, please point me to the answer, since I haven't found it.

I bought a rabbit air purifier because my grey is such a dusty bird (He molts year round). I had levoits and had two just die and am tired of constantly replacing. I keep them on 24/7 and need to know how to keep my new rabbit clean and in good working condition!

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is there a a special kind of oat for them or the usual ones is fine? and should i server it raw or cooked

Mom has had several birds over the years but she has always wanted an African and decided she's not going to hesitate this time.

Our question is we haven't found any local breeders but she found a website named birdworldd.com that breeders them exclusively. Are they legitimate or scam?

Thank you to everyone that have responded and provided valuable information and feedback. I believe due to the dandruff and my father's asthma my mother is going to have to forgo getting an African

Here is Sparky in his custom made backpack that my pet parents (I’m a dog groomer) collectively paid for as my Christmas gift. He can’t fly and doesn’t step up so I’ve still got to grab him but I’m working on getting him to go in on his own.

Sparky doesn’t actually sleep at night. He is usually covered from 9p-8p and is in my bedroom with me otherwise he will scream all night. I don’t mind him being in the room, it’s quite nice when I can’t fall asleep, he will chat with me. But he will eat all night long and he is such a loud chewer and I can get triggered by anything and get terrible migraines. His earring is driving me insane and keeping me up. What is the max amount of time he can go without. Google isn’t helpful and I keep forgetting to text the vet.

This is Gus the Bird. He is 27 years old and I just inherited him from my stepdad who passed away in September. He had him for 22 years, adopted him from a woman who got a new boyfriend who Gus hated. He's been through a lot lately, but is in good spirits! I had a cockatiel for about 12 years but never a parrot this large. Anyways, anyone have any tips for training him? He is not motivated by food AT ALL. He just makes construction sounds a lot and I'd love to learn how to stop the jack hammering and drilling lol. (Or is this just a thing we'll have to get used to?) He loves me but is not sold on my husband yet. He's also a big talker and sounds exactly like my sweet stepdad when he talks.

When I was a kid in India we had a Grey that was in a cage, sometimes hung out in an upstairs balcony so he would get air, see the sights and hear new sounds etc.

As we learnt later, there was an illegal hooch still, way down the road in a fishing village. The lookout was stationed at the end of the road near our house. The signal that the cops were coming was a piercing whistle in a specific pitch and pattern.

Our Grey, unbeknownst to us, learnt the pattern and started randomly whistling the pattern at the top of his voice, at various times of the day. This, of course, created mayhem back at the distillery. The lookouts started throwing stones at the cage and we had to move him back indoors and near a different window away from the lookouts.

Quite the chaos agents these Greys.

Had budgies a while ago and loved the little bastards. Recently I convinced my wife to get a couple and we both went to our local bird rescue/supplies shop to look at them. However, while we were looking at them I happened to glance behind me and saw my first ever African Grey in a cage behind us, looking between us with those intelligent eyes. We both instantly fell in love with him, he's apparently 27 but they're not too sure I don't think - and he has a little cleft on his beak making it a little bit wonky. He's got to have it corrected every few months or so because it grows funny but they say it doesn't affect the bird at all, and just made us love him more. Needless to say we rescued him, spent over 1000 now on him plus all his gear which is a far cry from a budgie! But like I say he stole both our hearts and we can't wait to have him home in a week or so.

I'm not asking for any specific advice but if there's any beginner stuff I should know I'd be all ears :).