When you buy a whole box of DFS Toys but your bird is more fascinated with the Styrofoam peanuts 😂...I know this life! Thanks for showing that gear toy!
Yay, another Smokey vid! Thank you for taking the time to make it. Great looking toys. I love the spinning thingie. I think I will see if my grey likes it too. He loves anything with a bell on it, especially hanging toys he can bash at and make noise!
Hey Wingsnpaws! we absolutely love your videos - so helpful, thank you! I was wondering where you bought these toys and the papaya from and if there are certain outlets that you would recommend for African Greys? I usually try to buy from Amazon but there isn't much of a selection. Thanks!
I have some questions. My African Grey is about 3 years old and has a mixed pellet and seed diet, but he seems to only eat the seeds. I tried only giving him pellets but he doesn't eat them. You recommend a pellet diet, so I'm trying to switch his diet. He used to like me hand feeding him, but now, everytime I take a seed out of his bowl to hand feed him, he takes it and throws it on the ground or just drops it without eating it. A lot of your videos talking about desensitizing an object of environment relies a lot on treats like seeds, so I think changing his diet will really help with the process. Another thing is that I offer him various fruits like grapes and apple slices, but he ignores them more often than not, he does like carrots, but he only ate when people weren't around him. When I approach with a new kind of food, he either inches away or takes a bite and leaves. How do I make him more comfortable with new foods? Both the pellets and the fruits? Also, he likes showering, but it's very hard to clean just his feet. How do I get him to be comfortable with the sink and water coming out of a tap. Also, he is pretty comfortable with stepping up on my hand and going on other places, but sometimes, when I need to put him somewhere else or back to his cage, he refuses to step up. Should I just keep trying? Or should I wait a while then come back again? Another thing is his perch, we don't have a cage for him as his wings were clipped when we got him. He has a metal perch with two bowls and two beams where he sleeps. He comes down when he wants and explores, but not often, it is usually me bringing the perch to the garden or puting him on perch-like objects in the house. Is this ok for my bird? Should I switch to a cage? Also, aftr his wings grow back out, do you recommend clipping them again as we don't have an aviary and would prefer him not flying around the house all the time or teaching and training him with his wings? Could you post a video on how to train a fully-flighted bird around the house? To sum up, these are my questions: 1) How do I change his diet comfortably? 2) How do I introduce new foods like fruits or apple slices? 3) How do I make him more comfortable with me washing his feet and the sink? 4) How do I make him more comfortable with stepping up after he's out of his perch and on something new? 5) Is his current living condition ok? 6) What do I do when my birds' wings grow out? Thank you so much! I love your videos and they're helping me a lot!
Hi i have question how much veggies or fruit(a day) should i feed my 2 senegals.and could i feed them snacks (like millet) too with the fruit and vegetables???? My second question is what to do if in my country i don't have any pellets i searched for them everywhere so is feeding them veggies and fruit with sunflower seeds is gonna make it?
Hi, Have a 3 Month old African Grey...Seeing your videos really liked the way you take care of your bird....Infact I have named mine Smokey as well, hope it can be 50% as cuddly as the original Smokey :-) Keep the videos coming, really look forward to your videos. Mine has just started to fly & would fly and bump into things, would even fly/hop to its perch but never on my hand on call...Wherein it would easily perch on my hand otherwise whenever I call it, also it has just started mumbling/groaning by itself which I take as a sign it is learning to talk. At what age generally does an African Grey really start to talk?
Thanks...Also needed to ask you how to make it fly to by hand..It flies everywhere but never comes to hand on calls....Otherwise it readily walks on to my hand on call..Thanks
Hey I have a question: I have an Amazon parrot since a few months and she always starts biting when we handle her. Not out of fear but out of fun. We have tried ignoring it, putting her back into her cage and showing her that it hurts ("auaaa!") but none of it worked. She gets 4h+ daily attention, lives in a very calm environment, has the whole living room to fly and an own room with big tree branches and toys and gets the proper diet and daily showers. She's very lovely otherwise, just she really doesn't get the difference between a human finger and a tree branch
Have you tried recall training her? I would begin with that and also trick training her. This will give her a "task" to do when she's on you, so her focus when she's on you won't be on nibbling your fingers but elsewhere in the environment. Also try to have a foot toy on hand so when she looks like she's going to do it, you could give her a toy to chew on instead.
hi how are you ? i got a african grey parrot , her age is 6 months old , would u like to give me some tricks that how shall i train my baby to speak or to train like your smokey ? i also named her smokey, i really love your parrot
BooM Industries people usually say once every week or once every other week. I’d rearrange all the perches every week, and maybe change out a few toys during the week, if the bird seems bored.
BooM Industries Big Tree branches , especially with leafs on them (from fruit or nut trees) is the best "toy" you can give them. Don't waste your money on buying toys more than once a month when a big branch is for free and makes them spend hours destroying it and gives them climbing opportunities
The short answer is as often as you can. Smokey has a number of foraging toys in her aviary that I don't rotate out but I rearrange where they are located. Her wooden chew toys and other acrylic toys are switched out every few days.
I would really like to correspond with you I just recently rescued an African gray I really like your videos and it would be nice if I’d be able to correspond with you to get some tips on training and some other things
I've ordered from that outfit and have gotten good service from them in Canada. The catalogue is fairly complete, but, as is often the case, toys for smaller birds such as budgies, especially foraging toys, are not as plentiful as one would wish...
My African gray named Oscar does a very strange thing to me when I hold him. After holding him for about five minutes or so he starts opening up his wings and wrapping them around my fingers and clenching onto my fingers very tightly and doesn’t let go and he starts killing and making some baby noises. I’m not sure if it’s some type of a mating thingThat he’s doing, but then he will regurgitate and want to give me what he regurgitated. I just wanna know what you think of that and how I should handle it because at that point I can barely get him off my finger he will not leave my finger
Hi! I have wanted a parrot for a long time, I go to school but my parents can take care of while I am there. I live in an apartment and don’t have much space and both me and my dad have allergies so no cockatoo/cockatiel. Any suggestions?
I don't think a bird would be ideal in your situation to be honest. All birds will produce some degree of feather dust. They also need a lot of space to thrive.
wingsNpaws about the space, I found a spot in the living room where we can place a 20 X 25 inch cage, do you have any recommendations for a bird, I’m thinking green cheeked conure
Hi Clara, I think it would be easier if you just shopped around at www.drsfosterandsmith.com. This way, you could also see if there's something that better fits your bird.
The only way I know to keep my african grey stimulated is to bring him everywhere I go; to work, to the park, pet friendly restaurants. Will this be too stressful on him? I hear they are sensitive birds.
I know the question wasn’t for me, but generally I think when you put a bird into a new situation (Especially a sensitive bird like an African grey) you’ll probably realize that they get a bit overstimulated/stressed out. So first you’d have to build a strong trust bond with your bird, and then slowly desensitize the bird to being outside. It could take weeks or even months. But it should be possible. :D I’m sure that after a while the bird could learn to love it.
parrots are easily overstimulated. for example my Amazon parrot (which are less sensitive than African greys) is after 2 months still scared to go anywhere except her room and the living room. It's like how a toddler also needs routine and constant environments
This shouldn't be too stressful to your bird, as long as he's been trained to experience the outdoors. It's important to stay calm and encourage him so he doesn't get scared, and introduce him to new things slowly. Birds are pretty flighty, and can be easily spooked, but if you teach him that he's safe when he's with you, he should be alright! Like in the videos with Smokey, her owner introduces her to new objects and places and people as often as he can, but does it in a way that she will be curious more often than afraid. Good luck!
Ya nu Sanders yeah but you should challenge that a bit, it’s good for birds to experience new things. I sometimes take care of my friend’s Amazon, and after only a couple days I had him sitting in the kitchen with us, and could walk him around the house and take him outside a little. (He wasn’t too keen on going outside, but I imagine that if I had taken him out a couple more times he’d have loved it.)
K Nogne mine is flighted and if I take her to a new environment it will get scared and fly away. If it's not beneficial for the bird to be somewhere else then it's not worth the stress and aggression you cause in them
I have an african grey who screams every single time my partner walks out of the room. Then when he comes back into the room, he stops. How would you suggest handling this situation?
Ravenous Nightwind - Hey there, I hope you don’t mind me adding my two cents! It sounds like your bird has separation anxiety. There are positive reinforcement training methods to gradually decrease the anxiety your pet experiences when their favorite person leaves the room. Similarly to a dog or a baby (i.e. peekaboo), your bird probably thinks that your partner is gone forever when they leave the room because it doesn’t have a sense of object permanence. I’d definitely recommend you do some research on separation anxiety training! x
I have a video on screaming, so make sure to check it out. But a real quick tip, do not come running when your bird is screaming. That will teach them that screaming is a good way to get your attention.
wingsNpaws we have gotten to this point where he will make whistles instead of screams. But he still screams a lot or makes extremely loud high pitch noises when he's picked up or when we put him somewhere even within his field of vision. The problem is, a lot of the things people have recommended we do just don't work. I'm not sure if he just needs more time. He was a rescue bird, he used to be at a zoo. He has a previous caretaker before us because that zoo had shut down some years ago. Being 17, and never had any real bonding with a human, I can only assume it's affected him in a serious way. So there probably is a sense of separation anxiety there. But at the same time..I'm not sure if it's just that but also screaming for attention too. He behaves more with me and I am not sure why that is. But he'll bite my partner more than me. Even though he likes him more. He'll let him pet him and rub his neck. But even though he behaves better with me, he doesn't like me to do that. I have a total of five birds, so I'm really familiar with how to get them not to do basic things. But he's really kind of got me at my wits end because he doesn't like to do a lot of the things people suggest. Sometimes nothing helps. Especially if it's late evening when they get most active. It's so loud sometimes and so unstoppable that it doesn't stop until my partner comes home. Which leads me to believe he's calling for him in some way. We've been trying to basically not respond when he makes loud noises. Then we respond to him when he makes a good or pleasant noise. Which has helped. Some. It just hasn't fixed the whole problem. We will usually only run to him if he has done a good thing. Like make a pleasant noise or whistle and tell him he's good. It just doesn't always work even though we're pretty consistent. Or if it will take longer because he's older and sort of stuck in that particular behavior. They told us he did this before we adopted him. So I guess it's a behavior he's done for a while.
Hello buddy! I have a question, I've seen a dude tossing a towel at a baby african grey outside his cage to pick him up, and kinda force him eat honey from his finger while stroking his head. What kind of process is this? I see it terribly wrong.
HellVenge Wrong on many levels! Not trust building for one. Parrots should never be forced into interacting with humans. Only towel a bird for medical treatment that can't be administered otherwise. The basis of a meaningful relationship with your bird is trust on both sides. Also, honey should not be fed to birds or infants under age one as is can contain pathogens that can make them sick.
I see. I was trying to save a few of them, since the man who was selling them was going to sacrifice the birds due unknown problems, then without any kind of permission he recorded himself doing such things under the reason to "teach me" how to tame the birds, and well I found it extremely wrong and got very angry at it tbh.
HellVenge call the police for animal cruelty on him, I bet he has no permit. If the police can't do anything report him to animal activist groups (peeta for example). ask him to send you videos of his doings for proof.
Depends on the grey. Some are just quieter than others by nature. Think of it as some humans being shy and not talking very much, while others love to shout and talk. Near the evening and mornings, parrots tend to be louder by instinct to "call the flock together" when waking up and going to sleep. There is no such thing as a bird that doesn't make noise. They all talk, but the most you can do for noise level other than having a naturally quiet bird is to prevent them from loudly screaming (see some more of wingsNpaws videos for this, they give helpful tips.)
Aleksa glisic All parrots are very loud. louder than a dog barking and it's in their nature. don't get a parrot unless you can give it 4h+ of daily attention and live in a free standing house
Rekan Goran Not all birds are able to speak but some which are of a certain gender can be trained to talk it requires lots of time and patience they are not like humans so they take time to speak I would reccomend repeating a few words and see if he/she is interested with that word then he/she may repeat remember this takes time hopefully your successful with your training I have a female cockatielĺ she isn't very vocal since she is a female she can't speak this is an example of a gender specific bird male cockatiels can talk when trained anyways I hope for the best
Not all parrots will talk; they can make great companions otherwise. If you want a bird that can talk, there are some that run on batteries that are guaranteed to talk.
Feather picking indicates that something in the environment is not right. It doesn't mean that you're a bad owner, it just means that you need to find out what is likely causing the picking and change the environment. The first step is making sure your bird is checked out by a vet to rule out any health problems or deficiencies. Once that is ruled out, you have to address the following: are you giving your bird enough sunlight? is he/she given opportunities to bathe/shower? is he/she kept mentally and physically stimulated? Foraging toys offer great mental stimulation. Flight training offers great physical exercise. Regardless, you should not accept that picking is ok and ignore the problem.
Offer a shallow bowl of water in your bird's cage. Adding leafy green veggies will also entice them to bathe. Smokey, however, takes a shower with a plant mister. You could see videos of that on my channel.
When you buy a whole box of DFS Toys but your bird is more fascinated with the Styrofoam peanuts 😂...I know this life! Thanks for showing that gear toy!
Story of my life...haha
You are an amazing bird owner and Smokey is an amazing bird! Thanks for sharing xx
I love the way that Smokey is not spooked by all the new toys! You are a great bird owner!!
A very wings AND paws video. So cute! Smokey gets lots of love, toys & treats! Adorbs
She is SO Cute 🤗❤ I Love your videos 💖 Thank You for sharing
Yay, another Smokey vid! Thank you for taking the time to make it. Great looking toys. I love the spinning thingie. I think I will see if my grey likes it too. He loves anything with a bell on it, especially hanging toys he can bash at and make noise!
That sounds just like Smokey! She loves bells and anything she could "beat up".
Birds need much love much care ..thank you for sharing
bells and newspapers are my grey's favorites
Smokey LOVES bells!!
Love your videos,Smokey!
Aww that's cute *Smokey is so happy* ! *Good JOB*
Love your vids keep them up!
My grey loves those mechanical plastic nut/bolt toys. You can get all those pieces separately. They make good foot toys.
Cool toys love your vids
You are so good to Smokey :-)
Come on dad you bought me all the toys let play lolll
Thanks for sharing❤️
I too love boxes XD
Hey Wingsnpaws! we absolutely love your videos - so helpful, thank you! I was wondering where you bought these toys and the papaya from and if there are certain outlets that you would recommend for African Greys? I usually try to buy from Amazon but there isn't much of a selection. Thanks!
I mentioned where I got them in the video!
I have some questions. My African Grey is about 3 years old and has a mixed pellet and seed diet, but he seems to only eat the seeds. I tried only giving him pellets but he doesn't eat them. You recommend a pellet diet, so I'm trying to switch his diet. He used to like me hand feeding him, but now, everytime I take a seed out of his bowl to hand feed him, he takes it and throws it on the ground or just drops it without eating it. A lot of your videos talking about desensitizing an object of environment relies a lot on treats like seeds, so I think changing his diet will really help with the process. Another thing is that I offer him various fruits like grapes and apple slices, but he ignores them more often than not, he does like carrots, but he only ate when people weren't around him. When I approach with a new kind of food, he either inches away or takes a bite and leaves. How do I make him more comfortable with new foods? Both the pellets and the fruits? Also, he likes showering, but it's very hard to clean just his feet. How do I get him to be comfortable with the sink and water coming out of a tap. Also, he is pretty comfortable with stepping up on my hand and going on other places, but sometimes, when I need to put him somewhere else or back to his cage, he refuses to step up. Should I just keep trying? Or should I wait a while then come back again? Another thing is his perch, we don't have a cage for him as his wings were clipped when we got him. He has a metal perch with two bowls and two beams where he sleeps. He comes down when he wants and explores, but not often, it is usually me bringing the perch to the garden or puting him on perch-like objects in the house. Is this ok for my bird? Should I switch to a cage? Also, aftr his wings grow back out, do you recommend clipping them again as we don't have an aviary and would prefer him not flying around the house all the time or teaching and training him with his wings? Could you post a video on how to train a fully-flighted bird around the house?
To sum up, these are my questions:
1) How do I change his diet comfortably?
2) How do I introduce new foods like fruits or apple slices?
3) How do I make him more comfortable with me washing his feet and the sink?
4) How do I make him more comfortable with stepping up after he's out of his perch and on something new?
5) Is his current living condition ok?
6) What do I do when my birds' wings grow out?
Thank you so much!
I love your videos and they're helping me a lot!
What were those eating treats you mentioned? The orange ones and stuff in the bucket.
PAPYA BERRY MIX
Hi i have question how much veggies or fruit(a day) should i feed my 2 senegals.and could i feed them snacks (like millet) too with the fruit and vegetables???? My second question is what to do if in my country i don't have any pellets i searched for them everywhere so is feeding them veggies and fruit with sunflower seeds is gonna make it?
What food would you recommend for an African grey parrot
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Hi, Have a 3 Month old African Grey...Seeing your videos really liked the way you take care of your bird....Infact I have named mine Smokey as well, hope it can be 50% as cuddly as the original Smokey :-) Keep the videos coming, really look forward to your videos.
Mine has just started to fly & would fly and bump into things, would even fly/hop to its perch but never on my hand on call...Wherein it would easily perch on my hand otherwise whenever I call it, also it has just started mumbling/groaning by itself which I take as a sign it is learning to talk. At what age generally does an African Grey really start to talk?
Smokey started talking at 6 months. However, Greys generally don't begin talking until 2 years.
Thanks...Also needed to ask you how to make it fly to by hand..It flies everywhere but never comes to hand on calls....Otherwise it readily walks on to my hand on call..Thanks
Smokey is beautiful and big, I didn't realize how much bigger until comparing her to Ligaya ( Mikey Bustos's African Grey)
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Hey I have a question:
I have an Amazon parrot since a few months and she always starts biting when we handle her. Not out of fear but out of fun. We have tried ignoring it, putting her back into her cage and showing her that it hurts ("auaaa!") but none of it worked. She gets 4h+ daily attention, lives in a very calm environment, has the whole living room to fly and an own room with big tree branches and toys and gets the proper diet and daily showers. She's very lovely otherwise, just she really doesn't get the difference between a human finger and a tree branch
Have you tried recall training her? I would begin with that and also trick training her. This will give her a "task" to do when she's on you, so her focus when she's on you won't be on nibbling your fingers but elsewhere in the environment. Also try to have a foot toy on hand so when she looks like she's going to do it, you could give her a toy to chew on instead.
Hi I just adopted African gray a couple months ago and she’s 25 years old but she’s a plucker what’s the best way to help her get out of that habit
You could stuff the woven balls with treats or seeds as well.
Great idea!
Smoked is adorable but so is your fur baby - is it a Shih Zhu?
Malchi - maltese x chihuahua
Lucky bird
Hey , I just noticed that you had a lilac amazon parrot " Buddy" . Where is he now ?
I already answered this in several old comment posts.
hi how are you ? i got a african grey parrot , her age is 6 months old , would u like to give me some tricks that how shall i train my baby to speak or to train like your smokey ?
i also named her smokey, i really love your parrot
Hey! I have a question, how often should you change out your birds toys so they don’t get bored?
BooM Industries once a week should generally be sufficient as long as they have plenty of other stimulation outside of their cage.
BooM Industries people usually say once every week or once every other week. I’d rearrange all the perches every week, and maybe change out a few toys during the week, if the bird seems bored.
BooM Industries Big Tree branches , especially with leafs on them (from fruit or nut trees) is the best "toy" you can give them. Don't waste your money on buying toys more than once a month when a big branch is for free and makes them spend hours destroying it and gives them climbing opportunities
The short answer is as often as you can. Smokey has a number of foraging toys in her aviary that I don't rotate out but I rearrange where they are located. Her wooden chew toys and other acrylic toys are switched out every few days.
I would really like to correspond with you I just recently rescued an African gray I really like your videos and it would be nice if I’d be able to correspond with you to get some tips on training and some other things
I've ordered from that outfit and have gotten good service from them in Canada. The catalogue is fairly complete, but, as is often the case, toys for smaller birds such as budgies, especially foraging toys, are not as plentiful as one would wish...
My African gray named Oscar does a very strange thing to me when I hold him. After holding him for about five minutes or so he starts opening up his wings and wrapping them around my fingers and clenching onto my fingers very tightly and doesn’t let go and he starts killing and making some baby noises. I’m not sure if it’s some type of a mating thingThat he’s doing, but then he will regurgitate and want to give me what he regurgitated. I just wanna know what you think of that and how I should handle it because at that point I can barely get him off my finger he will not leave my finger
Hello I'm getting a 10 year old African grey just wondering how I can get him to trust me
How often do you really need to Chang your food and water?
Also are the feeders safe to use?
I change her water everyday. Her food is measured out and placed into foraging toys everyday.
Thank you
Hi! I have wanted a parrot for a long time, I go to school but my parents can take care of while I am there. I live in an apartment and don’t have much space and both me and my dad have allergies so no cockatoo/cockatiel. Any suggestions?
I don't think a bird would be ideal in your situation to be honest. All birds will produce some degree of feather dust. They also need a lot of space to thrive.
wingsNpaws about the space, I found a spot in the living room where we can place a 20 X 25 inch cage, do you have any recommendations for a bird, I’m thinking green cheeked conure
Can you link the items? I'd love to get some for my gray :)
Hi Clara, I think it would be easier if you just shopped around at www.drsfosterandsmith.com. This way, you could also see if there's something that better fits your bird.
The only way I know to keep my african grey stimulated is to bring him everywhere I go; to work, to the park, pet friendly restaurants. Will this be too stressful on him? I hear they are sensitive birds.
I know the question wasn’t for me, but generally I think when you put a bird into a new situation (Especially a sensitive bird like an African grey) you’ll probably realize that they get a bit overstimulated/stressed out. So first you’d have to build a strong trust bond with your bird, and then slowly desensitize the bird to being outside. It could take weeks or even months. But it should be possible. :D I’m sure that after a while the bird could learn to love it.
parrots are easily overstimulated. for example my Amazon parrot (which are less sensitive than African greys) is after 2 months still scared to go anywhere except her room and the living room.
It's like how a toddler also needs routine and constant environments
This shouldn't be too stressful to your bird, as long as he's been trained to experience the outdoors. It's important to stay calm and encourage him so he doesn't get scared, and introduce him to new things slowly. Birds are pretty flighty, and can be easily spooked, but if you teach him that he's safe when he's with you, he should be alright! Like in the videos with Smokey, her owner introduces her to new objects and places and people as often as he can, but does it in a way that she will be curious more often than afraid. Good luck!
Ya nu Sanders yeah but you should challenge that a bit, it’s good for birds to experience new things. I sometimes take care of my friend’s Amazon, and after only a couple days I had him sitting in the kitchen with us, and could walk him around the house and take him outside a little. (He wasn’t too keen on going outside, but I imagine that if I had taken him out a couple more times he’d have loved it.)
K Nogne mine is flighted and if I take her to a new environment it will get scared and fly away. If it's not beneficial for the bird to be somewhere else then it's not worth the stress and aggression you cause in them
For the first time when your smoke came to you, what was the age of her? And now what is the age of that?
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I have an african grey who screams every single time my partner walks out of the room. Then when he comes back into the room, he stops. How would you suggest handling this situation?
Ravenous Nightwind - Hey there, I hope you don’t mind me adding my two cents! It sounds like your bird has separation anxiety. There are positive reinforcement training methods to gradually decrease the anxiety your pet experiences when their favorite person leaves the room. Similarly to a dog or a baby (i.e. peekaboo), your bird probably thinks that your partner is gone forever when they leave the room because it doesn’t have a sense of object permanence. I’d definitely recommend you do some research on separation anxiety training! x
I have a video on screaming, so make sure to check it out. But a real quick tip, do not come running when your bird is screaming. That will teach them that screaming is a good way to get your attention.
wingsNpaws we have gotten to this point where he will make whistles instead of screams. But he still screams a lot or makes extremely loud high pitch noises when he's picked up or when we put him somewhere even within his field of vision. The problem is, a lot of the things people have recommended we do just don't work. I'm not sure if he just needs more time. He was a rescue bird, he used to be at a zoo. He has a previous caretaker before us because that zoo had shut down some years ago. Being 17, and never had any real bonding with a human, I can only assume it's affected him in a serious way. So there probably is a sense of separation anxiety there. But at the same time..I'm not sure if it's just that but also screaming for attention too.
He behaves more with me and I am not sure why that is. But he'll bite my partner more than me. Even though he likes him more. He'll let him pet him and rub his neck. But even though he behaves better with me, he doesn't like me to do that. I have a total of five birds, so I'm really familiar with how to get them not to do basic things. But he's really kind of got me at my wits end because he doesn't like to do a lot of the things people suggest. Sometimes nothing helps. Especially if it's late evening when they get most active. It's so loud sometimes and so unstoppable that it doesn't stop until my partner comes home. Which leads me to believe he's calling for him in some way.
We've been trying to basically not respond when he makes loud noises. Then we respond to him when he makes a good or pleasant noise. Which has helped. Some. It just hasn't fixed the whole problem. We will usually only run to him if he has done a good thing. Like make a pleasant noise or whistle and tell him he's good. It just doesn't always work even though we're pretty consistent. Or if it will take longer because he's older and sort of stuck in that particular behavior. They told us he did this before we adopted him. So I guess it's a behavior he's done for a while.
Hello buddy! I have a question, I've seen a dude tossing a towel at a baby african grey outside his cage to pick him up, and kinda force him eat honey from his finger while stroking his head. What kind of process is this? I see it terribly wrong.
HellVenge
Wrong on many levels! Not trust building for one. Parrots should never be forced into interacting with humans. Only towel a bird for medical treatment that can't be administered otherwise. The basis of a meaningful relationship with your bird is trust on both sides. Also, honey should not be fed to birds or infants under age one as is can contain pathogens that can make them sick.
I see. I was trying to save a few of them, since the man who was selling them was going to sacrifice the birds due unknown problems, then without any kind of permission he recorded himself doing such things under the reason to "teach me" how to tame the birds, and well I found it extremely wrong and got very angry at it tbh.
HellVenge it is terrible wrong, it will result in an agressive adult bird
HellVenge call the police for animal cruelty on him, I bet he has no permit. If the police can't do anything report him to animal activist groups (peeta for example). ask him to send you videos of his doings for proof.
What Katherine Patrick and Ya nu Sanders mentioned is correct. There is no reason for doing that.
Hi i have a question. Are african greys loud and if so can they be taught to be quieter
Aleksa glisic birds will always be loud be you can give them toys to distract them when you know there about to scream
Greys are very vocal birds and are generally very loud. Birds don't scream as much if they are happy, however they will still scream a bit every day.
Depends on the grey. Some are just quieter than others by nature. Think of it as some humans being shy and not talking very much, while others love to shout and talk. Near the evening and mornings, parrots tend to be louder by instinct to "call the flock together" when waking up and going to sleep. There is no such thing as a bird that doesn't make noise. They all talk, but the most you can do for noise level other than having a naturally quiet bird is to prevent them from loudly screaming (see some more of wingsNpaws videos for this, they give helpful tips.)
Aleksa glisic All parrots are very loud. louder than a dog barking and it's in their nature. don't get a parrot unless you can give it 4h+ of daily attention and live in a free standing house
How would I be able to know if my African Grey is a boy or a girl?
crooked mindz thanks
Do you have a yorkie
She's a malchi (maltese x chihuahua).
My parrot don’t try to talk,what I have to do????
Rekan Goran Not all birds are able to speak but some which are of a certain gender can be trained to talk it requires lots of time and patience they are not like humans so they take time to speak I would reccomend repeating a few words and see if he/she is interested with that word then he/she may repeat remember this takes time hopefully your successful with your training I have a female cockatielĺ she isn't very vocal since she is a female she can't speak this is an example of a gender specific bird male cockatiels can talk when trained anyways I hope for the best
Not all parrots will talk; they can make great companions otherwise. If you want a bird that can talk, there are some that run on batteries that are guaranteed to talk.
Fazmi Sharaff thank you💜💜
wingsNpaws thank you, i will try to train My african grey parrot
No problem buddy
What if you're African grey is picking
Feather picking indicates that something in the environment is not right. It doesn't mean that you're a bad owner, it just means that you need to find out what is likely causing the picking and change the environment. The first step is making sure your bird is checked out by a vet to rule out any health problems or deficiencies. Once that is ruled out, you have to address the following: are you giving your bird enough sunlight? is he/she given opportunities to bathe/shower? is he/she kept mentally and physically stimulated? Foraging toys offer great mental stimulation. Flight training offers great physical exercise. Regardless, you should not accept that picking is ok and ignore the problem.
wingsNpaws thanks. That is very helpful. What is the best way to give my African Grey a bath
Offer a shallow bowl of water in your bird's cage. Adding leafy green veggies will also entice them to bathe. Smokey, however, takes a shower with a plant mister. You could see videos of that on my channel.
wingsNpaws ok thx
From where can I get that gear toy?
Make a fruit salad cake or not wood coulred kids like candy because they look for sweet fruit
Let's not fool food
PLEASE KEEP THE DOG AWAY FROM THE BIRD - NEVER MIX PREDATOR AND PREY, IT ONLY TAKES A SECOND !!!