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Generally I would place the cockatoo & macaws in the same boat.
A lot to handle for the first bird. the grey is the most content bird in captivity, talk a blue streak lives 30-40 years |
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Our Cockatiel did prefer me to anyone else, but he wasn't nasty to anyone. He was a hoot and everyone loved him; even the dog. They live 15-25 years. Ours was ten when he developed a lung infection out of seemingly nowhere, and barely made it home from the vet before passing away. It was a very sad time at our house. I have heard what Bonny has heard about Cockatoos. I detect a preference in you to have a larger bird. I suggest go talk to Leesburg about the Grays. |
Red 13413, there is an African Gray, Einstein, whose antics are posted on YouTube. Check this out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS3a...em-subs_digest
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Einstein was a great bird
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Noisy?? I once was visiting a house where the owner had a large parrot that screeched so loudly we couldn't visit. It also smelled....not sure if that's the usual case with these birds. Have to say I had a paraquit (sp) when I was small...that too was noisy and VERY messy. The floor all around the cage would have seed residue from it. My parents eventually gave the bird away....
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Could you be thinking of Alex, the Gray who was studied by an animal psychologist? He lived to be 30. I get an email notification when a new Einstein video is posted, and I just got one this week about his "Easter Egg Roll" that was published on 3/26.
The owner of Fish & Friends in Muskegon, MI, bred our cockatiel. She had an African Gray in her store one day whose chest area was pretty devoid of feathers. He had been living at her house, and she brought him in to live at the store in hopes he would get more human interaction and stop pulling his feathers out. |
I think if I do decide this is something I'd like to do, that I will go the African Grey route. I'm still concerned and am reading and doing A LOT of research. I'm lucky enough to be retired and can be home with the dogs and any bird I choose.
Do any of you travel with your birds? We have a motor home and travel fairly frequently... |
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The other cage was about 16 x 18 x 20 and would fit in the back of my husband's car. We used this cage when we traveled somewhere for a vacation and there was no cage on the other end. We found the bird traveled best in the car when the cage was covered and he couldn't see all the movement around him. He would natter away and talk to us a lot. Another thing was that since they love heat, you could get away with leaving him in the car while stopping for lunch--IF it wasn't above 80. Can't do that with the dog, though. So most of the time we packed a lunch and stopped at a rest stop with picnic tables. We looked like the Beverly Hillbillies, but hey... at our age, who cares! |
Traveling with a parrot
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I am so glad to see that Einstein is still very much alive! It was Alex who died, and I read "Alex and Me" a year ago. |
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