Well Dan has always wanted an African Grey parrot, and well so have I because I believe they are the smartest birds alive and oh so cute!!! Anywho, we have a rescue at work who makes the funniest noises. I always wonder if he lives next to a construction site, or always watched cable tv kids activity game shows lol.
Well a coworker of mine will have babies next month who will be ready to bring to work with her. I would be able to be involved with the raising, care and feeding of the babies, and the one I plan to get, if we do decide. This is a MAJOR decision, as these birds live a long time and need a lot of love and time spent with them. Being that it would be mostly Dans bird, I am pretty much leaving the decision up to him, but of course an throwing in whatever I want to say about it. I have a feeling I will be the one doing the cage cleaning.
So I have a question aimed at people who own larger parrot type birds, and those that have had both. Can you please give me any info about what makes them different in terms of care and feeding than a smaller bird. My bird experience goes as far as Cockatiels, budgies and parakeets, lovebirds, porrotlets, grey cheeked parrotkeets, Bourkes parakeets etc. So as you can see I have never been around a "big type" bird. Since this is such a big thing I want to make sure we are really going to make the right decision here, and make sure that this type of bird would be a good match for our family. I do not want to rush into anything, and I have awhile to think about it.
I do think that it would be nice to be involved in the hand rearing/feeding of a future pet! Even if we choose not to take a baby, the experience is going to be so worthwhile. I rememeber when our cockatiels were young and we would play with them all the time. They were the cutest things and would eat out of our hands.
We plan on feeding him/her a diet that consists of pelleted organic Harrisons Course Dry formula, as well as fresh fruits, veggies and the occasional fattening nut. We have plenty of toys which we will be purchasing tonight when we go to PetsMart, and will also be browsing for cages. I figure if we decide to not take a bird the rats can always have some new toys! hehe
I also would like to know what type of litter everyone uses for the bottom of the cage. Any and all links to bird behavior would be greatly appreciated if anyone knows a really good one. I would hate to have a feather plucker on my hands. I plan on taking the bird to work with me as well, so that I can spend time with him during the day, and Dan is going to have a setup at work as well.
I look forward to hearing any suggestions, thanks in advance.
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