Congo African Grey for Sale

$1,000.00$2,250.00

Description

Congo African Grey for Sale

Congo African Grey for Sale,the African Grey Congo Parrot is one good looking parrot, and is also said to be one the smartest birds. The African Greys can learn 200 or more words and all kinds of tricks. They also frequently imitate the sounds of their environment, including people.

The African grey would ring the phone “ring-ring” and the Blue-fronted amazon would answer with a very cordial “Hello”.

Congo African Greys have a gentle nature over all. Their demeanor, along with the ability to talk and mimics sounds have made them popular pets. Yet keeping them as a pet companion is challenging, and not for everyone. These are long-lived, highly intelligent birds that need a great deal of stimulation to keep from becoming bored.

A bored, unstimulated African Grey is prone to developing unpleasant behaviors and even health problems. Problem behaviors like feather plucking are very hard to reverse one they start.

With dedication and care, you can have a happy healthy African Grey Parrot and a great family pet. Getting an African Grey that has been well socialized with people and different situations as a young bird will help ensure a good pet. Provide your grey with a large cage, play areas, and a proper diet. Make sure you give your pet lots of interaction and toys for stimulation.

 

Congo African grey parrot care and feeding

The African Grey Parrots eats seeds, nuts, fruits, and leafy vegetation. These birds will climb around the tree, rather than flying and picking up food and holding it with a foot while eating. 

Foods for your pet bird will include a ready made large hookbill seed mix enriched with vitamins. Their dietary requirements include sources of calcium and Vitamin A. A cuttle bone or a calcium block is a good source of calcium.

Congo African Greys should not be fed a diet that is high in fat and protein. Fresh vegetables you can offer include mustard greens, green peas, cucumber, young dandelion greens, sweet corn, beet greens, carrots, broccoli, unsprayed lettuce, chickweed, dandelions, eggplant, green peppers, sorrel, spinach leaves, tomatoes and zucchini.
Avocado and chocolate are considered toxic for birds and sugar and salt should be avoided. Most parrots enjoy and occasional shower or bath. 

 

Social Behaviors

Because of their social nature and their intelligence, their humans become quite devoted to these feathered creatures. Greys in turn love their humans and also get along quite well with other birds in the home. However, they can sometimes become a “one person” bird, often bonding with a person of the opposite sex.

Congo African Greys don’t really start speaking until they are around 2 – 3 years old. As you interact with them, they will talk and associate words with meanings.

Although they can talk and mimic, they are neither overly noisy nor tend to engage in loud shrieking calls like some of the other vocal parrots.

Despite its wonderful attributes, an African Grey Parrot is not for everyone. They are frequently a one-person bird and will tolerate other members of the household. If there is a great deal of commotion, they will growl or hide.

They need a lot of stimulating toys, 3 to 5 at a time works well, and rotated out with other toys on a regular basis. African Greys are notorious for plucking their feathers if they do not receive enough active stimulation, or enough desired attention from their human.

Furthermore, in captivity, the African Grey Parrot is well known for its ability to mimic human voices. A recording of the parrots in Zaire revealed that they emulated nine different birds and one type of bat in the wild. There is some indication that they can attain a vocabulary of more than 500 words, but no evidence that they understand what they are saying.

 

Nature of our Congo African grey

The Congo African Grey for Sale have a gentle nature over all. Their demeanor, along with the ability to talk and mimics sounds have made them popular pets. Yet keeping them as a pet companion is challenging, and not for everyone. 

Greys are often described as having the intelligence of a five year old and the temperament of a two year old. I truly believe they are 3 year old dressed in feathers. A bored, un stimulated African Grey is prone to developing unpleasant behaviors and even health problems. Problem behaviors like feather plucking are very hard to reverse one they start.

With dedication and care, you can have a happy healthy African Grey Parrot and a great family pet. Getting an African Grey that has been well socialized with people and different situations as a young bird will help ensure a good pet. Provide your grey with a large cage, play areas, and a proper diet. Make sure you give your pet lots of interaction and toys for stimulation.

 

Congo African Grey Appearance

The Congo African Grey will reach a height of 14 inches and a weight of one pound. The Congo has a full black beak and frequently varies in color from dark to light gray. His tail feathers will be vivid red.

 

Vocabulary

One of the reasons that people buy African Grey parrots is for their ability to talk. The Congo is considered a very good talker. With very little encouragement, he will mimic not only the words of the person he speaks to but also the pitch and tone of the person’s voice. He may not start speaking until he is 12 months or older, however, but can learn many words and sentences throughout his life.

Additional information

SEX

Male, Female, Pair

AGE

4-8 Months, 9 Months – 1 Year, 2-5 Years

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