Playful & Cuddly African Grey

Playful & Cuddly African Grey

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Tags:

• Playful
• Cuddly
• African
• Grey
• Congo
• parrot
• playing
• cute
• affectionate
• smart
• intelligent
• toys
• playful
• Bird
• fetching
• trick training
• roll over

[HeroSSC113]

Um quick question, how did you get it to not bite o.o; mine has its moments when it plays around with me but it bites sometimes :/

[wingsNpaws]

@HeroSSC113 Hi, this is a tough question to answer because your bird could bite for many reasons. Without seeing your bird, it's hard to tell the reason he's biting. Not all biting problems are solved the same way. Birds could bite out of over-excitement, because they feel threatened, because they're frustrated, etc. I'll try to make a video on this sometime so check back in a few weeks.

[flychomperfly]

LOL adorable! that looks so familiar...ours is the same way--in spite of having been a biting monster when we first got her (almost didn't take her home). but she had been sooo cuddly when we first saw her--we knew she could.

we are thinking most (not all) greys have some cuddliness in them. we're trying to figure out why so many lose it so easily. do you have any thoughts as to what you may have done different from others? lots of people would like to know if you could tell them. any idea?

[wingsNpaws]

@flychomperfly I think a lot of it has to do with respect. I think most people are misguided into thinking they must establish "dominance" with their bird (i.e. step up drills, etc). This leads people to develop a lot of negative experiences with their birds.

When my birds want to be left alone, I either leave them alone or give them something they want, then ask them to step up again. I am always gentle with them and try my best to make every experience positive.

[healonator]

@flychomperfly the previous owner of my bird (pineapple conure) wrestled alot with her. this made her very nippy. i could only kinda pet the top of her head. anywhere else and it was a game. it took me a long time to break that habit. for birds anything can be viewed as a reward for unwanted behavior. you dont want to push your bird but keep in mind that when you pull away from a biting bird, that is its reward. you just have to take the bites and keep trying..but dont force the bird.

[wingsNpaws]

@healonator I have also found that wrestling or "rough housing" with birds will lead them to become nippy. I have seen this happen many times in pet stores and employees with justify this by telling people that it gets the birds used to being petted. I strongly disagree with this approach. The way you get birds to like being petted is by doing it gently so the birds enjoy it. Baby birds will tolerate the rough handling while they're young, but when they grow older, they become very nippy.

[nal2us2]

watch that ball he was playing with. it looked like he was swallowing the little plastic bits. very dangerous. just a thought. not trying to tell you how to raise your own bird. just concerned.

[theokonstantinidis]

Lol! @ 1:31 he was like "where the........did you throw the ball you.........."! LOL no offence, just kidding, have a nice day!

[theokonstantinidis]

Amazing, he is so adorable..!

[Kittycats2002]

Awwwww so cute

[pinkdreamer1000]

@wingsNpaws hi, my parrot is an african grey and she has had her wings clipped for the first time, she was praised for being very well tamed and she is a healthy bird (i have had her for 1 month and she is 3 months and 6 days now) but ever since she has become so aggressive and wont stop biting, what do u suggest i do, i know the reason, i just need a solution.

thanks

[Kute305]

This is an awesome Video, My grey lets me hold him laying down I gotta teach him this then I will post it Great Video, My Grey's name is Gabriel I have a video up with Gabriel n Lori my Red chattering Lori I lost she died after 21 yrs She is in the video W/Gabriel , God bless take care of that lil one Mine just turned 1 I spoon fed him for 6 weeks Sincerely Sherry Extreme Bird lover :)

[HeroSSC113]

@wingsNpaws ok ^^

[themakinerkny]

so beautiful :)

[NorthwardEquinox]

Sweet.