BIRD ARTICLES

Purchase a Baby African Grey Parrot - The most convenient place to purchase an African Grey parrot, be it a Timneh African Grey or a Congo African Grey, is from a bird breeder near you. The African Grey is the most popular talking parrot because of its clear pronunciation and tonality. It is an extremely intelligent and sociable parrot specie too. African Greys are also smaller than Cockatoos or Green Amazons, making them an ideal parrot to keep in house... (click here for more)

7 Foods That Are Deadly To Your Parrots - When parrots were first keep as pets, people thought they only lived a short time. This was in part because most of the soft billed wild birds only live a few years but also because the parrots they kept die within 10 years or so. This was because the diet these parrots were being fed did not supply the necessary nutrients and the birds basically starved to death very, very slowly. Some succumbed to illness but this was in large part due to the fact that they were malnourished and their bodies couldn't fight the disease... (click here for more)

PARROT TRAINING

Training Your African Grey Parrot - The African Grey parrot is a popular talking parrot among enthusiasts because of its intelligence and clear pronunciation. The Timneh African Grey and the Congo African Grey are sub-species that are very popular and much sought after by parrot keepers. As a proof of its intelligence, an African Grey parrot can store 2000 words in its vocabulary. It has the intelligence equal to a 5 year old child. This, in the world of birds, is considered extremely intelligent... (click here for more)

Teaching Your Parrot to Talk -To have a talking bird, it is preferable that you purchase a young, hand raised bird between the ages of two and six months. Older birds will not learn as fast and wild or untrained birds will be more difficult to train as they have already got used to the sounds ingrained in their heads. If you can only purchase an adult bird, you will need a lot of patience to train it to talk as it will take a much longer time, but it is not impossible... (click here for more)