Be Sure That Your African Grey Parrot Baby Has Been Weaned Before Bringing Him Home
If you are interested in bringing home an African Grey parrot, then it would be a good idea for you to choose an African Grey parrot baby ahead of an adult African Grey parrot and in fact, it normally should be aged a few weeks old at the time of acquisition. However, before you buy or acquire an African Grey parrot baby you need to realize that it is not easy to know its sex from simply observing its shape as well as color and even posture. The best way to determine the sex of the African Grey parrot baby is through surgery which will guarantee a positive identification though such surgery can only be performed by an experienced Avian veterinary.
DNA Sexing
Even DNA sexing is another sure way of finding out the sex of the African Grey parrot baby. Furthermore, when you look at an African Grey parrot baby, you can be sure that it has not become an adult if you notice that the whole of its eye is black. However, it is not recommended that you buy or acquire an African Grey parrot baby that has not as yet been entirely weaned, and so you should get your baby parrot only after it has attained the age of between one and two weeks.
Once you bring home your new African Grey parrot baby, you can expect it to remain in your home for as long as fifty years, and mercifully, these birds are generally healthy creatures that are not known to have any major diseases to contend with. As far as the hygiene of the African Grey parrot baby goes, it is alright to bathe your baby parrot though you need to realize that certain baby birds like to be bathed while others resent it.
The eyes of the African Grey parrot baby will generally remain dark grey as well as black until it has reached its sixth birthday after which the shades begin to lighten in color and on their first birthday the eyes will have turned to a pale straw shade. Furthermore, after its third or fourth birthday, the eyes of the African Grey parrot baby will then become light yellow and this is how you will be able to truly determine the age of the African Grey parrot baby, which is important if you happen to be buying your baby parrot from a bird store.
As far as African Grey parrot behavior is concerned, it may be noted that these birds have the intelligence normally associated with five year children and their emotions are those of a child aged two years, and thus this intelligence makes them behave in a demanding manner - with good reason.
It is these traits in the African Grey parrot that make it a most sought after pet bird and even though they stand out from other pets, they are not ideally suited for all kinds of pet owners.
