African Grey for Adoption
African Grey for Adoption typically play hard. An A parrot might swing upside down from the cage, delight in destroying their wooden toys and even wrestle their owner's hand with their beak.
A parrot's mood is one of the easiest to read among parrot species because it is excellent at expressing itself through its body language: pinning eyes, raised head/neck feathers, fanned tail feathers and broad stance, for example, indicates a highly excitable Amazon parrot.
A parrot owner should pay close attention to his or her parrot's body language to be fully attuned to the bird's mood. An excitable Amazon parrot might be telling you that it doesn't wish to be handled, and failure to recognize this might result in a bite.
An Amazon parrot can also go into "play overload" during play, especially when beak wrestling with you. Stop the play session to give your Amazon parrot time to calm down as soon as you see overly excited body language. Male parrots, especially male double-yellow-headed, yellow-naped Amazons and Blue-fronted are said to be more aggressive than females of their species.
Speech & Sound Of Parrots
parrots are one of the better talkers of the parrot world. They seem to be especially fond of music and singing. An Amazon could careless if the song it sings is off-key; it will sing as if it wrote the sing itself. A parrot can learn to speak a many words and phrases and imitate sounds. A parrot can also be noisy, especially when it wants attention. It can scream loudly and some make a repetitive honk-like sound when they want something. Some parrot make a little shrill sound to express delight while they eat a favorite treat.
Health & Common Conditions
parrots are prone to becoming obese, which is why owners should pay attention to the amount and types of food offered daily. Other diseases/conditions that affect Amazon parrots include: Polyomavirus (can cause anorexia, lethargy, weight loss, death); Chlamydiosis (signs include low appetite, fluffed feathers, nasal discharge) and vitamin-A deficiency if fed an inadequate diet.
Get a Parrot
parrots are typically available in avian-specialty stores and from bird breeders. They are also frequently available for adoption from an avian rescue organization. If you are adopting an A parrot, be sure to ask why the bird was given up for adoption and if it has any behavioral issues.