KareemaR25

We've only had our Grey for two weeks but I've seen such progess with him. He is now 3 months old. I notice for the past week his voice changed. Before he use to have this very loud high pitch voice but suddenly his voice changed completely. It's not as loud and sort of....I don't know how to describe it...but it sounds like I would when I have a cold. These days he's making sounds as if he's saying something like a whole sentence. We don't understand anything it sounds like baby language. Is this normal? Is he just going through this because he'll start talking soon? Did you folks experience this with your bird? Thanks in advance for your help.

My grey is 2 months and two weeks old. We've only had it for about a week. We don't really know his sex but we just love boys so we name him Buddy. He is so adorable. I'll post some pic later

My name is Kareema and I'm from New York. I came online looking for some information on African Grey since I just got one. I found this site and I read a few questions and answers posted in the forums. It seems like everyone is very friendly and helpful so that motiviated me to become a member. So far it's been great and thanks a lot for your help.<br><br>Post edited by: judygram, at: 2007/09/14 04:47

Thank you so much Judygram for your prompt response. I actually feel more confident hearing from you. I found out about his sleeping behaviour because we initially cover his cage but then my boyfriend was wondering if he's sleeping under the cover and he doesn't want to put the light on and check cause that might startle him. So he decided to not cover the cage and that's how we notice the sleeping and waking up thing. I guess I should let you know that it's only 3 nights since he's with us so we're still trying to figure out what works for him and what doesn't. We try putting a night light on thinking maybe he's scared of the darkness. Do you have any other tips being that he's not yet weaned? The breeder give us some baby formula which he doesn't hesitate eating. I fed him carrots which I boiled a little and he loved it. I also fed him corn and apples as per the breeder. When I first got him a toy I thought he probably might get scare but he immediately started playing and nibbling at it. My boyfriend and I are very worried as we never had a bird before. Thanks again for your help. We greatly appreciate it.

My boyfriend recently got an African Grey and we name him Buddy. After we got him we found out that the breeders sold him too early to us. He is about 2 months and 2 weeks old. So far he's been doing great. He grinds his beak before going to sleep and I read that this actually means they're happy and comfortable. I have a few questions though and was wondering if you would be able to help me. We know for a fact that Greys need a lot of attention. My boyfriend works from 6am to 5pm and during this time Buddy is in his cage for the most part. His sister who's home will sometime look over him and give him some food but she has her own things too do. We leave the radio on to keep him entertained plus he has some toys. Then we spend all evening with him. We're wondering if it's okay that we're not around so many hours of the day. Also what we notice was that he doesn't sleep through the night. He wakes up for a minute and goes back to sleep and wake up again. Is this normal? Thanks so much in advance for your help.