echolight

I aquired my very first African Grey (Congo) on my anniversary in September, 2007. I have had experience with only parakeets up until then. My husband bought me Zephyr as a gift as well as a way to cheer me up after my last parakeet, a grocery store recue effort, (there was no policy on returns for birds so the little fellow was going to sit in the back room until his end) succumbed to illness from his former surroundings. Zephyr is my little sweety, she distroys her many homemade toys and terrorizes my husband's boxers. Even though she is not yet a year old, she can do many whistle calls and is determined to master "Pretty bird". She does a whistle variation of "hello" as well. Other than that the dogs have taught her to growl like a dog from their many hours of wrestling near her cage. Her favorite toy is wooden blocks strung on everything from a shoelace to a natural leather thong. Her favorite food is grapes (trust a kid to go straight for the sweets) and she would eat me out of them if I let her.