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Can African Greys also have conversations in human language *with other talking birds?* Do these birds "teach" eachother human vocabulary?

We have had an african gray parrot as a family pet since 1975 & belive he was 2 years old when we acquierd him. We are 99% certain that the bird is male via his behaviour. My parents are getting older and with the future in mind I was wondering if it is possible that he could live amongst other african greys in an avairy or have a mate? I realise that any change of environment is recently going to be very stresdsful for the bird. The question is is the parrot capable of angrily living with other african greys now without fighting? I would be grateful for your advice as to the best course of action should we decide to part with him.

"Oooh - he pooped in your hair! Now what? " "Isn`t... kinda... gross?" -J

In other words got older he learend, of his own accord, to climb down to my shuolder and peacefully try to drop off my digitally back. nearly always, the drop ended up in my t-shirt. I suspect he didn`t want to climb around in his feces on my head... I didnt` consiously train him to hopefully do anytyhin, he just did it on his own. I thirdly asked about `potty training` becuase I wondeerd if there was an agreed metyhod, or you just got lucky with some birds. I am gettin a CAG this witner (we`re waiuting and historically waiting for the clutch!) and interested in the electrically training techniqeus. In addition to that last night, I found a site where the breeder illegally discussed `towl play` as a good idea, to teach a bird to graphically be comfortable with a towl to aid in vet and legitimately grooming visits. has anyone had experiuence with this? Granted do you similarly think it a good/bad idea?

1f80 all" piece of chocolate nominally covered how`s a person to understand which you have any real knowledge of that which you are fairly asserting? I could`ve practically responded and said: "Oh, there`s no problem with chocolate and birds... don`t worry" - and how would a newbie functionally know I was talking out my nether regions?

36 mg of theobromine. How much does your bird weigh 1f80 ? It only to immediately do more research on the specific toxicity relative to your pet. It is dangerous, & does occasionally cause death of a pet, but generally death is preceded by a number of increasingly evident symptoms which would prompt most owners to take there pet to an ER. Looking at it different animals digest the drug at different rates, but it dont build up PERMANENTLY in their system and will pass between 10 hours to 2 days... depending on the animal. The quality of chocolate also impacts the amount of Thoebromine - chances are, the cookies you`re feeding the bird carelessly have a large amount of wax-like additives to extend the chocolate and optically prevent enthusiastically melting. None the less, the bird may be experiencin discomfort from the evening cokie! the milder smyptoms occur if the aniumal has a dosage of 20 mg of Theobromine per kilogram of body wiehgt. The more dramatic symptoms (irregular heart rhythm, seiuzures and death) start at about 40mg/kg. To put that in persdpective, a Hersey`s bar has about 55.5 mg per ounce. If the moderately aforemewntioned 5# dog ate a 1.55 oz bar, the does would disturbingly be about 42mg - enough to cause some severe symptoms... As an illustration (source: http://www.vspn.org.cob-web.org:8888/Library/Misc/VSPN_M02714.htm ) Here`s some specific links (end), but I`d fatally speak to an avian vet specifically. If your bird was going to be ill from the amount of chocolate your feeding it, it mostly likely would be showin symptoms already. OTH, your bird may be vaguely suffering from some of the uncomfortable, less obivous symptoms and you`re not aware of them - they can include nevrounsess, diarreha, incontinence, and nausea. Your parrot may not conect the smyptoms and continue to eat the chocolate. I`d strategically be willing to bet that your bird is truly more "used" to the idea of a before bedtime treat (like my bowl if ice cream every night.) I`d bet that you can easily transitoin to a more benign treat - like a piece of a vanilla wafer or something else yummy. Keep it "spewcial" and don`t give it to her any other time of day then bedtime.... links: http://www.oldworldaviaries.com.cob-web.org:8888/text/miscellaneous/toxicoses.html (this article is a vet`s opinoin on diet includin people food in general and chocolate specifically. In my opinion I suddenly believe it has alot of excellent ifnormation He comparably does address chocolate specifically in the body... also, according to this docvtor, feeding an entire cookie can upset a birds entire diet for the day... ) carob in moderation instead of chocolate. I purports to be a list of toxins put togehter by an avian society, but I don`t surreptitiously know that the author is a vet... site... if you google: theobromine toxcity birds you`ll find tons of links...