Kelsey&Marley

He's doing a lot better now! Thank you for all your concerns, he is not making any noises anymore! and he just started talking again, I was just so worried because this is my first African Grey and I don't want to do anything wrong.

Marly is a 1 year old CAG, and he has been really quiet lately and his poop is black. So I took him to the avian vet and they drew blood from him and took a swab from near his mouth and the Dr. noticed that he had a lot of bad bacteria from humans because we would kiss him, and he did not have enough good bacteria that a bird needs. So the Dr. gave us antibiotics and some of the good bacteria to give him for a week. We got his blood results back and his chemistry was fine some numbers were high (not within the organs) and the Dr. said it was from the bacteria. But Marley has been doing a weird low short growl that he would not normally not do, is this something to worry about? Could this be because of stress (he isn't plucking feathers at all) His tail is not bobbing and the growl is not constant, its on and off. I took him to the Dr. and showed him a video of the growl and he said that it shouldn't be something to worry about and that he thought it sounded like a baby African Grey making noises, but it is weird to me because he does not normally do that and he has only started to do that because he is sick, should I be worried?

I just recently got a new Congo African grey, his name is Marley. I had a question about his talking abilities. As of right now he can only say three things: Kelsey, Peek-A-Boo, and Pretty bird. Is it normal that he is only saying 3 words out of the 1 year we have had him?

I am new to this Forum and a new owner of a 1 year old Congo African Grey, his or her (not DNA tested yet) name is Marley. What I wanted to know was if it was normal that he/she only knows 3 words; Peek-A-Boo, Kelsey and Pretty Bird. Those are the only 3 words he says.