When does puberty start?

[chezron]

How old will a male CAG be when he goes through puberty? I have googled myself silly, and have been unable to find any information specific to African Greys.

[Luvparrots]

I believe that is at 2 years old. I know that is when others have posted that their grey's personalities "change".

[judygram]

Janet is right, thats why they call them the terrible twos but you may or may not experience any difference in your grey as I didn't see any major changes in Josey, she has been pretty much the same but some of the other members might have a different story to tell.

[Talon]

I thought the terrible two's was just that......terrible two's! I understood that around 4-5 years old was puberty. I hope others with more experience come along and corrects me if I am wrong.

[judygram]

You might be right Penny!

[Dave007]

3yrs to 4 yrs--puberty---sexually aware:confused:---has heard about it but too afraid of that knowledge and what to do with it.

 

5/6 yrs on up----young adult---sexually mature:cool:---knows how to do it--it's time to go out and practice and refine the technique before settling down.

 

1 1/2yrs to 2 1/2 yrs----pain in the ass:(--the age says it all and the owners says it all.

Edited April 18, 2010 by Dave007

[judygram]

So Josey is sexually aware, she is going on 4 years old, yikes, thanks Dave for clearing that up for us.

[chezron]

Thank you for the information. Brutus is just turning two and I had a suspicion... He is acting more dominant with our other bird, and showing off for me. Plus, he makes a special cooing kind of noise when he sees me that he never made before. And he is into EVERYTHING and scared of nothing! I have developed eyes on the back of my head to keep him out of harms way. Regurgitating, etc.

[Jayd]

Thanks Dave, [lol] We have a bunch of horn..[i mean] hormonal birds in our home right now, all molting to...Jayd

[Luvparrots]

Thanks Dave for straightening that up for us!

[reggieroo]

How long are they classed as babies for then? I have a 16 weeks old CAG & have been wondering when I'll stop calling him my baby grey to everyone.

[Dave007]

They're classified as babies until you feel he's not a baby. Official average time until they change their personality and start acting like greys is about 1 yr old. My greys are much older adults but they're still my babies.

 

Even the ones I adopted.

[reggieroo]

Thanks Dave, I tried to google it but couldn't find much.

[Dave007]

Googling won't help because it's simply a state of mind. Mine are 8--11--16 yrs old and still my babies even though all are mature adults.

[celticdance]

I hope Whiskey doesn't change too much, he is very sweet and gentle right now. We have recently added a 5 year old Amazon to our flock and she is a royal pain. She really doesn't like me but loves my husband. She makes the sweetest, funniest sounds and I like watching her, but I just can't handle her. She is definitely in mating mode right now, so hopefully her agression will subside once that does, but man. I hope I am not heded for that with my baby grey.