chook Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 I am from Australia and Living in Lagos now. We recently moved from Bonny Island, Nigeria to Lagos with our newly purchased African Grey. We are told she is a female of 4 years, her name being POOH POOH, but have renamed her bubu. I have been told it is impossible to tell the sex without further examinations in which I will not have preformed. Also have been told she may not be 4 years old by the vet as Nigerians will do anything to sell things! How do I tell the age? Can I import her to Australia? Heard that they are an endangered species now....? How sad if that is true. She is picking up new words all the time but have a problem with bathing her. I think she was previously forced. This is all so new and have much reading to do... Thank you for reading this text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave007 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) Welcome to our board As far as age, if your bird's eyes are surrounded by a white circle, there's no way to tell the age other than it's an adult. A previous owner might be able to tell you that. As far as the sex, the only guaranteed way to find that out is by taking the bird to an avian vet who will perform a certain painless test. As far as taking the bird from one country to another, you'll have to contact organizations that deal with importion/exportation. We have certain laws here in the US that don't allow birds into here from other countries. Endangered species? No. It's just that certain species of parrots are harder to find and may not be as popular in certain countries. As an example---Scotland. It's extremely hard to get a grey and if a person does find one, they're extremely expensive. Edited July 20, 2010 by Dave007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayd Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) Sounds like you have a wonderful bird... Welcome, we love pictures..... http://www.newzealand.embassy.gov.au/wltn/customsfaq.html Hope this will help!!! Jayd Edited July 22, 2010 by Jayd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danmcq Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Welcome Chook and Bubu!! Dave gave a great answer. Looking forward to hearing more from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayd Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 :)Great answer Dave, It's so nice to have some one like our "Resident Expert", Dave, on this forum! Jayd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Welcome Chook, I look forward to hearing more about Bubu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Hello Chook and welcome to our family, so glad you found us and we look forward to hearing more about you and Bubu, I love that name. Dave has given you some excellent advice as always but you may be able to find out more if you can locate the former owner of Bubu. Please take a look around the forum, look thru the many threads for lots of useful information and do ask questions you may have and we will help you in any way we can. Would love to see some pictures of Bubu if you have any you would share with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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