frankieNYC Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 I was thinking about it today, and it seems that most people around on the board have relatively young birds ( 5 years and under). I know there are some exceptions - 10+ years, but I haven't heard much from people with these older birds. I grew up with a brown throated conure who was about 18 when he died. I started looking around about parrots - found this article which was interesting: http://www3.upatsix.com/liz/articles/olderparrot.html Wanted to poll everyone - what is the oldest parrot you've actually owned or encountered? Stephanie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblhelix Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 We have a red lored Amazon in the family now for 37 years. I have met a yellow headed Amazon that was allegedly over 70 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyGreys Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 frankieNYC i do agree with you, i think one of the reasons we tend to meet members with younger greys is that we have access to forums like this.People buy a young grey & search the Internet to find out information.Most i believe will join forums to share that joy. I know there is many older greys out in the world,but their owners probably didnt have access to what we have. It would be fascinating to know the ages of some of those greys The oldest grey i know is owned by my friend & he is 28 years old. The oldest bird i have come across was a Macaw called Noddy, he needed rehoming as his owner had sadly passed away, noddy is 47 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tari Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 I have an amazon that is wild caught he is around 27 years old. My green quaker Dandy is at least 14 years old. Both of those are rescues so the ages are guesses according to what little info I have. My amazon Joey we know if wild caught and I beleive they stopped importing in 1991 or 1992. But the lady I got him from said he was about 18 maybe 20 years old when I got him so Im going with the younger age. I have had him almost 9 years. Funny I got most my birds within the same year. lol My TAG Que is 8 years old. And then there is Topaz (blue Quaker)she is just a baby she is 3 months old. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monique Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 10 years old. Our Macaw we have is 10 now. Our first Grey died around age 10 in a tragic accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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