Purchasing A Year Old Grey

[ourstrive]

I am looking to purchase a Grey. The owners have stated that they want a good home for the birds due to the fact that they do not have enough time top care and love the Greys like they would like to.

I was looking to purchase one but I am thinking about getting the pair. So my questions are would it emotionally harm them to the point of not responding well with my family and myself if I only purchased one?

And I understand that weening the bird has its ups and downs on the bonding process but would it be best to purchase a baby baby or is 12 months old a good age for the bird(s) to bond with us?

[Life is Greyt]

Hopefully someone else with more experience than me will respond, but I don't think the possible difficulties of rehoming a grey lie in the age but in the birds past experiences or "baggage" that it comes with. That being said, since you know the people and the bird is only 1 it would probably be an easier rehome than an older bird from a family you didn't know. As far as splitting the two up, I guess that would depend on how much they like each other now. I have heard that Greys are very happy as only birds, but, then again, many cooexist happily with other birds too. My Chickie is an only bird, and seems quite content.

[xSarahx]

I re homed Archie just over a month ago and he is age 2,he has settled into our home i think very easy,he took to me within 2 days,he started showing me bonding actions after only about a week.i think he done very well,he come from a home with a single man and one other bird to a family home with 2 dogs and 2 other birds,the dogs still have to keep there distance but they are deffinatly tolerated now

 

As for the pair or not id say the same as life is greyt,if they like eachother and are close i would not seperate them , as a year is pretty long to have a best friend and then be taken away,but if they are not close then i would take one , you also have to consider if you could handle 2 your self

[judygram]

I think it does matter if they get along well together especially if they share a cage, taking one would make it hard on him/her for not only would they have to learn to get used to a new family but also the fact of being by oneself again. I would find out more about this pair and think about it long and hard before you commit to one or both and keep us informed.