Speedygo Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Hello how can I know how old my African grey is??? I bought one bird at that time he told me she was 6 months old. My gf believe she is older like 3-4 years going by we read online for eye color
Speedygo Posted September 16, 2015 Author Posted September 16, 2015 Well by now she would be 8 months sorry forgot to mention that according to him when I bought her she was 6 months I have her for 2 months
SRSeedBurners Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 The bird pictured is older than a year. Looks like a few years old at least.
Greytness Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 When I took Maalik's avatar picture, he was 20 months old. Their eye coloring is very similar to one another's.
katana600 Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 I have a hard time telling the color of her eyes in the photos. Our babies eyes turned from black to silver to the golden yellow in the first eighteen months. At six months their eyes were gray or silver in color. If Novalee's eyes are a silver gray color she could be the age you describe. It could be my monitor or it could be that the eye color is gradual and subtle. If you look at Greywings' or Judygram's avatar you can see a closer view of the adult straw color eyes.
SRSeedBurners Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 - - - - - <----------------- 6 months old eyes
Mistyparrot Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Is it that important to you? Personally I would rather have a two to three-year-old Grey than a six-month-old. I got Misty at two and he has been my best pal for the last eleven or so years. Steve n Misty
Speedygo Posted September 16, 2015 Author Posted September 16, 2015 No we were just wondering that's all. Especially cause we have a 6 months old one to We were just trying to compare the way he would look at her age
Greywings Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Here to learn , that is a good thing. We all can share what we know to make our birds relationship with us humans just that much better.
Speedygo Posted September 16, 2015 Author Posted September 16, 2015 Yes now I can think what she does now he might do when he gets to be around her age.
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted September 16, 2015 Posted September 16, 2015 Two year olds rock! We got Sophie at age two as well THE most important age, as well as entering the " terrible two's" Their brain is just ready and willing... teach me! I also had a baby Amazon, but nothing compared to a grey's development at age two. You are gonna need us to help you, for the most amazing ride of your life! Start reading anything and everything on " stepup, step down." ( yes... this is a MUST in bird development). I did this with all my birds. Eventually, you never have to ask again to " stepup", they just have one foot ready and waiting! Nancy
Speedygo Posted September 17, 2015 Author Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) Yes I been working on that since we got her after we started with Dixon. It's getting better not 100% but will get their. Since you said read what should I be reading about??? I been reading on behavior problems like biting. Edited September 17, 2015 by Speedygo
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 You should DEFINITELY be reading about biting, diet, stepup training.We adopted a grey, that was entering terrible twos, had a private nanny, and we had no Grey experience! Can you imagine? LOL.... Six months later...I knew, when she finally understood. She had been living on " wrist status only", family always involved. She never had an opportunity to accept just one of us, to be her favorite. The day she was on my wrist, biting the air, saying " NO BITE", I knew she finally understood.. I went crazy! I called the kids, told them Sophie finally understands! We had a celebration! Sophie, thought we were crazy! That was the last day, any of us were ever bit. More than a decade later, we don't have to ask for stepup or step down. She just does it! Kids off at college, they all skype. Sophie sees Ryan once a year, and she will " knock you down", to greet him. They never forget those that have been involved in their lives. Nancy
Acappella Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 As far as reading goes. reading all the 'stickies' here at greyforums is a good place to start. There's so much good info here, tried and tested by actual grey owners. For books, when I got Dorian I got a book called "The Second Hand Parrot" that I liked.
Dave007 Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 Hello how can I know how old my African grey is??? I bought one bird at that time he told me she was 6 months old. My gf believe she is older like 3-4 years going by we read online for eye color . This the generally accepted eye color change which can vary either way by 2 to 5 mts. ================================================= Eyes opening up to 6 mts.--------------From black to medium/light grey 6 mts. to 1 year----------From Medium/Light Grey to beige white 1 year to 1 1/2 years-----------Beige white to pure white 1 1/2 years to 3 1/2 years------------- White . 4 1/2 years to 5 1/2 years-------------------White with the hint of yellow mixing in the white. 5 1/2 years into adulthood --------------------Yellow------white disappears ========================================================
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