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My first encounter with a lost African grey

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This guy was lost from his owner unsure how long. He was lucky enough that my brother found him outside & brought him to me. As soon as he saw me he started chatting. Once he saw my phone he kept saying ALOO for half an hour :laugh: he would shake his tail & lift his leg up …

I called my vet to get him checked & help me in finding the owner since there is a leg band. I told them to contact me if there is no owner. I hope I did the right thing sending him there.

Also I’m curious can you guys guess this guy age? 3-4 year old?
 

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Really hard to tell a birds age once an adult. Hope he finds his way home & thankful for a loving place to land.
 

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@Blueberry in Dubai it’s very common now to see a lost parrot.

@camelotshadow I was comparing him with my African grey female. She’s much older than him 15 years+.
That’s why I assumed he might be 3-4 years old. I do hope the owner contacts the vet. Or else I’ll have to find him a home.

What got me concerned the most is the tail wagging/shake I’ve never seen my grey doing that.
 

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He's beautiful. So nice of you to help him.
 

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Why are there so many lost birds in Dubai?
 

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Why are there so many lost birds in Dubai?
You cannot imagine the horror seeing so many lost pets posts.
Macaws, cockatoos, cockatiels & A LOT of African greys lost.

These birds could be lost or the owners decided to release them outside. It’s very common here to do this cats ,dogs & now birds. Wish people don’t get pets if they plan on neglecting them.
 

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This is very sad. Could it be they cannot afford to keep them? Do you have animal rescue organizations like Humane Society here in US?
 

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This is very sad. Could it be they cannot afford to keep them? Do you have animal rescue organizations like Humane Society here in US?
No, sadly we don’t have. A lot of scammers would set a rescue IG/FB account & scam people.
That’s why now it’s required for any rescue organization to register in the system.

As for neglectful owners, they resort to releasing pets for many reasons.

I wish people think about adopting & stop supporting pet shops here. I truly despise them.
 

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Update :
There is no owner yet & the vet pretty much informed me there is high possibility of this parrot being returned to me. To take care of another bird something I can’t do I’ve hit my limit with 8 pets. No rescue group which makes things worse.

It’s simply not fair on my pets & this guy. I would be so distracted busy all the time. My family sadly some of them are so ignorant telling me to release this bird outside.. like why?
 

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Have you made a posting with parrot alert. It is an international organisation for reuniting lost birds. I found someone's Eclectus and the posting via parrot alert helped. The bird was home the next day. I hope it helps :)

 

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Sadly no owner ever showed up. The great news my brother was able to find a wonderful adopter he promised to update me.
I kinda have soft spot for this guy but need to face the reality it’s better to have him adopted & not to be kept at Vet too long.
 
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