The Good, the Bad and the Ugly about African greys

[nightfly]

The good? Great companions, and they talk.
The bad? Sometimes they won't shut up. Mine still comes out with a couple of curse words he learned from brother in law when we were on our honeymoon 28 years ago.

 

[BertAllen]

African Gray
The face you can't help but love.
The attitude of a toddler.
And the ability to go from angel to
a psychopath in 2.7 seconds flat.

 

[Snowghost]

Very true, and almost every evening, after dark, Paco turns into Mr. Chatterbox, I really need to teach him some new words.

 

[Rong]

Lol, sooo true.

 

[NelBird]

The good:

• Will chatter and talk to me all day long.
• Loves to play and be chased, then do the chasing
• Very open to trying new things as long as he feels safe
• Very affectionate, loves to cuddle in the crook of my neck

The bad:

• Doesn’t care for my husband much. Bit him hard a few times but I do think that was hubby’s fault. I’m better at reading Nellie’s body language. Hubby tries to interact with Nellie like how one would with a dog. He’s working on it.
  

I don’t have many “bads”. I know Nel’s dusty but I take him outside when I can and he shakes. Baths help and so do air filters. He can be a messy eater at times but he has so much fun with it that I don’t mind the clean up. Wish I could turn his waste into a face cream, I’d make some serious bank.