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New pet!

Postby Leos r gr8 » Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:52 pm

Hi all
Look at what I got today!

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He's a baby African Grey...
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Postby mm069 » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:01 pm

very pretty, do you know if it is a male or female?
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Postby Leos r gr8 » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:05 pm

Not sure but we think its a boy. He is only 2 months old!
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Postby Maders » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:08 pm

wow very good loking bird
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Postby Leos r gr8 » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:35 pm

Thanks, he's doing well but has a habbit of chewing electrical cables!
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Postby Trayton » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:09 pm

Ha ha, funny and cute but thats the first thing you want to stop!8 weeks and fully feathered hey thats quick! so he should still be on about three feeds a day hey?
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Postby Iggy » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:20 am

he/she will be your treasure!! Ours is 4 years old and his vocabulary is just amazing, and what is truly fantastic is the way he can reconstruct sentences using words he has already learned, into something new which usually makes sense. He has even managed to figure out that he doesn't like being called "little"... we always call him "Napoleon the little grey man", he has learned to say it, but as "Napoleon the grey man" :lol: He knows the name of the cat, the dog, the other two parrots, the mongoose, and uses them all at the right time, the list goes on and on...enjoy!!!
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Postby Bushbaby » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:36 am

They are awesome animals. Ours has a huge amount of words he uses. He can immitate the telephone ringing, answer it, have a whole conversation, or call the maid. He also sms's himself (immitates the beep of the cellphone). When he hears the front door he makes the creaking sound of the door, or he says "hello". When he hears the back / kombuis door, he says "more" (morning in Afrikaans). He chaces the pig out, offers him treats, asks for apple, grapes or water. When he carries on and on about water, we know he really needs water.

My dad's bird is about 2 or 3 months old. When he hears the kombuis door he says "hello hello". He also imitates my dad's dog perfectly. He also says "Karwoef" which is what my dad calls the dog. It's quite amazing that he has started talking so early. A really cool bird though... even though he doesnt like me :(

As Irock said... enjoy!!
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