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Welcome to the African Grey Parrot Centre's new website, the site is relatively new but will be growing hugely over 2009 with even more useful parrot articles, useful resources and useful hints and tips about how to look after your African grey parrots.
You will already find all sorts of useful African grey parrot related information on this site from keeping parrots, how to look after them to the do's and don't on what to feed them, we have also incorporated a parrot forum for you to talk to other like minded individuals and experts.
For those of you who breed your own parrots and would like to advertise your parrots for sale and parrot related peripherals such as cages we have developed a classified ad section of the site where we are offering our services for FREE for the time being, it may even stay that way you never know!!!
We also have our own section of the site to show you the progress of some of the baby parrots we have bred and also there are testimonials from people that these hand reared babies now reside with.
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Latest Blog Posts
- Rhythm In Animals Reveals Evolution Of Human Music : Alex was small, but precocious. He could count to six, do simple math, name shapes and colors, even help other students learn to speak. But the real surprise came when he heard music. Even though he’d never learned how, Alex began to dance. Here’s the thing: Alex was a bird. Although the African Grey parrot was already [...]
- Family searches for their lost Parrot!. : A Derry woman says she’s sick with worry after her pet parrot went missing on Thursday night. Princess the parrot has ruffled a few feathers in the Bryson house since she made her escape through an open door in St Johnston at tea time on Thursday. Her owner Lena Bryson has now offered a reward for [...]
- Calling All People That Have Been Scammed : You may have seen our blog post that we wrote last year about how to spot a parrot scam and avoid parting with your hard earned cash for nothing. Well as a result of the resounding success of this post we have been contacted by some people that want to put something together about parrot scams [...]
- Behavioural Signals In Grey Parrots : By Greg Glendell. Adapted from an article originally published in Parrots magazine 2009. All birds have a large range of behaviours, which are essentially innate; they are born with the ability to carry out these behaviours; though there will be variation in how each individual bird carries out each behaviour. In grey parrots there [...]
- African Grey parrot found at Leverton Junior School : IT was a case of pretty lost Polly when a parrot turned up unannounced at a primary school. The African Grey was found at Leverton Junior School, in Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, and is now in the care of Epping Forest District Council after it was rescued by animal warden Lynn Cook. The parrot is [...]
- African Grey’s Stolen From Drayton Manor Theme Park. : How Sad! Drayton Manor theme park is appealing for the safe return of its African Grey Parrots after thieves stole six of the birds from its zoo. The theft happened at Drayton Manor Theme Park sometime between Tuesday evening and early morning on Wednesday after thieves gained access to one of the aviary flights. Managing director Colin [...]
- Big Brother’s Heidi Fleiss Shares Bed With Pet Parrots! : Here is Celebrity Big Brother star Heidi Fleiss with the exotic birds she misses so much she is threatening to quit the show. Heidi is pictured at her home in Pahrump, Nevada, with her long-term lover Dennis Hoff and Madam Suzette, the madam at Hof’s legal brothel the Moonlite Bunny Ranch. – Moonlite Bunny Ranch/Splash Celebrity [...]
- Learning to Read Your Parrots Body Language In 2 Steps. : Reading Your Parrots Body Language Learning to read your parrots body language will help you to see your bird in a whole new light. It can help you understand when he is feeling under the weather, happy, wants attention and can also save you from receiving a nasty bite. Once you have learned the main characteristics of [...]
- Beloved Family Pet Stolen In Southampton. : A SOUTHAMPTON family has been left devastated after violent thieves broke into their home, attacked their pet dog and stole their beloved parrot. Burglars struck at Terry Derbyshire’s family home in Shirley and attacked family pet Charlie, a Staffordshirecross rescue dog, before making off with their twoyear- old African grey parrot Sky. The bird, which the family [...]
- Rooney’s in-laws sick of squawking parrot : British footballer Wayne Rooney’s in-laws are said to be sick of their pet parrot, as it keeps on squawking their new grandson’s name. Rooney, 24, and his wife Coleen, 23, had taught the African Grey to say “Kai Wayne Rooney” for “a laugh” little expecting that the bird will keep repeating it all day [...]
Teaching Your Parrot To Talk
After reading so many request for information regarding talking, on the various mail lists I decided to write my own article on the subject. My experience deals with the two Congo African Greys in our flock and what I have learned and read on the different mail lists in the last 3 years. Both our Grey are prolific talkers and we lost count of how many words, phrases and sounds that they know a long time ago. Most of the questions related to talking are asked by the new parrot owner so this article is mainly directed towards them.
We all love parrots for many reasons but the ability to produce human speech and to mimic a variety of sounds is a big reason why parrots have fascinated mankind for so long. Amongst the many reasons for choosing a particular species of parrot as a companion, intelligence and talking ability are often placed very high on the priority list. Every parrot owner I have ever met is thrilled when the first word is spoken.
Training
New parrot owners often ask, "What methods should I use to teach my parrot how to talk?" ... Read More
More Parrot Articles
- Feather Plucking And African Greys
- Getting Your Parrot Into a Travel Cage With The Least Fuss
- 11 Things You Should Know About Your African Grey
- Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease
- 5 Super Foods For Your Parrot
- African Grey Parrot Diet: The Key To A Healthy Grey
- Parrot Stopped Talking?
- Foraging Toys For Your Parrot
- Creating A Healthy Parrot Diet
- Why Feathers Fall Of Birds
- Choosing The Right Parrot Food
If you'd like to have your own article featured on the site then please submit your articles to Paula on:
paula@african-grey-parrots.co.uk
Parrots For Sale - Free Online Classified Adverts
Registration is FREE and will remain so forever, for the time being (possibly forever too) you may post adverts for FREE so if you're looking to sell your parrots and accessories i.e. cages, toys etc. for absolutely NO COST AT ALL sign up to our classified ad section of the site now... there's no catches honestly!!
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Owning an African Grey Parrot has always been a dream of mine so when my husband found me day dreaming over one in a pet shop he finally caved in and said I could get one! I had made a decision to get my baby grey from a reputable breeder instead of a pet shop mainly to ensure I got a well cared for and well loved baby. I also decided to do as much research into African Greys as I could so that I could provide the best possible loving home for my new found friend once she got home.
This is where I came across the African Grey Parrot Centre website which is run by Rick and Paula. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the posts of other members and gained a lot of very useful information from some of the forums committed members, and then I myself became a member. I then learned that Paula breeds African Greys and contacted her about having one of her babies. She was very informative every step of my babies ... Read the rest of this testimonial and others on the testimonials page.
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