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Posted by Kestrel on November 02, 2002 at 01:08:46:

In Reply to: Poicephalus ARE great birds, and GREYs are among the best.. posted by Fred Albury on November 01, 2002 at 17:40:13:

just saw the last blurp. hehe.. thanks.. i'm not JUST a reptile person.. birds and horses were what i was raised around.. horses were my love before i got into herps(but then what little girl doesn't like horses? i've always wonder why that is..).. but i also have cats, birds, various fish(arowana and tank mates), egyptian fruit bat(soon), chinchilla, rats, gerbils, mice, creepy crawlies.. i've rehabbed things from foxes and racoons to baby crows and starlings.. lol. Its in my families blood..

as for the pictures, yes i do take bad ones, i just delete them.. ;)

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::I have a Senegal and love him to death. We are getting an umbrella soon...Did you know the greys supposedly have an intelligence of a 5-10 year old human child? According to Irene Pepperberg... she has been doing studies on them (Alex) for 20 years or so.

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:One of my earliest medium sized parrots were African grey, speicifally Congos, although in time I would go on to keep and breed both Congos and Timnehs(The smaller, more demure of the two) Greys are definetly one person birds and the bond is VERY strong in spoonfed youngsters to their owners or *chosen* people. I say chosen because I have seen firsthand Greys that were hadnraised by one individual only to bond wioth someone else that had no real part in the hand rearing process. They are VERY,VERY intelligent birds, in my opinion possesing the intelligence level of a 6 yr old child. along with this intelligence however, is linked a memory you wouldn't beleive, and a grey that has been mistreated, even once, is not likely to forget or forgive for these injustices against its person. Greys are also not very adept at dealing with change, be it the toys in their cage, the placement of their cage, a new home or a new owner and new home. ALL these things contribute heavily to them manifesting behaviours, i.e. aggresion, denuding of feathers etc etc. they are a very calm stable bird that must be totally appreciated for what it is. I love them, and miss keeping and breeding them and hand rearing the youngsters.

:Kestrel, thanks for shareing, nice to see some interest in animals other than snakes here. Great pics to, do you ever take any bad ones? Thanks again.

:Fred Albury
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