bewted Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 one hand reared african grey parrot with very large cage,but,unfortunately plucked himself,his vocaABULARY IS SOMEWHAT RUDE SOMETIMES,BUT,DOES A LOT OF OTHER IMITATIONS TOO,,,,,and driving me nuts with it too,anyone iinterested give me you phone number in a pm and i will ring you any evening !!! you can see the size of cage for parrot compared to my i think 32 inch or 36 inch tv as dont know the tv size just now !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mic Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 give it some vit b12, it reduces the feather plucking 8)cheers ??) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bewted Posted January 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 no one interested ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewhiteflight Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 i pmed you the other day ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bewted Posted January 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 i pmed you the other day ted just pm you now !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfrail123 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 parrots must have min off 12 hours dark if not thay pluck them selfs when in a cage if you cover them for 12 hours thay more tame dont pluck and it gives you rest as well i use to breed macaws blue n gold s hand rear them as well hard job i can say put ropes up in cage and toys nuts in shells greens but to menny chains balls rings thing to keep it happy it will then stop pluckking im sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest karl adams Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 i sent u a pm the other day but u didn't reply back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 parrots must have min off 12 hours dark if not thay pluck them selfs when in a cage if you cover them for 12 hours thay more tame dont pluck and it gives you rest as well i use to breed macaws blue n gold s hand rear them as well hard job i can say put ropes up in cage and toys nuts in shells greens but to menny chains balls rings thing to keep it happy it will then stop pluckking im sure dont agree with that what so ever 12 hours of darkness i breed parrots none of mine get 12 hours of darkness and none of them have plucked them selves plucking can be a range of things from boredem to mites to a diesease so sadly disagree with you on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 i had 1 kept plucking its self was told to get another parrot to keep it company it worked but the african grey was too qute for the young orange wing and would shout its name and when it came near it would attic it so had to get rid of the young one and she started plucking its self again so bordom is what i would go for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 do you sell parrots mick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 yup mate pm me if you wish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjc Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 my neighbours will pull its tail if his wife has to go into hospital for more than a week as its bonded with her but did start plucking when he was young and was told to give it more calcium, they started that and its never plucked since but he certainly doesn't get 12 hours of darkness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy white Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 one hand reared african grey parrot with very large cage,but,unfortunately plucked himself,his vocaABULARY IS SOMEWHAT RUDE SOMETIMES,BUT,DOES A LOT OF OTHER IMITATIONS TOO,,,,,and driving me nuts with it too,anyone iinterested give me you phone number in a pm and i will ring you any evening !!! you can see the size of cage for parrot compared to my i think 32 inch or 36 inch tv as dont know the tv size just now !!! i lost" max" my african grey, just a short time ago, after having him for about 30 years, [hewas reckoned to be roughly 60 years old [nearly as old as you ted ;D]" max " plucked his feathers out each winter, but in summer was given free flight outside, after making various enquiries about this , was told it was "vice" learned when young ,probably caused by boredom ,, however this never seemed to bother him ,, and like yours came out with a fewchoice "words ;D" sometimes to my great embarrassment ;D i miss the old so an so ,he was such a character Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest surfer Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 dont agree with that what so ever 12 hours of darkness i breed parrots none of mine get 12 hours of darkness and none of them have plucked them selves plucking can be a range of things from boredem to mites to a diesease so sadly disagree with you on that I went to Amazon world on the Isle of Wight saw the parrots, a lad gave a talk on them he said once they start plucking, sometimes even if you cure the problem,ie boredom or mites, it can become a habit just like biting your finger nails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joshdonlan Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 Just seen on TV , with Macaws, they can overpreen theirselves if they are on their own so them a feather duster to preen and pluck instead, maybe worth a try ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfrail123 Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 dont agree with that what so ever 12 hours of darkness i breed parrots none of mine get 12 hours of darkness and none of them have plucked them selves plucking can be a range of things from boredem to mites to a diesease so sadly disagree with you on that sorry i disagree with you fella if have parootts in a house 12 hours dark thay must have other wise thay screem all day so say 10 in mornning till 10 at nite then cover them him her up carms them down for nite as i say give them loads off time plenty off toys handel them show them afecsion dont just leave it in cage all day as thay gett bored qwick then pluck yes it can be mites and othere things but mainly bored dum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 i know of plenty of parrots that are kept indoors and arnt covered up at all or are cover but only for 6 hours or so and theses birds are still tame and dont scream so got to disagree with you again and about plucking yeah mainly bored but if youbuy a parrot i would expect you to at least know some basic info about them and what they need eg toys time out of cage and human interaction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest youngzimmy Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 did you thimk you could race him on the darkness system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjc Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 have you managed to re-home him yet Ted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjc Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 teach him to call the birds in on race day Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjc Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 he won't be happy with you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chrisss Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 will he survive after that long in a cage? :o :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjc Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 They can get very stressed especialy if he's been used to attention and being handled indoors, maybe you'll have o get him/her a mate Chris! What sex is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjc Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 if she lets you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bewted Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 parrot still for sale everyone !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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