Reply With QuoteAfraid not, but sorry to hear of your loss. They are beautiful birds, a friend has two & I love visiting them.
Evening gents.
Please don’t be tempted to make any Norwegian Blue comments- they would be crass and unwelcome.
For the past 25 years I’ve kept an African Grey and a Blue Fronted Amazon. They came to me as fully reared babies. For the last 20 of those years they have shared a very large purpose made cage- and of course had plenty of time getting handled and flying & climbing at large j the house.
Sadly today Mr Pickle my Amazon died suddenly. He had had a mercifully slow form of psittacine beak & feather disease for over 15 years which had affected his beak and claws but not his lovely plumage, or indeed his character, so it was inevitable that his life expectancy would be shortened.
My problem now is what to do about Miss Polo, the surviving parrot. African Greys are notoriously resistant to change, but need company and stimulation. Having the two birds together worked well when I was away as I am frequently. When I’m here together with the dogs there shouldn’t be too much problem but my going away for a couple of weeks is now a cause for concern.
The thing with keeping parrots is that you find what works as they are very demanding and interactive animals, but when something goes wrong it’s head scratching time. Does anyone here have experience of a similar situation, with useful advice to offer?
Afraid not, but sorry to hear of your loss. They are beautiful birds, a friend has two & I love visiting them.
My condolences, my first in laws had a African Grey, incredible bird, so intelligent and mischievous.
No experience and nothing to offer other than my condolences. I'm sorry for your loss. Hope it works out.
Very sorry to hear that.
From my daughter: she can't give professional advice, but would suggest speaking to an exotics vet, and also consider taking your African Grey for a PBFD test (as highly contagious), especially before deciding on a new feathered friend. I'm sure this is telling you nothing new!
Last edited by jukeboxs; 9th October 2022 at 20:56.
Really sorry to hear of your loss, they’re incredible birds to be around!
I think the options are to either get your African Grey a friend, or to think about rehoming it if you’re going to have to leave her for periods going forward?
You’re right in that they need company and stimulation to be happy, have a look at this site for possible options around a companion?
https://problemparrots.co.uk/
Sorry for your loss
I have a blue and gold macaw and used to have a yellow fronted Amazon, never kept in the same cage but in cages next to each other and they used to socialise when out of the cages. The Amazon died suddenly a few years ago. The macaw was “strange” off his food things like that for a while and to a certain degree still is in the regard I can no longer handle him but did eventually settle down regards eating etc.
Thank you for the replies gents. So far she’s doing well, but sad and missing her flatmate and wanting lots of cuddles.
My plan of action is going to be to take her back to Britain where she will stay with my first wife, who originally gave her a lot of training as a baby. She’ll be with someone she knows who is there most of the time, in the house where she spent her first few years. There’ll be a bit to do to get her there safely (and bloody hell it’s expensive to transport a bird!) but it’s the right thing to do.
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