African Grey Parrots Food and Eating Tips

African Grey Parrots Food and Eating Tips

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We have found an awesome article that by Anna-Hart that we would love to share with you today.

When you invite an African Grey parrot to share your home, you are taking on a long-term responsibility to provide a good diet for that parrot for 50 years or more. Many owners fail to do this, even for a few months. Believing that bird seed is enough, they purchase a large bag of mixed seed, and feed their African Grey. Seeds are cheap, so bird food companies push them.

African Grey parrots' food must not be only seed, however. Such an incomplete, imbalanced diet is likely to cause illness. Seeds are high in fat and carbohydrates, and your African Grey will probably pick out its favorite seeds, making the diet even less balanced.

Most parrot experts agree that an African Grey parrots' food needs can only be met with a formula diet supplemented with a variety of other foods.

Organic Pellets

What is a formula diet for an African Grey? Organic pellets. I say "organic" pellets because many of the conventional pellets have unhealthy ingredients. Some have even been noted as containing potentially toxic ingredients.

African Grey parrots' food should never contain Menadione. If the pellets you are considering for your African Grey list menadione as an ingredient, read on. The FDA requires a warning on every bag of food that contains it. That warning must read, "Person who handles needs to wear protective outfit, gloves, mask, and glasses."

Menadione may be added to give your African Grey additional vitamin K. A better option is to provide full spectrum light for your parrot. An African Grey will get vitamin K from the light, just as it would if living outdoors.

Organic pellets also let your African Grey avoid the high quantities of sugar in colored pellets. Most African Grey parrot owners care enough about the bird in which they've invested so much money, that they don't want to give it a diet that is high in sugar.

African Grey parrots' food that is based on organic pellets will be free of contaminants that might be found in other pellets. In the U.S., government regulations force companies making organic parrot food not to use pesticides or other contaminants.

In addition to a basic, formulated pellet food, African Grey's need many of the same food you eat.

1. Fresh vegetables: Offer your African Grey a wide variety of vegetables, raw or cooked. Think bright, deep colors for the most nutrition. Most vegetables that offer high nutrition to you and your family will be good for your parrot as well. Cooked legumes such as beans and lentils are good. Sprouted seeds are also good. Your African Grey will love them. To avoid contaminants such as pesticides, you may want to use organic vegetables for African Grey parrots' food.

2. Fresh fruits: In the wild, African Greys eat fruit freely. The trick is to keep your parrot from filling up on its favorite food and neglecting pellets and vegetables. As with vegetables, choose bright, rich colors in fruit for the most nutrition. Also, purchase organic if possible.

3. Other supplemental foods: African Grey parrots enjoy cooked eggs and small amounts of yogurt now and then. African Greys' are more prone than some parrots to calcium deficiency, so you may leave the egg shell on the hard boiled egg, if you wish. You should not need to give your parrot calcium supplements if you are using a good organic pellet food. You may give a few seeds as a treat, but go easy on them.

No, Thank You

African Grey parrots' food dishes should never contain avocado, chocolate, or rhubarb. They should not contain any human junk foods or processed meats either. It should go without saying, but your African Grey should never be given anything containing caffeine or alcohol.

Water, Please.  Remember, when thinking of your African Greys dietary needs, that it should have fresh, clean water in its cage at all times.

Helpful Tip
For healthy African Greys be sure you clean the food and water dishes every day. If your parrot decides on an impromptu bath, wait until it is done, wash the water dish, and give it a fresh supply of water.

©2007, Anna Hart. An avid reader and researcher, Anna explores many parrot breeds and offers more information about African Grey Parrots and their care at http://www.parrots-of-the-world.com. If you are interested in learning about parrot food made at home, you won’t want to miss the information Anna shares on that subject.

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Do You Have a Screaming Screeching Parrot

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Do You Have a Screaming Screeching Parrot?

Are your ready to give your parrot away because you do not know how to stop her from screaming and Screeching?

We have a great solution for you.

Your total solution to stop your parrot from screaming and screeching

We just wanted to let you know that I found a website where you can get a free parrot training. a 3 Day E-course and training video, just by visiting them.


We just wanted to take the time and write a quick note letting you know that we found a website where you can get a free parrot training, a 3 Day E-course and training video, just by visiting.

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Plus, You will get a special extra 2 hour interview on tips and techniques, if you mention my name:  TeejTracy on the order form. That is really a cool deal

The course will teach your parrot to:

• Stop Biting
•  Perform Tricks
•  Tame ANY SIZE bird you could possibly own
• How to Stop your parrot from screaming and screeching

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They also share with you how to cure major biting and fear problems that parrots tend to develop using the clicker training techniques..

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Stop your parrot screaming and screeching today.  Save your sanity and enjoy a happy parrot.

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Amaze Your Friends on How Your Parrot Speaks

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Amaze Your Friends on how your parrot speaks.

With the proper training and guidance your parrot will learn to speak on command.

With the Parrot Training Course we used to train, Penny our African Grey to Speak,  You too can have your Parrot become the talk of the town. 

There are tips on which time of the day to start your training.   How to use audios to train your parrot to speak and the length of time to play them.  It is not a good idea to play this audio for too long.

There are some words that they find hard to pronounce or just refuse to say them.  Penny could not or refused to say "problem" until we moved our Indian Myna into the same room as Penny's.  He says it all the time.  Now Penny says it in the Indian Moyna's voice.

Do yourself and your pet parrot a favor and get this course.  You will reap the benefits for years to come and your friends will be amazed...

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Having an African Grey Parrot as a Pet

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Today we would like to talk about having an African Grey Parrot as a pet.

I know of people that got an African Grey Parrot because they saw them in the pet shop and they looked so cute. 

They have no idea what parrots eat, type of cages you will need as they mature,  special breakable toys and things like that.  I know I was one of those people.  The Pet Store owner gave us a brief overview on what to do but that was it.

I got this call to come and look at their new pet.

Well you cannot believe what I saw!   This poor little bird was placed on the sofa with a towel under it and the children would pick it up and run around with it.

I told them that the little bird could die from stress alone and that is nothing to the pain the little birds is going through being handled is such a rough way. 

We received a call from one of our friends that had gotten themselves a baby parrot.  The parrot was not doing well so we went over to see what the problem was.  They had allowed their 3 year old to carry this baby parrot around.  Can you imagine that?  The poor little parrot.

We told them that, that is not the way to treat any bird, never mind a baby parrot and left.


They were not too happy with me and did not listen.   Needless to say this poor little parrot did not make it through the night.

Please before you get a pet African Grey or any pet for that matter, Do a little research first.

Get the proper foods and how to handle your pet.   It is really heartbreaking to see how pets are treated and most times it is due to lack of knowledge

You owe it to yourself and your pet to be informed as they cannot tell you what they need.

Stop Biting, Screaming & Plucking. African Grey Training Information, to enable you to be a great Parrot Owner.

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TrudyVan and TeejTracy

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Penny My African Grey Parrot

Penny My African Grey Parrot

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We were away from home during the sad departure of my Brother in law and when we came back home,  guess who would not speak to us?  Penny

She refused to even take a biscuit, nor would she eat her fruit.  She was just so cross with me.  When I came near her cage she shouted at me and refused to come out.

It took her over a week to start responding to me.  Just like a child would when a parent was not around for a while,  they also show their displeasure.

This part of a parrots nature still surprises me.  The intelligence of the parrot knows no bounds.  They show emotion.  You know what they are thinking.   A parrots eyes are extremely expressive. You get to know the look in their eyes and their movements,  just like a mother gets to know her child.   You know what they are going to do before they do it.

Well we are friends and she is now chatting away..  


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TrudyVan and TeejTracy

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Information on the African Grey Parrots

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We would like to wish all our readers an awesome New Year and may your pet parrots bring you loads of joy in the year ahead.

The best information that you can get is from a person that owns Parrots and knows all the good and the bad about owning a parrot.  I wish I know all that I have learned by trail and error before I got a pet parrot.  It would have made life just so much easier for all of us.

Lucky we found courses that helped us to train our African Grey and to make her sociable.

You might just find the help you need by reading more here...

Please feel free to comment and share information about your Parrots.

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TrudyVan and TeejTracy

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African Grey Parrot Best Pet Birds

African Grey Parrot Best Pet Birds, Pictures of African grey parrot,

clipped from hubpages.com African Greys Best Pet Birds Harmful Foods To African Grey Parrots There are a couple of exceptions: Avocado Pears, Chocolates, Caffeine, Alcohol African Greys Best Pet BirdsTrudyVan's best pet birds Hubpage. Loads of photos of Penny the african grey parrot TrudyVan Some parrots love to bath others do not. If you teach them from very young to bath they do so on their own. They are also extremely found of being sprayed with a light spray in the summer months. The African Grey: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet Price: $0.96 List Price: $12.95

African Grey Parrots Best Pet Birds to have

African Grey's - Best Pet Birds

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Trudy Van's best pet birds Hub page. Loads of photos of Penny the African grey parrot

You will love this Hub page.  I have posted some really lovely photo's of my African Grey Parrot.

Tips on what to feed a parrot and what can harm them.

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TrudyVan  and TeejTracy

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African Grey Parrot Guides

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We have just completed a great Hub page on African Grey Parrots. I have researched and found a really cool Guide in regard to African Grey Parrots, that you will find extremely useful should you want acquire an African Grey as a pet bird.

It pays to do the proper research before you rush out and get an African grey parrot as a pet bird.


A New Owner's Guide to African Grey Parrots (New Owners Guide)

Check out our Hub Page about African Grey Parrots

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Bird Watching and Birders

Bird Watching

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We love bird watching and it is a passion of ours

Bird watching is a great hobby. You learn all about the different birds in your area. You tend to meet like minded people that share the same interest as you do. Great for networking and making good friends. You get to know the difference between each type of bird. What is female and male of each species.

Are you are birdwatcher or a birder?

I am a birdwatcher. I do it fun and because I am fond of birds and nature. You can watch the birds and appreciate nature all at one time. It is one of the most relaxing hobbies anyone can have. You can even be a birdwatcher from your own back yard.

We often go to Wakkerstroom, which is a wetland town in South Africa and join the teams of bird watchers that visit this area from all over the world.

Another place to visit to go bird watching is St. Lucia, South Africa.  You can read a little more on my Hub Page.

Bird watching as a hobby has upset serious birders because birdwatchers do not observe the proper etiquette mostly because they do not know better. Whether you are a birdwatcher or a birder, you should always consider the well being of the birds you are watching at all times. Do not talk loud or run around. Keep your voice low and move in slow movements. Please do not litter and promote cleanliness for the environment. You would not like to go to a site with litter all over the place. Preserve the natural habitat around you.

If you would like to read a little more about Birding and birdwatching click on the link below my name.
Loads of useful information.

From one birder to another,
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TrudyVan and TeejTracy

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