My new BFF

[megavites]

Meet Conrad, our African Grey parrot. He's our newest rescue pet. We picked him up a month ago just outside of Philly and he's one cool dude. He's 23yr's old and was owned by an older couple from Florida. Not sure what happened but he has become attached to me as they usually pick their "favorite". Luckly my wife and son can handle him but typically its him and I hanging out in the man cave.

His vocalizations consist of ....hello, goodbye, kissing noises, bluetooth speaker connections, oven reaching temp, the sound a beer makes pouring into a glass

and a creepy clown voice "nighty, night". We're still working on Go Birds.

Edited January 2, 2019 by megavites

[Buck154]

They are very neat birds and can learn a lot of words. Not sure with a 23 year old. I never had one but a friend has one.

Good luck 

Edited January 2, 2019 by Buck154

[Joeybeets]

Very cool good luck luck with him and it’s great you gave him a new home. 

[birdshotnj]

They are incredible animals, and smarter than most liberals. In all seriousness they are the most intelligent of all bird species, God bless you for rescuing him, and enjoy. The bond between bird and man is pretty cool, they're like feathered puppies sometimes.

[nb6624]

I had one but he passed from cancer. He was awesome and knew every bad word you could think of from its previous owner. We now have a blue fronted Amazon..not as talkative 

[JHbowhunter]

That’s one helluva nutcracker!  Good luck 

[Slayer1962]

My parents had one and wanted to give it to me. I saw their walls smeared with fruits and berries and said NO THANK YOU !

Hopefully yours is neater lol 

[bushden]

I had an amazon parrot a LONG TIME AGO, after he drew blood I got rid of  him and found dogs much easier to train.

[Batsto]

Neat Bird! How long can they live? Go Birds. 

[Nanuk]

Good luck with him !! I had a rescue several years back great bird , extremely intelligent and really only bonds with one person (it wasn’t me by the way) . They can be messy but like anything in life , if you love it you’ll tolerate it. Enjoy your new BFF . 

[not on the rug]

My parents had Parrots and Conures when I was growing up and I absolutely hated them.  Sure they were "cool" for a few minutes because they could repeat a few words, but god were they awfully loud and insanely messy.   They woke up at sunrise every morning, despite being covered.  They thrashed around and threw fruit and seeds everywhere and we had to vacuum constantly.  To me, the trade off wasn't worth the misery.  

But, to each their own.  They are really amazing animals.  I just prefer to see them on TV in the rainforest. 

[Grassmans]

Good luck with him !!

[Stewey]

My pop has 2 mccalls that he kept in the bar that he owned, you should hear the mouth on them. He has to will them to someone since they often live longer than the owners 

[megavites]

2 hours ago, Batsto said:

Neat Bird! How long can they live? Go Birds. 

Vet says captive greys, depending on diet, maybe 40-60yrs, so that puts me and him on the same timeline to meet the maker, otherwise, my son gets him.

[Greybeard]

Teach him to say "big buck over there", and take him hunting.