Saturday, December 15, 2012

Entertain Your Bird With African Grey Toys

By Celia Hall


As a medium-sized parrot, African greys on average range between one foot, and thirteen inches from their tails to their beaks. Their native surroundings are the primary and secondary rain-forests of the western and central African continent. These pet parrots necessitate plenty of special, shared interaction. African Grey toys should stimulate and be sturdily-made.

This avian genus has been a well-liked pet for many centuries, to the extent that the natural population will no longer bear trapping for the domestic market. A representative life-expectancy in the region of half a century gives ample time for these friendly creatures to shape a strong attachment with their human partners. A number have been acknowledged to reach seventy-five years of age.

A gentle disposition united with the leaning and talent to ape the human tongue make the African greys fascinating buddies. In their natural habitat, greys often generate screeches, clacks and an assortment of other signals. In captive circumstances, they rapidly learn to imitate alarm clocks, telephones, video games, microwaves and an assortment of other electrical domestic appliances.

Advice to ward off boredom for your pet includes the undemanding idea of letting DVDs or CDs play every time you are forced to leave them at home alone. The radio or TV can just as well keep them satisfied and secure through an intrinsic interest in sound and the human voice. African greys will always need amusement and demand to be kept occupied with their owners and toys to thwart stress and the likelihood of them developing habits of self-destructiveness. Even in faultless circumstances, these clever birds have a predisposition for being both untidy and raucous.

This especially intelligent bird has been scientifically proven to possess the ability to associate words with their meanings. They have the brain-power needed to apply abstract concepts such as color, shape and numbers. Tests have shown their ability to perform cognitive tasks on a par with human toddlers.

African greys can possess vocabularies of nearly one thousand words. They demonstrate the capability to use verbal communication innovatively. Teamwork and mutual aid are additional indications of their mental powers. The typical grey has the same brainpower as a human child at five years old, as well as the emotional stage of a child of two. Looking after such intelligent birds demands a lot of awareness and patience.

Parrots are discriminating enough to become aware of human moods, and so ought to be at all times be advanced upon with a cool, serene demeanor. Handle the grey every day is as crucial as training the pet in what is agreeable behavior. Sixty to a hundred and twenty minutes of supervised play each day and a work out in a safe bird-friendly area is indispensable for your pet's welfare.

Ladders and ropes promote climbing and critical exercise. Suitable African Grey toys furthermore maintain the caged bird's claws and beak. It is an excellent idea to alternate toys that are inside the cage every couple of weeks or so to prevent boredom. The finest toys include hard-wearing ropes, wooden, leather or acrylic toys and raw-hides. They should not be toxic, but ought to be either colored with vegetable dyes or completely untreated. Training devices involving shapes and colors, clicker trainers and treats will keep pretty Polly perky.




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