African Grey Parrots Are A Very Popular Pet - Family - Pets

Copyright (c) 2010 Kaye Dennan

When you understand the personality and the abilities to talk and mimic of the African Grey parrot you can understand why the are such a wonderful pet.

The talking abilities of the African Grey parrot.

One of the truly wonderful features of the African Grey is that they are one of the world's best talkers. They have an amazing ability to mimic words and sounds. It is this ability that makes them one of the best pet parrots to own. With the property circumstances and when the parrot is a healthy, happy parrot, their ability to memorize words and mimic noises is a real joy.

Not only can the African Grey talk and talk well, they can develop a large vocabulary and to the extent that you can almost have a conversation with them. Their ability also extends to stringing a number of words together to make a sentence.

Another ability they have is to vocalize the words in the manner that is used when they hear them. Depending on what they are saying, this can be a good thing or a bad thing! One word of warning is not to swear in front of them, because before you know it they will be swearing at you and once a parrot learns to speak a certain word, it can be quite difficult to get them to stop using it.

Mimicking sounds.

Their well developed ear allows them to very quickly pick up regular sounds around the house. It won't be long before a happy developed will learn to mimic the ring of a telephone or the door bell and many a parrot owner recalls how they have been caught with this way.

Companionship.

It is these abilities that make the African Gray parrot the friend that it is to the parrot owner. Pet owners like to have a good interaction with their pets and the owner of an African Grey will not be disappointed.

He is a medium sized parrot of about 10 - 14 inches fully grown, which is an ideal size for a house parrot. He does not have the colors of his fellow parrots but then again, his personality still makes him one of the most popular.

The African Grey also has a wonderful personality which endears him to his owner. In most cases, like any pet, the more personality they have they will have more interaction with their owner. It will be a win/win situation for both owner and parrot.

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