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Posted by spusna84 on March 18, 2003 at 21:32:55:

In Reply to: Follow Up posted by Chamkeeper on March 17, 2003 at 22:13:02:

First of all, I'm not sure how your friend concluded that your grey is so much older than you were told--a 4 year old grey looks the same as a 10 or 20 year old grey. If you can read her leg band, many breeders put the hatch year on the band, so you might be able to confirm the age that way.

Here's a link to a good site on visually sexing African greys:

http://members.tripod.com/The_African_Queen/sexing_greys.htm

The shape of the head, perching stance and talking ability are not very accurate ways to determine sex in an African Grey. Most breeders 4 (or more) years ago did not routinely sex babies being sold as pets, so it's not likely you will be able to determine the sex by contacting the breeder.

Hope this helps!
Sharon

:The weather was finally warm this past weekend so we took our new friend to see a lady with LOTS of bird experience. SHe told us our bird is probably much older than 4 years, probably well over 10, maybe 20, no biggie for us, we like the parrot. We were also advised to give her a bath ASAP. We knew no better but apperantly she had not had a bath in a long time. We have only had her 3 weeks, but I would guess it has been much longer than that. So we gave her a bath. Other suggestions were to start some 'play time' on the floor to help with the bonding process. Our first seesion went well. The thing that has us the most confused is her comments about gender. She thought the bird we were told is female, looked and behaved more like a male. This was based on how he or she sat on the perch, the shape of his or her head, and the fact the there is no end to the talking. Any truth to any of this? Also, if we can manage to read the info on the leg band, is it possible to find out who the breeder could have been and potentially look up some records regarding birthdate and gender?

:Thanks for the help,

:Cham

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