re: anyone have a pet bird?

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they are loud as frick. Not all of them like people and some of them like only certain people and hate others. If they don't like people, they can bite hard and be real assholes. My son wants one, I tell him.....?

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This is pretty spot on. I worked in pet shops through high school and collage and we sold birds so I have sorta had them around for a long time. We sold some of those kinds of parrots and what wick said is pretty accurate, but its not all bad.

I wouldn't say no and think its just all bad. If you get a good parrot from young and put in the effort you can have a really cool bird that speaks pretty clear. Sometimes they are just picky assholes but I have seen many nice ones. Keep up on the mess and it wont be a mess...you will have to clean.

With that said I have been bite me on my finger when going to pick it up...im sure it was a warning shot and it had some power. African grays have a really good vocabulary.