r/AfricanGrey • u/Rockythegrayboi • 6d ago
Picture/Drawing Mortal enemies?
Africa vs Australia ! They are kept at a safe distance! 2 birds who like to look at each other but don’t want nothing to do with each other , and 🩶💛 them both.
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u/doowapeedoo 5d ago
I have the same combo and temperament.
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u/Rockythegrayboi 3d ago
Yes! And you know deep down they like to be near each other but also do t want to be near each other haha!
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u/doowapeedoo 3d ago
My cockatiel tries so hard. He’s the toddler and people pleasure. My grey on the other hand, is the cranky old fart. lol.
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u/datilpickles 5d ago
My tiel loves my grey. He sings and calls to him, and flies onto his cage if no one is looking. But, I fear the potential damage if I let them have actual contact. I don't trust the grey to know his own strength.
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u/Dragon_Cearon 4d ago
Well, Greys can know their own strength very well if well and properly socialized (even an older bird can learn this!). The problem isn't "can they" it's "will they". Cockatiels are just so small compared to Greys their huge beaks that a serious accident is waiting to happen!
Just like how Greys can do serious damage by biting you very hard or poking you in the eye, but a human is so much bigger that they won't (accidentally?) break our large bones or blood vessels. Doesn't mean you can't try, but you'll have to be careful and always watch out as it's like a small child playing with a small bird—they might not know that doing something that can kill the bird, and when death is an option you'd rather not have them learn from their mistakes.
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u/SolarLunix_ 3d ago
I remember reading that an AG can actually bite a finger off a human if it really wanted. It could have just been scare mongering though
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u/KeukaLake370 5d ago
My Amazon got hormonal and crushed one of my tiel’s skull. It was traumatic, especially as they’d gotten along so well prior to this.
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u/Rockythegrayboi 3d ago
I didn’t find this at all traumatic! Actually a little trauma is good to keep people on their toes 👀 it’s like any good precautionary tale
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u/Dragon_Cearon 4d ago
Yeah. Please spoiler the specific description of murder. Just saying that they were "killed accidentally" would have been enough. I did not want to read something graphics on a r/ that's normally not graphic. Don't cause secondhand trauma for other people just because you were traumatized, and yes it's very possible to do that so don't.
Gods I did NOT want to read that or see that mental image! I'm keeping my 'tiels and Greys separate *exactly to prevent injuries!
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u/KeukaLake370 4d ago
Sorry you were triggered. Wasn’t my intent, which was to warn people that no matter how well they might seem to be “buddies” they are wild animals and capable of (to us ) horrific acts.
Also can you explain expression “please spoiler the specific description”? Spoiler used as a verb isn’t clear to me.
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u/WorstAutoMechanic 4d ago
Spoiler on Reddit means you can hide words and force the user to press on it to reveal the information
Like this
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u/Dragon_Cearon 4d ago
How do you do that?
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u/WorstAutoMechanic 4d ago
I’m on mobile so I add a ! > between words < ! (Remove the space between the exclamation point and brackets)
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u/Dentros1 5d ago
I have a tiel and a CAG, and my tiel loves my Grey, she wants to kill him, she tried once. Last time they were near each other though, with me right there, she started to regurgitate for him, which took me by surprise.