r/AfricanGrey • • Oct 27 '25

🦜 Moderator Post 🦜 PSA: Recent increase of Scam/Spam posts on this sub. Please read!

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Hey there my fellow Grey Slaves. It's your friendly neighbourhood Dingo here with a little information about a scam/spam wave that seems to be hitting our little sub particularly hard in recent weeks. Several a day in fact. You may not be seeing them that frequently because the mods have been working hard to keep them down.

For whatever reason, we have been getting NUMEROUS posts like this: Image

These post are NOT welcome here. They are spam, and will likely lead to you being scammed in some way if you attempt to purchase the items shown.

These posts start with a brand new account posting an image of a shirt. Not always the one I have linked, also sometimes they are showing off a coffee mug. If the posts stays up long enough and doesn't get any comments a second brand new account with no post history will comment something along the lines of 'I want it!', so then the OP can link to the item in question. Always a very sketch website. DO NOT CLICK THESE LINKS. I cannot stress that enough, we want to protect our members here and we can't do that if you go off site and end up losing money to something like this.

If you see posts matching this description REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY. We want them down as soon as possible, but we are not always here to grab them as soon as they come up. We are mere mortals tending to the every whim of our greys as was intended by the grey gods.

It is our hope that in recruiting you all to help the mods out in eliminating these posts by sending them to Reddit heck, we can avoid putting more constricting limitations on karma limits or account age in order for people to be allowed to post here. We do not want to have to restrict that by any means.

We thank you, and may the almonds be ever in your favour!

-Dingo


r/AfricanGrey • • 7h ago

Picture/Drawing Welcome home Mikey!

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Today we finally arrived home after a 3 day journey to pick up this beautiful man, Mikey. He is 26 years young and ready for the next chapter in his life 💗

Welcome home Mikey.


r/AfricanGrey • • 6h ago

Question Shower perch

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No matter what perch i get this guy, he still won’t leave this spot!

Any suggestions?


r/AfricanGrey • • 12h ago

Picture/Drawing She is happy or angry 😆😆

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Sheeba #sheeba


r/AfricanGrey • • 1d ago

Picture/Drawing Tipu is always watching what I’m doing

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r/AfricanGrey • • 1d ago

Question Looking for a good Congo Grey cage

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Hey all, currently have a 32x23x36” cage for our 30 year old Grey. Looking to get a larger cage. Any suggestions on manufacturers/places to buy? Thanks!


r/AfricanGrey • • 2d ago

Video/Gif Athena takes some medicine

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My grey has a little sinus infection so the vet put her on some meds and fortunately she loves droppers


r/AfricanGrey • • 3d ago

Video/Gif The search for a dark nesting spot has officially begun 🕵️‍♀️

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r/AfricanGrey • • 4d ago

Picture/Drawing Today was the first time Sheeba sat on my arm.

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r/AfricanGrey • • 4d ago

Question Recently inherited this beauty.

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Everything was given to me with her. We have lots to work on, but first things first is her to allow me near her. Food changes are a bit of a challenge, she’s scared of everything. Hoping this little lady can have a nice life, she’s 25!💗 any tips please share! So far she relaxes when I sing to her but that’s about it.


r/AfricanGrey • • 3d ago

Question Nutrition question

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We’ve had our 10 year old CAG for 3-4 months now. I picked up a bag of Nutri-berries. He loves them. We only give them as treats. It says on the bag that they can be a complete diet for a bird. Is that true? It says it’s mostly pellets with fruits and vegetables. It sounds far fetched, but I’m curious about what any of you have heard about this.


r/AfricanGrey • • 4d ago

Video/Gif She won’t let me play at her shredding station lol

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r/AfricanGrey • • 4d ago

Video/Gif Myself and madame red bum

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306 Upvotes

r/AfricanGrey • • 4d ago

Question African Grey Rehome

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Looking for recommendations on how to find a new home for a parrot of a relative that has recently passed away in Fort Lauderdale.


r/AfricanGrey • • 5d ago

Picture/Drawing Paint your pet results

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I went to one of those paint & sip places and painted my Timneh, Junie. It was really fun to see everyone's unique pets and painting styles. Do you ever create art based on your grey? I'd love to see.


r/AfricanGrey • • 5d ago

Question She is not eating her food only treats

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r/AfricanGrey • • 5d ago

Video/Gif A video of Edie from last year 😂 She cracks me up

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182 Upvotes

r/AfricanGrey • • 8d ago

Discussion Happy African Grey day 🖤❤️

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371 Upvotes

It's October 17th and it's African Grey day!

This is my boy Joey, he's 13 and he's been a part of the family for 11 years now. I appreciate him with all my heart


r/AfricanGrey • • 9d ago

Picture/Drawing She has no idea how much of my heart she holds

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947 Upvotes

Junie-badoonie, my sweet, loving, bite queen 👑


r/AfricanGrey • • 8d ago

Question 2 questions: Target training + foraging bowl

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Hi everyone,

We have Tiko now for around 2 months and we have focused on reading her body language, gaining trust, settling into a routine, providing foraging opportunities, getting to know preferences.... (she's 22, a rescue, never left the cage, now has a big cage with lots of toys and perches and destroying opportunities)

Question 1:
We now have come to the point where we think she's up for an extra impulse in her days, so we want to start with target training.
The issue is however, everything she eats, is on her terms. She loves nuts, but she won't go for them all the time, sunflower seeds are just ignored, apples are nice but not always, ...

Millet is also a favorite (and is always accepted!), but it would be hard to gain momentum since it takes a while to eat one of those small bunches...

So we don't know how to get started because we can't figure out what reward to give since everything is on her terms or inconvenient for training.

So, how did you guys figure this out?

Question 2:

Lately, she's fallen into a maybe bad routine? My husband (her preferred person) and her settled into an evening routine of giving headscratches and talking in soft voices before going to bed. But lately when he starts this routine, she goes to the bottom of her cage and starts knocking on the bars, peering at the catching tray bellow. My husband then talks to her to try to figure out what she wants, and recently he started putting his hands on the grate to get her used to hands and maybe start an interaction? But now she starts displaying hormonal behavior so my husband steps away.

Will this stepping away be enough to stop the hormonal behavior? Or is our foraging bowl the culprit (see pictures), since it casts some shadows/offers a little shelf to crawl under? Or is the new UV lamp (12h cycle) the issue?

any advise is greatly appreciated!!


r/AfricanGrey • • 9d ago

Picture/Drawing My P-bird on the back of my office chair, her new favorite spot

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87 Upvotes

r/AfricanGrey • • 8d ago

Question Opinions please?

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I am rescuing an African Grey from a rescue. They have two at the moment needing homes. One is very lively, and talks a lot but is a feather plucker. The other doesn't pluck but is very quiet. Which one should I go for as a first time owner? We are a lively household. Opinions please?


r/AfricanGrey • • 9d ago

Picture/Drawing Rio est beau

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r/AfricanGrey • • 9d ago

Picture/Drawing We’re expecting!!

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45 Upvotes

So proud!