Loves to play rough

Valyndris

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Jacob the blue and gold macaw
Not sure about African Greys but I asked this same question not too long ago about my blue and gold macaw and it seems to be a normal thing for macaws and amazons. I'm sure it's probably normal for African Greys too.

Here is a link to my post about it: http://www.parrotforums.com/macaws/81959-normal-playing-behavior-b-g.html

Here is a video of Jacob my blue and gold macaw playing rough, he likes tossing toys and gets extra excited when the toys come back and hit him in the head.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87_nowQ8q9M&t=25s"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87_nowQ8q9M&t=25s[/ame]
 

Tami2

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Levi - 6 yr old CAG

DOH-4/2/2016
Create a you tube page. That is how many of us share videos. :)

Here is my Levi playing rough.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15cQPXPCdqA&feature=youtu.be"]Levi playing 🐦 - YouTube[/ame]
 

DRB

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Perjo - Female CAG hatch Nov 2015
I don’t think it’s normal for CAGS in terms of playing rough with a person but I don’t think it’s concerning either as long as biting isn’t occurring

Perjo plays rough by herself a few times a week and she gets a bit daring with me as well, very rarely does she panic and bite bc of it.
 

bigfellasdad

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Enzo - adopted Female CAG circa 2004. A truly amazing young lady!
Enzo loves to play rough with me, beaking my hand with hardly any pressure, fluffing up etc.. I will do so with her but im VERY conscious of her getting too excited and going for a chomp of my hand. So ill always stop prematurely if the signs become apparant.
 

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Not a Grey, but sometimes Salty gets way, way rough with his metal toys ( 2 tubular stainless bells and an all stainless wind chime type toy), both he will attack, similar to how Levi above does it, only he gets almost frenetically fast and involved, squealing in delight. That is NOT the time to see if he wants to be picked up or scratched.

But when he is working on a wood toy, he is more than happy to include me, and he never chews hard on fingers. Salty also likes to play rough away from his toys, with him on his back in my hand and rough housing with the other hand.
 

AmyMyBlueFront

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Amy a Blue Front 'Zon
Jonesy a Goffins 'Too who had to be rehomed :-(

And a Normal Grey Cockatiel named BB who came home with me on 5/20/2016.
Smokey ( a TAG..r.i.p.) would go bonkers over a toilet paper roll! Tearing it apart and tossing it in the air,often times yelling at it. I'd have to wait until she calmed down before trying to interact with her coz she'd still be so wound up that there was a very good chance I'd get a nasty CHOMP :eek:





Jim
 

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