Get to Know My African Grey Cressi | What African Grey Parrots Are Like As Pets!

My parents used to have a grey - never mimicked human speech, but it learned that my mom would come running when the phone rang, so it would mimick the phone ring sound and other household noises

Cressi: Humans as pets are complicated, but some are great. This one here can scratch my head like no other. She talks a lot, but that's OK. Most of her species do, it is perfectly normal. Sometimes she suddenly makes weird sounds and scary moves, but that's not dangerous at all. 😁

Jamie: "Cressi prefers her love and attention from Dave" "Me too Cressi, me too"- lol that part of the video killed me. 😂

Who else thinks Cressi is so cute.

She acts like a old lady who just can't be bothered, seems she knows better.Thank you for the informative video.

it’s so cute to see her be absolutely unbothered by everything. my budgie spooks at the randomest things, including suddenly seeing her reflection when she’s falling asleep lol

"Jamie the mood-killer" haha

I think your African Gray really loves you.☺

My African Grey has turned 44 years old, but he has never been keen on talking! I think it really differs per bird. However, he could whistle all day long!

Oh I miss Bandit so much ❤️

I got my Grey, Pepper, in my 40's, planning on her being my nursing home companion (my genes will have me living well into my 90's - 100 years) I have always had dogs, birds and small parrots - a Senegal and a love bird. All wonderful pets, but my Grey is as sweet as they come except her hormones, which makes me a loyal follower of your channel - she and I are so much more content without all that business going on. She is suspicious of strangers, meaning she stops talking and stares at them. But will go to anyone if I introduce them to her. She is quite quiet and doesn't yell except when she is mimicking me. Her weird phobias still occur out of the blue, but she is easily comforted. She has never drawn blood (something you can't say about a broody love bird) and only yells and mouth me when I care for her beak and nails. She is pushing 30, content with the routines. Love to ride in the car, hates walks - too many people with hats, and loves TV time for "tickles". Her favorite word. I can't imagine life without my Grey. I felt like I lucked out with her, but my husband used to point out that I thought all of our pets were perfect, when in truth, they were not. My good friend gave me a plaque with Mark Twain's best observation: "She was not what you would call refined. Nor was she unrefined. She was the kind of person who keeps a parrot."

I was so surprised how quiet she is! She didn’t do any bird babbling at all that I noticed. She really was chill for this video. I thought it was adorable how she was loving all the scritches you were giving her while talking. 💘🦜

I love how smart they are, ours vocabulary is huge, and his scolding of our dogs is appropriate. "Knock it off" when they bark to much. I love their contentment to be just by you, not flying all over. I love that he wakes up talking a mile a minute, putting words together to make new phrases, "Ho Ho Ho Merry Christbird" He always makes me laugh.

Hi I'm a veteran and I had an African gray parrot named Buddy since he was a baby. Buddy died 2 months ago. He was my partner he made me feel happy till the day he died in my hands. I loved him very much it's nice to see your birds on your channel. THANKS

♥️🐦🌞 Hahaha!! My parrot is also a closet talker! When I cover him at night, he is chattery...so cute! He'll mumble himself to sleep like a sleepy toddler 🐦🤩 after he is done telling me about his day 😂, but he doesn't do it during the day when the cage is uncovered.

lol Cressi reminds me of the ‘Classy Matriarch’, the one who can maintain her composure no matter who is annoying her. You know she’s annoyed, but she stays cool and collected. Then, when the person walks by.... ‘WHAMM!’ Right to the back of the head. Then back to the cool and composed vision of elegance. ❤️

I inherited the African Grey that my parents got when I was 2. He was a bit of an asshole when I was growing up. After my dad retired he worked with him a lot and his mood is much better. When I took him to the vet when I got him and they said he was the most well behaved Grey they'd ever seen!

Greys are my favorite parrot. For the most part, they have a calmer, more studious nature than other parrots. Slower and more deliberate as they study you carefully...

Cressi is truly adorable! It's fun to watch her interaction with you, so chill!!!

WOW, when I see Cressi I just cant believe that such a calm and quiet african grey exists. I used to work in a vet clinic and they have a grey, but unlike Cressi she is super loud (her name is Rori btw). At first she mimicked the sound the patients make, after a while me and my coligue started teaching her words and songs and turned out she is a quick learner. Unfotunately when you are in the same room with her she tends to mimic barking of small dogs and she does it in a very high pitch, one that makes your ears ake, and if you dont give her attention she just screams until you do.The other thing that I failed doing is socializing her. When I try to pet her she would just fluff her feathers and get very aggressive and try to bite, she lets you pet her only if she is in the mood witch is rare( and the petting is done only through the hole of the cage). When you clean her cage she tries to bite, if you try to put your hand in the cage you will get attacked( I almost succeeded in making her feel comfortable when someone is sticking his hand in her cage, but one day I opened the cage to give her a treat and she bit my finger without warning) I realized that she has potential and that she can be trained, and I wanted to take her home and get her out of the clinic, but unfortunately my boss was her owner and he was not giving her :(. Sorry for the long post, you guys are awesome!