Considered as the most popular large parrots in aviculture that exhibits distinct personalities, amazons are often considered as delightful pets for imitating sounds well. African Grey Parrots is probably the most intelligent parrot there is. Despite their intelligence, greys can be hard to handle because they are generally quiet, resulting to stress attacks and reactions. Example: When it unties cage's knots (birds do kept biting and untying); long time before you discovered it, don't whip or deprive it of meals. Birds or animals do not know of past and future. Bird's instinct is to live or act "here" and "now," and never aware of anything done ostentatiously. They primarily feed on seeds, fruits, and grains particularly the seed of locust beans and newly formed buds of a various trees. A Senegal parrot s diet should consist of a good quality seed mixture of nuts, seeds, lean meat, biscuits, fruits, and vegetables either raw or cooked. Vitamin and mineral supplements are also given to meet the nutritional need of the parrot. Although the type of parrot the specie and family is important for a starting owner or breeder, one of the growing preferences among the so many kinds is the color specifically blue. Blue parrots or those that bear the shades of blue in their feathers, eyes, or beaks are one of the favorites among parrot owners especially those that are first time owners because they look lovely as they grow older and bigger. They can also be a bother especially when you are not really much into pets. Here are some things that you have to take into consideration before buying a parrot for a pet. Read on and think long and hard about each item. Remember that parrots are not exactly cheap. Once you buy them, you won t have any choice but to take care of them. The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species announced that sale of all parrot "catch," direct from the forests, are illegal. Breeders of the African Gray parrots in captivity hand-rear them for the benefit of pet traders. Hybrid African Gray parrots are promoted on pet shops, on the websites and seldom by individuals who incidentally are forced to part with their bird due to unavoidable reasons in their lives.