->    Hi everyone.... I have a Congo African Grey who does an odd
->    thing when he's on a carpeted floor. Wonder if anyone out there
->    can explain it? He will come up to an object (person, shoe, toy,
->    furniture), put his beak to the floor and start scratching at the
->    floor. He looks just like a chicken in a barnyard scratching for
->    seed!
How old is he?  I think every single baby grey I've ever raised has done
that exact same thing... from about 4-5 weeks of age in the brooder on into
young adulthood in a cage.  Some of 'em still do it on cage bottoms. :-)
It's natural behavior, and  I've seen other African parrots do it.  Nearly
all my Poicephalus babies scratch in corners like a chicken.  Heheh...
-Dan-
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