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Meyer's Parrot
THE MEYER'S parrot offers many of the same good pet qualities as the cockatiel. The smallest member of the Poicephalus family of African parrots, which also includes the Senegal and the Jardine's parrot, the Meyer's wears conservative grayish-brown feathers on its back, head and upper breast. A light blue or green lower belly and yellow spots on the wings and crown give it a more colorful front. The six subspecies of Meyer's vary only slightly in size and coloring.
They are rather high strung, but, oh so sweet! My own personal pet is an adorable little five year old Meyers. She can't say a word, but is fluent in cockatiel and conure. (only not so loud.) She is a real cuddle bug, and a glutton for attention. I do know a few Meyers parrots who talk, but they tend to have small vocabularies, and tend to be difficult to understand. They are mostly green, with a gray head, but have yellow on their shoulders, and also on their foreheads after their first molt, and their backs are blue, under their wings.
The Meyer's to me are soft birds. Some people call them shy, but I think soft is a better word. They do not seem to be as athletic or play as hard as some of the others - more to the refined, easy going, roll with the flow type of bird. They are just waiting for the moment to be allowed to love you. They love loving you. They like toys along the lines of puzzles and things to work and study. Meyer's seem to enjoy working on knots in rawhide for endless amounts of time or trying to see why the little bell stays in the plastic cage. Meyer's are not the best talkers of the bunch, although some have been known to be outstanding. They seem better at sharing their person than the Senegals. Meyer's radiate love; they are the happiest when they can be loving you. They don't talk as well as the Senegals, but some do talk well. I love them for the love they radiate. |
