Should I get a African grey or cockatoo?

niether. sound inexperienced owner. green cheek conure better before such advanced birds.

recommend green cheek conure you. playful big personalities. , mean it. literally act "big parrots" , may bit bossy wouldn't believe came small of bird. if want bird small, cheaper, easier care for, still rewarding personality match macaw's, go it. playful , entertaining, said. love swing, go in , out of things, lay on backs, hang upside down, , entertain , owner.

green cheeks becoming popular. known affectionate birds, sweet, docile , cuddly side, active, playful , mischievous side. perfect combination of 2 fit in amazing little conure. green cheek conures, many other conures, known bit nippy. can bite quite hard if angry, point unless of problems. reputation nippy birds can controlled if hand raised young bird, , start training age. you've heard green cheeks called quiet conures , very quiet compared sun cinures , that, right? well, don't think it'll easy budgie. can still screech , shriek, shrill , loud. sure, quiet compared sun conures, can still have pretty loud screams. can controlled too, impossible make absolutely make noise on command. though can loud, if can handle occasional shrieks , screeches, make fine pets in apartment in house. however, @ night super quiet, yeah.

green cheeks, have admit, aren't colorful of bird kingdom, or conure kingdom. sun conures, nanday conures, golden conures, cherry headed conures, more colorful. green cheeks have usual color of green, beige, grey, , hints of black, blue , red. however, in many other mutations such new subspecies of suncheek, or turquoise or cinnamon or pineapple or yellow sided, colors can become quite brilliant:

suncheek (sun/green cheek hybrid): http://www.feathert.com/9-08conures/saun...
turquoise: http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/i0...
cinnamon: http://djfeathers.com/images/flock/conur...
pineapple: http://www.petworkssanantonio.com/conten…
yellow-sided-green-cheek: http://ep.yimg.com/ca/i/yhst-85372353632…

green cheeks not expensive @ all, compared other conures going $500 or $600. hand raised baby green cheek can $200, can find somewhere between , $100, , @ breeders (where costs less) can hand fed 1 around $75. adding cage money, supplies , stuff, prepare $300+ enough. however, there vet bills , monthly care bills have in future.

can buy 2 if don't have time, twos twice money , work, fun though. need @ least around 5-6 hours play , interact per day, around 3-4 hours of outside supervised playtime. wing clipping recommended. if trained, conure can outside whole day, starters, 3 hours enough.

can talk, though not best talkers ever, can learn few sentences , can quite smart @ speech , learn many tricks.

overall, green cheeks pack big bundle of personality, reward , spunk in little, cheaper, , easier care for, package.

if looking bird rather green cheek, these other top 3 choices you:

* quaker parrot (smart, affectionate, docile, talks well, downside can quite noisy)
* senegal parrot (medium, sweet , affectionate, more laid personality gentle family bird)
* cockatel (considered beginner bird still star whistlers, affectionate, intelligent , rewarding)

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~~~ duckyfuz

which 1 more affectionate? independent? cuddly? talker? tricks? eye catching? price? louder? need pros , cons of each 1 if possible.

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