Peanut, African Grey Parrot
I’m sad to report that our African Grey Peanut passed away today while we were at work. I had spoken of him in prior posts. He was a rescue. His former owners had kept him in a closet and he had developed deposits on his eyes that pretty much made him blind. (You can see the white on his eye lens on photos of him.) In the past couple of years, he had developed a heart condition and seemed to have mini strokes. I’m not sure how old he was, but he had lived with us over 8 years. Honestly, I kind of wondered if he was old and wild caught, when wild caught birds were still allowed to be imported. I based that upon his band, which was one that was pinched on and not a closed band, and also because he was pinioned. We will really miss the grumpy old guy.