About 3 years ago I bought four baby Blood Parrots and my Oscar at a local PetSmart. They were all under an inch long then.
Up to about Year-2, all of the parrots grew to 5"-6" in length.
Over the past year (Year-3), one parrot started growing again at a very accelerated rate. Just this one parrot now measures over 9" head to tail!
Below are some shots of him. Would you guys know if somehow, I have one King Kong Parrot...or is he just really fat?!
For scale, the Oscar is almost 15" long.
There’s a 40 second video of the parrot to see his movements too:
He's grown easily another inch since the video was shot.
I was under the impression, perhaps mistakenly, that King Kongs can close their mouths whereas these guys, Fatso included cannot. But I have no idea how to tell! Thanks everyone.