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She’s happy as can be with her peppers!! Haha ❤️ Thanks everyone for the tips I’ll experiment and see how things go.

Greetings and thank you. Luvparrots Has both a Tag and a Cag, She can really help you...

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Sometimes when introducing new toys it helps if you hold the toy at a distance and show the bird how much fun it is. Get excited about it, show them all the colours and materials and talk about it excitedly. Sometimes the curiosity overcomes the fear and the bird shows a bit more interest. Typically if you have something your grey will want to know what it is.... so use this to your advantage when offering new toys. I do similar with Alfie whenever I show him new toys and also when I'm bringing something into the house he might not like. For a while he was scared of the washing basket- I have to carry it past his cage to take laundry to the washing machine and he'd get a bit freaked out about it. So I would cheerfully walk into the room with the basket and explain what it was and where I was going. I would also make a 'ooo' noise to sound excited about it. I do the same kind of noise whenever I introduce something new or 'scary' to him. As a result, when he's looking at something new and working out whether or not he likes it he often goes "oooo!". A few weeks back we had a load of snow and I set him on the window ledge so he could look at it. He stomped up and down in front of the window, eyes pinning, going "ooo!" "oooo!" because he was checking out the changes outside and wasn't sure to make of everything being white. It's always a good idea to start with new items from a distance, as others have mentioned. Watch the reaction of your bird and slowly move it closer. Depending on the bird, this could be done over hours, days or even weeks. Eventually you can get to the point where the toy is hanging near the cage, then on the cage and finally in the cage. Always move at your birds pace. Some are more change adverse than others. They do eventually come round and realise that the shiny new toy ISN'T out to get them!! Bath times... well, that's a whole different ball game. There is a thread somewhere on these forums about bathing parrots... if I find it again I'll post a link but I remember it being quite helpful. Alfie tries to bath in his water bowl, which unsurprisingly doesn't work so well (his butt doesn't fit!). He will tolerate a spray bath for most part- so long as I let him bite the nozzle of the spray bottle a few times so he can show it who's boss. I did buy him a bird bath that hangs inside the cage but he never learned to step inside it. He would sit on the edge and drink from it but would revert back to his regular water bowl when trying to take a bath.... even though the actual bird bath was much larger and big enough for him to walk into. Some birds prefer being sprayed, some prefer a dish of water where they can bathe themselves, some like showers, some like sinks.... it might take a little while to find out what your grey likes best (or will tolerate...) but do persevere with it because regular baths are important... however much they might grumble about them!

Jayd mentioned a cardboard box earlier. Cardboard is Timber's favorite thing (except his bells). He doesn't care much for wood, but loves shredding cardboard. That's definitely worth a try. She's beautiful

Are you in for a surprise, Wait and keep your eye's and ears open...Not like any other pet you ever had....

Thanks haha I’ve had a few birds but my first grey .. like a new mom over worrying about doing it all right haha

The two of you are doing GREAT!

Ahhh! Thank you. I ended up using that toy as it was the only one she wasn’t afraid of thanks for the heads up.

What a good looking Tag.. Thank you, Remember Greys take time...I'd like to point out, you might want to get a larger Bell, they can rip out the small clanker and swallow it...Try some wood chew toys for her...

Thanks I’ll try introducing the toys she was scared of slowly. I want to get her some new toys for when we’re not at home :-)

All of us are here for you my true friend... Bless You...

The last year and especially the last six months have been very hard on me, but I hope to be back on track soon.. And as always thanks for caring Jay.

We miss you.....