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Thanks again, I successfully put him back to the big cage. He seem relaxed there, I don't think he's bother at all. I used the small cage, I removed the bottom of the cage so it will be big enough, then I put it in front of him and kept pushing it towards him slowing while saying come on kuku, get it... Good boy! Once he went in, I carried it and put it in front of the door of the big cage and he went it. No growling, no screaming! This morning my mom heard him saying Kuku! I'm guessing that we're making some progress... Thats him

Thanks a lot for your reply, and I'm honored to a part of this community. Just an hour ago, my mother hand-fed him mango and he didn't even growl at her! I think the issue was me when I grabbed him and put him in the cage two days ago. Now I know what I did was wrong, I hope I can gain his trust one day. He's still out of the cage and I'm not sure how to put him back in... I won't enforce him again for sure, I just have to find a right way.

Hi all, I just had an African grey as a birthday gift and named it kuku. It was the best gift I've ever had! I love African grey parrots. Kuku is about 2 and a half years and its a congo. The one who got me that gift said the the seller told her it says few words, whistles, and make a dog sound (not a real dog barking, just something like "wow"... More like an owl). I had it few days ago, and it is aggressive with me, and here is what happened in the past days... First day I didn't go near him a lot, just spent some time near its small cage. Second day I opened the cage so that he can walk around and explorer the house. He kept walking around, tried to fly but the feathers were trimmed so he didn't make it that far. He then went under the TV table and stood there all day. At night I tried to get him back to the cage, but as soon as I approached him, he started to growl, when I got closer he screamed and bit me (thank God I was wearing gloves, he did bite real hard). Eventually I cornered it and carried it to the cage while he kept biting the gloves. Third day I changed his cage with a bigger one and placed him inside by opening the smaller cage and putting it against the bigger one, then I put some sunflower seeds and water. Fourth day I changed the water and placed more seeds, he ate a lot the other day. Later in the morning I opened the cage and he went out... I thought I would be ready to approach him without getting bitten.. But every time I get near him he stats growling and if I get closer he screams, I stayed near him till he cooled down but I'm not able to touch it or put it back in the cage. I learned that the owl sound that he make is the first warning and means stay away. The growling and the fluffed feather means okay, your getting to close STAY AWAY! And just before he starts biting he screams. I'm not sure how to put him back in his cage, how to gain his trust, did he really talk before or the seller was lying to my friend, and will it talk eventually? Thanks in advance.