Pet_lover

Thanks Acappella. The going is slow, but I'm loving it.

I have been talking to Papoo. I just sit near his cage and do the talking and feeding him with my hand. He's shy but accepts sun flower seeds and apple. I open his cage door and leave him alone , he slips out and explores the no more than two feet area. Normally climbs on the cage and sits there. But day before yesterday he walked all the way to our TV Room and sat 2 feet away from us all. Walking form one room to another certainly shows he wants to explore and is gaining confidence. He sat in the room for half an hour. Touching is still a no no. I tried to pat him on the head but he would not let me. This so far has been the biggest gesture of being friendly. I am happy for this new development. Let's hope he lets me touch him soon. Thanks

Thank you Acappella for the wonderful tips. I got him a new cage but the pics are in another thread. I will move them here. You are right building trust is the first thing. I have seen him sitting on the perch of his new cage.

Many thanks, parrotnme and Katana600. Just yesterday I opened the cage door and left the room. 5 minutes later I peeked in to the room to find him exploring the surroundings. I think its a good start. He loves apples and takes from my hand. But so far hasn't allowed me to touch him.

Many thanks Judygram. I am taking it easy. :-)

Thank you all.

Hi, I introduced my pets in this thread http://www.greyforums.net/forums/showthread.php?201265-Pet_lover-from-Pakistan . I need to ask a few questions, I am a newbie so please bear with me Thanks. Papoo, got a new cage today. It is quite spacious for him now. Three perches, enough space and feed trays. The perches are round and made of plastic. He did not have any thicker than this. But I am sure it will work good. I opened his old cage door and placed this one in front of him, Papoo just walked in to it. Intelligent bird! Got one for Too Too as well. I don't know why he likes to tear up newspaper. Any ideas? Too Too sitting on the top most perch. One big question. The cage has a grilled floor and a sliding metal tray above it. I placed an old news paper on it. But as Greys do a lot of poop so it was soiled very soon. I have now moved the tray below the grilled floor. It requires some fixing though. Would you recommend having a grilled floor as shown in this pic or the tray itself. But the tray gets soiled very soon and I have seen Papoo walking on his poop. With the grilled floor the poop normally falls to the tray. Please tell me if the grilled floor causes no harm to his feet I would prefer it this way. Many thanks.

Many thanks Ray P, Timbersmom and luvparrots for the warm welcome. The green parrot is a local breed called and Ringneck. It is all green and has a red collar on its neck. We call him , "Too Too". That's because my youngest son who was just 2 called him "Too Too" so we named him/her Too Too. The Grey, we call him/her "Papoo". Again a name given by my youngest son about 2 months back. "Papoo" in the local language means Cute. Lol. Please see the pics That's Too Too when he was a few weeks old. Too Too today! Ain't he cute? Meet my friend Papoo! Right now he's very shy and afraid of me. But he is accepting food from my hand without opening his cage door. If I open his cage door, he gets alarmed and on putting my hand inside the cage (to clean it) he gets mad and makes a lot of noise. I am presently going through the forum just to arm myself with knowledge. I think this baby is going to take time to win my trust. But I am in no hurry, just taking it easy. Thanks a lot

Hi, I am new on this forum. I found greyforums through Google. I bought a Green baby Parrot three years back. We hand fed it and today it is like a family member. I always wanted an African Grey, but the prices here are very high for a salaried person like me About three months back I adopted a Grey from one of my cousins. I am not sure about it age or sex, but I think its young. I want to learn more about greys so that I can take good acre of him/her. Regards