kelsey

Hi we have recently been given an african grey after many years of searching for the 'right one'. He is a timneh called Kelsey, 7 years old. His first owner sadly passed away (female) where he was allowed out of the cage regularly but no other history is known of vet trips/diet etc, he was then moved to the lady's brother's house (transported in his cage) and has not been let out of his cage for 14 months, also during this whole time he has been fed budgie food with the occassional apple/grape. He is in (what i would call) a small cage (cannot spread his wings)with just a mirror a bell and a dirty perch, so obviously the first thing is a new cage and some toys etc. We have now had him for a week, we leave the cage open during the daytime, he will return to his cage and onto his perch regularly for food/rest etc so getting him back into the cage is not a problem. He looks to be in fantastic condition, has not plucked any feathers, and is now eating extremely well (weaning him off the other rubbish). Looking for some advice on how to make the adjustment from old cage to new cage (quite hard as he only has the mirror and bell to move). Also he is petrified of hands, he's much better than he was (we can now put our hand just above his head and he blows us a kiss, without puffing his feathers), but he has caught both myself and my partner and drew blood.. he will not let go once he's got you!! He's got a closed ring on his ankle which I believe means he was hand reared? He also likes to scream to get attention, I've read somewhere to ignore it and he will stop, is this the best thing to do? Thanks for reading xx