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Thanks for the replies everyone! Bella is in the 13 to 14 month age rage, if that helps at all.

Hello! My girlfriend recently decided to buy an African Grey. This was more her project and pet than mine, but I'm dedicated to the idea of having a bird around. Thus far, she has been fun and enjoyable to have around. After a few weeks of having the new bird, her name is Bella, she seems to have chosen me as her favorite. Or at least that is how it appears. I cannot say for certain that is what is occurring. When I come to the cage, she always lets me pick her up, walk around with her, etc. And she tends to get visably upset when I walk away from her, etc. On other hand, when my girlfriend tries to pick Bella up, she tends to get bitten. The past couple of days this has been progressively worse, where she cannot pick Bella up at all. Prior to this week, this was not so much a problem, but it is a pattern of behavior that has consistently evolved. The bird never seems terribly stressed or unpleasant and is very talkative but will immediately bite my girlfriend anytime she tries to pick Bella up. We have not had Bella more than three weeks or so, so I am not sure what ongoing patterns of behavior she is preferring in me over my girlfriend. I do come home for lunch, and am usually the first to greet her (first home for work, first out of bed, etc). I don't feed her or clean her cage much. I talk to her a lot, but so does my girlfriend, but I am not sure how to compare the levels of interaction. Another thing we have heard has to do with cage height. I'm tall, nearly six feet. I am level with the cage. The cage is tall, and my girlfriend is short, at 5'2". So when Bella is on top of the cage (not in it), she is higher than my girlfriend. I've heard this may make a difference. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Any other advice would be good. I'm inclined to somewhat ignore Bella until she warms up more to my girlfriend, but does this seem like a good idea? I'm not sure what to do here. Thanks! =)