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Mine haven't been clipped, and every now and again they take flight. Unfortunately they haven't learned to apply the brakes when approaching walls etc, and it's sometimes quite frightening, especially when they have marks on their faces afterwards! I'm figuring (rightly or wrongly) that they will learn to realise that walls etc are solid - neither of them had more than the occasional out of cage time before we got them so I suppose they wouldn't really know :ohmy:

We're getting on quite well now (see my other posts), but try as we might we CANNOT get either of them to go anywhere near the playstand......... it is THE DEVIL REINCARNATE and must not be trusted! If I could get them on there and remove them from the room where the cages are it would be much easier to train them. I have given up for now and put the playstand away in the garage for Christmas as we have houseguests and that will be traumatic enough for them, but I do want to address the situation again in the New Year. Any tips fellow parrents?

Hi Friends As some of you may know I have two re-homed CAG's... Charlie 1 (otherwise known as Charlie Chazzles) and Charlie 2 (otherwise known as Charlie Chazwick). We have had Charlie 1 for about two months and Charlie 2 for about a month. At the moment they are in separate cages. We started with them at opposite sides of the room and gradually moved them together - now their cages are about 8" apart. Neither of them know the step up command, although we have been working on it slowly. Charlie 1 will step onto my hubby's arm (she loves him!) and Charlie 2 will tentatively step onto my hand inside the cage but not outside so far (I get him back into his cage by tempting him with a piece of a malted milk biscuit, or by picking him up from behind and popping him back onto the bottom of his cage). The two cages take up a lot of room, so I have ordered a 'Pallace 3' double cage, which has a grille in between the two cage segments (they have a separate area each with door etc, the grille in between). My question is, how should we transfer them into the new cage? I am presuming we leave it in the room for a few days first so that they can see it, but I am anticipating that they may not be too accommodating when we try and put them in there! If we put one in before the other will it establish territory and dominance? If anyone has any experience can you give me a few tips please as I don't want to freak the poor guys out to much!

Hi Lex You will find everyone here a very friendly bunch, I've not been here long myself but everyone has been great. I'm in the UK as well, in Ashford, Kent, but to tell you the truth I don't think the parrots care where they are from anyway :lol: Let us know your choice of names, it's exciting! My 2 CAGs were rehomed and so already both came with the name Charlie, it gets a bit confusing around here

Yes, he forgot it very quickly... in fact he loves me now Lots of squeaking noises and regurgitation when I go near him. He hasn't mastered the step up command yet, but if he's out of the cage and needs to go back in I just pick him up from behind holding his wings down and pop him back in!

He's back in now, thank goodness, thanks for all the help and suggestions. I must remember not to let him out if I need to go out somewhere. I think it was my singing that drove him back into his cage in terror (I'm not best known for a good singing voice lol). A Christmas song came on the music channel and as I started singing at the top of my voice he clambered back in It's so difficult to know what to do - so many conflicting opinions. Some people are telling me to leave him a few weeks to settle in before I start working with him and others are telling me to do it straight away..... I guess there's no definitive answer and with him not being a baby it's always going to be harder I suppose.

Hehe Davey, good idea but I can't get near enough to place my hand on his back - he's on top of the cage going away from me backwards!

I don't want to towel him because he'll hate me forever At the moment he will only take a treat when he's safely in his cage, if I try when he's out he just backs away. This is only day four, so we have a lot of ground to cover! It's a shame the previous owners gave up on him, they said they don't let him out because it's too much of a problem to get him back in, I intend to persevere.....

Ok, so I have a situation..... We let Charlie Chazwick out of his cage for the first time yesterday. He stayed out for a couple of hours and then went back in of his own accord. We let them both out again at 9.30 this morning, Chazwick has done a bit of flying around (he's good at crashing into walls it seems), but every time has let me pick him up and carry him back.... althoug as soon as he gets near the cage he flies off my hand and onto the top of the cage. My hubby put Charlie Chazzles back in the cage before he left for work, but Chazwick is still out 5 hours later and I have to go out soon. He hasn't made any attempt to go back in and as he doesn't know the step up command I can't get him in like that. I've tried taking myself up to his level by standing on a chair and coaxing him onto my hand, or into the cage, but he's having none of it. How the hell do I get him back in????? Any suggestions please? Help!

Hi all Those that have read my post in the Welcome Room will know that I have recently 'adopted' two greys, Charlie 'Chazzles' (age 6, adopted 3 1/3 weeks ago, female we think, loves men hates women), and Charlie 'Chazwick' (also 6, adopted yesterday, male we think, likes women hates men). Neither of them have been used to coming out of the cage and do no know any commands. Chazzles will step onto my hubby's arm and go up to his shoulder, but won't let him go anywhere that 'she' can't see her cage. I haven't let Chazwick out of his cage yet as he is still settling and a bit stressed, but I have been able to have tickles on the head and touch his beak without problem. I would like to know how best to approach training as I want them to be able to spend as much time out of the cage with us as possible. I have also bought a large play stand on wheels, but so far Chazzles won't be allowed to be out anywhere near it. I realise it's early days, but I want to approach training right the first time!

Hi peeps It may be a really STUPID question, but how can you train them away from the cage if they won't allow you to take them away to another room? My CAG will step up onto my hubby's hand (without a command), but he freaks if he is taken out of the range of sight of his cage... and as for anyone else if they get near him he just lunges beak first.....

It's Saturday and Charlie Chazwick (apparently I spelt it wrong before, naughty Mother!) has arrived!!!! :cheer: We have put their cages on each corner of the dining room so that they can see each other. Chazwick is a little wary, and hiding behind the big toy in his cage, but he has been fine with me when I have put my hands in the cage to reassemble toys etc, and the 2 Charlies have been making a few noises at each other so it's all good so far. Here's a picture of the handsome chap..... I'm a happy girlie today

Thanks for all your messages everyone! Well I've tried to upload a pic of Charlie 1 to my profile page and it's too big apparently, but I think I can post one here.... As you can see he likes being out of his cage. The previous owner hadn't bothered for ages as she said it was 'too much hassle to get him back in'........ we let him out for several hours every day and either my hubby (whom he lets handle him) puts him back, or he goes back of his own accord when he's tired/fed up/hungry! Charlie 2 is also 6 years old - they were born a month apart! My daughter has named them Charlie Chazzels (Charlie 1) and Charlie Chaswick (Charlie 2), so we are going to use a mixture of just Charie, the new name, and Charlie followed by the new name. That way we are hoping that they will retain their identity (as they both answer to Charlie), but also have a name to differentiate themselves from each other. Well that's the theory anyway...... What a right bunch of Charlies!!

Hello All Isn't the internet a wonderful place! You get to meet loads of lovely people I'm Liz and I live in Ashford, Kent. I used to look after my bessie mate's grey, Josh, when she went on her hols until I moved down here. Three weeks ago we bought a 6 year old CAG (gender unknown)called Charlie. The lady and her two daughters we got him from said he doesn't have a people preference, but since we have bought him home he has bonded with my hubby and every other male that walks in the room, and HATES us girls :lol: However, after we got Charlie a friend of a friend approached me and said she wish she had known because they have a grey that they need to re-home because it is making her asthma bad and the doctor has told her she should not have him in the house. So, can you guess what I'm going to say next?... Of course you can! Yes, we have a new CAG arriving this weekend, and his name is? Charlie!!! So, lovely people, my immediate questions are about introducing Charlie and Charlie to each other - what should I do? Will they still mimic and talk? Any tips or pointers most gratefully appreciated Liz x