louiselaw

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haven't been on for a while thought i would let you know caspers progress. Casper is coming along nicely he comes in and out of his cage when he likes, he is taking food off us and he has started to let us touch his beak. he still growls especially at Chris (my Husband). I have tried to see if he will let me touch his belly but he just backs off, so we still have some work to do before he will step up. I have added some pictures of Casper in the photography room, in one of the pictures you will see Casper sat on the Love birds cage, he decided to open up there cage and let them fly around :ohmy: , this was the first time they were all out together wasn't sure if he would attack them but he just sat in their cage with them. :laugh: He now has his new cage with stronger bars <br><br>Post edited by: louiselaw, at: 2009/02/01 00:34

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Hi guys, here are some pictures of my 15 year old casper

Casper finally came out of his cage today :woohoo: only for a couple of seconds but he did it. We have kept his door open with the play stand close to him since Sunday. We have been putting his fav treats on the steps of his playstand and yesterday he managed to get the sprey millet without leaving the cage, today i moved it further away so he had to come out of the cage to get the treat, he got the treat but went back in the cage to eat the millet, Later on he climbed onto the outside of the cage and stood on the bottom part of his play stand, within a minute he was back in his cage. Slowly he is getting there I have tried to hand feed him his fav treats, he took the millet from me but when i try with the apple or nuts he backs away and growls still, i think it's because they are closer to my fingers than the millet was, I'm so happy he is coming out of his cage, hopefully tomorrow he will try to stay out a little longer.

SOme Pictures Hopefully they will post Post edited by: louiselaw, at: 2009/01/11 10:29 <br><br>Post edited by: louiselaw, at: 2009/01/11 10:51

Thanks for your Advice, I bought a playstand for him for when he comes out of the cage i will be setting it up today and i will put it near his cage so he can see it before i open the door, i don't want to scare him more than he is already. I wasn't at the pet shop when my husband bought him, he went looking for one as i was already buying a baby but i was scammed so he spent most of the day on the 23rd Dec to find me one, the last pet shop he found Casper He was looked after quite well and last year was the only year they decided to sell him, i have all his health paperwork and hatching Certificare. My husband said he was in a big cage where he could fly around but as far as handling him i don't know if they did, when they went into his cage they had a towel so he was trying to get away from them. I have tried quite a few fruits and other things, he doesn't seem too like Carrots that much he just throws them on the floor when i put them in the cage, but he does love Apples and sprey millet as soon as you put these in his cage he will take them straight away, We have tried to give them by hand but he was growling when we were getting too close, but last night my husband tried with the Spray millet and he was going for it but changed him mind. We also are in the process of purchasing a new cage, when i was in the process of buying the baby Grey this was the only cage we could find in shops around us, as you will see in the pictures the bars are not right for him but Casper can get around the cage no problem, i have found a Parrot cage on the Internet that will be ideal for him. Thanks again for you advice i will keep you updated

Hi, I'm Louise and i have recently purchased a 16 year old African Grey who we have named Casper, He has been in a pet shop for all his life so he is a bit shy at the moment. We have had casper for 3 weeks, and we have not had him out of his cage yet, the lady at the pet shop told us it will be a couple of months to a year before we can let him out of his cage, is this true?? I really don't like keeping him in the cage but we were told he will attack us until he gets used to us. I talk to him all the time so he gets used to me (he does talk apparently he speaks English and German but has not spoken to us yet)and he is picking up different whistles but when i try to get close to him he just backs away and growls. Does any one have any advise on how to get him to trust me this would be helpfully, We also have 2 Lovebirds and a Dog Louise