Wes88

Thank you all for your great input. I really appreciate it and will continue to seek help from experts who truly love their birds. I knew that the way to Wes was not by starving her. I will do my best to spend more time with her. Irishchicky, you are right. She has not been the same since I had to use the towel to pick her up. If I had to use the towel, I will probably have someone else do it. She would get into a stick, sometimes. Is that a positive sign that she would consider hopping on my arm in the future? Regarding the cage issue. She would not go back into her cage. I really would not know why. But most likely, she really likes it outside. She spends around 6 hours out of her cage, daily. But lately I tried to keep her inside because of the cold. I just got her a new toy a few days ago and today she started playing with it. I hope she likes it. Thank you so much everyone.

Thank you so much. Is it really a game she plays or is she being stubborn? Sometimes it is night time and I would have to pick her up with the towel to put her back in the cage. She was not too happy about it. But right now she's whistling (have not started talking yet) and I really want to be able to feed her so we can develop that trust. Is starving her a little bit an option?

I have a young African gray that I bought almost 3 weeks ago. She's around 9 months old. Thank god, she's healthy and now she's starting to play inside her cage (I take her out of her cage almost every day for 3-4 hours then put her back, which is really hard because she does not want to go inside or perhaps does not understand that she needs to go inside and I have a serious problem catching her because she would run away or try to bite). The problem that I am facing with her is that whenever I try to feed her, she picks the food out of my fingers and then drops it. I keep doing this over and over with her, she would pick it up then drop it. When I go away, she would go and eat whatever she dropped from my hand. Some breeders told me to starve her a little bit (decrease the amount a little). I try to avoid doing that but she seems to eat from my sisters hand when she's faced with such a situation then suddenly she would start dropping food from everyone. I can't find what is her favorite treat. I give her sunflower seeds and peanuts (she likes peanuts more than sunflower seeds). Sometimes I would give her vigges and fruits but the bottom line is that she does not want to eat from our hands. How can I solve this problem. I need to gain her trust (By feeding her) so I can teach her how to climb on my hands and take simple commands. Thank you, Wes