csarah523

Hi All. I have been with my partner for a year and he has had Trevor (his african grey) for 6 years. In his past relationship, his ex was extremely abusive to Trevor, throwing things at his cage and screaming at him was her way. It got so bad that my partner had to lock Trevor away for his own safety. As a result of the stress, Trevor has plucked all his red tail feathers and chest feathers. He has never been able to trust me although I do have a lot of patience for him and offer him lots of treats which he does accept. He has only just let me stroke him after almost a year, and even now he's still very nervous of me. He attacked me last week, he flew into a window and hurt himself so I went over to him and he let me pick him up but then when he went to step on his cage he attacked me, he's never done that before - is it something I am doing wrong? How can I get him to trust me? How can I get him to stop plucking out his feathers. Please can somebody advise