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just wondering if charlie sees me and my cockatiel playing together and having fun would that make her a little more interested in me, they havent met as of yet thought it might be better if charlie got used to me first

Update on charlie Not to much change can get a little closer to her without her growling at me, she wont take any food of me yet but im working on it, thought i might try giving her some fruit with a spoon so i dont have to get to close and see if she will take it. she is very interested in my laptop every time i go out of the room and come back in shes sat on my keybourd and pressing buttons with her beak its very funny was also thinking about putting her in my smaller cage so she can come into the living room and she can see and hear everything thats going on and hopefully get used to us quicker, cause at the moment she is in the spare room and only sees me on my computer. any ideas on this

well im not sure what sex my grey is so i thought id call her charlie which is a good name for ither boy or girl, I got up this morning and she didnt growl at me when i came into her room which is good, i came and sat down at my computer and she started whisling at me, so i think staying with her all day yesterday and not going near her has made her feel more comfortable with me. ill keep everyone updated on our progress and ill post some pics soon

well i wasnt sure of wing clipping whether good or bad i was thinking it maybee safer if they were clipped but the breeder did it anyway so no choice. thanks for the advice anymore welcome ive been sat in the room with her all day on my computer and shes been out of her cage and shes getting closer and closer to me ive not tried going to her or anything i whistle to her when she whistles to me and im talking to her softley ill keep going and hope she comes around

oh thought i should add you say they arnt to good at flying at twelve week, the bredder said she clipped her wings before she brought her to mine is this the wrong thing to do? i dont know when the right time to do this is. but she has been flying prety good a little clumsy at times but seems to land well most of the time

thanks for the advice just so you no before i posted the message she has been out of her cage and she does go back in on her own, she has a massive cage in my spare room next to my living room so even if she is out of cage if the door is closed to spare room theres nothing to hurt her while she is out ive spent the last day catching up on some work on the table in the spare room where she can see me. she is building some courage up to come closer and keeps whistling and i whistle back, If she goes back in on her own, isnt it better to let her have that freedom if theres nothing to hurt her, she seems more comfortable when shes out of her cage than in, i can walk past her withought been growled at, but when in cage she will growl at every move i make

thank you for your reply i will stop trying to get her out of her cage and will just sit with her should i leave the cage open so she can come out if she wants? or should i leave her in her cage till she calms down with me around.

Hope some one can help I have just bought an african grey baby he/she is about 12 week old i have had her for 2 days. The breeder brought her and i was able to have her on my arm and was able to tickle her neck, the breeder put her in her new cage and left, and i went back in to see if she was ok and she started growling real loud so i left her alone to settle in then went back in and opend the cage to see if she would step up but she just kept growling and hissing, i rang the breeder up and she sad ignore the growling and flapping around just pick her up and put her on your knee so she gets used to u. so i did the growling and flapping got worse and shes biting i couldent get hold of her. so i sat next to the cage and talked to her and she quitend down but every time i move even a little bit she starts growling and flapping around, she seems realy scared of me. the breeder was able to do anything with her she picked her up and kissed her and turned her over on her back. How can i earn this birds trust and build a relationship i need help