bethanyd545

hi and thanks very much for all the advice its great , i check and read them daily and i will try the suggestions , clipping will be a very last resort as he does take things personally and the last thing i want is to jeopardise the relationship we have , he is sulking at the moment as he has been in his cage mojority of the afternoon as it was my younger daughters birthday and i didn't want to take any risks with her friends being here as she's only 5 he has a very strong aversion to towels i think the previous owner tried towel training , as soon as he sees a towel he goes to attack , my elder daughter the one he attacks is 14 and she does wear a hat at all times and it does work , but he does choose the most opportune moments , like when she puts her plate in the kitchen or goes for a drink , we are banning him out of the kitchen as this is where most of the attacks take place . i have thought of clicker training but he ignores it shows no interest in it at all and at the moment i am trying getting my daughter to feed him and talk to him when she comes home from school , although he is very stubborn and even if its his favorite treat he won't take it from her , she will keep persisting , she's not bothered if he doesn't want to be her friend she just wants him not to bite , also tried the waving arms about and towels to prevent him landing which does work , but sometimes she forgets or is getting ready for school or just done her hair did think of a time out cage but when we got him his cage was in a bad way and a friend warned me of the zinc poisioning that her parrot had suffered so i got him a new cage and it took a month to get him in it and even now he won't land on it or choose to perch on it although he does let me put him in it willingly now . is there any point in me thinking he will improve in time and get used to everyone as his last owner was on her own so he is not used to others , in the meantime will keep trying with my daughter giving the treats and things and clipping will go on the back boiler thanks again beth

hi and thanks , it can be the shoulder he gave a nasty bite not quite drawing blood but a nice bruise to my daughter's cheek this morning , but it's mostly the head or a favorite of his being wait til you bend to put the washing in or something away and get on your back , for several weeks i put him in his cage with no treats and his cover on , it didn't help if anything he got worse like he blamed them for him being in his cage , the worse his behavior gets with them , the better it is with me , the vast majority of these attacks take place in the kitchen and again the majority when i am in the other room , i just hear and go to get him off , not sure if any of these are connected , but i really appreciate your help especially with xmas just around the corner and having people round without locking him in his cage , beth

thanks will give it ago , feel mean getting him clipped but i need to be able to trust him thanks again beth

hi i'm new to this site and i'm hoping that someone can give me some help / tips with my grey jake , we adopted him at age 7 , and i have built up a fantastic relationship with him in the several months we have had him , the problem is , he doesn't like the rest of the family , he lands on my daughter or husband , is nice then for no reason attacks , my daughter is now terrified of him . i have tried taking a back seat so he can get used to them but it hasn't worked , i have tried almost every tip i have come across on the net eg time out in his cage ,spraying with water , shaking to make him unsteady , none have helped , just wondering if anyone out there has any experience , i have had grey's before but from babies so haven't had this , how do you socialize a parrot when he's 7 without risking injury