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Finally able to upload a picture of Jewel.

Thanks for the advice. She's actually out of the cage now and has been for a few hours. She went back into the cage to eat and then came back out again. That's the first time she's done that so I think we may be getting somewhere. She also took a grape from me which she's never done outside the cage. She usually runs away when I offer food while she's out. I'll keep you posted!

I tried to upload my pictures of Jewel but I guess the file is "too big" or something. I kept getting an error. All in all, we are very pleased with her. We've had her since just before Thanksgiving and she's really adjusted nicely. The previous owner also said that they had trouble getting her to step up and they had her since she was a baby. They stopped letting her out because of the difficulty they had getting her back in. They would eventually have to towel her. I knew going in to this that I didn't want to have her caged all the time. Ideally, I'd like to be able to have her out of her cage as much as possible. The problem is that it's such a hassle that we're hesitant to let her out. Therein lies the irony...in order to get her used to it we have to do it often but it's such an ordeal, we hesitate to do it!

We recently acquired a 3 year old female grey by the name of Jewel. When trying to get her out of her cage, she of course goes to the top, squawks and flaps her wings. If we leave the door open, she does come right out but as soon as anyone even looks as though they are coming near her, she climbs up to the top outside the cage. If we continue to persue her she will eventually try to fly away and land on the floor. At that point, SHE will start saying "up, up, up" and she will get up on my arm. How do we train her to get up on our arm before she ends up on the floor?