Alain

sorry about that dave i was replying to jayd and i missed your post im online on my cell phone ...you assumed correctly he has been cage bound for 9 to 10 years

dave thanks alot your post made things alot clearer...i dont think its important but koko is a wild bird he was a gift from my uncle he used to be a customs officer and he received koko as a gift from someone who imports parrots into lebanon..koko was more than a year old when i got him his eyes were already golden so i guess he knew how to fly and over the years he forgot how exactly and as far as i know he's not from a breeder i thinks he was caught in the wild but for a wild parrot he never screamed ever he was and still is very calm and timid the first day i got him we went to a pet shop and the man said he's very calm for a wild bird i never heard him growl and when he bites he lunges with his mouth closed as if its just for show and he doest actually want to bite ill give your advice a shot and open his cage door every day but still eventually when he comes out how do i handle him i cant touch him cause i know for sure he will bite and how am i going to get him to go back to the cage without towling him i doubt that he will want to come back on his own....thanks again

he gladly takes food from my hand however it's been a long time since he let me pet him on the head...he doesnt trust me anymore ever since the vet perscribed eye drops for him when he was sick a couple of years ago and i had to give them to him for a week 3 times a day and he hated me for it and since then he doesnt let me pet him or touch his feet he lets me touch his toung and beak while im giving him treats but other than that when i try to touch him he just moves so that my fingers cant reach him inside the cage...i used to pet him on the head and back before the eyedrops and i've been trying since then to get him to trust me with no luck!! He's not agressive towards me he just moves away so that i cant reach him when i try to pet him...he likes it when i call his name or when i whistle he whistles back also when i say come koko i say it when im going to give him a treat every time he sees me he says come koko its his way of telling he wants a treat...any ideas on how to gain his trust back i tried spending time with him and giving him alot of his favorite foods but it didnt work

thank you all for your posts i'm gonna set a couple hours each day to let him out i hope he gains the confidence to come out on his own

Do you think its a good idea to just keep the door open for a couple of days? i can't keep my eye on him that way

well i let him out 15 minutes ago and the whole experience to him was so horrifying he literally pooped his pants 5 times in 5 minutes.. i left the door open for 30 minutes and he wouldn't go out until i disassembled his cage around him and he flew straight into a chair to the floor he stayed in one place for 5 minutes looking around and pooping (i watched him from a distance) he then walked around got scared and started flying into the walls 3 to 4 times until i had to towel him so that he wont hurt himself and i put him back in his cage i think i am gonna try it for a couple of days for 15 20 min a day so doesn't get scared as much... do you think its a good idea? because he got scared a lot!!!!

His name is koko ...he stretches his wings alot fully extended he flaps them when he looses grip in his cage as a reflex to falling but on his own i dont think he flaps them

i know i seem like a monster for not letting him out of his cage but i felt its for his own good he doesnt know how to fly and i dont want him to get hurt i let him out a couple of times when i first got him and he almost injured himself badly he flied into a wall i tried alot of times to get him to come out but when i open the cage door he doesnt show any incentive to come out i left it open for a whole day and he stayed inside his cage he's a great bird he sings he talks he's happy he doest pluck his feathers he has a healthy diet he doesnt scream he likes company and talks alot and sometimes he lets me pet him on the head but he gets scared really easely...i tried many times to get him out of his cage but he doesnt want to i dont want to stress him by using a towel to get him out so im looking for any tips to help me get a hands on experience with him outside his cage..in my defence im 19 years old now and i got him as a gift when i was maybe 8 9 years old so i didnt know anything about parrots and that they should be let out of their cage i thaught he would fly away immediatly so thats why i kept him in his cage all the time im not cruel towards animals..i love them im just laking the basic knowledge to properly care for him and train him

hello, i own a Congo African grey parrot and I've always been afraid of letting him out of his cage i did once but he couldn't fly well enough and kept hitting furniture i basically keep him in his cage i don't want him to fly away or get hurt or bite me I've had him for 9 to 10 years now and i really want to be able to interact with him outside of his cage but i don't know where to start he's a biter and get's scared really fast so any help or tips on how to get him out of his cage without scaring or injuring him would be appreciated..