That's great Janet and you know I will do anything I can to help.
My first 3 or 4 weeks with Cricket I did not let her out of her cage, but I would sit by her and talk to her, some times I would just sit and read. I always had treats with me ,but I did not offer her any. It was cut up carrots. One day around the third week as I sat by her eating my carrots she put her foot through the bars and I put a carrot in her foot and that started our relationship.
I miss her so bad !