GreyGirl717

Even though they have never been bred? I am not interesting in breeding them. They have always been kept next to each other. I am wondering if moving them away from each other in separate rooms might help.

Thank, I am trying. I have many war wounds, but I think he is coming around. He gets excited when I walk into the room with a bowl of Pregresso Chicken Noodle soup. He loves the pasta and just goes nuts. I wonder if separating them is something I should think about. They are in separate cages, but right next to each other. They don't speak, but do some whistling. Someone suggested this to me. I don't know, they have always been next to each other.<br><br>Post edited by: GreyGirl717, at: 2007/01/31 22:51

I am new here, but not new to the Greys. I had a Congo Grey who passed away a couple of years ago. He was a very independent bird who only like to deal with my son. He had a great personality as far as he loved to have us all around and loved to copy and mimic us and generally enjoyed us as long as we didn't touch him. He only would let my son touch him. We loved him though and he was such a joy for us. When he passed, I said I would never get another. Well we just got 2 from a person who has had them both for about 7 years. The female he handraised and the male he purchased I believe. The female loved him and liked him to swing her upside down and the male, well he growls and doesn't like to be handled. They said when he turned two, he went through that teenage stage. And began biting, so they couldn't handle him. So he hasn't been handled for about 5 yrs. When we first walked into the house to get them, the male growled terribly and screeched at us. The female was fine, because the person she was comfortable with was right there. We have had them for about 3 days. The male is not growling and will take peanuts and crackers from our hand through the bars of the cage and he is starting to let us scratch his head. He has tested me and lightly bitten me through the cage and I was nervous but didn't flinch, because I didn't want him to know I was frightened. Then he would take advantage of that. The female stepped up on my hand and I did swing her and of course she muckled right on to my thumb and drew blood. It hurt like heck, but again I did my best not to react and I held her for a few minutes after that and then placed her into her cage. A little while later, I reached in her cage and tried picking her up again. I wanted to show her I wasn't scared and I wasn't going to stop just because of her behavior. She tried to nip at me but I told her to step up and lightly pushed against her chest. She did step up and has been testing me. My question is this, because I don't want to not be able to pick them up, like my Congo (He had us trained not to bother him for fear he would bite us) what should we do to get the male to become more tame? Are we doing the right thing with the female? They have not been bred, nor do I plan on breeding them. We were just looking for pets. The couple got rid of them due to health problems. They did spoil the birds rotten and obviously loved them. So they weren't unwanted and of course they are very wanted here also. I just want to make it a better experience for us the second time around as far as taming. Thanks for any advice you could share with me! YJ;)<br><br>Post edited by: GreyGirl717, at: 2007/01/30 16:47