sheldon

Hi ilovemygrey ,Congratulations on Jaq'O. I am relatively new to grey forums. I too, have a rescued grey, Shelly. I have had him for about a month now. He is really awesome. Shelly tries to bite me if I get to close. Like the forums here suggest, I am giving shelly his space and showing him much love. One trick I've learned to get Shelly back in his cage without physically moving him is to give him some bananas or watermellon, which he loves, outside of his cage and then place some pieces of fruit on his perch inside the cage. He doesn't go in right away but usually within 5 - 10 minutes.

So far so good. I am starting to feel that shelly is more relaxed then I anticipated him being. I decicded to open.his door yesterday. It took SHELLY all of 10 seconds to start making his way out. He climbed up the outside of the cage and hung out. I later enticed him back in the cage with some watermelon. This is so cool!!

Thank you all very much for your words of wisdom. I plan on searching though the forums to gain more knowledge. From the diet /food sections I've read, I can see I'll be making more trips to "trader joes". Trader Joes is a heath food supermarket not far from me. It's funny when I eat, Shelly eats. When my lhasa apso barks at Shelly, Shelly sounds of back at her. She growled at me the first day when I got near the cage. . Now she's not growling when I approach the cage. I am just worried because I am taking here to the vet next week to have a new pet evaluation. The part I'm worried about is having to physically remove her from the cage. I know that's not going to be fun for either one of use.

Hi, I just adopted a 15 year old african grey. I am very excited about this. His name is Sheldon, or shelly for short. He came home with me yesterday. I adopted him from the local SPCA. They told me his previous owner used him for breeding. I am not sure of what kind of life he has had so far. Since he's been with my family and I, Shelly seem to be adjusting well. We are giving him his space letting him get used to his home. I have spoke to several people for advice on how to introduce Shelly into my family. I am writing today in hopes of getting more advise from you, other Grey owners. Any info you have would be greatly appreciated.