DanielaWelborn

He is in a great mood today:)

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Looks great. It is giving me some ideas! Thanks

Patience and a good routine helped me. Maybe even ignore her for some time? Just let her get settled and take her lead. I would still offer fresh food in one dish and nuts/pellets in another. I once adopted a dog that lived under my couch for the first six months. It could be the same with Miki. She probably has do decompress and settle in. As I posted yesterday my Jellybean pushed all my buttons He is fine today

Thanks for all the advise. We had a better start of our day today. Jellybean got some flying in and managed to not get into any major trouble. I will try some of your tricks and see what works for us.

I managed to get him in our bedroom, watching some TV. He settled down a bit. For now we have a love/hate relationship it seems. I am not giving up on this....

he is doing everything he knows I do not want him to do: chewing on the blinds, the fridge and the door frames. I remove him and and he is trying to bite, not wanting to step up. When I finally had enough and put him in his cage he keeps calling out until I pay some attention to him. We had a pretty good run the last couple of days, but this is aggravating. Patience.Patience.Patience.

Just to clarify, he is not sleeping in our bedroom just perching on top of the door to visit with us. I thought it was a good sign since he seems to chose to be with us. He is sleeping in his cage at night. The glove just makes me feel more comfortable. Remember I am the third owner and he is only 4. It would be different if I would have a baby on my hands. He tried to bite me again today as I removed him from on top the parakeets cage. Trust me, I was glad for the glove. I am sure we will work it out somehow sooner or later.

I have had him/her now for about 5 weeks and I think we might be making some progress. My husband is much less afraid of the bird as he has not been bit yet. I have been wearing a glove to handle the bird, just to give me more confidence and it is working so far. Here is what happened since yesterday: Jellybean has been flying around the house since we got him. At night we like to hang out in our bedroom ,which is somewhat to the side of the living/kitchen area and that is a big circle. So he is flying around in said circle and finally lands on our bedroom doors to his left. This is amazing! I think he wants to be with us? Another moment; he is whistling all the time if he is in his cage and we are in our bedroom. Now that he is in our bedroom he is quiet. Does that mean he is calling out for us if we are not with him? One last thing, the last two days if I talk to him he bobs his head. Is that a good thing?

Nutri-berries and always fresh available. My bird loves peppers, hot peppers of different kinds, blueberries, sweet potato, noodles, eggs, grapes, sprouts all kinds of veggies. Does not like any citrus, banana or strawberry He also loves waffles, fresh waffles:) I have to vary it daily, he seems to get tired of the same thing. Loves almonds, will kill for peanuts, and hates walnuts.

Thank you for taking on this relationship. I had a dog that lived under my couch for six month after I adopted him. Dogs live for about 15 years? on average. I had my Grey for a month, he is four years old, and lives to be about 40 to 60 years old? You do the math. Patience and a routine will work for you. I am German, I like routines:)

New owner here and stupid question; peanuts and almond are okay, sunflower seeds not so much. I have to google this.....

YEAH, he rules.

Quick update; my strategy worked. We have a much better relationship. I do believe Jellybeans enjoys when I am talking to him. When he is not in the mood I just stop and try again later. He has daily out of cage time. At the same time I have to be able to get him to step up and remove him from a spot that is not appropriate. I do wear a leather glove which Jellybean hated at first, but makes me feel much better and confident. One time he flew into our bedroom and landed on a very low lamp. I was able to get him to step up on my hand and guide him out of the "danger zone". It is very slow going, but I got into this with no expectations so anything he is giving me is wonderful. It has only been about a month or so, the bird will hopefully be with me until I die. No rush:)

I noticed a change in Jellybean and had him only a month. His whistles are changing and I could have sworn he made a kissing noise yesterday. I try to talk to him at least two/three times a day for extensive periods, besides answering his whistles, of course. He loves it when I sing to him and I can't even sing. Thread Hi-jack warning; you guys know I have been bit and am not very trusting right now. This goes both ways obviously; do you guys think if I would be more trusting he would be too? Someone at the pet store suggested that today.

4 years, I am the third owner, the last owner had him for 3 years. I decided for now to avoid all confrontation and just open up the cage door and let him come out by himself and then fill his food bowls and eventually he will get back in. I then "reward" him with a peanut. We both do not need any more bad experiences. At the same time he deserves his daily out of the cage time.

....he is biting me like crazy every time I get him out of his cage. I am getting tired of it, but I can't quit. If I resent him and not take him out everything will get that much worse. I am thinking of wearing a glove or just opening the door and let him climb out. Just for a "cool down" period where he can't bite me and I won't get upset. I know how to get him back in; the peanuts are still working like a charm. Although I noticed today that he tried to eat his food from the outside of the cage. I made it a point to not close the door and he came back out. Persistence, patience and love.

Any advice is appreciated: I got my Jellybean just about 2 weeks ago. He was fed a seed diet with the occasional apple or carrot. I have him on nutri-berries with mostly fresh; at least twice a day. He loves his fresh fruit and veggies. I try to vary it from day to day. We have some oatmeal in there, beans and such. At first it was fruit, but I switched to veggies and he does not seem to mind. Here is my question; he seems to eat a lot less the last couple of days than the first week and a half. Is that normal? He still sings the same, preens himself, talks to me, flies, takes a bath, etc. Is he just getting the right stuff and less junk and that is why he needs less food? More quality than quantity....

Timbersmom my thought too. Some is better than nothing. We had a setback this afternoon as he bit me while i held the stick to get him out of his cage. He drew some blood and then tried to "take over" my kitchen counter by flying on it and checking things out. I had to draw the line, because I am the kitchen queen here:) So all in all, back in your cage if your are misbehaving. As someone said yesterday; two steps forward one step back. Am I correct?

I did not let him out of his cage until later in the afternoon today. He hung out for a couple of hours as I was cooking. Then I fixed the doggies dinner and he just couldn't wait. He flew over and landed on the kitchen counter where I was at and tried to eat the dog food. After an "emergency" peanut I got him back on top of his cage. Just enough time for me to feed my dogs. Then he flew right back over to the counter and "helped" me prepare his dinner. He is now on Nutri-berries as opposed to seeds. How does everyone feel about those? But mostly fresh; he loves beans and sweet potatoes, sprouts and other stuff. I try to go easy on the fruit. The I locked him up as I was frying, let him out again and showed him our bedroom where we hang out at night a lot, because we have a sitting area and TV in there. I am pretty happy for now.

He settled down and is now whistling to me and I whistle back and he seem quiet content with that.

I just watched him; he is trying to fly inside his cage.

I had my beautiful bird out since 6:30 this morning. He did great and behaved quiet well. Three times I had to remove him from on top the cage of my parakeets which is parked right by a french door, because he tried to chew on the wood around the door and the door itself. I finally put him in his cage for a bit and then let him back out. Now the evening is winding down and I need a break; he stepped up for me to transfer him into his cage the first time, no peanut, and then flew back on top of his cage. Right away I ask him to step up again which he did and I was able to put him in his cage, no peanut again. However, I feel he is throwing somewhat of a fit; hanging on to the the side of his cage and even dropping to the bottom three times. Every time he drops he climbs right back up. He just did it again. Should I call it a night, cover him up and call it a night? He really does not seem sick in any way.

Jellybean loves his fresh food. I can get him to step up and feed him outside his cage. My husband, however, scared him and I can't get Jellybean close to him. He can't even feed him his favorite food. It's not a problem as I am home most of the day and my husband will deploy for most of next year. It is just interesting to notice how fast they acknowledge. Jellybean is still out; I try to not get him used to a routine. Such as Step up, I dangle a peanut in front of you, then..cage door closed. He is a really good bird so far and I do not mind his flying around. Just trying to show him safe places to land. So far so good. I know about the honeymoon period.....I should be so lucky

I have to add that I work from home and whistle back to him a lot. With his help I will be an excellent whistler!