pastorofhamsters

Thank you all for the useful insight! He wont eat anything other than sunflower seeds. We've tried everything from almonds to peanuts , plums , cucumber , bananas , brocolli but no luck. Not sure whether this is just due to shear fear or something to do with the previous owner. The cage is merely a sleeping one as I let the door open and he makes his way to the perch and stretches out there.. Using a stick he fearfully steps up and we guide him back into his cage at night. When he spread out his wings we were horrified to see his wings were clipped horribly wrong .. his left wing was considerably shorter than the other ( due to his longest primary feather cut for the left but not for the right). How long will it take for these feathers to grow back ? After reading your advice I'll have to keep it down on the interaction because everyday i try to touch him and scratch his head / back .. he growls but eventually lets me do it due to the fact that he has no choice and he doesn't seem to enjoy it very much.. He even climbed onto my arm , still pretty scared though. So I'm going to start from scratch .. no interactions other than gentle talking. What kind of toys does he require ? Is a rope inside his cage suitable ? so he climbs and flips around on it. If so , what kind of rope , synthetic or natural? When i hold up a mirror to him he clicks and puffs up , is this a sign of fear or hostility ? Thank you again for your advice

Hey all , I've newly hatched on this forum but Shadow hasn't. My family adopted him/her (not sexed yet) 3 days ago from a local. He/she seemed pretty scared and unfriendly. The previous owner said that this congo african grey was about 9 months old. He didn't really seem to take good care of it. We brought it home and got a cage. The parrot doesn't stop "growling" whenever we come close. til' date. On the second day with the use of gloves i slowly was able to touch him/her and scratch it's back and head gently. And when I took my hand away it continues growling. We let the cage door open and he /she found it's way to the top perch by itself. What methods should I use to train the parrot / get him acquainted with all of us and friendly,possibly get it to talk. Do african greys have any other sounds or do they imitate ? We have an indian ringneck as well that sits freely on his perch. But due to the new comer we put him back in his big cage ; will they eventually get along ? The grey doesn't seem to give the ringneck any attention. We put walnuts , pears , sunflower seeds , apples in it's feeding bowl but it'll only eat the sunflower seeds. We try handfeeding it but it gnarls and takes the seed from my finger but throws it on the floor. Please guide me as to how we can make shadow a loving part of our family , like we did to Kiwi (our ringneck) I'd love it if someone could tell me the age / sex of our grey too