VoHooman

Unfortunately it's also like this in Iran. We don't have a breeder here (mate one or two) and most of the parrots are wild coughts. Adding to this most of the avian pet stored lie to their costumers and sell even 7-8 years old greys as 2-3 years old or even they sey they are one year old. I actually searched the whole county for a good pet store I can trust and the one I found was 1000km away. So I traveled there and bought Tooka.

Jayd you don't know how much I believe in that not only about greys and parrots but also all birds. I had several birds before, I never had a parrot but I read Greyt stories of your greys and even my 6 day experience having a grey is showing that. The fact that Tooka is taking food from my hand only in 4days for the grey that never had a owner and was a wild cought indicating that, I might be wrong but I notice he was trying to say his name today, all of this show that he likes me too. He is part of our family now.

It seems that Amazons are more active and more open to new things, as a student I don't have time for another bird but maybe in future I buy an Amazon too.

Well, I actually enjoy it myself. I have never tried raw brocelly before!

Update on Tooka's progress: I worked on him and he actually takes seeds from my hands and eats them now, but he is sooo lazy I should get my hand near him, he won't move at all! He also ate a lot of new veggies to him, the only thing he needs is to see me eat it too! The other day I was washing his cage and I saw he wasn't scared so I also gave him his first bath, my brave son was not scared at all! He actually enjoyed it! So as an update here his new pic just before the bath, he was playing and absorbing some vitamin D!

Coool, I was just imagining Tooka doing that but he is just 1 year old and so far from it!

Thanks, I think Tooka is more trying to beat me than to take seeds from my hand, the last time I tried he was so fast and strong, lucky me he went for between my fingers!

I think he is still scared but that's not a problem, I don't wanna push him, I have to earn his trust and love and he is wild cought, I don't expect him to trust me soon.

Thanks judygram you and this whole forum is a life saver!

Hey Guyssss Great improvement today! Okay so this morning I gave him some carrot and I started eating another carrot in front of him. He was standing there without fear and he was just looking at me and pinning so I knew he is learning. As soon as I left him he started eating his carrot and actually eat most of it. After 4 hours I gave him a little sunflower seeds and then I gave him some cucumber and again eat the cucumber in front of him, again his body language was like morning and he eat the cucumbers. So I was over clouds! One other great improvement was about half an hour ago, by chance I told let's see if he get food from my hand so I grabbed some sunflower seeds and offered him, he was standing again with a little fear and his eyes pinning, as always I told him don't be scared and kept offering after 2-3 minutes he got the seeds from my hand but didn't eat it. I tried several times after that and he actually grab them more easily now but he still don't eat them, I donno if he wants to beat me now or he wants to get the seeds. (?) Anyway he is really more active today, he started climbing his cage for the first time and he is more noisy. I'm actually in joy I never thought my grey will be trying to eat from my hand after just 4 days! Thanks guys for the help!

Thanks, I will also try to use scrambled eggs too. I tried mixing food today but I think what I mixed was not good so zi try with different veggies tomorrow. Thanks again!

Thanks for the list. I have another question why the beak of many of greys is solid black but mine have white lines in it? I know the difference of CAG and TAG beaks, I mean the white lines like in your avatar.

Thank guys from tomorrow I will start new ways and post the result here. Tomorrow I will try to give him some carrot and I will eat some carrot in front of him.

Thanks judygram and Streling. I just offered him raw and cooked spinach and a joy, he eat the raw one! He seems to love red foods, as a lunch I gave him a salad of tomato, carrot and cucumber (funny I never make salad for myself). He only tried tomato but didn't eat them actually. Thanks again!

Okay It's officially 3 days that Tooka is with us and he showed great improvement. He isn't scared of me anymore when I get to him most of the time or even if he is he don't jump on the floor of his cage like our first day. But I have questions: 1-Tooka is really noisy and active in morning, then about 2 he went so lazy and he start yawning and he closes his eyes till around 3 and then he become active again (not active as morning though). Is this normal? 2-He only eats sunflower seeds. I've tried carrot, tomato, and strawberries and he rarely eats them except for strawberries, he eats them every time but I don't give him much. I read somewhere that till the time he accepts food from my hand I cannot change this bad habit of his so my question is if the process of accepting food from my hand took too long isn't this gonna be dangerous for him? 3- One of my relatives with experience with greys said to don't give him food for a while for him to be hungry and then give him food only with my hand, is this a right method? I don't want him to eat food from my hand only because he is hungry. Thanks for reading and replying before hand and sorry for my bad english. It's not my mother language.

Thanks LoveMyGrey It will help me as a new grey owner a lot.

Thanks again, i will try baby section to.

Then I should go to the pet store to buy more toys soon!

Thanks judygram. I will certainly. Do I need to give him more toys now that he loves toys and started playing with them early?

Thanks Timbersmom, I read the stories of Timber and other greys here I hope my Tooka will be like them soon. ( Yeah, my mother changed his name to Tooka, and I can't fight it )

Thanks mate , it's GreYt for me to have him, even if he is so much scared of me!

Thanks for the tips, I'm actually trying to give him the space needed because as me or anyone gets near him he jumps right on the floor of his cage. If we get super close like when I'm putting water or food for him he barks really really lowly that you can barely hear it. As for the treat I can't because he don't get anything from my hand yet. I will try to read him my lessons at eve. Thanks again.

Thanks Ray P. I will certainly will try to upload more pictures of him, I'm actually a photographer but I didn't want to disturb him with camera so I just took some simple pics to post here.

Welcome to this forum! I'm new here too!

Thank you aw64. I will certainly buy more toys for him now that I know he loves them, he loves the bell this toy has! Also Thanks for the advice.