Some advice please!

[Coral&Andrew]

we have got a african grey her names Georgia and shes and year and a half, well yesterday we let her out at about 1 in the afternoon and she came back in her cage on her own about 4 to get some food,

well at 10 last night she was at bottom of cage scratching her foot on the sandsheets and trying to stick her beak out, well i assumed it meant she wanted to come out ( just looked it up and i was right lol)

so we let her out and i thought give her few hours and she will get hungry or thirsty, so we let her out at 10 and it was 3 in the morning when i finally managed to get her back in basically she was falling asleep on top of her cage, but when i went to get her to step up she kept constantly trying to bite me so in the end after 5 hours i got a glove on and luckly she just went back in the cage, we have only had 2 and half days she isnt really tamed even though she randomly went on mine and my boyfriends hand, and then when we started to get her back onto our hand to put her away thats when she started biting,

we have had a busy day today but we have been with her mostly all day talking to her shes said some words, but we havent let her out cause she was naughty yesterday by biting and not going back in, its now 11 at night and shes at bottom of cage telling us she wants to get her out, problem is were in bed and its gonna be like last night again where she isnt gonna go back till early hours of the morning. we were on about taking her out her cage like every affternoon and not night time

 

 

if anyone has got any help on taming her, getting her not to bite and trust us, it would help alot

Thanks!

[Barbara2]

I'm not an expert with greys as I just got my TAG on Tuesday, but I do have two other parrots that I have had for 16 years. When the sun goes down, they go to sleep. They are in a separate room off of the room where we watch television so there is still some light but their room has no light on. I have never had a need to cover them although I know other people who cover the cage to let the bird know that it is time to go to bed. I don't know if that is any help or not.

[judygram]

Georgia is trying you at the moment and you fell for it. You should let her out in the afternoons or whenever you get home from work during the weekdays and when she goes back in later to get some food or water then you can shut her door and do not let her out when she does that scratching at the bottom of her cage late at night, she should be in bed by that time. Some birds want to go to bed at dark but mine stay up until around 9:30 and then they are covered for the night.

If you are having trouble getting her back into the cage then offer her a treat or something you know she likes and let her see you put it into her cage.

You have only had this bird for a few days and it will take some time for her to settle in to her new home and for her true personality to appear.

[Coral&Andrew]

Thanks guys and thanks Judy Gram!

we let her out in the afternoon round about 2-3ish and shes goes in about 6-7ish, her favourite treat are them peanuts.

she either flys to the cage cause she gets hungry and when she gets in the cage, we shut the doors, and today out of know where my boyfriend put his hand out and she climped onto it, but she sat on the top of the cage for a while, then she went back in on her own, we also have a budgie and cockatiel that are in cages, i think she often look and listens to them lol.

[bethaflanigan]

it seems to me for a bird who has known you for such a short time, she is doing really well. I have had two birds that have previously been from other homes, and it takes a wile for her to trust you. She may want out, but is scared to trust you to help her out, same with going back in. I'd advise strongly against 'punishing' her for being 'bad' by trying to bite like you stated that you did, by confining her to her cage. She will take even longer to trust you if her new routine varies so much and if her new person isn't consistent in wanting to spend time with her. Most new birds try to bite or threaten to bite out of fear at first, its all part of building trust. but don't give up, and give her time and praise for the bravery she has shown. best of luck!

[Big_Squishy]

I am really not sure how this will be viewed and am hoping I am not doing anything wrong, but with BoBo (just over 2 years old) I have no real problem getting him in or out of his cage. There will be times he doesn't listen well but I do just like I have done with dogs and even my son. I don't yell but I raise my voice a little and change my tone all the while showing I am the boss. By this I mean I am insistant. I stay step up, he doesn't listen or backs away. I change my position and tell him to step up and even though he may bite at me (pretty rare anymore) I would hold my ground.

My wife just doesn't have the right voice to do it, or hasn't found it yet. Also she is afraid of getting bitten. This is going to be one of those things you have to get use to and really watch how you react. You might even look inot stick training for those times when your bird is not wishing to be handled.

 

I am not expert and have learned most everything thing I know from either this web site and the people on it, a few books and trial and error. Fortunatly I do my homework before the trials start. Be patient, take note of your birds habbits and your schedule find that compramise your bird is not just your pet but a new member of your family and so the give and take has to be there. Unless you have a booming voice like mine and the give doesn't always have to be as much (LOL)

 

Good luck hope to have offered some food for thought.

 

Big_Squishy