Echoe after a month

[Echos_Peeps]

Hi everyone. I haven't had much chance to post since we first got Echoe. She appears to be ok but I have to say I worry constantly about this bird. Is she eating enough? Is she eating right? Will using the flat iron kill her? Is she getting enough light where here cage is? It's crazy! Lol! Like having a newborn in the house. Any way that's the update. Here are the questions

 

She exhibits lots of behavior that tells me she feels more secure. The beak grinding the preening. She sings whistles and makes all sorts of noises. But she hates coming out of her cage. Always a hassle! And she bites every hand that comes close every time. We just ignore it and try not to pull away tho she hurts sometimes. And she will step up on her own but mostly you have to make her. We went on vacation for a weekend and it was essential she step up when we said. She bit but we had to insist. She stepped up every time but it wasn't pleasant

 

How do we get her to stop biting? And All that time she likes staying alone in her cage, is that ok? She is in my daughters room, kinda isolated, but we go in every ten minutes or so, talk to her and try to get her to step up so we can move her to her perch out in the LR. And get fussed and bit. Only when she wants out is she even close to nice about it.

She is four months now and the biting and shyness is worrying me. I don't want her developing bad behaviors.

We just keep talking and interacting with her. Is making her get out her cage and onto her perch in the living room the right thing to do?

We want to love her, cuddle her and give her all that attention greys supposedly crave, but she hates to be touched and will have none of it. My daughter is much more tolerated than my husband and myself. She gets kisses and sometimes can pet her.

 

I'm starting to think we need to move her to a more hi traffic area in the house to deter her from her self imposed isolation. Any advice is appreciated.

 

Thank you!

[Ray P]

Yes. I would move Echoe to the active part of the house so she can see what`s going on, get to know you and feel as part of the family.

Let her come out of her cage on her own for now and sit and talk to her sing and offer her treats. so when she sees you something good happens.

[Echos_Peeps]

Thank u Ray!

[Zoom]

I agree. I also think she might be more willing to come out of her cage if she knows she can go back in when she wants. When you take her into another room, without her cage, she doesn't feel safe. So if you move her and her cage into the living room, where she can get to observe the family more, and where she can retreat to her nice safe cage whenever she wants, I think you'll find she adapts better.