new to it all

[w3bb0]

hi i am new to all this i bought a 4 year old african grey about a week ago his name is willy hes a real gd talker but i think hes shy he only talks when im out of sight i can stand right next to him talk to him but as soon as he sees my hands he backs away anyone got any sugestions ihes out all day long and goes in his cage at night time hes very rarly alone he will take food from my hands and he loves pastaico nuts

[Guest]

Hello there, w3bb0 welcome here and I hope you'll enjoy it

 

One word for you : patience :laugh:

 

This is the main thing I've learned about greys and have seen confirmed over and over again. Slowly and with a lot of patience, you'll get him used to you.

 

Good luck

[carlylu]

Hi -- welcome. I'm new here too. A lot of people have very good results using clicker training to help a parrot get over wariness around people. It doesn't even really matter what you train them to do, it's the training process that helps establish the bond, and helps them see you as the "source of good things."

 

And also what FairY says.... much patience!

 

There's a very good clicker training group on yahoo, that's actually run by Melinda Johnson, the woman who wrote Clicker Training for Birds. Their home page is http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Bird-Click/

It's a very friendly and helpful group, and they're familiar with issues regarding wary or fearful rehomed birds. Their library of how-to files alone is worth checking out.

 

I hope it's ok to post links here to groups that offer specialized training info?

 

raz

[w3bb0]

thx for the info guys i am realy greatfull