Familiar Traps...

[Perch]

OK, I did a bunch of reading, and I thought maybe the BEST question I could ask about training and enjoying our young new Grey would be:

 

What are the top no-no's for raising a well-behaved / adjusted CAG?

 

OR, simply put: What NOT to do?

 

Thanks for the help!!

[Perch]

After reading my post this morning, I realize it may be too open ended. It has been a while since I actually posted in a forum setting; and in retro-spect, list style questions can often be annoying to folks on the site.

 

In my exuberence to do the right thing by my new feathered friend, I was asking what not-to-do so I could get on a faster learning curve than the grey.

 

I understand the non over-reacting to bites philosophy, as well as working on early socialization. I was kind of seeking one-liner advice like: "Don't introduce too many new things at one time", or "Don't feed the same treats outside the cage as inside."

 

I had to work this morning, so I got up an hour earlier than normal so I could share some time with my bud before leaving the house. Then I thought, is is good to disrupt the schedule we had started...

 

You get the idea. Anyway, I will try not to be an annoying newbie.:blush:

[danmcq]

Good question on the schedule. If you are going to spend an hour or so with your Grey before you go to work, then do so as consistently as possible. They do get to where they expect thing to happen on a scheduled basis.

 

One side note to this, is we work all week and my wife normally gets him out of the cage for a half hour or so most mornings. Then he is in the cage until she gets home after work. On weekends, he is out of the cage from 6am until 8pm or so on those two days or 3 if it's a long weekend. They accept this and become used to it as a normal occurrence every week.

 

Hope this answers one of the many "Don't Do's" for you. :-)

[Luvparrots]

Perch, don't be afraid to ask the questions you have. I have read your posts, and not once did I feel you were asking "dumb" questions. I think you are a very intuitive person who has done alot of research and will be a very important asset to this forum. Kudos to you my friend.:cheer: :silly: