more questions, sorry!!!!!

[deedee]

well thought i was getting some where she was letting me stroke her all over, pick her up everything then i carried the washing basket through the living room she went mad few all over and crash landed i picked her up checked her over made sure she was ok removed the washing basket which no longer is allowed in the living room then my sister came to stay a few days now i cant go near her she attackes me when i pass the cage my sister was able to touch her straight away with no problems and she had stopped plucking and they were growing back now she is plucking again not really sure why she is plucking and its like she blames me for the washing basket but i didnt know only had her a few weeks can only assume someone has upset her with a washing basket any tips on how to get her to trust me . thanks for listening

[Guest]

That surely sounds mysterious. But I think you're right. The washingbasket probably reminded her of something bad. It's better to await the experienced opinions about this from the other members here, but that would be my guess

 

She'll get over it though, I think. She could even get used to the washingbasket I believe, since all I hear is that with patience they can get used to everything....

[judygram]

Yes FairY patience is the answer here. Something to do with a washing basket or something similar has frightened her and it will take a lot of time and patience but I think you will win her over in the end. Keep that basket out of her sight for the time being and work on getting her trust, don't give up on her it may take months or even longer so don't push her or force more on her than she can handle. She'll come around in time.

[CeasarsDad]

Certainly what FariY and Judy are telling you could be the fact. She had a bad experience with a basket of some kind.. But it doesn't have to be that way. She could just be afraid of baskets... Ceasar was terrified of ballons.. it's not like he had a bad experience with a ballon once as he has not.. He is just afraid.. You will find this sometimes with certain items.. It could be this is the case with your Grey..

 

It takes T I M E.. Remember.. Time to you does not pass the same for a Grey.. For you a week seems like a long time.. For the Grey a week is a flash... So it takes T I M E.. Don't get discouraged.. Get determined. Months need to go by before you will start to see major changes in your Greys personality..

[Caspersmum]

CD and Judy are absolutely right. I have heard of people using upside-down washing baskets to 'contain' their parrots, and as yours had been abused previously, this would be a possible expalination. Whatever the reason, it sounds like you're just going to have to carry the washing by hand for a while!

But as the others have already siad, you really need the patience of a saint. Stick with it. YOu've already seen what you can do - and 2 steps forward, 1 step back still gets you there in the end - it just takes a bit longer;)

 

Julia

[judygram]

My Josey does not like a blue plastic tub that I keep some toys in for the grandkids. My grandson loves to empty the toys out and play in the tub but whenever he goes any where near her cage she growls. I have never had her any where near that tub before. So the basket could just be something she did not like.:ohmy:

[Guest]

I know of this child that was afraid of shopwindows. Nobody knew why (he himself didn't know why either) - and it was never discovered as well. But he was cured, by very carefully and patiently letting him get used and grow accostumed to them.

Since greys are very much like little children, it sounds like a perfect solution... often finding out the reason behind the 'why' doesn't have to be part of the cure....