I have just adopted a 8 year old African Grey named Lance. Lance is having some behavior problems and I am running out of options on what to do . I have had Lance for about 2 months now and before we adopted him we were told that he had 5 houses in the past 2 months . It really broke my heart when I heard this. After about two weeks of getting him my dog got out of his cage when we weren't home and attacked him. Thankfully, Lance only got a scratch but I feel like the emotional damage was done. Now Lance never leaves his cage and he is scared of everyone in the house except me. Lance will only let me touch him and pet him and is friendly with me ( he doesn't bite) . Occasionally, Lance will walk out of his cage and onto a nearby table if I put treats on it but he only does that sometimes. The only problem is when I am not touching him or petting him and just sitting next to his cage, he starts pulling out his feathers , so I am forced to leave the room . He only does this when I am just sitting next to him doing my homework. He is also scared of our other African Grey ( who is in the same room) but he still talks to him. I tried moving him into other rooms but he would just get more scared and I tried giving him the anxiety medication (Homeopet) but that doesn't help either. I am getting so desperate and I feel so bad for him.
I just want to know what I can do for him to leave his cage and not be so scared.
I just want to know what I can do for him to leave his cage and not be so scared.