Red bellied parrot

Hello ok im new here my names alan

Ok about 3 days ago i went to a pet shop and saw a red bellied parrot hes 4 years old and i just had to have him he was so funny.

Now ive had him home and first day he would not come near me (which i can understand) then second day i sat with him for about 2 hours talking to him using words ive seen on forums

"its ok" , "hello harry" and the step up after feeding him apple which he started to take out of my hand then run away and eat it lol. i got up and walked of and he flew and landed on my head.

next day he now allows me to stroke him and he flys to me if i leave the room. hes still a bit un sure if i go to stroke him he moves away then lets me.

Now i dont know if this is because hes still getting used to me but he doesnt speak at all, he some times makea a bird sound but not even close to a mumble

first thing could this be just because its a new home person and i also have a small cat, but harry doesnt seem botherd about him at all doesnt fly away if the cat goes near the cage (the cat doesnt try and hurt him as well)

If the old owner didnt teach him to speak is 4 years old to old to start?

ive been talking loads at him and hes started to make sounds so im hoping once hes 100% comfy he will.

Like i said hes coming to me but still abit unsure. after only 3 days what hes doing is amzing he trusts me but doesnt know me yet i guess?
Now im pretty sure its just because its all new to him as every day hes getting better.

any help will be great

p.s hes amzing never thought a bird would fly to me like he does

Patience is the key to any parrot human bonding. Please do not be i a hurry for anything. Our birds will do things on their own schedule. Be with him, talk softly and be gentle. Hope he is not a seed addicted bird.

ok im good to wait and do it slowly hardest thing i find is i have him out and if i want to go out. getting him into his cage i go to pick him up step up and he flys to the other end of the room. then he will fly onto my shoulder/head (he must not be scared of me then) but i cant find a way of picking him up if he doesnt want this. i think the only thing i can do is from now on only let him out if i wont need to go out for a few hours. and over time he will go onto my finger or hand to put away?

all in all hes getting better and worse. at the start he had no problems me stroking him now hes hit and miss as you said its all time and being slow

also when you say seed addicted bird does this mean he only comes for food? he doesnt seem to just do that he flys to me with out food but hes not scared to come up and take food and now eat it next to me so thats better than last few days

now im used to birds when i lived at my parents we have a cockatiel which im very used to hes about 14 now (dont live there anymore). just wanted to say i have had birds before but as a grew up with sunny i have to not think Harry is the same which is part of my learning, also after only 6 days its great whats hes allowing meto do

just a update ok im very happy last night i sat with him for ages not letting him out just talking and so on. then after 1 hour i put my hand in and to my shock he steped up and i let him out he stayed on my hand and started to dance a bit hehe.

and i used someones advise on here i read to turn the light down low and i was then able to walk up to him and he went onto my hand and i put him away.

Its amazing im so happy all after 6 days, now i just need to keep talking it slow as i know if i rush him he could go back to how he was 6 days ago

First, I do want to say, please don't leave him unsupervised. It's good he flew to you when you left the room. If you need to leave the room, please take him with your or put him back in his cage. They are smart, curious and can get into amazing trouble on their own. They can chew an electrical cord or something toxic. They can also destroy something you like, such as furniture or even eat your computer, lol! I once watched a documentary where a flock of parrots destroyed a car in about 10 minutes!

Yes, patience is key and you sound like you are doing well with him.

The refusal to go back into the cage isn't something you probably want to encourage though. You may want to have his wings clipped, at least while you are establishing boundaries with him.

Oh, and leaving a clipped bird unsupervised can be trouble as well! My Nanday just decided, well, if I can't fly, I'll just jump off my playstand! If they can climb down, they will. If they can't, they might just throw caution to the wind and jump like mine did. Aside from the fact that she was now free to go wherever she wanted, they can get hurt doing those things. This was back when I first got her though. Boundaries have long been established.

thanks for the reply. well i only live in a 2 bedroom flat but is big so pelnty of room when i say i left the room i walked across a hall into the kitchen and i can see into the living room. at the moment he pretty much flys on me top of his cage or the kurtan rail. and thats it ha.

But yes my mam and dads bird used to eat my home work (im 25 now) and nobody belived me ha

also im not sure he new i wanted to put him away in his cage as i wasnt able to get near him to even give away he was going back in hehe.

But last night and today has been massive jumps now if i call his name he is flying to me and allowing me to stroke him so im in heaven.

Ok, sorry, I didn't know the size of your place or that you could see him. I have an old farm house that is set up in a way that it is hard to see from room to room.

It sounds like you have a great new, best friend! I hope you have many happy years together.

I can't answer the talking question because all of my birds were still babies when I got them with the exception of the new Amazon who already talks. I do know they can learn new words at any time though, so it's possible you will get him to talk or make other sounds. Is the Red Belly one of the African birds like Senegals? If so, they aren't known for great talking ability, but they can definitely learn some words. My sister had a Meyer's. She taught him to say, "Hey, Murray" and also, accidentally, a cuss word. She didn't even know he learned the cuss word, but I found out immediately when she left him here the first time for a weekend she was away. As soon as she left, he started saying it. She tried to blame it on me, lol! I said, oh no, he was doing it one minute after you left, dear, it's your fault. But by the end of the weekend I had taught him to say "Pretty". She also reported that he had started sometimes speaking in what sounded like my voice.

if im honest im not 100% sure i have been keeping in touch with the pet shop i got him of (a woman there is best friends with the person who was selling him) i will give her a call and ask which type he is.

I would just be happy if he said hello harry lol.

my mam and dads bird "sunny" is only a cockatiel but he sings "bebbie bab cok bebbie bab cok" well not so much says it but its very close to the words and you can tell what hes singing lol. so im just going to c what harry says if anything hes not really making any sound right now lol not even a "bird tweet"

ok he now seems 100% comfy with me last night he was dancing in front of me on my desk and steps up if i ask he even walked from hand to hand like you do with a hamster lol.

hes now starting to show me who he is all this in 1 week is amzing.

Now il give him a few more weeks but start and see if i can train him to do some small things. Im so happy he even loves my cat (10 month old) lol