eliam
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- Nov 24, 2021
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Alex - African Grey
Pica & bullie -cockatiels
Hi
I got my african grey last september he was 3 months old at the time.. . not fully tamed. He would take food from my hand but he would not let me touch him .
He does not step up even today, he lets me , my daughter and visitors to pet him a lot but only at night and only when he is on his cage ā¦ especially when i pet the dog he is jealous and he is wistling a lot like he wants me to pet him instead, he is very excited to see me each time i enter the room.He is not caged he is free to roam around the house but he will not step up. He will not let me hold him. He will not sit on me at any point shoulder hand where i can trasfer him.
I have tried food rewards etc . When i try to make him step up he just flies off or goes to a different direction so i will not reach him.
Also he didnt say a single word yet. We talk to him a lot and sing tp him..,he has a radio playing while i am at work but he is not even trying to say something he just whistles a lot when we are not in the room like he is calling us or when we enter the room bcs he is excited and after that he is quiet all the timeā¦
Please advise what to do to make him to trust me enough to step and talk
Thank youš
I got my african grey last september he was 3 months old at the time.. . not fully tamed. He would take food from my hand but he would not let me touch him .
He does not step up even today, he lets me , my daughter and visitors to pet him a lot but only at night and only when he is on his cage ā¦ especially when i pet the dog he is jealous and he is wistling a lot like he wants me to pet him instead, he is very excited to see me each time i enter the room.He is not caged he is free to roam around the house but he will not step up. He will not let me hold him. He will not sit on me at any point shoulder hand where i can trasfer him.
I have tried food rewards etc . When i try to make him step up he just flies off or goes to a different direction so i will not reach him.
Also he didnt say a single word yet. We talk to him a lot and sing tp him..,he has a radio playing while i am at work but he is not even trying to say something he just whistles a lot when we are not in the room like he is calling us or when we enter the room bcs he is excited and after that he is quiet all the timeā¦
Please advise what to do to make him to trust me enough to step and talk
Thank youš