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I have had an african grey parrot for around 3 months now, he(?) is hand reared and suffered from a lot of bordom with its last owner. We have been told by the last owner that it is about a year old can you tell this by the colour of the eyes? Also we have been going in the cage at regular intervals throughout the day stoking and petting him then rewarding him so he gets used to us without overpowering him. When we approach chicco he makes a really loud,deep sqwauk as if frightened, but never bites us.We have changed his diet to special parrot pellets whilst mixing it with fresh fruit, we dont seem to be making any progress and wondered if anyone had ideas. He has been out of the cage a few times but for 4-8 hours at a time as he wont return back to the cage and we have to put him back which he dosnt enjoy. He has just started to say hello and does some beautiful whistles so we think he is settling just very slowly is this normal....sorry its so long just worried.
Thanx
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.As promised, I spoke to my neighbour, printed the question so I didn't get anything wrong. She says that in the main, your doing most of the right things, the points she made were,
1) She says that you leave it out the cage too long,, no more than one to one and a half hours at a time is best.
2) She said she never puts her hand in the cage while the birds there, as your encroaching on its territory.
3) She never picks it up, she waits for it to go on its cage, before letting it climb on her hand.
4) and last, she's never heard of Parrot pellets, but nothing wrong there, but she said make sure there's no sunflower seeds mixed in, as thy are not good for parrots.
Also, today, which was quite interestin, I was taking some branches off my apple tree, and she asked for a branch about one inch thick, to put in the cage, I asked why, and she said it chews it, plays with it, and does various other things, but geneally, it helps calm.
Hope this is of some help.