mimi
Weaned Todd
Koko
Joined: January 2005
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Post by mimi on Jan 12, 2005 23:20:48 GMT -7
1.How long will take to be a friends Koko with us? 2.How long take you to make a friendship with Mitzi, Monty and Pete? He is with us from 08.11.2004, but he is still timid. We following your advices and we have a progress, but very small. He get used with the objects in the room, he fly every day and whistle, he feel good, but when we out from his room he feel more calm. When I stay on the other side at the cage and call him "Nuts" and show him, he came to take nuts from my hand, but very carefully, when he take the nuts he very quickly move away. :'(He is very sweet and I want caress him, but he begin to murmur. I understand that not every Greys love to be touching and I consider with that, but that is very difficulty for me. Very torment... 3. Have a some more fast way to understand that we are not dangerously?
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Post by Jane on Jan 13, 2005 1:28:38 GMT -7
It depends a lot on whether they have been hand reared and also how old they are. Monty and Mitzi were both hand reared and therefore used to people and already tame when I got them at around 12 weeks old. If a bird hasn't been hand reared it will take longer, especially with a grey because they are such naturally shy birds. The age is important because with an older bird it will often take longer anyway and as they all have different personalities some will never be as friendly as others. Monty is very tame but he has always been more "independent" than Mitzi. When they were babies, Mitzi wanted more cuddling and general "mothering" than Monty ever did and she is a lot more demanding than he is, even now. You still haven't had Koko very long and I think you are doing all the right things but it just takes time and patience.
Jane
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Sisika and Pete
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Post by Preston on Jan 13, 2005 16:22:50 GMT -7
Hi Mimi, Jane and I can't stress enough that each bird is different, and the time for any one thing is impossible to predict. Pete has been here a little over 2 years and stands not for anything but a pet when he is ready. He has an amazing vocabulary along with a ton of tricks and antics that keep us amused. You may never be able to cuddle with him, but there will be a personality that you will love. I wanted a bird that talked like a Grey along with standing on my shoulder, I have the talking but not the shoulder. I wouldn't trade my little buddy for anything.
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mimi
Weaned Todd
Koko
Joined: January 2005
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Post by mimi on Jan 13, 2005 23:24:04 GMT -7
Thank you Jane and Preston, We wouldn't trade Koko for anything, too. We love him. We with my husband have a little contradiction. When we buy Koko we buy and many books for Greys. In the books write that he can to put food bowl in the bottom of cage and when he go and begin to eat we must slow step to him, while he permit us to stay with him when he eating. My husband say that is a good advice, because then Koko will have a longest way to top of the cage. He say that Koko lift up for a time, but when he understand that we don't make him anything badly, he stop to lift up to top of the cage and that will contribute to removing of his trouble about us. Now, his food bowl stay in the middle in the cage and when he feel worried he extend to the cradle and get out to top very easy. What do you think about that advice?
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Post by Jane on Jan 14, 2005 2:06:20 GMT -7
The bowls are best in the middle of the cage because they can easily get contaminated if lower down. You haven't had Koko very long and he needs time to settle at his own pace. Greys are naturally nervous birds. Time and patience will pay off in the long run.
Jane
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