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I wouldn't worry that much, at least not yet. Since you just
brought him home, he's probably nervous about his new surroundings.
Give him time.
Spend as much time with him as possible. Place his cage in the
room that you, (and or your family), spend most of your time in. Birds
like to be where the action is. After all, they want to be part of the
family too... I wouldn't try feeding him from your hand just yet. Talk
to him alot and keep him near you as much as possible. That should help
calm him down and get him adjusted to his new home.
If you eat in front of him, then try putting a small piece of what
you eat, (especially fruit, cookies etc) in his food dish. Don't go
overboard as birds are sensitive to salt, sugar and such. Sharing food
will let him know that you aren't a threat.
If you can, leave the cage door open or remove the top so he can
come out, (be careful if you haven't clipped his wings), and don't
forget about open windows and doors in your house. That can be very
bad.
Just give him time to adjust and give him lots of attention and
he'll come around. You should see this in his behavior, such as his
not backing off as much, etc. When it appears that he is settling down,
then you can start trying to get him on your hand or try hand feeding
him.
I usually have music going when I'm home and I whistle alot. My
Grey, Jonsey, likes to whistle along with me and bob his head up and
down to the music. Unfortunately, neither one of us can hold a tune
worth a damm, but we do have fun.
Good Luck!
Mark
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| Ours did that when we first brought him home too. He was hand fed, but
I think that was the extent of the handling. This made him used to
humans, buut it takes a little time for them to get familiar with
everything new. Ours still hisses when he's in his cage all locked up
for the night, I think he's defending his territory. One thing I heard
that is supposed to work very well is to let children work with them,
if you have kids. Kids are more persistant and don't get discouraged as
quickly as adults.
Ours was running the house after about 4-6 weeks. Now, after a year and
a half, he loves my wife and kids, and tolerates me, unless I'm near a
mirror, then he's all over me wanting me to show him his friend in the
glass. About the only thing he really attacks when he's out of his cage
anymore is the vacuum cleaner, and passing feet, almost like the last
great act of defiance.
TPV
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| I think there's a difference between hand fed and tamed. I saw one
place that hand feeds their birds. THey take one out, fedd it, put it
back. Then they continue to the next one. That's it!! That may be
hand fed, but to me that doesn't mean tamed!!!
Chris D.
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