Having problems with my african grey?!?

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i have a african grey named Georgia and she turned 2 years old this year, well shes started being disobedient about going back into her cage like my dad said she is still really classed as young and a juvenile lol.

But the problem is she has became naughty when its time to go back in her cage, i may be doing something wrong, but thats where i thought you guys could help.

She comes out everyday apart from a Saturday, and she comes out at about 12 in the affternoon till about 10 at night. during the week she tends to come out 8-10 hours a day!

Well she doesn't seem to like to go back into her cage, i have the lights on for her about 10, and during the day whilst shes out the cage, her food and water are in her cage, but she doesnt bother flying to her cage to get any, well during the day she loves to go on the curtain pole, and play on her spiral toy and fly onto the kitchen door, and the frontroom door, and shes started to fly onto the bedroom door.

She is tame, and when its time to go into her cage, i tell her to step up and she will tend to step up onto mine or my boyfriends hand, and we take her towards the cage and say come on georgia time to go in, and she will tend to look around and fly off our hand onto the sofa, curtain pole or onto a door. and it gets frustrating i have to admit lol. Or sometimes i top her seed up do her fruit and veg and whilst shes out i show her the food and say come on georgia time to go in. and she doesnt bother to fly to her cage.

But a few weeks ago, she was brilliant going into her cage, she would be out for about 8-10 hours, and i would show her the food, she would fly to her cage and go straight in like we had this routine going, but now she just doesnt seem to :/

Like her cage is always clean she has a swing in there her favorite toy, she has a wooden twirler toy, a mirrow & bell, a treasure chest with wooden blocks inside that she gets out, i bought her a wooden toy for her & she hasnt yet played with that cause its new and she was wary of it first and wouldnt go to the top of the cage but shes fine now.

so if anyone has got any tips or advice i would be very great ful thanks!

anthony f · Accepted Answer

Try having her step up on a dowel....then as soon as she is on the dowel take your free hand and hold it above her back close enough that you can put your hand down over her wings if she tries to 
open them.....this is how I train my young babies to be put back into their cage...I like to have them trained by the time I have them weaned.....they handle easier if the training starts early.....it will take many repetitions...once she goes in her cage successfully then give her a small reward of her favorite food...( I use sunflower for older birds as mine don't get much of it.) Greys are smart...once she understands what is expected she will be OK....

I don't recommend a free flying parrot in the house unless supervised constantly....there are to many things in a house for a parrot to get into....remember they are like a perpetual 3-4 year old....they can create mayhem in seconds....I could almost write a book about the tragedies I have heard and witnessed.....

lunardi · Answer

My buddy had a lonely parrot which replaced into cured via getting a canines have faith it or no longer :o) African Greys are smart birds so sure they are in a position to get disillusioned in plenty a similar way a canines can! Their intelligence is extra or less a similar. i could say provide it a attempt yet remember they are in a position to get relatively terrible with one yet another in the event that they get a dislike of another, a 2 week trial sounds a sturdy concept. wish it works!

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