Hey guys, sorry if this has been asked many times over, I did a quick search and couldn't find anything.
I recently brought home a Grey from a rescue, he has a plucking issue and I am unsure if it started at his previous home or at the rescue. At the rescue he was living in a tiny (for a grey) cage.
Well obviously he was a bit shaken up when we brought him home, but you could see the excitement in his eyes when we put him in his nice new big cage with lots of fun toys and fresh fruit and veg!
After quarantining him for a month I noticed that many of his chest feathers he had plucked had started growing back in nicely and he had shown no signs of illness, so I brought him into the living room where my other birds lived and he has been there for the last week or so, however this entire time he has only left his cage once a couple days ago, and although he happily stepped up at the rescue, I have been unable to convince him to since he has come home.
I just find this odd as my other two birds are also rescues and they could not wait to get out there cages when I first brought them home and if they know I am home and they are caged they let me know about it! Is this normal Grey behavior? Anything I can do to tempt him out? I leave his cage open nearly all the time but he spends most the day by his fruit bowl waiting for some tasty treats or destroying a toy.
I recently brought home a Grey from a rescue, he has a plucking issue and I am unsure if it started at his previous home or at the rescue. At the rescue he was living in a tiny (for a grey) cage.
Well obviously he was a bit shaken up when we brought him home, but you could see the excitement in his eyes when we put him in his nice new big cage with lots of fun toys and fresh fruit and veg!
After quarantining him for a month I noticed that many of his chest feathers he had plucked had started growing back in nicely and he had shown no signs of illness, so I brought him into the living room where my other birds lived and he has been there for the last week or so, however this entire time he has only left his cage once a couple days ago, and although he happily stepped up at the rescue, I have been unable to convince him to since he has come home.
I just find this odd as my other two birds are also rescues and they could not wait to get out there cages when I first brought them home and if they know I am home and they are caged they let me know about it! Is this normal Grey behavior? Anything I can do to tempt him out? I leave his cage open nearly all the time but he spends most the day by his fruit bowl waiting for some tasty treats or destroying a toy.