by Wolf » Mon May 12, 2014 8:26 am
Hi;
You will need to start by paying attention to the distance from the cage you are when Eris shifts position and starts to move away from you. As soon as that happens stop!! Do not move any closer to the cage. At this point start talking to Eris in a calm, soothing tone of voice. It doesn't matter at this point what you say, just that you don't move any closer and that you talk to Eris. I usually talk to mine about how much I care about them and what my hopes and dreams with them are, a lot of times I just talk about my day and generally what went on. The purpose of this is to calm her down, get her accustomed to your presence and to start to gain her trust. At each session, do exactly the same things starting with stopping your approach when she starts to get nervous. Make your sessions last for ten to fifteen minutes only. Several short sessions per day will do more than one or two longer sessions.
Now, it would be helpful for you to tell us all about Eris. Her age, how long have you had her, size of her cage, what do you give her to eat, of what you give her to eat what does she presently eat, are there other people interacting with her, are there other animals in the house, where in the house is her cage located, what types of light does she get, what time does she get up and go to bed, does she get any time out of the cage at present, are her wings clipped or not, has she been to the vet since you got her for a check up? I almost forgot what about bathing for the bird?
I realize that this is quite an extensive list of things and that you probably don't see the need or logic for this. It would appear to me that you are pretty new to living with a bird, and if that is true then you will need answers to many questions that we will need this information to answer you. Everything on this list affects your bird directly and you indirectly. These thing affect your relationship with you bird and very often hold the key to why your bird does one thing or another, and some of them help us to advise you of hazards in your home for your bird.
Pet shops and breeders seldom tell you anything in regards to these things and you are just left to figure it out for yourself and that could lead to your bird being harmed or even killed through something that could easily been prevented and I do not want that to occur.
I look forward to hearing from you soon.