Hi everyone!
We are having some trouble with our youngest grey (2 years old). He is a very kind bird (when he wants to), loves attention and want to be with us all the time.
The problem is that he bites and destroys our sofa, walls, pillows, computer, stairs and the worst of all: chews on electrical cords.
I suspect he does all of this to get our attention. And the best thing would probably be to leave the room, especially since he likes to follow us everywhere. The problem is that we also have a 4 months old baby, and if I'm in the living room nursing, I can't get up to leave every time he does something he's not supposed to do.
If I try to ignore it, he might bite my neck. So I'm getting afraid to have him out when I'm alone with the baby. But that means he will spend more time in the cage than I like.
He has never done anything to the baby, but if this keeps going I'm afraid he will just be getting worse. He can also be a pain to put back in the cage, if he's not hungry.
My oldest bird (age 14) has no problem like this. He will do anything for peanuts and is not very hard to train. But the younger one doesn't respond well to treats. He likes grapes, but those can be quite difficult to train with, since they are so big and messy.
I would also like to receive some great tips on potty training. For some reason, he doesn't want to go anywhere else than in the sofa.