by Pajarita » Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:08 am
My dear, please do not take this the wrong way but you are way too impatient and, with parrots, impatience is very much the wrong way to go. Parrots take a looooong time to do anything and trying to speed things up with them is always counterproductive. Parrots are usually quiet for two reasons:
1) it's the middle of the day and they are content, fed, feel safe and are taking their noon rest
2) or don't feel safe. Parrots are prey animals and all prey animals are born with the knowledge that sound gives them away so, when they are not completely comfortable in their environment, they do not make a peep.
Your parrot has not been with you long enough to feel safe and comfortable and, to make matters worse, you were trying to make him interact with you and intruded (putting your hand in the cage, etc) in his space when you should have ignored him so the 'feel safe' process will take a longer than it would have taken if you had simply let the bird be for a few weeks. I am not scolding you or criticizing you (I know that you did not know any better and had only good intentions), I am simply stating a fact.
Please, lower your expectations because the ONLY way you will achieve a good relationship with any parrot is for you to accept the bird as it is at any point in time so, if the bird talks, great, if it doesn't, great too. If it vocalizes, good, if it doesn't, give it time. If it steps up to your hand, great, if it doesn't, try a stick and, if that doesn't work, teach it to go back into its cage on its own. Parrots are not really pets, you know? they are companions, same as a person can be a companion, and, just like people, they need to be respected and accepted for what they are and not try to change them into something they are not. Puppies respond immediately to any loving human, kittens take a few days to a week and parrots take a couple of months to accept you and two whole years before they actually feel 100% in their new home so arm yourself of patience because you have a parrot and not a puppy or a kitten.