Let the bird become familiar with the object from a distance over a few day period before placing it in or near the cage. If you are doing home renovation work, such as installing overhead track lighting or anything with a loud pounding, move the parrot to another location. In the wild, predators often come from above, so track lighting installation, with the parrot's cage under the overhead commotion, is a sure way to frighten a bird into thinking you and the overhead lights are dangerous predators. If something appears that it would frighten you in that situation, it will most likely frighten your Grey. Don't make sudden, quick hand motions around your Grey, especially its head.
Predators come from out of nowhere with lightening fast movements to kill the prey.
Your bird is genetically programmed to fear sudden, fast movements. We often pride ourselves on being able to raise our companion parrots to become, in our own minds, little humans. And since they are in our care, it is our responsibility to understand them, and not to try to force them to understand and become human-like. All rights reserved. No part of this article may be reproduced in any form or by any means, without permission of the author.