I have purchased a pearled cockatiel at a parrot shop recently. It, along with all the other available cockatiels left are still too young to be taken home, and can be taken after the next 6 weeks. The cockatiel I chose is very scared of me and all others but I know it will be fine when I take it home and do a lot of work with it. However, the people at the store tell you to come back every few days or every day if you wish and work with it to help it adjust and not be afraid of you. Many of the other already claimed cockatiels whose owners obviously worked with them a bit come right out and jump on my finger.
I know what I would do at HOME, but what can I do at a store? Also, every time I pick the baby up (against its will which I don't want to do but don't have a choice here at the store) it will walk on me for a few seconds and then jump off and fly into the door I can't really just leave my hand in the cage because people in the store would look at me weird xD and there are other people's cockatiels in the cage too, so it might be ignoring me and trying to be safe with them anyways.
I don't know what to do!
Advice?
Kiki