ParrotsForLife wrote:He is out of the cage everyday he wouldn't come to me he's still scared of me.
Well, if he is scared of you and won't come to you out of his own initiative, I would think that the first thing you have to do is not take him out with out on the car. You are taking a bird that doesn't trust you into what he considers a dangerous environment (any environment that is not familiar is potentially dangerous to a prey species) and that is not going to endear you in his eyes. Quite the contrary, it's telling him that you don't really care about his feelings. Don't rush things, take your time. Plumheads are more aviary than companion birds so they take much, much longer to trust humans than other species and often become apathetic in a cage so let him out as much as you can even though you clipped him which, for an aviary species, it's worst than for a companion one (they are more physically active than companions). Don't try to interact physically with him, do it verbally and by just been there. He needs to get used to your physical presence as well your voice before he starts to trust you. If he doesn't take a treat from your hand, just put it as near as you can to him without him reacting by tensing up and walk away. Don't stare at him and don't address him directly. Talk, sing, whistle - praise, praise, praise but always without looking straight at him. He is not going to be easy to tame. He is already one year old, if I remember correctly, and comes from a petstore so, although he is very young, he is not a baby and way past the imprinting or even the dependent stage and has not had the benefit of having a human showing him kindness so you are starting from square one. He is also of a species that is better suited to aviaries and the company of other of his own species than as a companion for a human so you need to make allowances for this. It can be done but it will take time and it will take a lot of patience and work on your part.
