Success guys! Simo has managed to step up onto my fingers.
It didn't happen just like that - for a while now we've given him complete freedom in our house to explore and poke. He started off gently nibbling our hands and fingers. He has developed this strangest habit of grabbing my fingertips, exploring it with his tongue / beak and then he drops it. He basically started to climb over our hands / arms and one day he simply just perched on our fingers while climbing and stayed there. I guess in a way he himself told me when he's ready for it
However I did cheat a little bit. I didn't use the targeting stick and instead just used a treat and the clicker. I must mention however that he didn't do it immediately and even nipped my fingers. It wasn't painful, but I am wondering how to react to this? I don't want to call it biting because he has properly bitten me once and this is more like... well, compare a punch to a pinch in human terms.
How should I react to the slight nipping? Basically he nipped at my finger quickly, stared at me, and then stepped up. I know that birds like to test the stability of things they will perch on, but I don't think this was about that. It seemed too rough for that; yet it also wasn't a full on bite. Ergo I'm a bit confused and not sure if I should say "OUCH!" and withdraw my hand. But yes, he has learned to now step up and he's doing very well!