Hello my name is Parker, I recently adopted a 7 year old male Blue fronted Amazon that was used in attempt to breed for the last couple months, information on his home prior to breeding was not provided.
I was told that he is untamed and to watch out for biting.
He is not clipped, but the breeder also mentioned that he never left the top of his cage.
The breeder did not want him anymore due to his female amazon not liking him.
I decided to adopt him and attempt to give him a life of love and prosperity!
He came with a clean and healthy vet report, and DNA Male report.
He was never named, so I am deciding to name him Zeus.
My first day home I set him up in his cage, and let him rest for the night.
The next morning I opened the cage, and he came right out to the top of his cage.
He did not lunge, or make any aggressive behaviors, so I attempted to hand feed him. He gently took seeds from my hand with no attempt to bite me at all. Since that worked so well, I let him step up, and he did! He sat on my hand for a bit, as well as my shoulder. I fed him and allowed him to hang out on top of his cage and do whatever he wants. He is very shy and won't let me pet him and he is scared of my hand (Unless I have a treat of course).
Zeus is still very shy and will move to the opposite side of his cage when attempting to get close with him.
Zeus has flown from my shoulder straight to the ground, it looked like he didn't have the ability to keep himself airborne. Also at times it looks like he wants to fly from the cage, he kind of bends down and moves his wings a little bit, he seems very scared when trying to, so he doesn't.
He also has not whistled, or screamed. He only makes a little chirp when I talk to him.
I am currently clicker training him, click treat repeat, to get him used to the clicker, and then I will introduce the stick.
This is now my third day with him, and I have a few questions:
* Him not whistling (not even once), could that mean something is wrong?
* Would I still be able to teach him how to fly eventually?
Also; any information on what I should be doing in attempt to train and tame him would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.