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[liz]

Work with him while he is out. They listen when you talk directly to them and get curiouse about what you are saying. That makes for good bonding. Also try to touch him when he is out. His cage is his property so he is harder to touch in there.

Even when they are not in the mood to be touched, Rambo and Myrtle like nose to beak conversations.

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Why don't you let your dad help you? Doesn't mean the bird won't love you if he gets ahndled by many different people. Socialisation is important at an early age.

To tame, sit by the cage, just reading a book outloud, talking to him, singing, etc. Never force yourself on the bird. Let him come to you, encouraging but not forcing. The bird has to trust you before he wants to be with you. Never try to grab him while in his cage; that is his own place, his comfort zone. Plus, birds can be territorial and you're just asking for trouble. He will come out when he wants to, don't worry. Also, never open the cage door when you don't have a lot of time in front of you. You don't want to have to chase the bird and then have to force him back in his cage. Ideally, you just let the bird go back on his own, altough not always possible.

Just like with humans, relationships with animals take time and patience. And birds are not like dogs, they need more time and patience.

Was your bird hand tame ? This makes a lot of difference in the time it will take to build the relationship as well. You can't expect a parent raised baby to come around S fast as a hand tamed one.

Keep working at it, and please, let your bird interact with different people, if you don't want a little monster on your hands in a few years...

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[coolhady13]

clicker condition him . get a clicker and find any food to give to him as treats . his favourite food maybe or something like sun flower seeds.

then click ( with the clicker ) and give him a treat for a while

(after that you can target train him which will make you able to target him to your finger (to make him step up ) and teach him the turn around trick and flight recall also , anyway teaching your parrot tricks will build trust between you and him)

i dont understand when he " freaks out " but after you clicker condition him when you about to touch see the point at which he " freaks out " and get to the step before it so he is not freaking out then click and give him a treat ( do this many times until you can get one step closer) this will teach him that if he didnt freak out he gets a treat and that this a good behavior . do this for like 2 days and tell me if you could get one step closer to the point that he freaks out at .

also read this article you will find it very helpful

http://trainedparrot.com/taming/

GooD LucK