I have had tremendous progress with my Male Eclectus since bringing him home. He has completely stopped biting except the occasional nibbles on the finger when I am asking him to do something that he doesn't want to do. This is generally where the training comes into play. But I've noticed that there is not much of an affectionate relationship, whereas with my female, there is very much cuddling, cute noises she makes when I kiss her and so forth. I've had the male for about 5 months now in my home, and 3 months where I used to visit him in the store. Perhaps an affectionate relationship hasn't developed? At the moment, my interactions with him are limited, which I don't mind, it's basically consisted of Ambient attention, where he is on the stand and I'm doing my work, he makes a noise and I reply, etc. Instructive attention, which basically consists of training. Not much direct attention.
This is where it gets complicated, he knows the layout of the house and shows anxious/nervous body language when being in any other room in the house besides the one that has his cage/playstand in. He will fly off back into his room if I don't get up and take him there, which I rarely if ever do, just to see if anything different will happen. So I try not to make him uncomfortable and won't take him out to the other rooms for extended periods of time, just a short stroll around. If I am walking around, he doesn't have much of an issue, but once I sit down is when he starts showing body language of wanting back into his room. I don't know if this will pass and will begin to become more comfortable in different parts of the house or not, and whether he'll develop affection for me as a caregiver as well, and not only as a trainer.
Shorter question. he seems to get overstimulated extremely easy, such as if I have a toy in my hand and he is playing with it, he'll randomly look at my fingers and bite down. I'm assuming just how kids will get riled up and will accidentally do harm, unintentionally, we have been working on it and it is improving, but your input is valued. Secondly, ear biting, when he is on my shoulder or near my face, he will get curious and start to explore, I remove him if I even suspect he will begin to do this, but every once in a while, he will nail my ear and I'm not too sure how to handle it.
Thanks in advance!