A few months before my tamed pet-store
Tika passed away at 8 years of age, my fiance purchased a Momo from a pet store in spite of my cautions because he felt sorry for it. 
(I also warned him never to make a pity purchase due to the ramifications but what can I do)Now, we have Momo, who is friendly and will occasionally step up but does not seem to identify with humans, either before or after Tika. I can't use the same methods I used to tame Tika because while Tika was a wolf, Momo does not even care for millet spray or other treats. Perhaps we need to work more when he is hungry.
The issue is, I want a bird. I want a bird I can bond with, teach tricks, pet, maybe take places. Momo could possibly become that, but I don't want to start from pet-store variety again. My fiance cares for Momo, but he is more accustomed to dogs, who come pre-disposed to affection. He was fiercely jealous of Tika but won't work with Momo to get to that point.
Lately I have been so bummed out by this that I began to think we should send Momo to the (wonderful) parrot sanctuary so we can start fresh, but that seems like "dumping." On the other hand, I am afraid that even after a month of quarantine, any new bird I get will revert to "feral" when introduced to Momo, since he doesn't really care for humans.
The parakeets at the place I would go are great. I held this one parakeet and asked her to step up as a test to see how tame their birds are, and she got the idea, even as the owner said, "Oh, she's only a baby still." She also liked being pet, which I thought was never true for budgies. I also saw someone in a store with a budgie on her shoulder, which kind of refutes that budgies are no-outings birds.
Anyway, what do you all recommend? Do you have experience introducing a relatively untame bird into a tame bird environment?
