by Pajarita » Wed Oct 12, 2016 1:40 pm
Welcome to the forum, Ava and new feathered friend! Whether he changes his attitude or not depends on two things: whether he was handfed or parent-raised and on what you do and don't do.,
For one thing, sunflowers are really bad for GCCs because they are mainly fruit eaters in the wild and sunflowers are too high in fat and protein for them (they will end up destroying his liver and, eventually, killing him). Now, as to what you should and should not do. You should not 'catch' him or force him to accept you in any way. You should woo him with kindness, patience and love. First and before anything else, you need to change his diet to a much better one because high protein means sexual hormones and sexual hormones means aggression. I suggest you feed him gloop and raw produce for breakfast and all day picking and a low protein, low fat mix of seeds for dinner (a good quality budgie mix will do for the winter if you are in the Northern Hemisphere -are you?). You can still use seeds for treats but I would use safflower instead of sunflower. The key is to spend hours and hours just keeping him company - you should talk, sing, whistle, etc to him without trying to touch him or even get so close to him that he backs off. Then, when you see that he is eager for your company, you can start giving him a treat now and then. Once you see that he approaches you on its own when he sees you have a treat in your hand, you can start training him to step up for you. But this will take some time so, when you are able to get him to come close to you out of its own initiative, we will teach you how to get him to step up.