by Pajarita » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:21 am
Oh, Lordy... Well, for one thing, you need to change his perches because the ones in the cage are bad for his feet and toes. You can't use dowels, you need to use natural branches. The dowels are too smooth and too even so the feet and toes get no exercise (because they always end up in the same position) PLUS the bird will end up getting sores from always putting all his weight on the same pressure points (again, always the same position). Besides, they are too wide, you need to use different diameters so one as wide as the ones you have in there is good but the roosting perch should be of a diameter that allows the toes to go 3/4 of the way around it so they can 'lock' comfortably when they sleep.
For another, stop approaching the cage with your finger in a pointing position, you are antagonizing him and stressing him out - by doing this, you are the one creating the cage aggression.
Laddering (the making him step up over and over from one finger to the next) is not good. It's a flooding technique and, eventually, it will backfire because the bird will stop stepping up for you (see how he doesn't want to do it after the second time? they know when you are asking them to do something useless and resent it).
Touch: you should never caress the back of the bird they way you do it OR touch his lower abdomen (the way you did to make him step up during laddering when he did not want to). These are erogenous touches and are complete no-nos when handling birds (do you see how he is laying on your hand on the last video, resting his lower abdomen on it and lowering his tail? this is the position they assume when masturbating with your hand). You can only touch his head, neck, nape and cheeks.