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I'm glad you seem to have found something that's working! I can't touch Alfie anywhere except on the head and back of his neck but only when he allows it. He has to put his head down before I can go anywhere near him or I will definitely get bitten. Same for anyone else. I can sometimes get the bottom of his foot if he puts it up at the side of the cage- but I have to be very aware of what he is doing because he'll take exception to that and try and bite sometimes too.

Alfie has dumped the entire contents of his food bowl because I dared to put something new in his bowl - no matter how small! 😂 He ALWAYS knows when I'm trying to be sneaky with his food and trying to convince him to eat something new.

Life is rough in the wild, just remember that. There's a reason they live so much longer domesticated. Me personally, I don't want to live 'in the wild' as we were meant to before we domesticated ourselves. Living in the wild is only for the young and strong. It eats them alive when their youth wears off. Pretty much the way it is for all living things. For predator animals it's even worse as starvation and/or death from the elements is usually what gets them. My GreycieMae and Huey have a good time in their outdoor aviary or the indoor flight when the weather doesn't cooperate. One can sense the happiness in an animal if you let yourself. Just think, there's a reason wild dogs decided to hang around humans and were eventually domesticated. Even they have it rough sometimes with shithead owners.

I am mixing my own white rice in his daily mixtures, and slowly reducing the amount from the frozen bagged rice. I think this is going to take a while though.... I'm using the rice steamer since its long grain rice looks shiny and smooth when cooked; long grain rice cooked in a covered pot has a fluffy sticky appearance and that turns Snickers off. I tried rinsing it to see if that would make it look more shiny and separated but no go. Snickers knows.

I'm sure he does know! Overdrive OCD with Timber. Any change is noticed immediately and treated with the proper disdain. They are too smart for their own good.

Alfie is blessed with an caring loving owner! I'm not worried -- you've got this!