I had a bunch of free time last night so I decided to try some new things with my bird Puppy. He would insist on flying to his cage whenever I was holding him, so I took him to a diff room and it made a big difference. He became very cuddly. I let him sit on my knee for about 15 minutes until he started cleaning himself, then I started petting him and he fell asleep with his beak on my chest... I have wondered how gentle I need to be when petting because I don't want to pull feathers out... but I started rubbing him less gentle and closer to his skin almost like scratching and rubbing his muscles and he loved this.. especially where his jaw muscle is by his ears. After he fell asleep I fell asleep and then woke up with him nudging my hand. So I don't know if this was just random or if taking him out of hte room his cage is in made him more affectionate and calm.