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I can't even touch his wings. I have touched them maybe 3 times the whole time I owned him. I can't even get passed his neck. I think I am just going to have to earn his trust a little bit more. But I will remember to keep the harness in sight while I am earning his trust. Thanks

Thanks for your response. It sounds like I am no were near the harness. He will let me rub his head and neck. NO were else. No back, no wings, and very little belly. So I will work on all that stuff first. Thank you.

If I say that I am doing something and it comes across wrong to you, by all means question me on it. I am like all of you. I love my bird. I want to know if I am doing something wrong. To answer you question, I do have a few select chew toys that I know he likes. I want to widen his toy selection though. The ones he has arn't really toys though. They are basically just something to chew. I know they are smart and I want to make him use his smarts. Thank you both on your suggestions. I don't have a clicker and I think I am going to try it without it. If I get nothing then I will resort to it.

He is about 4 years old. I am not sure on the type but it is the the one that goes over his head and around his body. No I didn't try a bigger harness. I thought it was just a trust issue. I never even thought of using a larger harness. Wouldn't he still be nervous about something going over his head.

I have a harness for my bird. I would love to take my bird outside but if you read my first post he has and will fly away. He is not scared of it if I leave it on the table next to him. But if I pick it up and bring it close to him then he freaks out. I miss being able to take him out like before he was able to fly. Any suggestions would be helpfull.

I have owned spike for about 3 years. I got him from a store when he was about a year old. His wings were clipped when I got him. I had them clipped once after (by request of my ex.) Well none the less his wings have grown back and he is past the clumbsy flying. I just moved into my new house. 2 days here I made the mistake of leaving the back door open for the dog. My friend was over and trying to get along with my bird when he scared him and straight for the door he went. My heart sunk as he flew out the door. He flew into the tree in my back yard. As I went to retrieve him something startled him and he took flight again. As he rounded the tree on the next block over I lost sight of him. Two hours later and how many doors knocked I was finally close enought to hear him whistle back to me. I climbed the tree and got him back. THANK GOD. I am reading these stories you guys have of them flying to you and back to the cage. My bird only flys when he is scared. I have been trying to get him to fly and when I do he crouches down and acts like he is going to take off but never does. My buddy scared him again today and he flew in my direction. I put my hand up for him to land but he never did. I put up my other hand to block him and he kind of hovered and I placed my other hand under him and he actually landed on my finger. It was a great feeling. Any suggestions on how to encourage him to fly to me. Second question. I want to get him a lot of toys to play with but I have no clue what to get.. Sorry for the long story.