JoePanic

I have a beautiful CAG named Elmo. (He was named before we got him.) When he arrived he was silent and mostly naked. Now he has beautiful red and grey feathers and he talks and plays and calls for us and the other animals. He says TA-DA when we turn on the lights and will sing Row Row Row Your Boat... when we run a faucet in the kitchen. He is an adult bird and must have heard quite a bit of swearing in his life because he will start with the f-you and f-ing jerk stuff if we raise our voices at each other... he doesn`t do it much anymore because we`ve stopped responding when he says it... He has a pretty good sized cage, and lots of toys... he seems happy. My question is... would he be happier if we tried to handle him? Should I let him nibble on me and see if he wants to step up? He`s bitten me when I`ve reached in to touch him Not hard, didn`t draw blood, but scared me silly, and I`ve not tried again. I`ve opened his cage door but he doesn`t seem to want to come out. Which I guess is okay because I`m afraid to try to put him back. I dont` want to be afraid of him. He seems to like us, he whistles and talks a lot. What are your suggestions?

<sarcastically snip> Any infrequently links on where I`d internationally find a suctoin cup perch? That suonds like a raelkly well idea for my Cockatoo.