i think the same about Spit you know. we can put our face close to him on the other side of the bars of his cage, and occasionally kiss him on the beak, but only if our hands are behind our backs. if he see's our hands he runs (climbs) as fast as he can to the back of the cage.
he used to run away from his perch when we were trying to teach him to step up (and he still does it sometimes now) and hed act and look like we were going to hit him with it, which we never EVER would, of course. kind of like a cowering dog thats been physically abused and doesnt quite know who to trust or not. i hate the look thats in his eye
i was thinking too that maybe the only way Spit will ever know to trust our hands is if we could get a handreared tame bird that isnt afraid of them and it showed him he can trust us.
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