
I got my Ringneck about a month and a half ago, from a local family owned pet store. He was supposedly 6-7 months old when I brought him home, and was being kept in an aviary with wild cockatiels.
The store owners were slightly reluctant in giving me his history, but from what I could gather he might have belonged to an old man who could no longer care for him.
He was completely wild, and would scream (actually he still does this! it's very piercing!) whenever the wild cockatoos fly over my house, and would panic and scramble to the back of his cage whenever i came within 2 metres of him.
Since then I've spent all my time with him, first getting him to relax when I came near just by reading fairytales for days! and when he was comfortable with me being around him, gradually got him to take food through the bars of his cage, and soon after straight from my hand. So now I just keep this up and chat to him.
SO! my question is, what is the next step? I'm desperate for more interaction with him, and being that this is my first parrot I definitely need all the help I can get, so any advice you can give would be hugely appreciated!
Also, he is flighted, and as much as I'm not 100% comfortable with having his wings clipped, especially at a point where we're building trust, would it be a better option to have them clipped for his taming period, and let them grow back out permanently afterward?
Thanks so much!