Bless him, you must be so happy. It sounds like all the patience has finally started to pay off!

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Well Billy is still slowly letting us do more with him, to a certain extent!

He seems to not like human skin on his feet, as he will climb all over us and bite us quite happily, he will occasionaally let us fuss him, but seems to just be tolerating it, rather than enjoying it.

He will also lean over our hands to reach something, but for some reason, he wont sit on hands or any exposed area of skin.

He was sat in side his cage earlier with his face pressed against the bars allowing my son to stroke him all around the face, neck and head... and you could tell by Billys expression that he really was enjoying it, his eyes were closed and he was pushing into the fuss.
But then he would just change his mind and bite, then become alert looking around... but soon settled back into a fuss he clearly liked!

Im quite certain in his old house, due to having lot of little kids around, he must have had his tail pulled, wings poked and generally alot of hevy handed contact that he didnt like.

He doesnt seem to be affraid of much, and I have rarely seen him fly off in a panic, apart from when Im trying to catch him to get him in his cage!

I can play games with hi, when his sat on the door, I will say "gotcha" and tap his tail, randomly, which he seems very amused by! if he doesnt like it, he just puts his tail onthe other side the door out of my way... but most the time, he will leave his tail where it is and just watch my antics with great interest.

the other day he did something really sweet
I was lay on my bed watching TV and he landed on my leg, puffed up, balancing on one leg and fell asleep, soo sweet.
For him to fall asleep on me like that must show alot of trust!
He is such a friendly and brave little bird, especially when food is involved!, I have alot of hope for him and I think with time, with the righ handliing and encouragement he will realise our jands and skin are o no danger !!! lol

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awww so good to hear hes getting better as for the biting thing ummm pollyanna still does this most of the time its not too bad but sometimes harder i think she does it out of excitement maybe its just a thing with them?
have you tried cheerios with him? pollyanna loves them! also she does the closed eyes and puffy feathers on her head when you rub it they must really like it and sometimes she will let you rub her head then with her foot she will grab your finger and bite you lol she is very smart ! glad to hear things are improving! hope salior is good 2!

Thanx Tasha!
Well Billy is still getting more and more fond... sort of lol
He has allowed me to stroke him through his cage bars and sometimes lets me stroke his wings when his out the cage.
He is landing on our shoulders more too.

But still, no real consistant hands on contact. Only ever on his terms really and he soon lets us know when his had enough, which is usually by nasty nip, or him flying away.

Im just glad he seems to have very little fear and is happy to clamber all round and over us. His soo curious, he cant help himself sometimes!
He still avoids all skin - foot contact, which is funny

He was trying to eat a RITZ biscuit over the edge of the table and Sailor walked up to him, to try and share the biscuit, but Bily told Sailor off and pecked him on the nose lol ... Sailor then gave me a sad look, as if to ask why didnt he get a biscuit too

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