tielfan wrote:
Going back a step is always helpful when the bird isn't ready for the next step yet. It took him several days just to start eating, so he's obviously very shy and nervous. So go slow with him. He'll get comfortable at his own speed, and you'll probably establish trust faster if you don't pressure him to do things he isn't ready for. If he's not ready to eat from your hand, you can drop a treat in his food dish from time to time, making sure that he sees you do it. This will teach him that good things happen when you come around! If he's too shy to eat it with you there, you can drop the treat and walk away, and come back later to do it again. If he's less shy, you can wait for him to eat it then drop in another one.
He reminds me of Rocko he was shy and nervous too I remember making a trail of seed leading to me and he was eating the seed until he got to me and was getting nervous and moving back until he finally came up to me.I wonder how hard harness training must be for a bird that eats with their feet he would probably hold the harness with his feet lol.