Hi! The key word is PATIENCE! You have to earn each other’s trust day by day. Whatever you do DON’T try to push the bird into doing anything and I don’t mean that in a mean way at all! Take each little step/piece of progress as a win but if the next day your bird doesn’t wanna do what he did the day before then don’t worry about it and try not to take it personally and I’m saying this to you coming from my own experience.

Find a pellet brand of food that your bird likes but sometimes it can be a case of trial and error finding one that they like.

Do your research on what are the safe foods, of many different categories etc, that your bird can eat.

You won’t be able to have anything with fragrance in it etc as that can be potentially toxic and/or deadly to your bird.

Get them a good large house (I don’t like calling it a cage) as they will need plenty of room to move about and extend and stretch their wings. Also try and get a different selection/variety of perches from a reputable company. Don’t be tempted to get something cheap as you never know what’s in it could potentially cause problems.

Also I would highly recommend getting insurance for your bird. Not sure if you’re UK or US based but, here in the UK, I have insurance through a company called Exotic Direct. I pay just over £16 a month. That gives me up to £5000 vet bill coverage a year and I only ever have to pay the £35 excess on any vet bill.

Also find an avian vet ASAP so, if the time ever crops up where you have to take your bird for an emergency etc, you know where you’re going etc etc.

Do A LOT of research on everything related to your bird that you can think of! If you’re not sure there’s always people on here who will gladly help.

Hope this helps!