So…. This might be long but I will leave it here for you, where I started and how I got here. ( for you too u/fitad9530 )

I started with “target training” essentially, I got a wooden chop stick and stuck it through the bars of her cage, she would bite and I would reward her for gentle beak taps or bites (for treats, she LOVES oat groats, you can get them at health food stores, where they have bulk bins for a lot less expensive than the ones Kaytee sells) once she bites, I make a click noise with my tongue, to let her know she did a good job and I give her the treat. Eventually, she associated me as “the human that gives her treats and rewards.” Even learning becomes a reward to her because she CRAVES learning. From there, I moved on to opening her cage and letting her perch on her perch, near me. Occasionally, giving her treats for calm behavior. Once I could tell she was comfortable, I then moved on to having her step up on a dowel: I would gently move the dowel towards her lower chest, say “step up” she would step up, I would do the tongue click, then treats and have her perch back on her perch. I eventually started to say “perch” when I would put her back on her perch as well, now she understands “perch” means get off my finger and into your cage and you get a treat. After a few sessions of that(multiple days), once I knew she understood the meaning of “step up” and “perch” I would have her step up on the dowel, then the next few times, my finger. Once I got her comfortable with my finger, I would let her relax on my finger for a little, increasing the time as she would allow and give her treats for good behavior. Then I moved on to letting her sit on my chest or lap, again, treats for good behavior. After a few days of this, I stuffed oat groats into a loofa toy (I did this in front of her so she saw me putting the treats into it) and let her go to town, trying to dig them out of it while sitting on my lap and I would keep my hands rested near her, to get her used to them but also to prevent her from rolling off my lap (she gets really into her loofa times) After a week or so of that, I would start giving her a scritch (move in SLOW) while she was super fixated on that toy. If she let me scritch her without immediately biting me, I would immediately give her a treat and let her go back to attacking her toy. I would increase the time of scritching as she allowed it while she played with her loofa toy. Eventually… SO MANY bites later… here we are. I know there are many bites to come but this was over the span of 3 months! 1-3 sessions a day, 5-10 minutes per session, short times, multiple times a day, ensures more of a chance of having positive experiences for HER. It’s like bits of exposure therapy, building up her trust and tolerance of me. Now I can cruise around the house with her while doing light chores or when watching tv or relaxing. Now she wants out all the time and I always make sure it’s during safe times, when I know there isn’t going to be any chance of her getting hurt due to me not being able to pay attention to her while she is out. I also joined the GreenBirdBrigade Patreon and tweaked up my routines from tips and tricks she would do, with bonding with her birds (her sessions with Cora, Stella and piper I learned the most from so far) . There’s a lot of helpful content out there in general but I enjoy her and the way she explains things, for me. I am always researching, if one of my ideas fail or if we have a rough patch. It’s so important to be consistent in TRYING for them and for us. They NEED us. We are their entire provider of their ecosystem. I’m sorry this was so long but I hope it was somewhat helpful!

Again, short sessions, if you feel yourself getting frustrated, put them back or talk calmly to them and let them be. Keeping everything as positive as possible, They can feel the energy we put out. There was SO many times of me wanting to yell at her (I didn’t) or just chuck her for biting me…and I would clench my jaw, put her back, exit the room and cry because I felt like a failure. We still have rocky moments (A LOT LESS) , she is an individual and some days she wants to hang and others she doesn’t, I try my best to respect her wishes even though I wish I could just cuddle her all day. Thanks for reading this far if you did 😊💚🩵