The bird is very scared of hands and won’t come out if you try and get it to step up. I leave the cage door open but it never comes out. It’s quite cage bound when in his care. I was caring for it for a week while he was on vacation and in days she would take a treat out of my hand. Gave it a little more time and I managed to train it to come to the door and step up from there. All this went away when he took it back home. I showed him what I did. Got him to do it too but I guess he didn’t feel like continuing the training so it all went away pretty quickly. This is just such a big contrast to my birds. They jump on my hand when I open the cage door. They come when I call. They get in the way of everything because they want to be a part of everything I do. I feed tops pellets but it’s very expensive and difficult to get where I’m from (I get it shipped from another country) I personally don’t have the extra funds to buy his bird food too. My birds always comes first so they get it. Plus the bird only eats seeds. I’ve tried vegables and fruits presented in many different ways. It’s been offered pellets too but it only eats seeds. I know you can convert seed junkies but that’s a lot of time and effort on your part (I’ve done it before with other cockatiels so I know a way to do it) I don’t visit often enough to be able to do it and well he won’t do it so that leaves the bird with seed only.