Accepting or desperate?

[Kumashe]

When I left for school today, I didn't put alot of food in Indy's bowl. He doesn't eat everything anyway so I decided I would refill it after school (we had a half day today, so he didn't wait long.) When I was bringing his food bowl out of the cage, he decided to come along. I let him sit on top of his tub of Nutriberries. A couple minutes into refilling his bowl, he got spooked by something, a person walking into the room or something, I dunno, and he took off heading straight for the sink which was full of potentially dangerous food utensils. :eek: I was able to run ahead of him and hold out my long sleeved arm for him to land on and suprisingly, he did. I think its almost time for another wing clip...

After setting him down again, I tried to start crushing his Nutriberries up. He decided he wanted to help too, or something, because he crouched into his jumping position and hopped onto the front of my hoodie. I set him down again, and he hopped on again. He didn't go for my fingers that entire time which was a first. My dad was nearby and found my attempt at trying to refill his food bowl amusing. I was somewhat happy that Indy is comfortable with jumping up onto me, but now that I think about it he was probably only desperate for food. :(

[CaptMicha]

I'm not familiar with your situation here, is Indy a new bird that you're trying to tame?

It sounds like you're making good progress. If Indy comes to you for food, that's a good sign. Food is the key to a pet's heart. Soon he'll just start coming to for companionship when he figures out that you're not out to get him.

[linda040899]

Indy sounds like a couple of my lovies! They love food and they have to go with the food dish to find out what kind of goodies I'm going to put in there! The dish can be completely full but if I remove it, they have to come, too! I wouldn't say accepting or desperate. I would say curious. :)

[Janie]

Kumashe, I would say "accepting!" I know you've been making progress with Indy very slowly but this update is the best one I've read! :D You've done a great job by not rushing him and I think it's paying off! :D:D:D

[Jessica]

I think you should be happy. If Indy wasn't comfortable with you he would have tried to go around you for food. Food may have motivated him but it reinforced he could trust you enough to use you as a perch. Taming a bird is probably one of the hardest things to do. Sounds to me like you are getting there and doing a good job.