However, you must remember to allow your newly weaned baby to return to the cage to eat every couple hours or you could inadvertently starve it by giving it too much attention. If the bird cannot be on you, remember to speak to it often to let it know it hasn't been forgotten. Many, many birds are spoiled too much when they first go to new homes because they are just so cute, their owners never leave them alone. If you make sure your bird knows how to spend time happily alone in its cage with its toys, you and your bird will be happy together for a long, long time. Most hand-fed birds are used to being petted on the head, neck, back, chest, and under the wings.
Many birds also enjoy laying on their backs while being petted under the wings and on the neck.
Let your bird become used to you before doing this, however. They enjoy being petted by a thumb and forefinger scratching on opposite sides of their necks under all the feathers, against the grain, and under the chin, very gently. All written content, graphics and photographs of this web page are copyrighted material. Reproduction of any part of this web page without permission from the author is prohibited.