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He gets upset in the cage, but I think that I can cope with. I give him lots to do in the cage, and snacks, and I always leave the tv on for him and talk to him from across the room when I'm around. The worst of it is when I put him on his big perch outside of the cage, he just keeps trying to fly off. He never did that before until just starting about 2 days ago. Before that he would play happily on the perch for hours with his toys, or eating snacks. Now when I put him on the stand he just wants to fly down toward me.
As far as him chewing my hand, I think it's just a cranky "I want attention, why aren't you paying attention to me?!" kind of thing. Not the begging you described. He is quite young, but he refused the hand-feedings for a while before he came home and he eats like a pig thoughout the day! When I am doing anything, he tries to get me away from it. If I'm writing something he grabs the pen. If I'm eating he will chew the fork. Anything I'm holding he takes away from me or nips at me until I stop what I'm doing and pay attention to him. I don't want to encourage this behaviour but I don't know what to do...
Since it's only been for a couple days, I feel if I correct it quickly enough it wont be too late. Just don't know what to do.
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