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How old is your lovie? Does he/she step up when you have food? If he/she does, keep trying with food. You want your hands to be associated with good things like food; not bad things like grabbing. Go slowly up to your lovie with some seed in your hand and wait quietly. If you don't include seeds in the normal diet, or at least a limited amount (not starving your bird though!), it will encourage them to investigate the seed in our hand. Do this for a few minutes a couple of times a day. Before long, your baby might show intrest and eat some out of your hand. Curiousity usually gets the best of lovies! They tend to be pretty fearless, so it shouldn't take long before he isn't afraid of your hands.
I have a semi-tame younger lovie as well (AJ). AJ doesn't like to step up for my finger, but he will step up onto the palm of my hand. Strangely, one of my budgies, Keiko, will only step up onto my thumb. Birds develop preferences...maybe your lovie prefers a different finger? Maybe has a bad experience associated with an index finger? It might be worth a shot!
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