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Trust
I've had my 3 1/2 month old male Eclectus, Sunny, for about a week now, and he seems completely adjusted to his environment... eating out of his bowl all the time, moving around the cage, and playing with his toys a bit. He usually screams whenever I go out to see him, I don't know if he's just saying hi or telling me to go away. He nips at me almost every time I try to get him to step up to take him out of his cage. I've been using something in my other hand to distract him and block his bite as I get him to step up, which works, but I would rather that he steps up by choice without wanting to nip at me. I sit next to his cage and talk to him, and he seems to enjoy playing the blinking game, which he often initiates himself now. What can I do to gain his love and trust, so that he will want to spend time with me out of the cage?
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