Advice on adopting aviary bird

Hello all I’m looking at taking a aviary bird from a pet shop that is basically just going to be thrown back in to circulation if I don’t take it,it’s 5-6 months old and is a gcc not sure what sex the reason why I’m writing this is because I’m wondering if it’s worth it to take it at that age or if it’s just going to be more trouble then it’s worth being a aviary bird and should I just get a hand tamed bird. I have had experience with green cheeks before and choose to adopt one that the owner didn’t tell me he had health complications but in that time was able to do many things the previous owner couldn’t and formed a very strong bond in a short amount of time with him at the moment I have a lot of free time on my hands and have went through the bonding part with a gcc but definitely nothing close to a aviary pet shop bird please help thankyou

I believe that with the proper patience and observation/knowledge of behavior, most birds can bond with the right people..The trick is going to be time and patience---it could take months or years, and you will have to be keenly aware of actions that build trust, and actions that destroy trust. Many people do not have the patience or behavior insight to tolerate birds in general, let alone those who move even more slowly when bonding.
It is not an old bird (by any means), which means it is still in its formative period, and even old birds can learn "new tricks".
At 5-6 m, it isn't even sexually mature...but it will be getting hormonal soon, so it will be important for you to make sure he has no access to boxes, huts, tents, shadowy spaces etc and if you can pet in the future, stick to the head and neck only.

I guess it depends on how much work you want to put in. Any hand-reared chick will still go through puberty and push away somewhat at the one-year mark (connures, anyway). Now, that having been said, a bird that was raised by other birds can be a bigger challenge, but I know people who (in the 70s and 80s) had wild-caught parrots as pets (SO UNETHICAL-VERY WRONG, NOT COOL, but possible...you know?) I think trapping wild bird for the pet trade is evil, but that wasn't always the way people thought of things, so most of the birds we have today descend from parents or grandparents who were taken from the wild. I mention this, not because it is right to capture wild birds, but because if those birds could manage to co-exist with people (having been torn from their wild homes) I am fairly certain that your bird is not a lost cause.

If you are devoted to the cause and very perceptive and patient, I do not think this bird is doomed to be un-tame, but it could take, as I said, many months to a year or more, depending on your ability to maintain trust and understand bird behavior. That having been said, babies are always deceptively sweet early on and then people tend to become frustrated when they hit puberty, so while an aviary bird will be a bigger challenge, even a hand raised bird can pose more challenges than people think initially.

People can rehabilitate birds with abusive pasts etc, but it just takes the right understanding and the right person, so I don't know if that helps, but it is something to ponder.