Bonding tips?

Hi I have had my senegal for just over a month now, just wondered if you cpuld teach me some bonding tips, I read and talk to him every day wether its my favourite books or just my txts off my phone. He will take treats from me but doesn't really seem too interested in me :-( any advise and experience woupd be help full

Reece and charlie boy xxx

A parrot takes a long time to gain your trust and your love. it dont happen in 5 minutes.

Spend loads and loads of time with him, this is very important.
Stay close to him as you speak to him in a calm voice.
Treats is a great way for trust gain, (he knows he is good and he will keep doing it)
hold him daily, bring him in close to your body.
Your face expressions matter to him if your happy he is too.
train him into step ups (onto finger)

then as you spend more time with him he will get a lot closer.

you must let him out of his cage daily too else he will get bored.

good luck.

You gotta start it slow, even if you have to be sounding like the old lady with tweety bird. call him pretty bird, good bird etc. he will eye pin you,meaning his pupils will dialate really small he's learning n becoming intrested. when it gets to the point when you walk by the cage and he's running from one corner to the next he's trying to get your attention to watch him or to be let out. we've had ours for 2 yrs now, the previous home he couldn't stand men, he bonded to my wife but also to me, does the mating skirt dance and everything offer him food, the same food your eating, but check their diet first to make sure he can have it (no chocolate,cheese n esp avacadoes). Mine for some odd reason loves french fries, if he sees us with some will scream n squalk, clink his beak on the cage, flap til he gets at least one or two, use grapes, peanuts unsalted with the shell.

First of all, stop trying too hard. It will happen when it happens...

Try the opposite tact. Give him some space. Let him be for awhile.

Let the bird get curious and come to you. Sometimes when you push, they push back.

First off, is your bird hand tame?, secondly, is your bird fully flighted or is his wings clipped? There are a few things you can do to help speed up the bonding process. If he is flighted, get his wings clipped so that he will have to rely solely on you to get from point A to point B. One of the best tools that I have found to build trust with your bird is to put him on the floor, most birds don't like being on the floor, they would rather be as high up as possible. Now once you have him on the floor, lay on the floor with him and offer your hand to step up on to get off the floor, don't let him climb up on any other part of you but your hand. If he takes your offered hand and steps up, praise him and offer a treat such as a sunflower seed in the shell (UNSALTED).

Make him happy, but this training will take a while....

Birdman666 said:

First of all, stop trying too hard. It will happen when it happens...

Try the opposite tact. Give him some space. Let him be for awhile.

Let the bird get curious and come to you. Sometimes when you push, they push back.

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I received this exact same advice from MonicaMc yesterday and let me tell you, I've already had some results! I "ignored" Percy but sat close to his cage eating, making toys for tomorrow, responding when he talks...and he got very curious about what I was doing. By the time the toy was done, I held it up for him to see and he was dancing up and down his perch and all "huh?? huh??" (he says "huh?" when he's curious and wants to see something up close or wants you to repeat something you said). I got up, showed him the toy and gave him a treat for "looking nicely without biting or lunging" and walked away. He actually called me back! "Mommy! Squaaaaak!" I had a good giggle but went back and hung the toy in his cage (again treating for not biting and being a good boy).
I do believe this advice will help you too. I KNOW how eager you are, believe me, but I think these experienced parronts are onto something with this "give them space" thing! Good luck.