anyone any tips?

only had him bout 3 weeks at the min but one problem im having is getting him to settle when i put him his cage as soon as he goes in he panics and trys climbing up to top of cage to perch but i have it shut.

hes still only young 18 to 19 weeks old so want get him used to it so he cn eat etc when i put him in. but at the min he just wants be out on my shoulder he settles after a while but he perchs and dosent seem to eat when hes inside cage. he a baby blue and gold macaw.

any info or tips be great cheers kyle

hi i have a baby blue gold as well ifind if u take toys out and cover the cage mime starts to eat and settels well

Maybe you should encourage him to go in there with his favorite kind of treat or favorite kind of toy.

Ahhh bless! Your baby is a beaut!

I have no experience of these gorgeous birds but I know my little sun conure hated being put back to her cage after we'd bonded. She wants to spend every minute with us.

To combat this I would spend time(not long, 10mins?) just playing with her inside the cage, feeding her bits from my hand and then I said: Night night (she said it back last night for the first time - too cute!) and covered her. So she knew what was what. If I need her to go home - she goes home. She knows I WILL be back when she wakes up. She knows what to do while I'm away - in her case - sleep!

It's difficult for me to comment about day times as Cal is with us all day in the shop and then at home when we close. She comes out in the daytime when it's just too cold in the shop but the result is the same, she goes home and snoozes! I would say the key to this is still a similar routine.

You need to enforce:

It's time to go home.
It's fine for us to be seperated for a while and I WILL be back.
Here's how to amuse yourself while I'm gone.

Think of him as like a human toddler. He's unsure, discovering things for the first time and looks to you, as his Daddy, to settle him into a routine and reassure him that everything is tickety boo!

I'm sure you will figure out your own little routine as noone knows your boy like you do.

Good luck!