Daily exercise as in flight. Having him fly until he's starting to become exhausted, then give him a break. He should be encouraged to fly at least twice a day, if not more often. Anything short of flight (i.e. climbing) is just not enough.
Can he stretch out his wings? If he can't, then you may need to do some wing stretches with him (if he'll allow you to) and get him comfortable with opening his wings. If his muscles have atrophied but he can still open his wings, teaching him to fly may be a difficult thing. Not impossible, but it will take weeks, if not months.
I have "taught" a budgie how to fly again and tried to teach a cherry headed conure, too. The budgie, when I bought him, was an acrobat in the air! He was simply gorgeous! However, being the idiot that I was at the time, I clipped him because I was afraid that he wouldn't eat, being in a new environment and I didn't want him to starve. He did finally eat after being clipped but lost his ability to fly (muscles had atrophied from lack of use that he could no longer fly even when he grew back his flights). Once I noticed that he couldn't fly when he should be able to, I started to gently toss him onto my bed at least two to three times a day until he was plain tuckered out. I did this for about 2 weeks, and after that period of time he had gained enough muscle back that he could fly unassisted and take off from the ground!
I later was given a cherry headed conure who also couldn't fly, and I tried the same thing of tossing him onto my bed to encourage him to fly. His flight capabilities were that of a ragdoll... it didn't matter how hard he flapped his wings, he tumbled end over end in the air like that of a ragdoll. He could not even land on his feet. Ever. So I figured since I could "teach" a budgie to fly, maybe I could do the same with this conure! Boy was I ever wrong! I ended up giving up with that technique (which, btw, I don't recommend doing unless the bird actually enjoys it - tossing a bird into the air can be a scary experience for many of them! It can be a trust destroying experience) after getting repeatedly bitten! Instead, I tried a different approach... that of encouraging him to jump to me from a stable position. Now, I never did get him to fly in the end, but he did get enough courage to make a couple of "flying leaps of faith" from his cage, expecting that he would be caught! One such instance was at my sister! Now, mind you, my sister is not a 'bird person' and only I knew how to handle this conure! (also, my sister and I look similar, so my birds often accept her more easily than anyone else) Imagine her surprise when she walked up to the cage and had Noel, the conure, leap at her from the cage top! :xmas_lol2
I realize that flight may not be in your immediate agenda, but it's going to be a requirement to getting him healthier! A bird that frequently flies can handle a poor diet far better than a parrot who rarely ever, if at all, flies. Flight helps them to better digest and consume the foods that they eat. It helps them to burn calories, gain muscle, lose body fat, improves health both physically as well as mentally...
He should not be on a wild bird food diet. Get him a basic parrot mix (I know that galahs have small beaks, so may prefer small food items over larger ones that larger parrots may prefer - so experiment with foods! Try a cockatiel mix, a conure mix or a parrot mix!) and some pellets (I know Vetafarm is readily available - possibly harder to find, but there's also Roudybush, Harrison's and maybe Zupreem - after looking at the ingredients of Passwells, I'm not a big fan of it).
Have you checked out this thread? Please look through it and use any method to get him eating better! He needs it!
http://www.parrotforums.com/general-health-care/23367-converting-parrots-healthier-diet-tips.html
You might try and see if he likes sprouted sunflower seeds rather than dry ones. Sprouted sunflower seeds will be healthier for him if he'll eat them. Ideally, he should be off of a seed diet (unless feeding sprouted seeds) and onto a pelleted diet and/or fresh food diet. However, this needs to be a gradual change in diet and not a drastic one. A change in diet too quickly may cause more harm than good.
If he seems to enjoy carrots then you might try steaming up some carrots and/or sweet potatoes/yams and mixing in some finely chopped vegetables such as broccoli, cooked/sprouted grains and legumes, kale, peas, corn, etc. Maybe even roll the mash up into little balls (a cookie dough scooper or using measuring spoons would be great for this!) and rolling it in a little seeds to help entice him to eat it!
You may also be interested in looking at this thread for some ideas of what to feed him.
http://www.parrotforums.com/general...afe-fresh-foods-toxic-food-lists-sprouts.html
Here's a few recipes on a 'sweet potato mash balls' that may help give you some ideas!
Parrot Foraging and Fun: Sweet Potato Mash Balls
Recipes that Birds Love | Parrot Parrot
parrot_lovers: Receipe for Sebastian's Sweet Potato Balls
Parrot Recipes
If he enjoys eating the sweet potato you can even mix in pellets! I would recommend getting cockatiel sized pellets (or smaller - whatever is about the same size as seeds! I find that it's easier to switch some parrots to a pelleted diet by providing smaller pellets than what is recommended for their species), and, if required, grinding the pellets into a powder before mixing in or, if the pellets will allow this, mix the pellets into some water (or sugar free/organic fruit juice - any flavor!) before mixing into the mash!
The possibilities are endless in what you can do! If you try a new food item, try it out for a minimum of two weeks before trying something else that's different. Be creative!
I hope this information will be of help! It sounds like you may have a long road ahead with Dominic, but do not give up! He will be healthier in the long run once you can get him exercising and eating healthier! A great way to encourage an interest in new foods is making food into 'toys' or incorporating them into foraging activities! Make him work for his food so that it's more satisfying! If he doesn't know how to forage, then it may take him some time before he learns how to! Start with easy foraging techniques and work your way up to more difficult foraging techniques!
And thank you!
