Question on bonding

[Lump]

So my new baby meyers arrives on Thursday. He is a hand raised 13 week old male. He has been raised by a female, but she told me he loves her male friends!

Here's the thing. I have two friends I'm letting live at my house currently. Also my girlfriend will be living here until September than leaving to travel. They obviously won't be here forever, probably a year or two. They are very excited for the arrival of Petri, but aren't the ones making a 30 year commitment.

Here is my question:

Is there any way I can encourage the bird to bond with me? I know birds pick who they pick, but is there a way to strengthen my chances? I'm thinking of just me being the only one to interact with him for he first couple weeks. Any suggestions?

 

[thekarens]

Pois tend to be one person birds. If I were you I'd encourage him to spend time with everyone to combat that.

 

[Lump]

Thanks for the reply!

I'm honestly not worried about him being socialized, always people at my house. Socialization can be worked on. Bonding is a lot harder to change from what I understand.

 

[thekarens]

You can't make a bird bond to you. They pick who they want, but honestly, if you're the one taking care of him it probably won't be an issue.

When I say socialization I mean others handling him. It's a good idea that everyone in the household be able to hold him.

A bird that will go to anyone is a much better bird than one that will only go to one person.