My tiel had lots of love and scritches and would still sometimes ask his toys for scritches. LOL. It's normal. Don't be sad about it. You are doing great with him. Just give him some time.
That helps me feel better
Thank you. He's still molting.. Oh my lord, he's covered in all the little white pin feathers on his head and back so I'm hoping he's a little more stand-offish right now from that I love trying to see where the new feathers are have gotten big enough to se
. Otherwise, he's made his way up to the top of his cage for the first time twice now and put himself back in. Still won't let me get him other than rescue situations but I'm respecting the angry look. Though if I'm feeding him something and he gets angry (my hand is too close, I moved, he perceives my other hand as a threat), I stop the treat. I'm seeing an improvement in his interactions since that. The new pellets arrived tonight (roudybush california blend) going to try and switch him over to a more pellet diet sloooooooooowly....going to use the method that replaces the seed mixture with pellets 10% at a time. Wish me luck!