Wow, I have been trying to interact with Mango a little more this morning, but she is absolutely terrified of me. She will come down at her regular feeding times to take food from my fingers between the bars, but then heads back up to her perch and does the death dance continually. I see what you mean about her looking "square" because her body looks like a solid, rectangular block as she does this dance/prance.
If I just sit at the computer and type next to her cage, she will sometimes come down to forage through her food bowl, but then goes back up to her high perch.
I have left the skewer that I am hoping to use to target train her with on the kitchen island next to her cage so that she will get used to it. Yesterday, it tried gently lifting it off of the table with my hand and she freaked out and flew across the cage and then wouldn't come near me anymore. I feel so bad for her. It must be awful to live in constant fear of everything.
I think we need to spend more time together so that maybe she can get more used to me. This is going to be a very loooooong, slow process.
Eventually, I am going to have to take her out of the cage so that I can clean the cage. Also, she will need to go to the vet. I have no idea how I would ever pull that off without destroying the tiny bit of trust that she might have for me.
As I am writing this, she just came down and is sitting quietly next to me. I have been talking to her and looking at her. She is looking intently back at me. I wonder what she is thinking!!!
I love following your progress with mango and I think you’re doing amazing.