I know where your coming from, the same thing is with my favorite cockatiel in lab his name is Jacob and he is a beautiful white faced gray cockatiel and i love him. Sometimes we get our animals from Petland and soemtimes we get them from people who give them to us and Jacob was one of those that we got given to us. He has a bit of an attitude problem. the only way that i can get him out of his cage is with a towel and when i do get him out he jumps out of my hands and i get him back onto my shoulder with my braclet case he bites onto it and climbs into my hands and jumps on my shoulders. He will stay in my shoulders while i clean the rest of my cages or do whatever i'm doing but sometimes he will jump off my shoulder when someone else tries to touch him. I try to spend everyday with him but we only have 2.67 hours in lab and most of that we have to clean animal cages and even though i can do those with him on my shoulder i can't like work with him that well. Everybody else pays attention to the other cockatiels who are friendly and everyhting but i love Jacob and I feel as if i can help him. I'm bringing him home on spring break and summer break to work with him. Can anyboyd give me advice. Remember though i dont have a big time scedule.