BREAKTHROUGH

well, my husband has been doing this for a while, but it has become progressively better!

Herkimer now allows my husband to scratch his head for a rather long time - at least a few minutes! and i have it on camera! i will post it as soon as i can. he just holds on to the side of his cage with his beak and lets the scritching begin! i was taking a few pictures, but then i realized he was also making a kind of purring noise which was just precious, so i had to make a short movie of it.

Herkimer will also occasionally come up to the side of his cage when i ask him if he wants a scritch on his back, and he allows me for a few seconds to do so. it has taken about a year to reach this point, but it was soooooooo worth it!