Calling all bird owners! I need help!?

Key...repetion. Just keep doing what you are several times a day for short spirts. Always, always end your "sessions" on a positive note. If Melon nips, for example, do not put him back in cage or if it occurs in cage do not close door and leave. He then becomes the alfa. The trick on training any bird is to have it BELOW your eye level, more near chest level. That makes you the alfa. Good luck. PS. Could take many months. I had a Red Bellied that took almost a year.