We think he is somewhere in the neighborhood of 11-15 years, but since we've not had him from the get-go, I guess it's impossible to be sure.  We have an appointment for him this week to get his wings clipped & nails trimmed.  I guess I should call and check to make sure he will do a basic check-up as well.  I have no earthly idea of how we're going to get him in the travel cage, considering we can't handle him;Our only thought was to throw a towel over him & grab.......................

 

I've been trying to ignore the screaming spells by walking in the room and covering his cage.  I suppose what I need to do is wait a few minutes when he's quiet & then praise him & uncover?  The other question is this(& please don't think we're awful for doing this, but we're just learning!)------------sometimes when we're in the room, his squawks get a little too vocal, and he generally doesn't respond to a verbal admonishment, so to help that problem, we squirt him with water.  Of course, that's also how we have to bath him, so we use a different bottle specifically for the correction, and it hasn't affected his fondness for baths!  Is this totally wrong?

 

I think most of Max's problem is that he just wants to be close, but doesn't know how to express any love or affection.  We've gotten him a t-stand to start using after the trip to the vet's office.  My hope is that it leads to us being able to handle him, but if not, maybe he'll just be happy(& more quiet!) being close to us.