I genuinely don’t know what to do. My GCC that I got over 3 years ago has completely changed. When I got him he would step up, mimic words, dance, get scritches, wrestle with my hand on his back, and was basically glued to me when I walked around the house. Last summer I spent a month in the hospital and he was taken care of by my mom while I was away. When I returned his personality had flipped. And the worst part was that he was now terrified of me. This has persisted for over a year now, and hasn’t improved at all. He won’t follow me around the house anymore, and gets extremely anxious and flighty when I approach. The attached video doesn’t show even the worst of it. It always takes several attempts to step up, and he seems especially terrified of my fingers. Sometimes I spend 5-10 minutes chasing him around the entire apartment, trying to get him to step up so I can put him back in his cage. I never had to train him to do any of the behaviors he exhibited before, and recently I’ve tried spending a couple times each day working with him with treats, but it doesn’t seem to be helping. The only other thing that changed was that I adopted a second conure a week before my hospitalization. They didn’t get along at first but now they are mostly chill. Also, I recently got a roommate and the bird loves him. He flies to his shoulder whenever he hears him leave his room, like he used to do with me. Is this just the worst grudge of all time or something else? Any advice at all is welcome. I just want my buddy back. 

My best friend is is gone