Chewie update 32ish weeks

Chewie is now enjoying his bath so much that he has started hopping into his drinking water, so I had to get him a bigger dish as he got stuck.  He has a nap lol while in the water.  It is summer here and a rather hot one, I have a fan in the bird room on oscillate to give the birds a gentle breeze.
He seems to be comfortable with us now and though he doesn't bite us he is happy to say hey I don't want pats right now, he opens his beak and barely touches the offending hand.  He will let you pat him once or twice and that's it.
I don't think he will ever be a cuddly bird like hand raised birds usually are as his firts 10months were so traumatising.  This has Mr 7 sad as he loves Chewie and still spends every morning with him on his finger having a chat, and reads his books to him, etc and he really wants Chewie to like being patted but understands that Chewie doesn't like it so he doesn't push it (proud of my boy), he is focused on what is best for Chewie and I think that is awesome.
Though he still wants a princess parrot he has decided that Chewie needs him so he will just be Chewie's best mate and has asked us not to get him his hand raised pet.
I still am struggling to get Chewie to eat veg I don't think he knows its food.  But I am hiding pureed pumpkin in his seed, he is not happy but at least I am getting something into him.
He now explores his cage much more and sits on the varying perches and ladders and even his pine cone that is in the corner.  A new local pet shop is stocking ladders made from branches so I made a slight change and bought one of them, each rung is a differing size so great foot exercise, he likes it so that is good.
Thankyou for your interest in Chewie, he is such a awesome bird.