The whole cuddle thing is sex---no one is saying it directly, but you are leading your bird on if you cuddle it and sooner or later it will be mad that you are a tease and lash out, or self-destruct, or pluck its feathers, or scream, or get depressed, or start laying infertile eggs (a huge health risk, whether fertile or not). Most like it, but it isn't healthy because it is a trigger.
A large part of owning a parrot is keeping it out of the cuddle/hormone zone, as that is what is safe/healthy for both the owner and the bird.
If you cuddle a baby bird, you end up setting it up for behavioral failure because the expectation is established before puberty---then, at puberty, the expectation remains, but the significance of the act changes.
If you want something that cuddles, do not get a bird, as cuddles are likely high on the list of the many reasons they are re-homed due to behavioral issues.
I ask if you have had a bird (and now I see that you have not) because they require a TON of lifestyle changes for anyone (especially someone living with other people).
You can't use most pots/pans/poppers/toasters/ovens/griddles/skillets/poachers/drip-trays emit fumes that kill them (due to PTFE/PFOA/PFCs/Teflon)...and you can't ever clean with standard household cleaners or use candles (even unscented) or air fresheners around them...no Perfume, markers, polish, incense, vaping, burned food, acetone, essential oils...the list goes on....
This is not something that applies on a room-by-room basis--- it is a whole-house requirement. Air circulates, so a shut door won't protect a bird---escpecially from the PTFE/PFOA/PFCs/Teflon found in so many household items (even blow driers and curling irons).
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