Aandeg
New member
"Swee dee" has been in my home about three weeks now. I made some mistakes when he first arrived and set back his training a couple weeks. He actually got on my finger the second day but then escaped the cage. I had to catch him with a towel. Bad idea.
I didn't let him out for a week or so until he stepped up onto a perch consistently. He picked that up pretty quickly. He also got used to accepting millet from my fingers. I could also transfer him to my shoulder and he'd sit there.
The last couple days he's decided to step on my finger. Woohoo! He (or she) is also learning to return to the cage on command. I think he taught himself that, all I had to do was associate a command with it.
I'm pretty happy with the rate of training. I can't understand how some people claim to get this kind of progress in days or hours. They must be much better bird trainers than I am.
I didn't let him out for a week or so until he stepped up onto a perch consistently. He picked that up pretty quickly. He also got used to accepting millet from my fingers. I could also transfer him to my shoulder and he'd sit there.
The last couple days he's decided to step on my finger. Woohoo! He (or she) is also learning to return to the cage on command. I think he taught himself that, all I had to do was associate a command with it.
I'm pretty happy with the rate of training. I can't understand how some people claim to get this kind of progress in days or hours. They must be much better bird trainers than I am.
