I've glanced at target training, but didn't consider him a good candidate because of his limited mobility, but if it'll work with him, I'll gladly give it a go. What do I need to do?
I've had Java for 9 months, and I'm not sure if the light is the issue. Even when the light is off, he's still reluctant to move away from his favorite spots.Not that I know off ...
EllenD already said it is "normal" for breederbirds to act a bit disturbed (at first anyway) when confronted with a real parrotlife-
and although Sunny has never been a breederbird as far as I know...
(but was in a waaaay to small cage by herself most of the day for far tooo long )
she got a larger cage once she arrived here: and it took her a full 4 months to finally visit the cagebottom (afaik she went there only once and only because she sees the greys chickenscratching and having fun on that level in theirs) and she got to the other upper corner only 2 months ago (that is about 8 months after being put in this particular cage...) because I placed a bunch of willowbranches/twigs in such a way she had to detour to reach the waterbowl.
She mostly sits in one corner of hangs from the ceiling in another ...
she is kind of "insane in the membrane" that way.
I was expecting her to climb around a lot and be curious, but no... she sits and stares (or hangs and rocks herself) unless I ask her to do something, most of the time.
She is getting more and more into gnawing branches and chattering to herself (or the TV) but it is a slooooow process.
(She has *no* clue what to do with toys)
Java has not been around you that long, is he?
(I met Sunny about 10 months ago, and I am happy she is at least making progress - a friend asked to see a picture of her and I was shocked when I found the one taken in januari - she really changed a lot and I did hardly notice.)
Anyway- if you are doing something wrong... then I am making the same mistake
I've been very tempted to move his food bowl to the bottom of the cage, but knowing just how stubborn he is, I'm afraid he'd starve himself.I've had Java for 9 months, and I'm not sure if the light is the issue. Even when the light is off, he's still reluctant to move away from his favorite spots.Not that I know off ...
EllenD already said it is "normal" for breederbirds to act a bit disturbed (at first anyway) when confronted with a real parrotlife-
and although Sunny has never been a breederbird as far as I know...
(but was in a waaaay to small cage by herself most of the day for far tooo long )
she got a larger cage once she arrived here: and it took her a full 4 months to finally visit the cagebottom (afaik she went there only once and only because she sees the greys chickenscratching and having fun on that level in theirs) and she got to the other upper corner only 2 months ago (that is about 8 months after being put in this particular cage...) because I placed a bunch of willowbranches/twigs in such a way she had to detour to reach the waterbowl.
She mostly sits in one corner of hangs from the ceiling in another ...
she is kind of "insane in the membrane" that way.
I was expecting her to climb around a lot and be curious, but no... she sits and stares (or hangs and rocks herself) unless I ask her to do something, most of the time.
She is getting more and more into gnawing branches and chattering to herself (or the TV) but it is a slooooow process.
(She has *no* clue what to do with toys)
Java has not been around you that long, is he?
(I met Sunny about 10 months ago, and I am happy she is at least making progress - a friend asked to see a picture of her and I was shocked when I found the one taken in januari - she really changed a lot and I did hardly notice.)
Anyway- if you are doing something wrong... then I am making the same mistake
Same. If there's a certain toy he seems particularly interested in, I won't take it out when I rotate, and right now, he's really obsessed with those boingy wrist straps.Oh, you clever person!
You move fast
I have no idea, leave it like this for a week or so and see what he thinks?
(It's like that 'change toys every few days'rule that I break all the time: my greys need to look at something for at least a week till they are ready to engage - so some toys are in there for months - and all of a sudden turn out to be favorites after all)
Marbles sound like a great idea! However, the first thing that popped into my head was some of them chipping and then having glass shards everywhere. Is there a particular brand that is less likely to chip?
