Conure Training Help

Hi, I recently bought a black capped conure(About a week ago) and I'm having some trouble training it to step-up. I've been using a clicker and it's very affective. I've taught him to "touch" when I hold a popsicle stick infront of him and he goes to it whereever I put it(Most of the time anyways ) But when I try to get him to step-up, he just refuses to. I put the popsicle stick far enough from him that he has to step onto it in order to touch it but instead he starts biting at my fingers and my arm. He won't even let me touch him with my finger! Its pretty frusterating. He's learned to "touch" in the first couple days I got him. He's also pretty quiet and doesn't really play with his toys. He barely screeches(Only when I leave/come into the house) which worries me. I've heard that conures are very fun and smart birds that learn things fast and love to be touched but mine just seems stubborn. He also seems to be molting as well. I'm not really sure what I should do anymore and it's pretty discouraging that he's not learning to step-up.

Any help/advice would be appreciated.

PS: Sorry for the long paragraph :3

Welcome to the world of parrot training. You sound a bit frustrated which is no good because your bird will sense that. First of all if not already done you should be taking this bird to an avain vet for a wellness exam. Second of all you really will not be able to effectively train unless you have espablished a bond of trust with your bird. Keeping that in mind please be slow and patient. Bird training is not speedy!!
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqoMHIeZ6-o]YouTube - Teach a Bird to Step Up[/ame]

Alright thanks so much for the advice! I've tried something very similiar to the video you provided and when my hands gets about around an inch close to him he either tries to bite or backs away from. I've been doing this for around 3 days I think. I train him everyday for about 10-15mins every hour so he doesnt' get bored to quickly. But I will keep trying and hope it works.

How long does it usually take to form a bond of trust with a conure? I've only trained a budgie and I've had no real problems training them.

He does love to play with him arm hair and fingers though BUT only when he's running around on the floor. He'll come up to me while im lying down on the floor watching him running around and start playing with my arm hair and fingers. He even tries to bring some hair towards him by using his beak as a rake. It's really cute :3

He's never like that on the cage though. He doesn't charge at me. He usually just backs away or sometimes he runs up to my hand just to bite it, like it's some sort of game. And I don't want him to continue that habit if I ever manage to teach him to step-up.

Thanks so much for your help!!

When your conure is doing something you do not like you can give him a time out in the cage. It is also easier to train a bird in a room that they are not familiar with away from their cage. As far as the bond that is not a specific time frame. Sit by the cage and have the door open and talk in a nice calm voice, sing or read to the bird. Not a good idea to put your hands in the cage either. There are lots of threads on the forum about bonding. Go to the home page and in the upper Rt. corner you will see a search window. Good luck,