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    Training tips?

    I’ve got two adult jenday conures( why is this always the way I start my posts) and I’m interested in getting them to be recalled trained and up the step up training. They are extremely fast learners and I’m fully prepared to put in the time and effort! They’ve got the special treats and a...
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    Just Can't Tame Him

    Hello everyone. I have been the owner of my green IRN Chief for about 6 months now and I just don't know what to do anymore. I'm finding him impossible to tame in any way. If I try target training, he flees the stick, if I feed him treats, he snatches them and runs off to his corner; he used...
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    Experienced Owner Training Tips

    Hello everyone. After owning a Budgie as a kid I recently bought another one: Limoncello. A beautiful male budgie. Years ago, I tamed my old bird essentially by leaving my hand in the cage long enough for her to become comfortable stepping up and being petted. As successful as this was, in...
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    First Time Lovebird Tamer

    Hello everyone. About 3 weeks ago now I purchased my beautiful Lovebird: Frosty. While I am not a beginner parrot owner, this is my first Lovebird. I am following the usual pattern of placing hands on cage and spending lots of time around him to build comfort, however, I would love some more...
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    I need help!!

    I have a 1.5 year old burger and I’ve been meaning to teach him some tricks. Unfortunately, he does not understand the concept that he has to do something for treats. Whenever I try to train him he just goes right for the treat and gets aggravated when I don’t give it to him. How should I go...
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    Bird not engaged in training

    Hello, To give a bit of needed information I have had my bird since early july, I was told he was ~3 months old. Since then I have been training him and he has taken to it very well. We've learnt target, come, step up and spin to near perfection. This was up until around 2 months ago. At this...
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    The Ethics of Using Obsession with Training - and Other Training Quirks

    Hi all, This is a follow up thread on my new grass parakeet rescue Mofu. She is finally off her medication so I've been hoping to have the opportunity to train her to tolerate my hand - now that it's no longer grabbing her to force down liquids. Fortunately since my last post there has been...
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