Hi all,
My wife and I have always wanted to own birds and we recently decided that a pionus would be a good fit for us. We found two Pionus sisters at a local bird store and brought them home. They were hand raised and very well taken care of at the bird store. We do have a few questions though as to how to get them used to us. We began to train them using a clicker to target a stick. They both love to do it and are very motivated by treats like most birds I would think. One of them will target to a finger however the other will not. They are both very difficult to get off their cage and to handle whenever the cage is within their sight. They seem to be afraid of stepping up while on the cage and sometimes fly from us if we need to get them back into the cage. If they do fly they step up every time no problem but become antsy if we do not bring them back to the cage. If anyone has any insight as to what we should do to to get them comfortable being held and to make it easier for them to step up off the cage that would be great!
Thanks everyone!
My wife and I have always wanted to own birds and we recently decided that a pionus would be a good fit for us. We found two Pionus sisters at a local bird store and brought them home. They were hand raised and very well taken care of at the bird store. We do have a few questions though as to how to get them used to us. We began to train them using a clicker to target a stick. They both love to do it and are very motivated by treats like most birds I would think. One of them will target to a finger however the other will not. They are both very difficult to get off their cage and to handle whenever the cage is within their sight. They seem to be afraid of stepping up while on the cage and sometimes fly from us if we need to get them back into the cage. If they do fly they step up every time no problem but become antsy if we do not bring them back to the cage. If anyone has any insight as to what we should do to to get them comfortable being held and to make it easier for them to step up off the cage that would be great!
Thanks everyone!