Hello all,
As some of you know, Abby is with us for about 2 weeks now.
We are giving her a lot of our time, she is almost never alone etc.
She has no issues coming out of the cage, flying etc.
Most of the time, she is flying to me, as soon as she sees me, even if she is with my wife.
She also likes to spend a lot of time on our shoulders, etc.
We are trying to teach her to do step ups without biting.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Sometimes as soon as we put the finger close to her, she bites. (Not always, but, there are times when she bites very hard).
What i notice is that when she is on my shoulder, if i don't pet her, she starts biting my neck little bit, pushing me etc.
While i am petting her, she is fine, but, as soon as i try to do step up, she either bites or go to another shoulder.
I am doing a lot of training (step up) with food.
She loves Almonds. (I don't give her Almonds regularly, only while training) so, its a 'special treat for her' (at least i think so lol).
Abby has no problem doing step up while i am giving her almonds on every step up she does, but, if there is no almonds, my fingers are target
Is this "normal" process, or, i am doing something wrong?
After doing a lot of reading, a lot of people recommend a stick, etc, for step ups, but, i am just trying fingers, so, she can see my fingers are not enemy.
Please advise.
Thanks for your time and reading!
As some of you know, Abby is with us for about 2 weeks now.
We are giving her a lot of our time, she is almost never alone etc.
She has no issues coming out of the cage, flying etc.
Most of the time, she is flying to me, as soon as she sees me, even if she is with my wife.
She also likes to spend a lot of time on our shoulders, etc.
We are trying to teach her to do step ups without biting.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Sometimes as soon as we put the finger close to her, she bites. (Not always, but, there are times when she bites very hard).
What i notice is that when she is on my shoulder, if i don't pet her, she starts biting my neck little bit, pushing me etc.
While i am petting her, she is fine, but, as soon as i try to do step up, she either bites or go to another shoulder.
I am doing a lot of training (step up) with food.
She loves Almonds. (I don't give her Almonds regularly, only while training) so, its a 'special treat for her' (at least i think so lol).
Abby has no problem doing step up while i am giving her almonds on every step up she does, but, if there is no almonds, my fingers are target
Is this "normal" process, or, i am doing something wrong?
After doing a lot of reading, a lot of people recommend a stick, etc, for step ups, but, i am just trying fingers, so, she can see my fingers are not enemy.
Please advise.
Thanks for your time and reading!