we have had sinna now for a few months and we still can not get sinna to step up! sinna is very familiar to the word "up" its is the only world that he tries to say.. it takes all his might and it is so cute.. Sinna has come A LONG WAY since he 1st showed up... he gives kisses, and will even touch tongues with my husband. Sinna will let me scoop him up between 2 hands with little to no resistance but if i extend my finger, i get bit, or he runs away. he will not step up for my husband either.. im wondering if its a fear of fingers because he LOVES to lick my hands if i put them flat, loves to cuddle in my hand if its cupped but as soon as i switch to 1 or 2 fingers out comes angry sinna.
Sinna comes from his cage over to the couch almost on command, we pat on the back of the couch (his cage is about 2.5 - 3 feet behind the couch) and he will climb to 1 of 3 spots on his cage and fly/glide over to see us. when he is reallly tired i have gotten him to walk onto my hand a few times with all the light off (i did nudge his tail feathers to get him to move off his favorite rope outside of his cage) he is very unsteady once on my hand and very unsure of himself and acts like his legs are jelly, but he perches fine all day long. he is kind of clumbsy though (but i think thats just a whole nother story lol )
he is out most mornings (10-75 mins) then is out EVERY evening for 1-5 hours. we try to give fresh veggies,fruit and/or safe human food everyday (realistically 5 out of 7 days a week) loves carrots and oatmeal.
He is starting to slay with toys, doesnt like hard todays, likes softer things like shreadables paper and LOVE to preen (himself, ropes, towels, the couch, my husbands head)
do you have any tips on what we could try to get sinna to step up? it makes it extreamly difficult to get him in the cage or to teach him anything or gain his trust..
oh and so far trying to get him to step up on perches is even worse then fingers, he screams and bites and runs away.. im afraid someone was mean to him before he found us.. also we do not know if sinna is male or female, we just assume male for simplicity sake.
Any tips/ suggestions/ or concerns are greatly appreciated
Sinna comes from his cage over to the couch almost on command, we pat on the back of the couch (his cage is about 2.5 - 3 feet behind the couch) and he will climb to 1 of 3 spots on his cage and fly/glide over to see us. when he is reallly tired i have gotten him to walk onto my hand a few times with all the light off (i did nudge his tail feathers to get him to move off his favorite rope outside of his cage) he is very unsteady once on my hand and very unsure of himself and acts like his legs are jelly, but he perches fine all day long. he is kind of clumbsy though (but i think thats just a whole nother story lol )
he is out most mornings (10-75 mins) then is out EVERY evening for 1-5 hours. we try to give fresh veggies,fruit and/or safe human food everyday (realistically 5 out of 7 days a week) loves carrots and oatmeal.
He is starting to slay with toys, doesnt like hard todays, likes softer things like shreadables paper and LOVE to preen (himself, ropes, towels, the couch, my husbands head)
do you have any tips on what we could try to get sinna to step up? it makes it extreamly difficult to get him in the cage or to teach him anything or gain his trust..
oh and so far trying to get him to step up on perches is even worse then fingers, he screams and bites and runs away.. im afraid someone was mean to him before he found us.. also we do not know if sinna is male or female, we just assume male for simplicity sake.
Any tips/ suggestions/ or concerns are greatly appreciated
what kind is he? You could clicker train him to step up. Here's a link that explains how:
