training

It's been 28 days since I ended up rescuing Mofu, my red rumped parakeet. While there's still so much we need to build up on, particularly on her confidence, we're proud to say she is finally beginning to figure out how to Step Up. https://youtu.be/CFP4wPligrE I've found that currently she...

Hi all, Hopefully I'm not being too spammy with these frequent posts. I just wanted to give a small update on Mofu's progress along with a couple more questions that I hope people might know the answer to. Mofu has been with me for 19 days now, she's still very scared of hands but her fear...

I’ve had Teddy for almost five months now. We get along well; he happily eats out of my hand, but he’ll only step up on my finger if there’s a treat right there. I’ve known from the start I want to get him a friend, but I wanted to bond with him and train him first. It makes me sad when he hears...

Hey All, I'm after some tips from anyone who has experience training a Jenday Conure. Our Jenday Vinnie we adopted as an Avery Parrot who was kept with another male unknowing by the breeder as they wanted a pair. We have had him since November so just over 7 months in that time we have had...

At what age is the best time to start training your parrot?

Hi all! I have a 6 month old Green Cheek Conure (w/Turquoise Mutation) named Zazu :) and recently over the last couple months she has become a bit aggressive towards other people outside my immediate family. I am not sure what entirely changed but I believe the lack of social interaction (not...

I have two budgies, and have gotten to the point in training them where I can feed them treats while they perch on my finger. However, if I try to pet them or get close to them without the treats, they move away from me. How can I finish their training so that they can be close and feel safe...

I got a conure 4 weeks ago. He is very active and healthy, under 5 months old. He comes to me if he sees that I have something food-related. He will eat treats (millet or fruit) from my hand, beyond that he is wary. He has stepped onto my hand twice and he was off just as fast. I'd like to be...

Hi all! We bought a sun conure at about 4 months old. The breeder had us do some barbaric training methods which we stopped very soon after leaving the breeder. Obviously this has left the sun conure fearful of us and our hands. I've been training with him to step up onto a stick and...

Hello everyone! I own a 3 month old IRN baby and I have to admit I spoiled him a lot. I got him right before the Corona thing started, so I was able to spend a lot of time with hime, maybe too much. He ended up eating and being weaned outside of the cage and usually only goes to his cage to...

Hello! Several months ago I posted on here about adopting a budgie, Selene, after she'd been dumped by a previous owner. In the time since then she's started to blossom, moving out from one spot in a corner to play with her toys more and hop around. She's also not freaking out and zooming...

Hello! I have a sun conure named mango and have had him for 2 months now. He is fantastic but his behaviour is confusing. When we train he happily gives me kisses and will lightly nibble my finger for treats but will not dare let me touch him. I have a clicker and tried stick training but is...

Hi everyone, Our Susan is a 4-month old Senegal that we brought home a little over a month ago. Issue: I let her out to her playpen every morning but when it's time to sleep, she hates going back in the cage, to the point i have had to corner her to go back in/ swoop her up (she's not used to...

Hello everybody! New to the forum, and the proud owner of two lovely conures. I’ve had my turquoise gcc Milo for just over 2 years now, and recently got a new baby dusky (Oli). I was a bit worried they wouldn’t get along because Milo hates anyone who isn’t me, but he went into total overbearing...

Hi everyone, I’ve had my QP Nova for over 6 months now and I really need reassurance and advice. She was 3 months when I got her and would now be around 9 months. It’s important to note also that she has no use of her left foot at all, my vet is aware and happy to leave her be with it since...

Ok so I’m a first time bird owner of a 40 year old rescued YNA. He was a three year resident at the rescue I volunteer for and sadly everyone was afraid of him. After a few months we began an unlikely friendship and eventually I was the only one who could work with him. I took him home about...

Hi all, Blue and the rest of the family are going well, i think having her out and about all day has done heaps for helping us all bond with her. Still a bit tricky getting her back into the cage but we'll get there. She's actually very affectionate even if she's not comofortable around hands...

Hi everyone, I'm new to this community but I'm very excited to be a part of it. I have an 8-month-old quaker that I've had for a couple of months now. I got Papaya from Petco they were actually about to transfer him to a different store and I told them to stop because I am getting him...

I LOVE birds. Absolutely, I do. After my baby cockatiel unfortunately passed away I fostered two cockatiels as well as a budgie until I was able to rehome them. I got in contact with another breeder about cockatiel chicks (this time I will be receiving him after he is weaned... still holding a...

Hey everyone, I have come here because I love birds and am the owner of a blue female parrotlet called Daisy and a blue budgie called Charlie. I bought Daisy as company for my budgie because the shop owner said it would be fine As it turns out, budgies and parrotlets aren't supposed to kept...