I'm trying to train my galah that click = treat without much success. I've been trying for a few days with the clicker and I don't see any indication that she is associating click with treat. I used the clicker with training my dogs and they had it within a couple of hours. Given that parrots are smarter I would have expected she would have picked it up sooner.
She seems to be going backwards rather than forwards. She will snatch the treat from my fingers and move to the far side of the cage to eat. Sometimes she seems too uncertain to approach for the treat. Am I introducing the clicker too soon? It almost seems like we have less trust now than we did before.
Previously I was using a spray of millet and holding it very close to the end. I've recently switched to the individual buds rather than the whole spray. Would this be the likely cause of the skittish behaviour rather than the clicker?
She is a parent raised aviary bird who has had minimal human interaction. Hatch date was Dec 19/19 so a touch past 7 months old. I've never attempted to tame what is essentially a wild bird. I've worked with neglected hand raised birds before but this is on a whole different level. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.
I have until the new year to have her "tame" or she will be moved on as an aviary bird. It would be kinder than to leave her trapped in her cage which would be her fate if I can't get her to at least step up.
She seems to be going backwards rather than forwards. She will snatch the treat from my fingers and move to the far side of the cage to eat. Sometimes she seems too uncertain to approach for the treat. Am I introducing the clicker too soon? It almost seems like we have less trust now than we did before.
Previously I was using a spray of millet and holding it very close to the end. I've recently switched to the individual buds rather than the whole spray. Would this be the likely cause of the skittish behaviour rather than the clicker?
She is a parent raised aviary bird who has had minimal human interaction. Hatch date was Dec 19/19 so a touch past 7 months old. I've never attempted to tame what is essentially a wild bird. I've worked with neglected hand raised birds before but this is on a whole different level. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.
I have until the new year to have her "tame" or she will be moved on as an aviary bird. It would be kinder than to leave her trapped in her cage which would be her fate if I can't get her to at least step up.