Hello, I have a few months old eclectus parrot named Apollo. Heās been home for 13 days and he knows the target training.
When we got him, his wings were badly clipped and sometimes he fall while playing with his Toys.
Everyday I target train him and I put my hand in front of the stick to teach him to step up. He got used to my hand WITH THE STICK (within his reach) but if I pull the stick out of his reach to encourage him to step up, he will run to the end of the perch.
Iāve read posts similar to my situation and it basically says āget your bird out of its cage to train as the birds view their cages as their territoryā I tried opening the cage door for hours, I tried putting a treat outside the cage but still, he has no interest in coming out of his āterritoryā. We had a few incidents when we removed his cage cover and gave him his food, he climbed out of the cage and stood on top of the cage. We towelled him to get him to his cage as he didnāt know how to get down and we couldnāt risk him getting hurt. There were two times when he tried to fly but fell to the ground and basically climbed back to his cage. Those incidents stopped happening in the past few days, he probably figured out he can not escape from me. š¤·
He eats from my fingertips but doesnāt eat his favourite treats if I put them on my palm. I tried using the target training method to get him out of the cage but he simply looked, then lost interest and continued playing with his toys.
How do I train him to step up? I do not want to use force To get him out of his cage to train him since it might reverse the bond weāve built. Are there any methods to get the bird out of the cage? Or any other step up training methods?
When we got him, his wings were badly clipped and sometimes he fall while playing with his Toys.
Everyday I target train him and I put my hand in front of the stick to teach him to step up. He got used to my hand WITH THE STICK (within his reach) but if I pull the stick out of his reach to encourage him to step up, he will run to the end of the perch.
Iāve read posts similar to my situation and it basically says āget your bird out of its cage to train as the birds view their cages as their territoryā I tried opening the cage door for hours, I tried putting a treat outside the cage but still, he has no interest in coming out of his āterritoryā. We had a few incidents when we removed his cage cover and gave him his food, he climbed out of the cage and stood on top of the cage. We towelled him to get him to his cage as he didnāt know how to get down and we couldnāt risk him getting hurt. There were two times when he tried to fly but fell to the ground and basically climbed back to his cage. Those incidents stopped happening in the past few days, he probably figured out he can not escape from me. š¤·
He eats from my fingertips but doesnāt eat his favourite treats if I put them on my palm. I tried using the target training method to get him out of the cage but he simply looked, then lost interest and continued playing with his toys.
How do I train him to step up? I do not want to use force To get him out of his cage to train him since it might reverse the bond weāve built. Are there any methods to get the bird out of the cage? Or any other step up training methods?
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