Hand Reared IRN. Need Help!

[Rossljf11]

Hey all! First time on here and registered to ask for some advice, i recently purchased a hand reared male 3month old IRN (named him zazu!) when i went to see him he was extremely tame, he would step up onto the owners finger, sit on his shoulder and also sat with me without any problems.
However, when i brought him home, his behaviour changed instantly, i know he is going to be frightened going into a new home, but any time i approach the cage he backs up into the corner and flaps when i come near, when i manage to get him out of the cage he refuses to step up and will do anything to avoid standing on the stick to the point when i can lift him up on the stick without him even placing his feet on!
iv tried sitting with him for hours, reading, socialising, he doesn't take food from me through the cage as can't get him to come to me.
I wondered if anyone had any ideas or techniques i could try? i don't know wether removing his food for abit and just trying to persist with hand feeding would be a good idea or any other ideas that anyone has i would be extremely greatfull.
Thanks for reading. Ross

 

[mahmou2d.12]

i know a trick works on any kind of parrot
u should set near the cage and but ur hand into the cage for 20 min a day and when u see he is responding with u make it 30 min untill he stands on ur hand without being afraid of it ( u should but him in a small cage so he wont ran away during the lesson make sure u give hem food and water and dont make anyone annoy hem because irn is super scared of things that moves that happent to my irn
(note: when irn changes feather he acts aggrisive to people and refuse to step up plus he run away from people )
advice from expert i had almost the same problem but my IRN wasnt tamed until i got hem his name is yupi he was 8 month old and now he is 11 month old we r like son and father and he is tring to talk now


good luck with zazu

 

[Dinosrawr]

I would work on positively reinforcing your presence with him. IRNs are rather flighty imo, and they tend to freak out pretty easily if they aren't constantly socialized and introduced to things.

Every time you go near his cage, try and find his comfort threshold - in other words, try and see how close you can get without him freaking out. Every time you reach a point where he remains calm, slowly and gently place a treat in his food bowl (millet, pieces of almond or pine nuts, etc) and walk away. Eventually you should be able to do this until he's comfortable with you right there beside his cage.

Your IRN needs to make the association that you are a good thing. Every time you force him to do things that he dislikes or things that make him uncomfortable, you're simply reinforcing that your presence means something he may not like will happen. He sees you as an enforcer of "not good things" rather than his caretaker and future best friend.

The slower you move, the more patient you are, the more your hard work will pay off. My IRN is rather terrified of new people, but I had him in love with my mother and sister after having never met them within three days by making their presence a positive thing for him. Eventually he was flying to them just to hang out on their shoulder.

Patience and love always wins!