missraywoj
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- Sep 9, 2008
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I have a roughly 6 month old male cockatiel, and he's EXTREMELY antsy about coming out of his cage. I'll open the doors on the front and he can climb out on his own, but he REFUSES to "step up" and come out on my finger. He gets aggressive and bites.
The only way I can get him out with the whole "step up" is by taking the top of the cage off and it's such a pain to do this. How can I get him to come out the "right" way without him attacking me?
If I leave him in the cage and am doing chores, he talks to me and is really curious, and I'll sit down in front of him and talk quietly to him and whistle at him and he'll fluff up and coo, so I know he can't feel threatened by me.
He's also getting new feathers in, so I'm not positive if he's grumpy because of this, or because he's stressed out. I've had him for about two weeks. Once he's out of the cage he's.. for the most part friendly and chatters quietly and ruffles his feathers and snuggles me... He gets a LITTLE nippy if I try to pet him and he isn't in the mood.
What training techniques can I use to get him to be a little less nippy? It's not the love nibble that I'm used to, it's an actual squawk and bite. He gets a little frustrated too when I make him step up a couple of times.
The person I got him from gave me a clean bill of health. He's been vet checked on my own dime, and I've checked myself for mites. He's not plucking, and he doesn't go nuts and attack his toys, he has fresh food and water every day... can't think of anything I could be missing...
Thanks for any help
The only way I can get him out with the whole "step up" is by taking the top of the cage off and it's such a pain to do this. How can I get him to come out the "right" way without him attacking me?
If I leave him in the cage and am doing chores, he talks to me and is really curious, and I'll sit down in front of him and talk quietly to him and whistle at him and he'll fluff up and coo, so I know he can't feel threatened by me.
He's also getting new feathers in, so I'm not positive if he's grumpy because of this, or because he's stressed out. I've had him for about two weeks. Once he's out of the cage he's.. for the most part friendly and chatters quietly and ruffles his feathers and snuggles me... He gets a LITTLE nippy if I try to pet him and he isn't in the mood.
What training techniques can I use to get him to be a little less nippy? It's not the love nibble that I'm used to, it's an actual squawk and bite. He gets a little frustrated too when I make him step up a couple of times.
The person I got him from gave me a clean bill of health. He's been vet checked on my own dime, and I've checked myself for mites. He's not plucking, and he doesn't go nuts and attack his toys, he has fresh food and water every day... can't think of anything I could be missing...
Thanks for any help
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