WallyBirdie
Crowing
- Aug 2, 2019
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My conure had a dreadful fear of hands for the longest time.
During that time, I managed to teach him to step-up onto my arm (but only of I had a sleeve and my hand was not directly visible).
I've had him roughly 8 months and that fear seemingly vanished on its own.
One day, he flew onto the arm of the couch, ran over and bowed his head. He received his first ever scritches and became an instant addict.
To date, he will step up on my hand and/or fingers without fear, flies to me on command (and without command- just gets super excited to see me), he cuddles, shakes hands, hops when prompted, plays this funny trick where he flops down dramatically, and he's in the process of learning to turn around.
He recently started rolling over and laying in my hand, so I'd like to teach him to roll over as a trick.
We mainly use his pellet food or tiny bits of fruit/vegetable for treats. He's not a seed junkie.
He performs when he wants to. He's a bit of a diva like that. If he'd rather play instead, he does. He responds best to visual cues, though I'm trying to connect those with vocal ones.
He hasn't picked up any words yet, but maybe someday. I make sure to use the same words and phrases as often as possible. Hello, hi, what you doin, treat, step-up, good boy, etc.
Any tips or suggestions?
Couldn't do target training or clicker training. He gets too interested in the stick and clicker and just wants to chew on them.
During that time, I managed to teach him to step-up onto my arm (but only of I had a sleeve and my hand was not directly visible).
I've had him roughly 8 months and that fear seemingly vanished on its own.
One day, he flew onto the arm of the couch, ran over and bowed his head. He received his first ever scritches and became an instant addict.
To date, he will step up on my hand and/or fingers without fear, flies to me on command (and without command- just gets super excited to see me), he cuddles, shakes hands, hops when prompted, plays this funny trick where he flops down dramatically, and he's in the process of learning to turn around.
He recently started rolling over and laying in my hand, so I'd like to teach him to roll over as a trick.
We mainly use his pellet food or tiny bits of fruit/vegetable for treats. He's not a seed junkie.
He performs when he wants to. He's a bit of a diva like that. If he'd rather play instead, he does. He responds best to visual cues, though I'm trying to connect those with vocal ones.
He hasn't picked up any words yet, but maybe someday. I make sure to use the same words and phrases as often as possible. Hello, hi, what you doin, treat, step-up, good boy, etc.
Any tips or suggestions?
Couldn't do target training or clicker training. He gets too interested in the stick and clicker and just wants to chew on them.
