How do you ask him to step up? What do you do if he refuses? How do you request that he get in and out of his cage?
Do you have any experience with positive reinforcement training?
As far as an EFC goes, I wouldn't put more than three very getting along cockatiels in it. For more than that, I'd strongly consider getting one of the double wide ones (essentially, two EFCs in width), which, with appropriate number of feeders, I'd think you could do four to six in, depending on the parrots and the amount of out time.
I had tried to reinforce him with treats, but he takes the offer of treats as bodily assault and jumps off my hand (backwards) and will run off. I'd like to see if there's something else he'd respond to. The little guy LOVES his scritches, and he's pretty good once he's out of the cage
As odd as this sounds, you may have to teach him (and yourself) to take treats. Depending on his experiences in the past and his comfort level with hands, a person moving towards him fairly quickly could be worrisome. Watch him carefully to see what he does, and try moving very slowly towards him.
To step up, I'll present my index finger in front of his feet and say, "Step up." He then puts his head down for scritches,and if I don't scritch him, he'll get pissed and start biting. Here's a video I just took this afternoon as an example.
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How do you ask him to step up? What do you do if he refuses? How do you request that he get in and out of his cage?
Do you have any experience with positive reinforcement training?
As far as an EFC goes, I wouldn't put more than three very getting along cockatiels in it. For more than that, I'd strongly consider getting one of the double wide ones (essentially, two EFCs in width), which, with appropriate number of feeders, I'd think you could do four to six in, depending on the parrots and the amount of out time.
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As odd as this sounds, you may have to teach him (and yourself) to take treats. Depending on his experiences in the past and his comfort level with hands, a person moving towards him fairly quickly could be worrisome. Watch him carefully to see what he does, and try moving very slowly towards him.
To step up, I'll present my index finger in front of his feet and say, "Step up." He then puts his head down for scritches,and if I don't scritch him, he'll get pissed and start biting. Here's a video I just took this afternoon as an example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTbkZJpk8xACongratulations! You have a very smart parrot who is doing a fine job training you ( ... )
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