training

I have a new budgie and am curious what everyones opinions are on the best way to hand train them. Ive had him for about 5 days so far and its understandable that he's still afraid of me. When should I start trying to hand train? How should I go about it? Whats worked best for you guys?

Since starting the stick training, Mofu has really began to start liking my attention and often seeks me out. This past week alone, I have become her favourite climbing toy, something I'd have never expected a month ago of a bird who only likes to be on the ground. She still has a strong...

Hi all, long time no see. I paused training with Mofu for a while because she had started dramatically losing feathers on her head, it was quite scary to see, even when following all advice on how to promote feather growth. Luckily she is finally growing pins back in, but it has taken 2 months...

Hello, To give a bit of needed information I have had my bird since early july, I was told he was ~3 months old. Since then I have been training him and he has taken to it very well. We've learnt target, come, step up and spin to near perfection. This was up until around 2 months ago. At this...

Hello, I have two green cheek conures and I’ve had them for a year now. Nowadays, whenever I want to do a little training with them, like teaching them to do a spin or whatever, they simply fly away. Our house is pretty big and has only a few doors and I don’t have an own room, so they can go...

I just brought home a young Indian Ringneck, just off being hand-fed, and I wanted to get some advice for training and socializing him. Some info to begin, I just brought him home on the 23rd and spent most of the following two days around him. Either handling him when he was feeling social or...

It's been 28 days since I ended up rescuing Mofu, my red rumped parakeet. While there's still so much we need to build up on, particularly on her confidence, we're proud to say she is finally beginning to figure out how to Step Up. https://youtu.be/CFP4wPligrE I've found that currently she...

Hi all, Hopefully I'm not being too spammy with these frequent posts. I just wanted to give a small update on Mofu's progress along with a couple more questions that I hope people might know the answer to. Mofu has been with me for 19 days now, she's still very scared of hands but her fear...

I’ve had Teddy for almost five months now. We get along well; he happily eats out of my hand, but he’ll only step up on my finger if there’s a treat right there. I’ve known from the start I want to get him a friend, but I wanted to bond with him and train him first. It makes me sad when he hears...

Hey All, I'm after some tips from anyone who has experience training a Jenday Conure. Our Jenday Vinnie we adopted as an Avery Parrot who was kept with another male unknowing by the breeder as they wanted a pair. We have had him since November so just over 7 months in that time we have had...

At what age is the best time to start training your parrot?

Hi all! I have a 6 month old Green Cheek Conure (w/Turquoise Mutation) named Zazu :) and recently over the last couple months she has become a bit aggressive towards other people outside my immediate family. I am not sure what entirely changed but I believe the lack of social interaction (not...

I have two budgies, and have gotten to the point in training them where I can feed them treats while they perch on my finger. However, if I try to pet them or get close to them without the treats, they move away from me. How can I finish their training so that they can be close and feel safe...

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Hi all! We bought a sun conure at about 4 months old. The breeder had us do some barbaric training methods which we stopped very soon after leaving the breeder. Obviously this has left the sun conure fearful of us and our hands. I've been training with him to step up onto a stick and...

Hello everyone! I own a 3 month old IRN baby and I have to admit I spoiled him a lot. I got him right before the Corona thing started, so I was able to spend a lot of time with hime, maybe too much. He ended up eating and being weaned outside of the cage and usually only goes to his cage to...

Hello! Several months ago I posted on here about adopting a budgie, Selene, after she'd been dumped by a previous owner. In the time since then she's started to blossom, moving out from one spot in a corner to play with her toys more and hop around. She's also not freaking out and zooming...

Hello! I have a sun conure named mango and have had him for 2 months now. He is fantastic but his behaviour is confusing. When we train he happily gives me kisses and will lightly nibble my finger for treats but will not dare let me touch him. I have a clicker and tried stick training but is...

Hi everyone, Our Susan is a 4-month old Senegal that we brought home a little over a month ago. Issue: I let her out to her playpen every morning but when it's time to sleep, she hates going back in the cage, to the point i have had to corner her to go back in/ swoop her up (she's not used to...

Hello everybody! New to the forum, and the proud owner of two lovely conures. I’ve had my turquoise gcc Milo for just over 2 years now, and recently got a new baby dusky (Oli). I was a bit worried they wouldn’t get along because Milo hates anyone who isn’t me, but he went into total overbearing...

Hi everyone, I’ve had my QP Nova for over 6 months now and I really need reassurance and advice. She was 3 months when I got her and would now be around 9 months. It’s important to note also that she has no use of her left foot at all, my vet is aware and happy to leave her be with it since...

Ok so I’m a first time bird owner of a 40 year old rescued YNA. He was a three year resident at the rescue I volunteer for and sadly everyone was afraid of him. After a few months we began an unlikely friendship and eventually I was the only one who could work with him. I took him home about...

Hi all, Blue and the rest of the family are going well, i think having her out and about all day has done heaps for helping us all bond with her. Still a bit tricky getting her back into the cage but we'll get there. She's actually very affectionate even if she's not comofortable around hands...

Hi everyone, I'm new to this community but I'm very excited to be a part of it. I have an 8-month-old quaker that I've had for a couple of months now. I got Papaya from Petco they were actually about to transfer him to a different store and I told them to stop because I am getting him...

I LOVE birds. Absolutely, I do. After my baby cockatiel unfortunately passed away I fostered two cockatiels as well as a budgie until I was able to rehome them. I got in contact with another breeder about cockatiel chicks (this time I will be receiving him after he is weaned... still holding a...

Hey everyone, I have come here because I love birds and am the owner of a blue female parrotlet called Daisy and a blue budgie called Charlie. I bought Daisy as company for my budgie because the shop owner said it would be fine As it turns out, budgies and parrotlets aren't supposed to kept...

Hi Everyone, I have a almost 2 year Princess Parrot that is full flight and has decided her new favorite place to land is my brand new couch, where I don't want her to land. Any advice on how to deter or stop her from landing there. As soon as she lands I take her away from there but she...

I'm trying to find where I can get training for avian sex DNA training.:grey::greenyellow:

Hello all! This is my first time posting, and wanted some advice for my white-fronted Amazon. Her name is Captain America, and we adopted her about a year and a half ago. She's basically our baby, and we love her to bits and pieces, and she loves us! (From what we can tell.) Our main issue is...

Hunny Sunny Munny Bunny and Roger are adjusting well to their new room. I gave them my extra bedroom and set everything up for the to be free in there. My friend had said I shouldn't let them out before hand taming them, but I couldn't do that to them. They love flying around! They are about a...

Does anyone ever feel like despite all their efforts that maybe their little feathery friend isn't happy? To give a little background, Aki is a canary-winged parakeet that was stuck in a pet store (and in an undersized enclosure) for over half a year before I couldn't stand it anymore and...

I bought this harness for my almost 1 year on gcc Ari but he hates it. Is there any way that I could train him to hold still and slip his head through? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi all! A bit of backstory... I got my first parakeet, Rio, over three years ago. It was just him and me, and I had taught him how to come out of the cage and step up. Fast forward a year and a half and I got another parakeet, Luna. The two immediately bonded, and Rio "forgot" his...

Hi everyone. Māui has been going great and we’re really developing a good bond. I’ve started trick training and he’s already mastered targeting, spin, shake, and I’ve managed to capture his wave. I’ve also been doing a lot of desensitisation training for the harness and he now tolerates it...

Hi everyone! New Quaker parent here :) I've had my little Nova for about 2 weeks now and I absolutely ADORE the bones off her. I have a few questions I'm hoping some of you can answer for me if that's okay. 1. Taming I've got budgies that I managed to tame myself and I'm guessing the...

I have a couple of issues I'd appreciate some help with. I've restarted training of Sammie, my 13 1/2 year old white bellied. She's been with me since she was 4 months. I'm experiencing the same issue I had when I initially started target training. I get her to touch a stick or bell and...

Hi, so iv had my cockatiel since just before she was weaned and I had to spoon feed her, iv taught her to step up when she was little and we have a great bond but I never knew you were meant to teach her how to forage or show her how to use toys ect I just honestly thought she just wasn’t...

So I got a dusky conure on the 11th he's 7 months old and was quite nippy when I first got him because no one wanted to see him due to the other brighter colored birds, which is a damn shame he's such a sweet little guy now but I digress a bit. I tamed him by quite a large margin he doesn't bite...

Hi everyone, I'm a first time bird owner and have had my linnie, Simon, for a month now. I'm at the point where I can put my hand in the cage and he isn't very scared of my anymore so I've started trying to feed him from my hand. My problem is: I put food in the palm of my hand and he'll...

Hey Guys, A few months ago I posted about my Goffin Cockatoo (Jojo) suddenly becoming terrified of me. I have been working with him, but I feel like I need a little help in making progression. He's terrified to leave his cage most of the time. I will leave it open for hours (keeping distance)...