I may be creating a monster

[Taprock]

Ziggy has been pretty much cage bound since we got him. He has started to step up occasionally when I press the issue. But I don't want to push it too much so it's been about once a week. Three days ago he did a different scream, not his angry, not "someone's here" and while sitting in a different spot. So when I checked on him and went to pet him, he stepped up. I took him out and he spent about half an hour out of the cage before he flew back. He did that twice that day and both days since. I really want him to come out and it's great that he's finally making progress but my concern is its going to become a screaming habit when he wants mom to come get him, even though his cage is always open. Any thoughts?

 

[Loko]

I dont have much experience with taming but I would like to say wow, he looks almost fake. I havent seen many Nansun hybrids but none that I have seen were so perfectly balanced and beautiful. It almost looks like a conure fischers lovebird hybrid. I would think to try to have him step up when quiet and ignore him when screaming but wait for someone with more experience with that.

 

[Nicky76]

Yay Ziggy sounds like he's settled in. I would try getting him to step up when quiet and giving him a treat when he does it.

Ignoring the screaming is hard but like you rightly said you don't want to encourage it.

Looking forward to hearing how he gets on


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