baigfaez
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So some of you may remember from my previous posts that I've been having trouble teaching my IRN to step on my hand. I kept up with the target training, and yesterday he finally put one foot on my hand and later both feet and stood there for a while as I gave him food. Now I'm not sure what to do with his training to make him more comfortable getting on.
Yesterday I picked him up twice and both times I stayed next to his cage and fed him. I didn't want to take him far from his cage and make him associate it with being taken away somewhere scary. But I do want to start taking him farther and farther. So this morning I got him on my hand and walked a few feet to sit on my couch with him on my hand and I think that was too far for him because he jumped off and ran back to his cage.
Yesterday I picked him up twice and both times I stayed next to his cage and fed him. I didn't want to take him far from his cage and make him associate it with being taken away somewhere scary. But I do want to start taking him farther and farther. So this morning I got him on my hand and walked a few feet to sit on my couch with him on my hand and I think that was too far for him because he jumped off and ran back to his cage.