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so as some of you may know, I got a baby cockatiel Piper about 2 weeks ago at the pet store! she is an absolute delight. she was hand raised and not afraid of hands or me and my boyfriend at all.
I'm kind of stuck as to how to start clicker training her since she's not afraid of us. most of the things I've seen start with you getting the bird used to your hand etc. But with Piper, as soon as I open the cage door, if my hand is in there, she climbs on and immediately starts to climb to my shoulder. if my hand isn't in the cage, she'll hang on the lip until we give her a hand and she climbs up, or she'll try and jump for our shoulders.
also if she's on my shoulder sometimes it's a little difficult to get her off, she wont always step up onto my finger unless you really force her and when she does and you look at her, the first thing she does is try to climb down my wrist and back up my shoulder! rarely when she's tired she'll get a little nippy when we try to take her off, not badly but she will back up and do her squak (which I've come to think is her trying to hiss since I've never heard her do it) but then she will.
and if I try to give her scritches on her belly the first thing she does is try to climb onto the other finger, to try and climb up my arm.
I've been trying to be better with always saying up up when she does climb on up but admittedly I tend to forget
Millet is her favorite thing to eat so I wanted to use that as training.. but she also eats that in her seed dish because I'm worried about her getting enough food in her lil belly!
she's such a sweetie and I wouldn't mind not training her but I think it would be fun for both of us! I don't mind that she goes right up my arm and I don't blame her for wanting to be high up but she won't just sit on my finger and step up like the training videos I've watched so I'm a loss!
also is it too early? she's been here 2 weeks tomorrow and is opening up more and more the past few days, she actually got off my shoulder and wanted to explore the bed and floor a little. should I wait until she's fully settled in?
I'm kind of stuck as to how to start clicker training her since she's not afraid of us. most of the things I've seen start with you getting the bird used to your hand etc. But with Piper, as soon as I open the cage door, if my hand is in there, she climbs on and immediately starts to climb to my shoulder. if my hand isn't in the cage, she'll hang on the lip until we give her a hand and she climbs up, or she'll try and jump for our shoulders.
also if she's on my shoulder sometimes it's a little difficult to get her off, she wont always step up onto my finger unless you really force her and when she does and you look at her, the first thing she does is try to climb down my wrist and back up my shoulder! rarely when she's tired she'll get a little nippy when we try to take her off, not badly but she will back up and do her squak (which I've come to think is her trying to hiss since I've never heard her do it) but then she will.
and if I try to give her scritches on her belly the first thing she does is try to climb onto the other finger, to try and climb up my arm.
I've been trying to be better with always saying up up when she does climb on up but admittedly I tend to forget
Millet is her favorite thing to eat so I wanted to use that as training.. but she also eats that in her seed dish because I'm worried about her getting enough food in her lil belly!
she's such a sweetie and I wouldn't mind not training her but I think it would be fun for both of us! I don't mind that she goes right up my arm and I don't blame her for wanting to be high up but she won't just sit on my finger and step up like the training videos I've watched so I'm a loss!
also is it too early? she's been here 2 weeks tomorrow and is opening up more and more the past few days, she actually got off my shoulder and wanted to explore the bed and floor a little. should I wait until she's fully settled in?
