JulieAnn
Strolling the yard
Hi Everyone,
Good news finally. With all your help I've taken all your suggestions into account. I have the breeder lovebird who I couldn't get to eat from my hand. Well today I tried a different approach. Usually I stand in front of the flight cage I have him in and offer millet. My trained lovebird greets me eagerly and chows down, where my newly acquired breeder bird went to opposite side of cage and ignored us. So I went to the spot he usually retrieves to. There is a little cage door there. So I sat down on my step and held the millet strand there. And my trained bird chowed down for a while. Maybe three minutes later the breeder bird joined him and he ate from my hand. Well I'm holding a short stem of the millet but he ate from it twice today. So I'm wondering if my being lower than him is the reason that he ate. Before I stood above him. I always turn my head not to look at him, so he doesn't think I'm a predator.
I know he just started today and I will continue for a long time. But I was wondering how do you know when to teach the step up command? And how do you go about doing this?
Julie
Good news finally. With all your help I've taken all your suggestions into account. I have the breeder lovebird who I couldn't get to eat from my hand. Well today I tried a different approach. Usually I stand in front of the flight cage I have him in and offer millet. My trained lovebird greets me eagerly and chows down, where my newly acquired breeder bird went to opposite side of cage and ignored us. So I went to the spot he usually retrieves to. There is a little cage door there. So I sat down on my step and held the millet strand there. And my trained bird chowed down for a while. Maybe three minutes later the breeder bird joined him and he ate from my hand. Well I'm holding a short stem of the millet but he ate from it twice today. So I'm wondering if my being lower than him is the reason that he ate. Before I stood above him. I always turn my head not to look at him, so he doesn't think I'm a predator.
I know he just started today and I will continue for a long time. But I was wondering how do you know when to teach the step up command? And how do you go about doing this?
Julie