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- Caitlyn
Hi, I need advice for my canary winged parakeet Georgie on training her to certain areas in the house. The problem is that she has no motivation to do what I want her to learn. I have had this problem before but it was almost always defeated by her food desire. However, she is not food motivated or praise motivated enough anymore to be able to train her. This has become a problem because she is flying all over the house and this is becoming a hazard to her safety as we do have a cat and a dog (I know some will suggest a room for her but this not plausible, as I live in a big family and we just don't have the resources for things like that). Also because she is not trained to designated areas she is hurting herself flying around by hitting objects because she has no idea where to land expect the bathroom. As this becoming a problem my parents would like clip her wings as she is becoming a hazard to herself. I do not want to clip her wings but if I can't train her to designated areas in the house, I will be willing to clip. Also if I have to clip, would two or three primaries be enough? I would like to clip as little as possible. I want to clip just enough so that it slows her flying down, but she still can fly for her health. I know it is not an ideal situation, but me and my parents have agreed that she will not have a full clip but a partial one so that she is slowed in her flight and we are able to keep better track of her. Any and all ideas are welcome.