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Hello all,
I had been training my bird to do certain tricks, but he is so unmotivated by treats (millet, apple slices), that none of these tricks seem to stick. He is a Linnie and I cant use seeds to treat him as he doesn't like those or doesn't understand that they are delicious food.
The way I see people train either dogs or parrots to do simple command like turn around, is to use the food to turn around the animal and reward them when they did it. Then, the trainers simple phase out the food and rely on hand signals to achieve the same result. My bird is unresponsive to food, in fact, he is probably a little bit scared of it. I trained him in the morning before his breakfast and still he wont respond to food/reward.
So, how to train or how to reward birds which are unmotivated by food?
I had been training my bird to do certain tricks, but he is so unmotivated by treats (millet, apple slices), that none of these tricks seem to stick. He is a Linnie and I cant use seeds to treat him as he doesn't like those or doesn't understand that they are delicious food.
The way I see people train either dogs or parrots to do simple command like turn around, is to use the food to turn around the animal and reward them when they did it. Then, the trainers simple phase out the food and rely on hand signals to achieve the same result. My bird is unresponsive to food, in fact, he is probably a little bit scared of it. I trained him in the morning before his breakfast and still he wont respond to food/reward.
So, how to train or how to reward birds which are unmotivated by food?