target training

Hey! Okay so I have 3 birds a kakariki boy and two tiels one of my tiels is new and still settling in the other a rescue from a poor background who I'm still building trust with. I want to start target training with my kakariki, as he's the most confident with me. He's a stage 5 clinger and...

Great news: Mickey's starting to catch on to the idea of target training! When he's eating out of his food bowl, I go up to him to offer some millet, and then we go from there. So far, I've gotten him to move from the far side of his food bowl to the side of the cage and then to a perch next to...

Hi all, I have a 5 year old GCC named Beepers. For the past two years that I've had her, she's hated travel carriers. At first, I used one of those backpack ones, which she just despised. I thought maybe she would like one that looks more like a cage - and she kind of did - until I dared to...

so I have my two darling tiels who I just brought home recently. They're friendly, but not hand tamed. The problem is that Pocket is a lot friendlier and picked up eating from my hands in a day, and we're now working on simple target training. Jester on the other hand is still working on eating...

Hello! I have a 5 year old cockatiel I rescued her almost 2 months ago. She’s not hand tamed, she will come eat millet from my hand but that’s all, she will not step up or do any other interaction with me. sometimes we struggle, because if I want to get her in her travel carrier or out of the...

Hello everyone! I was wondering if anyone had any tips on getting an untamed, flighted bird into their cage. We recently adopted a cockatiel (if you want the story, it's below) and he is not comfortable with stepping up. So far, he will only take sunflower seeds from our hands through his cage...

Hey everyone, So my lovebird has now finally started accepting treats from my hands so tonight I did very basic target training and she picked up the concept pretty well. I was wondering if marker training with a consistent "yes" would be easier than clicker training. I have an Australian...

I reccomend anyone of any bird type to check out this book; The Parrot Wizards Guide to Well Behaved Parrots. I have boughten it a month ago and it is super useful. It teaches you clicker training, target training, tricks, flight training and so much more! It is about 230 pages and is useful for...

Hello everyone. I'm Cal and recently I've got a parrot that I've named MooShu. He had some health problems but he's getting better and better by the day. I want to target train him, so it would be easier for me to teach him to step up, following by letting him out of his cage more...

Hello! I recently took in a rehomed CAG. He is not very much into human interaction. He takes treats when I offer them holding them between tips of my fingers, but no more than that. He prefers to stay away from me. In his previous home (he stayed there for 1.5-2 months) he was used to going...