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After reading through some of the lessons I realize I made some mistakes. I didn't look up the classes on here until just now.
I don't think I click at the right time. I click just after the behavior or as the behavior is ending. I'll try to speed up my click. I kept the training session going just a little too long, and I don't have just the right way to give treats.
I didn't click and treat my pf lovebird, Quidditch, when he just looked at the stick. He usually comes right up to the stick and touches it with his beak. I click and treat him for that. Sometimes he doesn't touch the stick, and I don't know if I should click and treat when he looks or steps toward the stick now because I have been clicking and treating only when he has touched the stick.
Today I had Quidditch sitting on my finger, and I got him to turn around while following some millet. I didn't click since I was just playing with him, but I had him do it a few times.
I really hope to train all of our birds starting with Quidditch, Sunshine (my son's male parrotlet), and my daughter's male parrotlet (hopefully weaned in 2-3 weeks). I will move on to our two budgies, Hedwig and Doctor, when I know I can train the handraised and very young birds. Hedwig is a millet addict so he will let me do a lot to him when I have millet, and Doctor is just tame enough to get on my hand when I have millet. Doctor is the difficult one. Poor thing.
I need to step back and find a better way to give treats to Quidditch. He won't take seeds from my fingers. He isn't afraid of hands or fingers when they're empty, but he backs off when I have even a small oat groat in my fingers. He will eat from a small bud of millet, but he often bites a bunch off and takes a while to eat. I am trying to get him to eat from a small measuring spoon with seeds, but he's not keen on me coming at him with a spoon. I'll see if putting a treat on the floor in front of him will work.
I don't think I click at the right time. I click just after the behavior or as the behavior is ending. I'll try to speed up my click. I kept the training session going just a little too long, and I don't have just the right way to give treats.
I didn't click and treat my pf lovebird, Quidditch, when he just looked at the stick. He usually comes right up to the stick and touches it with his beak. I click and treat him for that. Sometimes he doesn't touch the stick, and I don't know if I should click and treat when he looks or steps toward the stick now because I have been clicking and treating only when he has touched the stick.
Today I had Quidditch sitting on my finger, and I got him to turn around while following some millet. I didn't click since I was just playing with him, but I had him do it a few times.
I really hope to train all of our birds starting with Quidditch, Sunshine (my son's male parrotlet), and my daughter's male parrotlet (hopefully weaned in 2-3 weeks). I will move on to our two budgies, Hedwig and Doctor, when I know I can train the handraised and very young birds. Hedwig is a millet addict so he will let me do a lot to him when I have millet, and Doctor is just tame enough to get on my hand when I have millet. Doctor is the difficult one. Poor thing.
I need to step back and find a better way to give treats to Quidditch. He won't take seeds from my fingers. He isn't afraid of hands or fingers when they're empty, but he backs off when I have even a small oat groat in my fingers. He will eat from a small bud of millet, but he often bites a bunch off and takes a while to eat. I am trying to get him to eat from a small measuring spoon with seeds, but he's not keen on me coming at him with a spoon. I'll see if putting a treat on the floor in front of him will work.