Hello,
We got our little lovebird, Dobby, and we are very happy with him.
After watching videos from BirdTricks we started clicker and targeting training 2-3 weeks back which works really well! Right now he goes to where we want him to go in our living room although he also loves to chill on our shoulder during work etc.
However after starting targeting training he went into his cage willingly. We have a landing plateau as cage door which is kept open during the day. So when we put the stick in the cage he would climb to his perch and we could give him a treat after touching the tip of the chopstick.
However since a few days Dobby hops onto the landing plateau and does climb up the cage and will try his best to stay outside of the cage but tries touching the tip of the chopstick. When he can't reach the chopstick he will look backwards and just jump on our shoulder. Today I tried putting the chopstick a bit further in the cage as we also have a center perch underneath the cage door. After he reached and touched the tip of the chopstick I went in to give him the treat and during his reach I could quickly close the door of the cage and he could hop on the perch below. I treated him when he climbed up to his perch but it felt wrong for me to get Dobby into the cage this way. After the cage was closed though, he would just sit on his perch and creak (?) his beak and contently close his eyes as he always does once he gets into the cage.
Does anyone have tips on how to target Dobby into his cage either by target training or another way? As right now my feeling says that he wants to be with me and my girlfriend as he sees us as his flock. But I don't know if maybe the cage is just not a fun place to be for him.
We got our little lovebird, Dobby, and we are very happy with him.
After watching videos from BirdTricks we started clicker and targeting training 2-3 weeks back which works really well! Right now he goes to where we want him to go in our living room although he also loves to chill on our shoulder during work etc.
However after starting targeting training he went into his cage willingly. We have a landing plateau as cage door which is kept open during the day. So when we put the stick in the cage he would climb to his perch and we could give him a treat after touching the tip of the chopstick.
However since a few days Dobby hops onto the landing plateau and does climb up the cage and will try his best to stay outside of the cage but tries touching the tip of the chopstick. When he can't reach the chopstick he will look backwards and just jump on our shoulder. Today I tried putting the chopstick a bit further in the cage as we also have a center perch underneath the cage door. After he reached and touched the tip of the chopstick I went in to give him the treat and during his reach I could quickly close the door of the cage and he could hop on the perch below. I treated him when he climbed up to his perch but it felt wrong for me to get Dobby into the cage this way. After the cage was closed though, he would just sit on his perch and creak (?) his beak and contently close his eyes as he always does once he gets into the cage.
Does anyone have tips on how to target Dobby into his cage either by target training or another way? As right now my feeling says that he wants to be with me and my girlfriend as he sees us as his flock. But I don't know if maybe the cage is just not a fun place to be for him.
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