My lorikeet will NOT go into his cage when asked. If I open the door and hold him inside it on my hand, he will run up my arm and cling to my shoulder. If I try to gently nudge him in, he bites my hand. So, if I have plans for the day he can't come out or he won't go back in when I need him to. He will only go back in if he's hungry which is about once every 2 hours or so. So, if there's an emergency, I have to towel him. He doesn't respond to targeting unless I put the stick right in front of his face and there's no treat that he values more than being outside the cage. It's not as if he spends all day in the cage, I work from home and the cage door is open from sunrise to sunset. Knowing all this, how do I train him to go into the cage when asked?
Also: my family is getting very frustrated by his landing habits. He won't land on my arm or shoulder when coming in for a landing. As my family puts it: he just 'smacks you in the side of the head' and climbs up your hair. When I hold my arm up for him to land on, he dodges it and comes back around to grab your head. He's not afraid of hands at all, so I don't know what the problem is. It annoys me to the point where I wear a baseball cap inside because having to untangle a lorikeet from my hair every 10 minutes is getting old (and also I fear that he may hurt himself if he gets too tangled in my hair). I have tried recall training but he won't sit still.
Does anyone have any advice?
Also: my family is getting very frustrated by his landing habits. He won't land on my arm or shoulder when coming in for a landing. As my family puts it: he just 'smacks you in the side of the head' and climbs up your hair. When I hold my arm up for him to land on, he dodges it and comes back around to grab your head. He's not afraid of hands at all, so I don't know what the problem is. It annoys me to the point where I wear a baseball cap inside because having to untangle a lorikeet from my hair every 10 minutes is getting old (and also I fear that he may hurt himself if he gets too tangled in my hair). I have tried recall training but he won't sit still.
Does anyone have any advice?