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Post by LJ on Jan 27, 2008 2:14:36 GMT
 Does anyone on here know the best way to teach a very stubborn CAG to step up. He will be a year old in April and he has stepped up for me before but only when hes down on the floor, he doesn't want to from on top of his cage at all, I need some advice, thanks.
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Post by sca on Jan 27, 2008 3:37:56 GMT
Is he higher than you when he is on top of his cage? If so try standing on a foot stool so you are higher. It might take a few times of doing this for it to work. I had success doing this with my TAG. He went thru a little rough patch when I started feeding babies again. He was very jealous and upset with me.
Lia
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Post by LJ on Jan 27, 2008 4:10:37 GMT
Thank you Lia, yes hes cage is higher then me and I have used a stool for this reason, but I don't think this is the problem! He doesn't want to get on my hand, even when I do manage to get him on his playstand in the front room. He will go as far to bend over so far as to almost fall off the roost, hes just being stubborn I think. Someone once suggested using a piece of tree branch or something similar to that and see if he would step up onto that, this would be ok but I don't want him to get use to anything but my hand. At this rate its a chore to even get him to the frontroom from the birdroom to be with us, its starting to get just a little frustrating, and i'm willing to try almost anything, thanks for the help, LJ.
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Post by Berserka on Jan 28, 2008 12:03:10 GMT
The main problem is he knows it's causing a problem for you. Don't forget how intelligent these birds are!
He's acting like a human child "I know it's bugging my parents so I'll keep doing it".
Don't let him know it's getting to you. The idea of using a branch, perch etc is actually a good idea. Once you can get him to step up onto the perch, then you can exchange your hand for the perch.
Try food reward too.
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Post by LJ on Jan 28, 2008 15:38:42 GMT
Thank you for your reply, I know how smart these birds are and I knew he was being stubborn, I will try a tree branch for awhile and see how this goes. Do you have any suggestions on a saafest way to trim toenails if you have never done them before, his is so sharp that everytime I hold him he cuts my hands to peices, and to top it off he always trys to fly when I hold him, appreciate the advice yoyu give, thanks, LJ.
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Post by judy on Jan 29, 2008 9:02:07 GMT
Hi, have you also tried treats for your bird. It worked well with my alex and is working a treat with my red tail black at the moment. My red tail black too(Jetta) is still a bub and doesnt know what to do so it works well.
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Post by Berserka on Jan 30, 2008 0:14:14 GMT
With the nails, if you've never done them before then I suggest taking him to a vet. The first bird I had to have the nails trimmed I took to a local vet who showed me how to cut them properly.
Do you have other distractions around when you are with him?
I'd suggest being in a room with no radio, tv or any kinds of distractions. Have doors closed, windows closed and covered and start from scratch.
Be consistant with training. Do it the same time every day for the same amount of time.
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Does anyone on here know the best way to teach a very stubborn CAG to step up. He will be a year old in April and he has stepped up for me before but only when hes down on the floor, he doesn't want to from on top of his cage at all, I need some advice, thanks.
