by ijtorresg » Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:58 pm
hello there!, i've been trying to do as the guide says, but im having some trouble stablishing the training food. For my bird (a fisheri lovebird) the only thing she would eat is alpist, i tried everything (as treats), from different types of nuts, and different types of seed, different types of vegetables, some friend gives rabbit food made of vegetables and some seeds so i tried that and nothing, he doesnt like any of them exept for the alpist...so the only way to train the little thing is to basically leave him without food for about 2-3 hours and then train him with no treats, just her main food...the only thing i've tried to stablish is touch training. after 2 sessions she already knows that if she touches the stick she gets rewarded. then i tried to train her to step on a separate stick to touch the target stick and to get out of the cage and she does it quite well, but when its time to try with my finger she just keeps staring at it with her back feather up (meaning anything could happen, and i mean bite) and the times she bites theres blood, and i dont know what to do next...
about the food, shoud i just let her without food for a couple of hours and start training or what? cuz it seems shes a selective one in terms of her food.
well thanks in advance hope u guys can help me with this