strange behaviour

[Pajarita]

And you are on the right track but for a parent-raised, you need to win them over with treats as well as praise because they are not imprinted on humans.

[lee ireland]

Agreed, I'm using seeds for treats as he finds fruit more of a meal thing rather than a treat, he doesn't respond so well with fruit so do you have any suggestions on what I can use instead?

The seeds act as crack for my bird.. goes crazy for them and can make him act desperate and I don't like that

[Pajarita]

All parrots go crazy for seeds. Perfectly normal and no need for worry. Sources of high protein are not abundant in nature, especially in tropical and semi-tropical climates, so they are hard-wired to gorge on it when they find it and that's why it's unnatural and unhealthy for them to be free-fed high protein food (seeds, pellets, avicakes, nutriberries, nuts, etc). Instead of seeds (I assume you are using sunflower seeds?), try using a small piece of a tree-nut (notice that I say 'tree nut' which excludes peanuts which are not even nuts) like a piece of almond, walnut, pistachio, etc. Nuts are healthier than seeds except for quinoa and hemp but quinoa is way too small to use as a treat and, although hemp is a bit bigger, it's still quite small so a piece of a nut (like 1/4 almond, for example) is more practical.

[Wolf]

Almonds and pistachios are by far the favorite nuts for my birds.

[lee ireland]

To be honest it was first sunflower but now I use the smallest of seeds that I have, iv even used individual millet seeds as treat and get the same results training wise, iv started to now use flight training more and seems to be reducing the beat behaviour.. I do that using target on the clicker without the stick

The clicker is the target.. I hide it and click for step up training

[lee ireland]

Thank you both