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African Grey Taking A Treat But Not Stepping Up

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African Grey Taking A Treat But Not Stepping Up

Postby rashwin07 » Fri Jul 10, 2015 6:41 pm

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Hi There, Im Rashwin. I own an African Grey Parrot for about 2 Years now. He is actually close and tame to my sister but he does take treats such as sunflower seeds from my hands. My sister would be able to preen him around the neck and give him a scratch under his wings and the minute she reaches home. He screams her name out and he gets excited with her presence only and im very upset about this because my dream was to have an african grey parrot and when i got it. He chose my sister to be his owner and as you said it is something related to one person parrot aggression but he is fine with my presence near his cage and he takes treats from my hand as i told you but why is he not stepping up on my hands and i have trained him to target but if he is on a branch in his cage he would not get down from it, which means i can only target him on that branch he is on. my concern is now how can i get him to target anywhere around the cage and from there i think i would make him to step up and i hope you can assist me on this matter. Thank you
rashwin07
Parakeet
 
Gender: This parrot forum member is male
Posts: 3
Number of Birds Owned: 1
Types of Birds Owned: Congo African Grey Parrot
Flight: No

Re: African Grey Taking A Treat But Not Stepping Up

Postby Wolf » Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:39 pm

It would be helpful if you could post some pictures of his cag that shows the location of the perches in the cage from more than one angle so I can get an idea of their spacing as that may contribute to this issue. I will be happy to make suggestions to help.
Wolf
Macaw
 
Gender: This parrot forum member is male
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Location: Lansing, NC
Number of Birds Owned: 6
Types of Birds Owned: Senegal
African Grey (CAG)
Yellow Naped Amazon
2Celestial Parrotlet
Budgie
Flight: Yes

Re: African Grey Taking A Treat But Not Stepping Up

Postby rashwin07 » Thu Jul 16, 2015 3:06 am

I cant upload a picture. It says maximum allowed size is 1MiB . Is there another way to upload the picture or other ways
rashwin07
Parakeet
 
Gender: This parrot forum member is male
Posts: 3
Number of Birds Owned: 1
Types of Birds Owned: Congo African Grey Parrot
Flight: No

Re: African Grey Taking A Treat But Not Stepping Up

Postby Wolf » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:26 am

If you can't post a picture here you can e mail it to me Wolf5459@ outlook.com and I will post it for you.
Wolf
Macaw
 
Gender: This parrot forum member is male
Posts: 8679
Location: Lansing, NC
Number of Birds Owned: 6
Types of Birds Owned: Senegal
African Grey (CAG)
Yellow Naped Amazon
2Celestial Parrotlet
Budgie
Flight: Yes


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