Tiko-Step up

[ParrotsForLife]

Is there any reason why Tiko will step up when on the floor but wont any other time? I have been trying to teach her to step up and she is afraid of perches and will bite my hand maybe not hard but I dont wanna risk it.I was using the perch today and she kept flying away and landed on the floor and she saids Now and offers her foot and I picked her up and put her back on her cage.I really want her to step up normally when told.

[Wolf]

With no more information than this, any answer is just speculation. It could easily be that she simply wants to stay out where she is for a while. If Kookooloo is enjoying herself and is not ready to go somewhere else them she won't step up either, so I let her have more time and then she is usually ready and steps right up. She may reach for your hand to say no or she may reach for it to steady herself while she steps up.

[ParrotsForLife]

With no more information than this, any answer is just speculation. It could easily be that she simply wants to stay out where she is for a while. If Kookooloo is enjoying herself and is not ready to go somewhere else them she won't step up either, so I let her have more time and then she is usually ready and steps right up. She may reach for your hand to say no or she may reach for it to steady herself while she steps up.

No its not that she never ever steps up unless shes on the floor she dosent know how to.

[ParrotsForLife]

She was on the floor just now and my 5 year old cousin picked her up and then she stepped on to me.

[ParrotsForLife]

[JessiMuse]

If she steps up from the floor, then here's my guess:

To birds, height means safety. So the further they are off the ground, the safer they feel. Tiko probably feels unsafe on the floor, and she knows she'll be higher up, once she steps up for you.

[ParrotsForLife]

If she steps up from the floor, then here's my guess:

To birds, height means safety. So the further they are off the ground, the safer they feel. Tiko probably feels unsafe on the floor, and she knows she'll be higher up, once she steps up for you.

Yeah but if shes higher than me on the bar or on something else she steps up I dont say step she offers her foot and saids Now.

[Wolf]

Since Tiko uses the word " Now" when she is ready to step up, have you tried using the same word to ask her to step up while offering her your hand or arm to step up on?

[ParrotsForLife]

Since Tiko uses the word " Now" when she is ready to step up, have you tried using the same word to ask her to step up while offering her your hand or arm to step up on?

Yes I have tried she is very gentle with my Uncle when he came to pick up my Aunt when she was leaving he was quickly giving Tiko head scratches and touching her beak.

[Pajarita]

I tell you what the reason is: ALL birds step up when they are on the floor, even the ones that don't like you and never step up! There is no trick to it at all, they all do it. As to how to make them step up when they are not on an 'unsafe' zone (the floor), you need to hold a high value item on, say, your left hand placing it on the other side of your right arm (which you would place in front of the bird's stomach without touching it). Your left hand (holding the treat) needs to be far away so the bird needs to step on your arm in order to reach it and, when it does, praise, praise, praise and give it the reward. It might not happen the first, second or even the third time but, if the value of the item is high enough, it will happen.