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Congratulations Tiko

Postby ParrotsForLife » Sat Apr 30, 2016 10:59 am

I let Tiko out of her cage and she came out and I put my hand behind her legs and said step up and she offered her leg and then the other and jumped right on, So proud of her I knew she could do it.Now I can get her to step up all the time now without any fear.Im gonna do step up training with her everyday and then let her make the next move if she wants to be touched or not.
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Re: Congratulations Tiko

Postby Chantilly » Sat Apr 30, 2016 6:35 pm

Nice work Brandon and congratsio :thumbsup:
I dont know about Tiko but I find that it scares my birds if I put my hand from the behind for stepping up where they cant see it.
And anthough she be little, she is fierce ~Shakespeare
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Re: Congratulations Tiko

Postby Wolf » Sat Apr 30, 2016 7:42 pm

I have noticed that their are a few birds that prefer to step up backwards. I have not heard of very many bird like this but I do know that there are some.
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Re: Congratulations Tiko

Postby Chantilly » Sat Apr 30, 2016 8:06 pm

It is certainly strange for them to take a liking to go backwards rather than fowards (no offence to Tiko!!)! It seems so much more natural to me for them to go forwards.
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Re: Congratulations Tiko

Postby seagoatdeb » Sat Apr 30, 2016 8:24 pm

Great progress Brandon!
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Re: Congratulations Tiko

Postby ParrotsForLife » Sat Apr 30, 2016 8:39 pm

Chantilly wrote:Nice work Brandon and congratsio :thumbsup:
I dont know about Tiko but I find that it scares my birds if I put my hand from the behind for stepping up where they cant see it.

Its because Tiko has always stepped up from the back since she was a baby.
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Re: Congratulations Tiko

Postby ParrotsForLife » Sat Apr 30, 2016 8:40 pm

Chantilly wrote:It is certainly strange for them to take a liking to go backwards rather than fowards (no offence to Tiko!!)! It seems so much more natural to me for them to go forwards.

It depends on how they were thought to step up.
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Re: Congratulations Tiko

Postby ParrotsForLife » Sat Apr 30, 2016 8:41 pm

seagoatdeb wrote:Great progress Brandon!

Im so happy with her, My mam tried a few times but Tiko wouldn't step up for her lol she was just running away.
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Re: Congratulations Tiko

Postby Lwalker » Sun May 01, 2016 9:47 am

One of my cockateils was more comfortable stepping up backwards. I still put my finger in front of him though. He would scoot to get in front of my finger and then do a kind if sideways and backward step up. He was a rescue/rehome so I don't know how or why he picked it up. The good thing was you really knew he wanted to step up because he had to run in front to do it.
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Re: Congratulations Tiko

Postby ParrotsForLife » Sun May 01, 2016 11:05 am

She is stepping up whenever I ask today but has bitten a few times while on my arm but not hard kinda like what Santina was first like with Michael.
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