by Wolf » Wed Jun 15, 2016 12:00 pm
Do you have a smaller cage, such as you would use to transport them in? Do you have something like a play area that is separate from their cage?
If you have these items, then, my first suggestion would be to leave their regular cage stationary and use the smaller cage for taking them outside or to other rooms. I am not going to say that this will solve your problem, because by itself it will not, but parrots can be very funny when it comes to their nesting area. Their normal cage will be viewed by them as their nesting area. To them it is not supposed to keep changing location. They do derive some sense of security from certain things being the way that they expect them to be and they really do not like change, which is one of the reasons that routines and schedules work so well with them.
I think that I would try to take Toby to the other room if both of them will accept this degree of separation, while you work with Miley. If they will not accept this then just move Toby across the room in the smaller cage, but still within sight of each other.
If they accept the separation, then come right back and try to spend about 10 minutes with Miley just talking and singing with him and offering him a treat through the bars of the cage, no more than three treats during this session. Don't forget to give him lots of encouragement and praise during these sessions using his name. Names are very important to your parrots. The thing that you want to watch for is for Miley to start coming towards you before you get to the cage, in anticipation of your session and then further that he remains with you on his perch while he eats his treat. Once you observe these behaviors with Miley for at least two or three sessions then you can move to the main door of his cage. In this step you proceed in the same manner of talking, singing and giving Miley lots of praise, but under no circumstances should you reach into the cage during these sessions. The idea is to create enough trust in Miley that he wants to come to and spend time with you, so it is important that you only offer his treats at the entrance to the cage, he needs to come to you and then when he does and is calmly taking and eating his treat at the entrance, you start using your second hand to hold his treat so that he has to either step up onto your hand to take the treat or stretch to reach it. It may take a few sessions, but he will step up when he is ready. Then again he should also remain on your hand while he eats his treats. These are all small things to us but they are major steps in trust for the bird.
When you reach the point of moving to the cage entrance you may wish to begin target training Miley in his cage, but also in a separate session. The sessions that I just described should not exceed 10 minutes or occur more than twice a day and when I was done working with Miley than I would spend equal time working and playing with Toby. These sessions should be used in addition to spending time with both of them together.
I hope that you find these suggestion helpful.