I tend to take in parrots from horrible places.
I got a 5 month old green cheek conure and tamed and trained her. Then I got another one, being sold because the owner was terrified of him. He no longer bites and gives the best kisses, but he REFUSES to step up. He lets me grab him and I can put him on my finger, but he will not step up; he gives me 3 warnings before he bites hard.
Then I rescued a Quaker and moustache parakeet who were being kept in an unheated shed and the temp was going down to -40C, so I told the woman to let me have them or I was calling animal welfare and the police. So at 11pm on New Year’s Eve,I brought them home.
The moustache steps up, gives great kisses, but resists other training. The Quaker, like my male GCC, refuses to step up but will fly to me but will try to take chunks out of my neck.
I have made it a condition to try to step up to get their daily nutriberry or their nightly millet.
They absolutely refuse.
And my female GCC still refuses as well, so it’s just my moustache, and until 2 days ago, my parrotlet would step up. My parrotlet was killed by my sister’s dog after he got out of a food port I had not closed properly. I was in the shower when it happened. My dog and cat are still upset about it.
Back to stepping up... I have tried perches, my arm, finger, bribes, but no luck. I can’t teach them anything until they step up.
And I have separated my hormonal GCCs.
I have tried everything in the book, but no luck.
I want to get them to the point where I can leave them out all day. Right now, just my cutie pie moustache Charlie comes out.