Polarn wrote:about the touching and zons... it isn't too uncommon that they never get to like touching, their not (like most birds) not cuddly animals, and amazons tend to be even less so... but ofcourse there is the odd one that figures out pretty quick that headscratches n stuff are really nice, others take time to develop a "cuddly" behavior through training. and other well they will never really like it. But as far as the targettraining... you could hang the targetstick inside the cage (providing the cage is big enough for the bird not having to live in fear) until you have seen it knock it a few times, or hang it outside the cage near a playstand or whatever and see if they go check it out. once they have checked it out they should no longer be scared.
Hanging it somewhere outside the cage so that it already is there when he/she arrives at that location would be the best option out of these scenarios, and I would never (unless you have a cage big as a kingsize bed) just hand the stick in the cage straight away, but I would start further away and move closer with it day by day.
Oh, okay, thank you!
I understand that they may not like being petted or cuddled, but will they eventually stand on my hand?
Turns out they're both not DYHA... One is a DYHA, the other is a BFA. I was so excited when I saw them that I didn't really pay attention to what my dad was saying, LOL. I just assumed they were different colors, similar to how dogs of the same breed can be different colors.
The DYHA is a female, and the BFA is a male. I know that just because they're both opposite genders it doesn't necessarily mean that they'll have babies, but is it POSSIBLE for them to have babies even though they're different breeds? :S
I was also wondering if I should I keep them in separate cages, but in the same room, or separate cages and different rooms. They're currently in the same cage, and they seem to get along most of the time, but occasionally they'll fight. I'm mostly worried about scaring the DYHA when I try to train the BFA. She gets really spooked when I feed the BFA and doesn't like me being close to the cage. Would it be best to separate them, and work with them separately? Or should I keep them together?