by Kathleen » Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:24 pm
Your bird is not aggressive toward you, right?
If it isn't aggressive, you should have no problem having it step onto your finger or your hand. Put your finger out in front of your senegal, level with its abdomen but above its feet and push your finger in gently and not too fast. They should get a little imbalanced and step onto your finger to balance out. When you do this, say something that will be your cue for your bird to step on your finger. You could say "up" or "step up" or something else. When your senegal does step up, give them lots of attention, tell your senegal it's a good bird and get excited.
To me, step up isn't a trick and not really something that deserves a treat. I think it should be, for the parrot, stepping on you is a positive experience.