Post by nasri on Jul 4, 2020 18:54:58 GMT
Hello budgies lovers,
Champ
Olive
Sunshine
one year ago, I bought 3 budgies, the breeder told me they are a female and 2 males, it turns out they all females.
I named the sunshine, champ and olive
Anyway the were about 2 months old at the time and I started to train them to step up and I had a good success in after they start to step up for millet I stopped training them and I was busy (school stuff) unfortunately I had time to work with them again as they turn about 6 months old which wasn’t that bad … well at least at the beginning. I started doing some progress it was really hard because they could fly by know and they had freefly in my room the whole day so the could fly away any time they want, and with them being three they kept distracting each other, so when I work with one of them and the other tow go crazy and fly around the one I train with would join them and fly with them, I tried to separate them during the training session but it didn’t work they would still calling each other across the rooms. I kept working with them all together and I made some progress, one of the was responding the most so I worked with him the most and now I need help
the current situation: sunshine and champ stepping up for millet pretty quick, olive is the most difficult one, my compline is the ever since I worked with them for almost 4 months, they would step up only if thy saw the millet in my hand. My goal was to make them comfortable being on me, coming to me even without food and building that strong bond as those cute vids on youtube which I have my doubt I can achieve that anymore, what making me still having hope that I got that moment couple of time, it was about one month ago and during a training session the ignored the food all at once and the start jumping on my head playing with my hair jumping on my shoulders. And that is exactly what I wanted but it was like one or tow times things and they would still come only if the saw the millet in my hand,
my taining session looks like this: I would have champ stepping up, click and reward, then wait for about 10 sec. click and reward, then I try to gently touch his belly … he doesn’t seems to like it but I still do it couple of time and of course klick and reward after every good behaviour, and then having him step off and repeat the whole thing couple of times.
if he jumped off from himself, I do nothing as a negative punishment I would wait about 10 sec. and then continue
what I thing I did wrong that I let them go out of the cage on their won so they will never let me take them out on my hand … it works only with millet wit champ but not the other two
Champ
Olive
Sunshine
