MY BIRDS WINS R CUT BUT HE STILL FLYS HELP

[bun351]

HE IF ANY ONE CAN HELP PLZZ FEEL FREE I HAVE A 12 WEEK OLD GALLAH HE IS BEAUTIFUL BIRD I HAVE BEEN TRAINING HIM SINCE I GOT HIM ABOUT A WEEK AGO THE BREEDER I BOUGHT HIM OFF CUT THE WINGS THERE AND SAID THEY WANT GROW BACK FOR 6 TO 7 MONTHS BUT EVERY TIME A TAKE HIM OUT AND PUT HIM SOME WERE HE WILL JUMP AND LIKE FLY FOR 7 8 METERS I AM WORRIED HE WILL TAKE OFF ONE DAY ALSO WATS THE BEST WAY TO GET HIM ON UR HAND WHEN HE IS ON THE FLOOR THANKS

[vankarhi]

Can your bird fly up??? He might only be able to fly down at a distance. I still would not be taking him outside with such a light wing clip without a harness. Or even put him in another cage so he can be outside with you. With his clip it probably is a very light one....you could use it to your advantage once he knows you and knows how to step up properly and try to teach him to recall on command. Especially as he is so young and will probably see you as the "food giver and care giver".

I teach my birds to step up first by putting them on my hand then gently pushing my hand under their chest near their legs. Keep pushing and even move your hand slightly so the bird is slightly overbalanced and has to step onto your other hand. I do this a few times from one hand to the other ....... saying "step up" all the time when I put my hand under their chest (near their legs). When they do step up even if it is begrudgingly I always make a fuss and tell them how wonderful they are and what a good boy/girl they are. I do this for a short time .... many times a day.

Then I do this again when they are in their cage or on their tstand or playstand etc etc. eventually when he has learned what the command means you will be able to get him to step up from anywhere.

My pet male ekkie sometimes wont step up for me immediately ........ so I bribe him with food by saying "brekky time".........he knows that means food......so I have to go get him some food and he literally rushes down his boing or from the top of his cage........to get his food ;D

I am lucky now though because the birds I handraise are taught to step up while they are with me and being fed by me. So when they are ready to go to their homes.......they already know how to step up and how to recall too sometimes. ;D

You have only had him 1 week.......be patient.

Oh and to teach them to recall is easy for me when I am handraising as I put them on their boing/playstand and they want to be with me so they fly to me (they are flighted (unclipped) while they are learning to fly). I put them back and they fly to me again. So I put them back then put my arm out and say "come on" with my arm out off my body but in front of my body and my other hand is lightly tapping my extended arm and I am saying "come on, come on". Once they know this then they come to me when I ask (and when i don't ask ;D ) . If they come to me when I am not looking or if I have not asked them I just put my arm up and they land beautifully on it.....most times. lol

I taught my female ekkie who is now in an aviary (the mother of my baby ekkies) how to recall to me when she was over 12 months of age. But with her I clicker trained her. First you teach them to target to something. I used a knitting needle. You really also need to know what their fav treat is. With a galah that usually is a simple as a scratch or pat on the head. Then once they can target to the knitting needle I then used that to point to my arm and I would stand close and if she tried to jump to my arm I would click and give her a treat, then when she jumped to my arm I clicked and gave her a treat (with my ekkie her treats were passionfruit seeds or crunchy cornflakes or mueslie). then as she learned to jump to my arm on command I would make the jump longer so eventually she was flying to my arm. This only took a couple of days to teach Skye.

With my galah I taught her to do a couple of simple tricks many years ago (she died about 5 years ago at 15 years of age). But I had no idea about clicker training then and I taught her to lift her wings on command and to hang upside from my hand and swing and lift her wings also on command. But her reward was a few seconds of heavy head scratching....she did anything for some "lovin'" ;D

Good luck ;D

[bun351]

thank you i will start to do that today also somtimes he dosent want to come out of his cage is that becuase he is scared or dosent trust me ?

[madaussie]

GALLAH great birds but just remember they will live on love 24 7 so dont leave him for days or longer without a pat even 5 minutes twice a day if life gets you busy .
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[vankarhi]

You have only had him for such a short time and he is only a baby. He needs to have some "him" time in his cage too. Take him out often and play with him and have him on your shoulder or lap and pat/scratch him and do some step up training with him, then put him back into his cage or play stand so he can get used to playing without you or he can just have a rest/sleep. This way you can also just ask him to step up randomly too and also if he wants to fly to you he just might and you can try to teach him to recall to you. But mostly don't forget he is just a baby......he is going to live for around 50 or 60 years providing all goes well.........3 months is just a baby.

[bun351]

thank you sounds good

[bun351]

hi thanks every one Freddy seems better but he dosent want do get out of his cage he will step up but the grab the side of the cage and hang on also if i towel him he goes totally nuts

[vankarhi]

sometimes my babies grab the cage with their beak too and I am aware of this ....... so I try to be very quick and if they do grab the cage I just quickly take their beak off.....they do learn very quickly it is great to come out. Like i said before just be patient and keep working with him out of the cage and putting him either on your shoulder (I know some people don't agree with shoulder sitting.....but I have done it for ever lol but am always aware of their body language) or just sitting with him and patting him, talking to him, training him etc. In a couple of weeks you wont know your bird. ;D

[bun351]

lol sounds good thank you i will keep u updated

[lolwutburds]

Now, for starters, a towel doesn't build trust.

What you want to do is start slowly. you want him to WANT to come to you and this takes time and effort. Don't let him out of the cage just yet. You don't want to use 'flooding' techniques to MAKE him like you, because that spoils all the fun! A happy, well adjusted bird will come if you use the following technique.

Sit next to him cage, don't make full eye contact from above and don't try to touch him just yet. Go slow, jsut talk to him and feed him yummy treats through the bars (corn, millet sprays, apple and grapes are always favourites)

After he realises you are the bringer of yummy treats and your hands mean good things you can begin to open the cage and feed him with the door open. Getting to this stage may take a couple of weeks but be patient. Start feeding him with the door open, use his favourites for this time and don't give him those favourites in a bowl. You want him to know that he will get those yummy treats, but to associate them with you!

After some time, you can offer you hand for him to step up on. Keep up with the praise in a calm but happy voice and keep going with the treats!

Remember, to go slow and please refrain from towelling him if possible.