He's Still Scared of Me

[busere]

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Have you tried to use dowel rods as extensions of your hand to handle him? I'll take some pictures of me doing this with Piper tonight so you can see how it works.

 

Rodney

[danmcq]

Yes, dowels or spare perches work well. I had to do this with a wild Peach Front Conure I got a year ago.

 

Slowly moved my hand closer up the Dowel each time I picked him up and then eventually got him to step up onto my finger, with just a few really good bites from him :-).

 

Thanks for starting this Blog!!!

[Meshewa]

Thanks for the tips! I've been rather busy lately so I haven't had a chance to get on here. I have a spare perch I'll start to use.