How to tame a 5 month old Lovebird??? How do you handle it????


funsize snow bunny , Monday, 16th of August 2010 05:16:24 PM

l have had her for about, a little more than a week. l can handle her, but 
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l can not grab her.She just flies away!!! How do l handle her??? How do l 
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tame her???

Thanks!!!
 
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puff puff , Tuesday, 17th of August 2010 12:37:52 PM

ok i went through this too! i know how hard it is! they can nip  
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so either prepare for it or wear gloves. if you do get bit do NOT pull away  
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then the bird KNOWS how to get you away. try talking softly to her, offer  
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her her favorite treat by hand. GENTLY stroke her. get her used to ur hand  
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& let her know hands are GOOD! this MAY take a week or two! then comes  
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hand-taming. after she is used to ur hand gently rub ur curved 2 finger  
against her middle-lower stomach & say ''step-up'' after each try praise  
her & giver her a treat. remember to say ''step-up'' EVERY time. then once  
she understands it she will go up once you say ''step-up'' & you won't even  
have to rub!  
 
i know how HARD it is my lovebird is a little devil! It took my 6 months!  
& she is only 10 months now! it MAY take a loooooong time! It took my 26  
month old cockatiel 9 months before she did it without the rub! but to  
this day the little devil (i love her she is just bad with manners.  
besides that she is a SWEETY!) STILL bites me when i try to get her out.  
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Goober nut , Wednesday, 18th of August 2010 03:19:02 PM

ahemm they dont like to be touched; never grab a bird, if you  
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wantt contact, extend your finger to him so he will perch in it; if he  
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doesnt at the beginning he might with time and if he doesnt want to dont  
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force him  
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