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Back in the cage - only with a reward!
Hi all,
I'm discovering with my one year old Eclectus and Long Billed Corella that they are only ever really obedient or 'well behaved' when there are treats (as rerwards) involved.
The smaller items like 'step up' and 'step down' and to some degree 'stay' and 'come' work without treats but the bigger jobs (and the most relevant for us at the moment) is the return to cage. The only way our fids are going to return to their cage without them getting a bit angry is to lure them and reward them.
They both fly, so if we don't lure them they choose to fly from our hand as we enter the threshhold of the cage door. Really the only alternative is to chase and manhandle them into the cage, which as you all know is not very productive or kind - It has happened once when they absolutely had to be in the cage promptly for safety reasons.
Sometimes, although it's fairly rare, even the lure of a treat isn't enough to return them to the cage.
I thought at some stage that habbit would kick in and they would enter the cage without the need for a treat.
Is this the way it is for you?
DF
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