Teaching your bird the step up command

Getting you bird to step up onto your hand is the most important command they can learn.

Here are simple steps to have a successful step up training session.


Time: set aside about 15 minutes.
Tools: You and your bird.

Find a time when you won’t be interrupted and it’s quite. You don’t want any distractions.

Extend your finger and gently nudge your bird on the bottom of it’s chest. While telling it to step up. Use a little bit deeper voice than your normal voice, birds seem to respond to commands that are in a little bit deeper tone. Not loud, you don’t want to be yelling, just toe.

If is steps up, give it praise, place it back on the perch, and repeat.

If it doesn’t, nudge a bit more and tell it again to step up. Sometimes you bird just will not feel like cooperating, if it’s not happening, try again at another time.

Note: Do not pull your finger away if the bird tries to put it’s beak on your finger. Most birds will do this before stepping up, it’s their way of making sure your finger is safe and sturdy to step up on. Pulling your finger away, makes them think it’s not safe.



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