Our IRN is scared of hands

Newcastle · Post by **Newcastle** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:02 am

Some of you may have seen our posts about Mojito. He's a really sweet bird but he unfortunately is just scared of hands or most likely fingers. When you approach with your hands he becomes nervous but as long as you are firm and come quickly with your hand to "step up", you're generally good to go. That being said, much of the time he is just nervous over the hand issue and wants to bite in response.

What is the best way to deal with this? Is it possible to build trust? He is about 3 years old and we've had him for about 2 months. He gets handled a lot as well and we leave his cage open 24/7.

Bella · Post by **Bella** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:06 pm

My advice would be give him plenty of treats out of your hand then he will learn that your hand brings good things and he can trust you. thats what i did with billy

hope this helps

Razsringnecks · Post by **Razsringnecks** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:36 pm

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All the very best of luck

sparrowsbonnylass13 · Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:05 am

My baby IRN, Indy, has only been mine for about a month. He is about 8 months old and I obtained him by trading an unbroken pony for him. The deal was with a petshop owner from my town and she has about 6 others for sale.
I need advice about taming. He will step up but only outside of his cage. He makes the noises like he is practicing talking. It is so cute! I have a 6 yr old cockatiel female, Grace, in my bedroom with him and I try petting and cuddling her in front of him so maybe he realizes I`m not gonna eat him but it has not worked. I got grace when I was 6-7 and she was wild until I gained an interest in birds about a yr ago. They are agressive towards eachother.
:twisted:

bec · Post by **bec** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:50 pm

both kieron and general (my 2 blues) are scared of hands the best advice i can give is it will take time & patience
and of course lots of treats what we did with our little green one riku was watched what her favourite treats were then only feed her these from our handsthis worked really well
with general he was realy skittish when we first got him so we took to " ignoring" him alot and when he caught us looking at him i would talk to him if he was calm id move closer until he started showing the whoa your getting too close nervy look then i would stand at that point till he was comfortable & then id walk away after a while he would get closer & closer & now he will sit on the back of my chair (but only if he doesnt see me turning to look at him)
you will soon figure out what works with your bird too

sparrowsbonnylass13 · Post by **sparrowsbonnylass13** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:24 pm

Indy will already step up but not inside his cage. He is going through the bluffing stage so that stinks. I can`t pet him but he will sit on my shoulder and occasionally "clean" my hair.