I've noticed that there are birds who are flat out uneasy about the stick so I came up with my own method of stick training. I put a blanket on the floor , some toys and the stick. I take some toys out and play with the bird for a while, and periodically move the stick a little bit closer .
Making it a game I show the bird the stick and I play with it a bit, making it look like something really neat. Then I place it on the floor and let the bird grab onto it with a foot and look it over. I do this for a few sessions.
Next I roll it around on the floor again to get the bird interested, and I touch his/her feet with it all the time making it sound like the greatest thing ever. I do a lot of foot touching and if the bird grabs it I let him.
For the next few sessions I do what most of the articles say about bumping their abdomens with the stick etc etc, but I do it on the floor so it's not so threathening . Eventually we work from a play stand and the cage but this is how I start.
Nan
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