Hi all, I currently own an almost 2 year old Crimson Rosella and I’m really struggling with taming and I’m starting to think he will never be fully tamed. I took him from my work place when he was 8 months old (someone else was going to hand rear him but my workplace left it too late and when he fledged they didn’t want him). I’ve had him a year now and I occasionally do taming exercises with him which means all he knows is what “off” means, his name and I can sometimes call him over to land on me only if I have treats.
Recently I’ve had problems with him. He no longer lets me put my hand in his cage (not touching him just keeping a distance to let him get used to it) and when I do he runs up to it and bites me. His started to show aggression towards me even attacking my foot if I’m sitting on the floor. This is completely new and he’s had no traumatic experience or change in environment. I’ve never been able to teach him to step up and now I’m not even sure how to go about training and taming him to spend more time close to me.
Have I left it too late? Can anyone tell me what to do as a first step of getting him to come closer to me and maybe step up without fleeing or biting
Recently I’ve had problems with him. He no longer lets me put my hand in his cage (not touching him just keeping a distance to let him get used to it) and when I do he runs up to it and bites me. His started to show aggression towards me even attacking my foot if I’m sitting on the floor. This is completely new and he’s had no traumatic experience or change in environment. I’ve never been able to teach him to step up and now I’m not even sure how to go about training and taming him to spend more time close to me.
Have I left it too late? Can anyone tell me what to do as a first step of getting him to come closer to me and maybe step up without fleeing or biting