Teddie Yellow Sided Greencheek Conure

This is Teddie! He is a very active little guy. He has come to stay for a few days and insists on flying down to the floor whenever I turn my back. I am extremely cautious when he is out because the most comnon injury to small birds is being stepped on!

He should be trained to stay where he is put but this is no easy task. Just picking him up to return him to the original site is reward enough for him to continue to "go to ground".

The best method to teach a bird to stay is to teach him to come on command. Once you teach the basic "come here" command, the next step is the "stay put" command. Parrots thrive on the positive reinforcement of learning a behavior. But it takes a lot of teaching time and a lot of patience. Frequent short "lessons" are the best. That, and understanding how what you do enforces every behavior, good and bad.