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i have a cockatiel that dose not like to be touched or picked up why2007-11-24 17:22:03Answers:

It's not natural for him to be picked up. He must be trained to do it. He also might have had a bad experience before you got him.

But he CAN be trained.

There are several websites where you can learn about positive reinforcement training. Positive reinforcement training is easily the best way to train absolutely anything.your bird, your kids, anything. Try these websites to give you a basic understanding of how it works:

http://www.wagntrain.com/OC/

http://www.birdsnways.com/

http://www.parrotparrot.com/articles/.

The basic ideas is: If you step up, you get a treat.

This is used every day of a working person's life. As in, "If you come to your job and work 8 hours, you will get a paycheck."

That is positive reinforcement. Check out those websites and perhaps Google: positive reinforcement training". You will find lots of information on this and your bird will be stepping onto your hand in no time.

My Grey does many tricks including playing basketball, flipping over a rope, putting a ring on a peg and answering questions on cue.

Believe me this is a very effective method of training.

Books:

Parrots For Dummies

Guide to Companion Parrot Behavior

This ought to get you started.

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How long have you had this bird? Birds need to get to know and trust their people before they like being picked up. Just be patient, get him very used to you, talk to him, give him treats and I'm sure he'll soon climb on your hand.

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because it was not handled a lot while it was young, and is not used to it. OR..someone may have mistreated, or traumatized it earlier. They usually have to develop trust of humans while they're very young.

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Sounds like it wasn't hand raised, and sadly, it will prolly never let you handle it but I would work with it.

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Both answers are correct. I have four cockateils and only two of them are hand trained. The other two shy away from human contact. They just get used to it or are hand fed from birth.

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Did you get him as a baby? If he was a hand-fed baby then you could have had a very friendly bird. Hand fed birds are not very friendly because they were not used to being handled by people. But there is no reason why you can't work with him and make friends with him. It will take some time, but you can do it.