Progress Report

[Joolesgreyuk]

I had a long chat with Caroline last night about Argyle's problems and I reached the conclusion that I've been trying too hard with Argyle, making things more complicated than they are. Caroline suggested moving him into this adjoining room (seperated by an archway) next to where I sit and interact with him to get him to trust me and my hands. This morning I did just that and there has been an immediate improvement, I can't believe how moving him into this room could have such a positive affect on his mood! I realise that he might just be having a good day and tomorrow may be different but I'm so happy. As soon as I moved him he came over to this side of his cage, allowed me to stroke his little feet (I think he would've allowed me to stroke his head but I couldn't reach lol) took pine nuts from me and is now closing his eyes making contented noises.

I gave up the clicker training, it didn't help when Jordan found it and started clicking it :evil: talk about confusing the birds! So for now I'm going to continue getting Argyle to trust me before moving on to the next stage and opening his door.Only downside is that Beau is on his own now because there is no way I can get another cage in here.

[luvparrots]

Congrats Julie on the apparent good progress with Argyle's. Looking forward to hearing more good news.

[Xtreme575]

Way to go Julie, I kind of gave up on the clicker too. I`ve found that consistently saying ``Good`` has been more effective.

[Joolesgreyuk]

Thanks Janet and Xtreme, I thought it might have been a fluke yesterday because Argyle does have the odd good day but no he has continued to take food from me without lunging. I'm going to continue doing this until I feel we should take the next step. Stay tuned for further reports :laugh: