Re: Hello (I'm new)

["kevin55fish" <natsdad@...>]

--- In Freeflight@yahoogroups.com, "nix_alba" <oreillye@s...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi there
> 
> My name is Ellie and Jake is a 3 yr old male eclectus. He is clipped,
> but I am interested in teaching him some freeflight(if that makes any
> sense). 
> 
> I have taught him with a fair degree of success to come when
> called(He's gets a lessons daily). At one point, when many of his
> feathers had grown out, He would fly to me from about 6-7 feet away.
> Well, since he's been clipped again, he now only takes short hops from
> his perch, but still comes nonetheless.
> 
> I have one problem. I have trouble getting him to go back to the
> perch. If I can get him to even fly away from me, he goes way past
> this perch(it doesn't matter where I put it). I am just wondering how
> I can teach him to go back to the perch. Right now I just put him
> close enough to the perch so that he can reach it with his beak and
> step down on it. SO far this is all he will do. Any tips are greatly
> appreciated!