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This is definitely my hardest project bird in a while. I've tried safflower seeds, sunflower seeds, walnuts, pine nuts, almonds, cashews... this time I give sweet potato a try and it doesn't seem to make a difference either! But then I finally find something that seems to peek her interest. 

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Struggling to Motivate an Ekkie.m4v

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Barbara Stone

Maybe she was a parakeet in her last lifetime?

Paulette Melick

I laughed all the way through this video, it just reminds me of those wonderful days I had my eclectus pair. I always have said my female was my dinosaur, even my tortoise moved faster than she did except when she struck, then watch out. But with my girl I found it was relationship, relationship, relationship. I didn't really try to train her to do a lot of things because she always stepped up readily. But it is a real joy to watch you train her!

Svetla Konstantinova

You can try training her with her seasonal-feeding meals. Make her work for her breakfast/dinner, using a spoon to deliver the reinforcer.

Melissa Ritter

Lol you have the patience of a saint!

Holden Kendrick

Fennel acts like an apathetic teenager. She was practically rolling her little bird eyes about the training. Great job on patience and persistence with her!

Lara

I can identify with this. Cuckoo sometimes gets super motivated by pomegranate seeds, those are actually the only treat she trains for lol

Wendy Cottingham

Do you think maybe because she is so young she hasn't been introduced to any treats so she doesn't recognize them. I know so many breeders will give millet first thing. I had to introduce my Ringneck to treats so he would take a variety of treats. He only knew what millet was when I first brought him home.

Abner Arias

It is hilarious to see Jamie wait through fennels brutally long eating