taming methods

Timor Sparrow of captured wild birds are sold usually. They are originally nervous, but become more nervous.
However, they whom I got naturalizared in my hand in several months. There is tradition entertainment to let trained Varied Tit do of performance in Japan. I let them naturalizar in the basis with it.
The stress that birds receive decreases because birds naturalizar to human. More we are easy to come to notice their unusualness because they approach us.
I introduce my method.

Letting environment naturalizar

I try with letting environment naturalizar with them as soon as possible. I let them understand it to be the place where breeding box or cage is reliable. The peaceful and light place... And the place that can see our figure moderately. I arrange them in such most suitable place. And I keep minimum 1 Week them rest. (if you do not have other birds tame with the hand, time will be demanded more)
Meanwhile, I take care of them regularly every day. I clean it and give bait in everyday the same time. If you have other birds tame with the hand, you show the figure to them. If they calmed down, I show me and birds already tame with my hand to them.
Please do not put hand in their breeding box than need. Let you do regular management, and them feel relieved. If there is this environment, you can train them more. Your bird will be tame with your hand even if you do not do hand feeding.


Real training
I start training after birds naturalizared in environment fully. I use the feed which bird likes most. (I use canary seed mainly.) We take out feed from breeding box in training of Japanese traditional Japanese Tit from the night of the day before. However, I do it at the early morning of the day.
I pick up one canary seed on my finger. I put the finger in breeding box a little. Birds are cautious. I put finger in breeding box for a while and do it. I lose the feed on floor of breeding box if I passed for around 5 minutes. If they ate feed dropped by the floor, I give usual feed. If they are not going to eat it more than 30 minutes, please begin training of their confirming it in the floor. I increase time picking up the feed on my finger little by little. They will eat the feed from my finger around 1 month later. (Time is needed by character of the bird and environment more.) If they ate the feed from my finger, I put my finger in the depths little by little. I put my palm finally. Because I got their trust, I move it when they get on my hand. I do action to put out the hands from breeding box by a few if I got trust more. Even if they are from breeding box several months later, I stay in my hand.
Please do not chase birds during training. Please do not force that they come back to breeding box. It is purpose that remove their fear for a human. And I do the inside of breeding box with their territory. I let you understand breeding box to be the place feeling relieved even if they are no matter how much afraid. When there are they in breeding box, I can never surprise them. If they recognized it, they come back to breeding box voluntarily. I keep company at them so long as they do not come back voluntarily.
This method is effective for the bird whom is not done hand feeding.

Attention in training

Please clear away the dangerous thing in room during training by all means. Please confirm it whether window and door close by all means. Because I do not cause unexpected accident, please keep these.
Please train them every day in the same time. If training time is not the same, the result is not so good.
If birds are young, the result is good.
Training time is maximum three hours. Much long training time gives stress to them.
There are birds to refuse training by no means. Their nature and character are causes it. Please do not force training on them who refuse it.


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