Training If you find it convenient to tie the skates together to make them move in unison while still being able to stroke the bird, do so. Soon you will find the bird enjoying its jaunts. After a few sessions of this, you can increase the speed. Then try not to hold either the skates or the bird for a few seconds at a time. Make a noise that denotes thrill like "yipeeeeee", as you move the bird and skates along.

Before long, the bird would have lost all fear of the skates and will begin to enjoy the thrill of skating. This will probably take a couple of months. You can now untie the skates. And after the bird is comfortably perched on them you can move the skates, one at a time rhythmically. And as you move them keep repeating "one, two, three yipeeeeee". Keep these sessions going till the bird has moved up and down the length of the table a couple of times. Use your judgment when to hold the bird and when not to.

After several months of this, your pet may be able to skate on Training Training its own. It will pick up the "one, two, three yipeeeeee" and move along. Initially, it may have difficulty moving distances as the skates may run into each other and become twisted. You can undo the entanglement encouraging the bird to "straighten up". Eventually, the bird will learn to straighten up on its own. But this could take several months.

Use your judgment as to when you should encourage the bird with mere words of praise and when to reward it with a treat. You can buy bird skates at some of the bigger pet shops. Normally the skates come with their own instruction set. But as we have mentioned earlier, the nuances of method will depend on you and your bird.

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