Hi all Quakers is about 4 or 5 months now. The problem is in the morning at about the same time everyday when he is still covered he starts skwartking and the only way to keep him quiet is to fetch him and put him in a small cage on the floor next to the bed. then he stay quiet. what is going on and how do I stop this behaviour?

Also, he still does not "step up" I have been patiently trying to teach him but nothing?

also he still jumps off my shoulder?

any advice

you could try a darker cage cover to keep out some of the morning light. or use the smaller cage as a sleepy cage every night, and put that one in a room that gets less sunlight in the morning. unless i sleep in (like 8 am lol) our birds normally remain pretty quiet until they are "woken up" even tho they are awake before that. squawking in the morning and at dusk is perfectly normal. i can understand how it might get old real quick tho if you are a late riser.

as far as step ups, you could take your bird away from his cage and work on it. keep the sessions short as they have short attention spans. offer up massive amounts of praise and even a small treat when he complies. keep the command the same every time while in training phase so he doesn't get confused.

as far as jumping off your shoulder, these guys thrive on interaction (normally) so if he does something that is inappropriate such as that, you could put him on his stand or cage for a sort of time out. they understand a lot more than we realize, so definitely explain why he's going in time out. don't get too wordy about it tho.

hope this helps a little.

kris

Where does he sleep , is the room dark. try blinds they make the room darker.

he sleeps in the lounge, I will try a darker cover to cover him with. thank you all.

My quaker who is 7weeks does the same, i just simply shout down where are you.we repeat this a few times and then he seems to settle and i get maybe another hour!!
you could try this too
putting him in a cage next to you is like letting ur child get in ur bed,they will just get accustomed to it and then u have a real problem stopping them do this!!
I would shout back to him so he knows u r there and if that fails try ignore for a short while and once hes been quiet for even 1 minute go praise him!! he will soon learn that mommy and daddy like the quiet birdie and may stop then!

I would be cautious putting them on their cage for timeout... I would just think that these smart lil boogers could pick up quickly that if they are in a bad mood to act out and then they will know the punishment is getting back to the cage... (which is where they possibly wanted to be in the first place before w took them out) Just woudlnt want to reinforce undesirable behaviour .... Just food for thought...

Instead.. I know for us what works is giving distractions for unacceptable behaviour and rewarding like crazy loonies good behaviour... our fid has picked this technique up realllllllly quick;y