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scared of my hand...
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:18 am
by aces92
I had my IRN for about two weeks now and at first i had used gloves to take my IRN out of his/her cage,than a i stopped because i know my IRN is going to bite me anyway but every time i take my IRN out,it's scared of my hand,than when i put the gloves on, my IRN jumps right on my hand,and when put my IRN on my arm i take off my gloves and my IRN gets scared and climbs on my shoulder and wont come down until i out my gloves back on.what do i do? should i put a treat on my hand and wait for my IRN to eat it?My irn was never hand fed as up until to bought him/her and he/she is about 2 months old,i think i am doing pretty well since he/she stayes on my arm without a problem,but he/she is so scared of my hand.And to be honest i don't want my IRN on my shoulder until he/she is tamed

Re: scared of my hand...
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:34 pm
by purchristeekorn
Lol that's little funny because I tried the glove thing and my girl went crazy! She hated the gloves! You could start off by putting your hand right in front of him/her so they can see it and then pull it away after a few seconds then put it in front of him/her again only a little closer, then pull away and repeat until he/she is comfortable with your hand. You could also try the treat thing, that seems to work pretty well, if he/she understands that you are giving it food. Good luck

Re: scared of my hand...
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:14 pm
by aces92
okay i'll try it out

Re: scared of my hand...
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:09 am
by MariaPMC
peanut butter, its traumatizingly effective!! my irn even goes after my fingers now! XD
Re: scared of my hand...
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:49 pm
by aces92
MariaPMC wrote:peanut butter, its traumatizingly effective!! my irn even goes after my fingers now! XD
i'll try that thanks ^.^