When trying to train any animal the "reward" is the most important part of the whole process. Now in most cases the reward is food; but the reward can also be petting or rubbing this works well with dogs and cats but not so much in birds. But in any case the reward is necessary and vital. Now with Marvin I have been using spray millet, but as I went on with his training I noticed that he really showed very little interest at all in the millet. At this point I was getting slightly frustrated and confused, thinking maybe I was pushing him to hard. And then I realized; that he just doesn’t want millet, and that I would need to try something else. Now as I mentioned earlier you don’t always have to use food as a reward, but somehow I had a feeling that Marvin wasn't going to see me petting him as such a great reward. I thought for a moment that showing him his mirror might work as he really enjoys seeing his reflection, but then I thought that it may confuse/anger him, every time I take it away and could be counterintuitive. Continuing to fiddle with my thinking cap I finally came up with a possible substitute for the millet. Check out the video and see what I came up with.
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