The essential step up

WHY is step up of prime importance? When handling, you need to move the bird around. Out of their cage, back into their cage, onto a perch, off a perch, into a crate for a vet visit. The step up and step down form an essential part of the interaction between you. Because of our birds’ morphology it is easier for them to raise a claw and step up, so even if you want a parrot to step down onto the perch, it is easier for them if you hold your hand slightly below their foot. In fact, step off is really what you are asking.

Without a reliable step