#looping ask

[ace-sher-bi-john]

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[flock-talk]

I am teaching looping to my little bean. She has just started to get the hang and will goes all the way around on the perch. I made the training stand and is the same one you have for Mia and Zeeby. My question is, when she gets about 3/4 way around on the perch to go come up again on top of the perch. it seems to be a bit of a struggle. Could this be because she may be a little out of shape?

There could be a few factors that affect their ability to pull themselves back up the perch, being unfit is definitely one but typically with an average amount of play their legs would be strong enough to easily pull themselves back up.  Perch size and grip can play a factor, if perches are too big or too small it can make pulling themselves up a little bit difficult but an easy way to compensate is to add some grip to the perch either some vet wrap or string could help out quite a bit if you don’t have anything on there at the moment.  Her particular feet would definitely be an important thing to look at, if she was born with splayed legs, has birth defects, or her feet are otherwise not lined up as they usually would be it may take a bit of extra training to get her comfortable moving in this manner while she establishes a way that works best for her.  The last part of it is going to be momentum, when training they’ll often stop of slow down once they reach the bottom of the perch which them makes pulling themselves back up a little bit harder.  Continuous training will help resolve that problem as they’ll catch on to the concept and learn that moving in one fluid movement is a lot easier than slowing down part way.

Overall if she is able to pull herself up on to the other side it’s usually just a matter of time, the more she learns and the stronger she gets the easier the trick becomes but if she is struggling significantly then a different perch or additional grip may be worth considering (grip is usually more at fault than perch size).