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Parrot Training is the first thing you need to do if you have a bird who seems out of control.Everybody loves a pretty parrot but if you’re bird is not properly trained it can easily become a nightmare for you and the whole family.

That’s why you must train your parrot. Let’s talk about your bird and why he’s crazy, or why you think he may be. Lets also examine what birds think about and what to do if you have a fearful bird.

My Parrot and me

Parrot training is simply the process of getting to know your bird and developing a relationship whereby your bird knows who’s the boss. Maintaining dominance over your bird is very important if you want to gain the trust and love you want from him.

All animals will take the dominant position if you let them so you can’t yield to your bird. You are the “head” flock member so you have to act like it. If you back down to a bird that lunges at you then you are yielding ground.

And, your training him TO lunge at you. Youre backing off and hes getting the response from you that he wants. All this does is re-enforce a negative behavior. Don’t do it pal.

When to Parrot Train

If at all possible, train your bird when he is a baby, don’t wait. This will make it easy to have a well rounded pet who doesn’t scream, bite and isn’t afraid of you or other people. Everybody loves a well behaved bird and by training him you will be able to enjoy him more and he will love you for it. Young birds are easier to train but you really can train a bird of any age as long as you have the fortitude.

Although young birds are easier to train you have to watch out and not allow them to develop a biting mentality. As young birds are weaned and discover the power of their beaks they will start nipping and biting down. Don’t allow it to become habit forming and don’t encourage this type of biting.

Parrot Psychology

Understanding how your bird thinks will help you in understanding why they do what they do. For instance, the reason parrots tend to get very loud at times is because it’s simply their method of talking to us.

Birds will also make a lot of noise if there basic needs are not met, this means water, food and of course a nice big cage. To help the process of training you need to make sure these essentials are in place, and that your bird is happy. Your bird will scream, shout and act up if he’s hungry, thirsty or afraid.

Parrot Training Procedure

All training is done through some form of repetition. This is the best way to get started. Before you get into advanced training you must have a bird that is not afraid of you. So spend time with him, sit by his cage and talk to him. You want a relaxed bird who’s not afraid or easily spooked.

If your bird is afraid of you then you have some work to do. First, approach him slowly and calmly. If he starts to show he’s afraid you need to stop. Simply stand still and don’t move, then back off. It’s important to let animals know their not going to be hurt. Believe it or not, this is training and it’s the first step. Repeat this first step over and over again and you will make progress.

In time you will get closer and eventually open up the cage. After that you will be ready for the next steip; the up and down command. Later you will move into more advanced training. Just take things slow. You have to start somewhere so the sooner you start the sooner your bird will take to you.

Train Your Bird Now

It’s not the end of the world if you think you have a bird that’s crazy. You can train any parrot or any bird, you just have to have a little patience. Just remember that birds are naturally loud because thats how they relate to each other.

But any bird who is scared will attempt to lunge and bite. Remembers why we parrot train, we do it to take control and stay dominant. It’s the only way to control bad bird behavior.

Training your bird allows you to acheive.

• Trust
• Dominance
• Obedience
• Affection

Parrots think like birds, that’s because they are birds, so it’s important that you realize this and work to gain the dominant position in the relationship. You have to gain your parrots trust first before you get his affection.

Learn how to train parrots by playing training games, and rewarding them with a treat and learn more parrot training tips in this free pet care video. Expert: Elizabeth Cantu Bio: Elizabeth Cantu has owned and been working with parrots since 1994. She has been active in captive parrot rescue and rehabilitation. Filmmaker: julio costilla

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Question by Ice Sk8ter: What are the best Parrot Training Videos?
We are willing to pay. We have a 6 year old African Grey Parrot we adopted from and abusive family, and it has MAJOR biting problems. It’s just down right obnoxious. We already looked at Nathalie Roberts training videos so please don’t say those. We want her to stop biting, learn new words, and maybe even learn a few tricks. If you could tell me the best videos that would be great!

Best answer:

Answer by Emma

You tube, has SO MANY!!! Good luck!

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Train your Parrot

No environmental examination when you train your parrot, can be complete without an evaluation of accessories-chewing, ringing, holding, climbing, swinging, preening, and “bopping” toys. The easiest, least expensive, and most accessible of these are tree branches with bark. Branches with bark help keep beak and toenails appropriately worn and help prevent foot problems and numerous behavioral problems. I like ailanthus or sumac branches. Loro Parque in the Canary Islands provides fresh pine branches weekly. I think most taller trees are probably safe. I consider all shrubs, fruit trees, and trees that might have been sprayed with chemicals to be potentially toxic. Clean and examine branches for bugs.

Every bird should have several choices of commonly favored bird activities when you train your parrot, such as ringing a bell, preening a fuzzy pseudo-friend, climbing both fixed and swinging objects, and “bopping” a fleeting, shiny reflection. Sometimes a particular toy will hang in the cage for quite some time before the bird learns how to play with it. Sometimes a toy will be ignored for long periods only to be discovered as a favorite buddy. A well rounded hookbill should probably have at least a half dozen toys, some of which are routinely withheld and returned to reinforce good behavior or distract from anticipated bad behavior.

Many active, well-behaved, kind-to-humans parrots have daily play rituals that involve “beating up” or otherwise physically dominating a toy. Just because a bird abuses a toy doesn’t mean that it will abuse humans. In fact, like frequent drenching showers, abuse of toys releases energy that might otherwise emerge as aggression against humans.

Train Your Parrot: Access to Appropriate Choices

A happy hookbill needs many opportunities for good behavior and few opportunities for bad behavior. For example, a bird sitting on the shoulder has several choices of things to do-chew on buttons, moles, jewelry, eyeglasses, or ear-lobes; make holes in fabric or preen hair. For various reasons, none of these choices is perceived by humans as appropriate behavior.

For better or worse, human responses usually-often unintentionally-reinforce a bird’s behavior. If the bird has little or no opportunity for inappropriate behavior, the human interaction will usually be reinforcing acceptable behavior. In a poorly planned environment a bird owner can wind up yelling “No” all the time. This can be quite amusing to a bird who loves any attention or damaging to a bird with low self-confidence.

A bird with several exciting things to do will not need to chew on treasured furniture. In a well-planned environment, the bird has no unsupervised access to inappropriate choices. Ideally, access to that tasty-looking basket collection is restricted with physical barriers, psychological barriers, and/or wing feather trims.

People are, undoubtedly, the most influential part of the companion parrot’s environment as they stimulate, provoke, and reinforce the bird’s behavior, as well as provide for the physical elements of the environment. The ability to modify a companion bird’s behavior is largely dependent upon the willingness of humans to modify their own behavior or to accommodate environmental changes required to stimulate better behavior in the bird.

Humans often constitute the only “flock” after which the bird can pattern its behavior. Under the modeling of an angry-or even a passively angry-owner, a bird can easily learn violent behavior. If humans in the environment taunt or ignore the bird, if they taunt or ignore each other, a companion parrot can easily develop undesirable or antisocial behaviors. It is not unusual for owners of a good talking type of bird that is not talking to admit that humans do not talk to each other in their home.

Training A Parrot: Long-term Adjustment

We don’t always get along with every life companion all the time; and there will be times when “parrot stew” sounds very tempting. New behaviors will develop from time to time, and no bird is going to behave perfectly all the time. I believe, however, that ongoing evaluation and manipulation of the environment is just as important as training for an easy-to-live-with, longtime companion parrot.

Yahoo Answers:

Question by Seth Nunyabiz: why is my parrot cichlid hanging out by the heater all the time.?
I have two parrot cihchlids. one hangs out by the heater all the time. the other seems fine, he just chills out in the cave.the temp is about 74 F. but the one just like stares at the heater and it looks like it is kissing it.what is it doing?
these fish do not fight and are showing signs of spawning.

Best answer:

Answer by Noggles
you probably got a pair of males and the one that hangs at the top is the one that lost the turf war at night.. take it back to fish store and get another.. the one in the cave will slowly beat the other one till its dead.

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