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- Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:59 pm
- Forum: Ringneck Stories
- Topic: Love nature..... WOWWWWW
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Love nature..... WOWWWWW
I've been working with my ring neck for a few months now. I can't really hold it but he is learning tricks. Anyway, I used to open the cage for him and he never wanted to come out, I then treined him to pull strings and I placed a string on the cage's door, so now when he pulls the door opens. Well ...
- Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:38 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Is this normal?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1444
hello mamabird80, just like bec said.... it will be a long journey... I adopted an adult pair about six months ago and progress goes slow... and by the way mine were quiet for aobut 5 months before they even started doing any noise... and they started making noises only during sunrise and sunset, la...
- Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:57 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Is it extreme bluffing??
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5438
- Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:42 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Is it extreme bluffing??
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5438
The reson why he runs up is because parrots feel safer on higher places... if u can't relax having a parrot on your hand well then you need to place him in a perch and work from there... just trying to help... It would be hard to relax and drop your guard when you have something biting you. It will...
- Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:37 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Is it extreme bluffing??
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5438
i think he is too early to be bluffing i think you remove him and give him toy encaurage him to bite. it is telling him,okay, i ve lost and heres your toy he is defenately pushing his boundry i usually solve this staring in to his eyes and say a stern NO, folowed by a little with shake of hand(if h...
- Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:00 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Is it extreme bluffing??
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5438
- Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:17 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Is it extreme bluffing??
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5438
hello....if his bitting when you are trying to get him off you hand (remember they use their beak as a third limb) the best thing to do, instead of placing him down what you want to do is make him step up. Go ahead and place a prech (pencil or longer stick works good) at his chest level and he will ...
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:37 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Need help with older bird
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1427
hello... you know, I adopted a pair just the same way yours. I used negative reinforcement to get close to them, feel more than welcome to look at a video that I poseted in my webpage. I am also doing something different... here i go... I feed my birds nothing but pellets, then when I'm going to giv...
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:33 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Hello from south Texas
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2402
Hello Felix, lots of ppl are afraid of negative reinforcement (because of the name). The video that I posted on my webpage is a clear example that negative reinforcement it's nothing bad. Lots of ppl confuse it with punishment. Let me explain negative reinforcement in simple words (or at least this ...
- Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:12 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Hello from south Texas
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2402
Hello from south Texas
Hello, I am from south Texas. I've been hooked with parrots for some time, but always interacted with hand fed tammed parrots. So I wanted a challange and adopted a pair of 3 year old ringnecks, that are totally "bronco" .... jajajaja little did I kwno... have my hands full with this pair,...