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I have looked on the internet and couldn't find any studies that showed negative reinforcements have lasting side effects if not used correctly by an experience handler and trainer nor could I find any statements, or studies that backed up your statement "it is not recommended to be used on a f...

There will always be a different in opinions on certain subjects. When you allow a parrot is to sit on your shoulder when it feels like, it will soon regard your shoulders as their "territory" and anyone invading their "territory" will often get bitten, your hand included. Please...

it's unlikely that this is bluffing. at seven weeks old it's more likely he is just feeling its way around and doesn't know his own biting power yet. while it's cute and fuzzy to have a young bird nibbling on your fingers. This behaviour needs to be discourage now. a habit learnt young is a hard hab...

close to ten months he is a blue split lace wing Indian ringneck not speaking but is chattering alot

every bird is an individual. what you have read is most likely a generalization of female behaviour. that doesn't make it true.

that's going to make it hard to read the birds body language when you can't tell if the eyes are pinned

I arrived home from work, kissed the wife. My wife had been training Alex to fly to her hand with great success. I said hello to Alex and called him out of the cage and onto the T- Perch. The wife show me Alex flying to her hand, getting a treat and then back to the T-perch. I was impressed as this ...

modified the behaviour. train the bird to ring a bell or say a phrase when it wants attention.

hello Chrisada the method I have used with great success is with a clicker. in the room with the bird in the cage and you standing on the opposite side of the room from the cage and the clicker in your hand. with a understanding of parrots body language. start with the clicker in your hand approach ...

I feel, that the training goals at the basic level, are like this. The human encourages wanted / good behaviour in their parrot by positive reward / positive reinforcement. EXAMPLE: Human wants parrot to steps up onto finger, this is wanted / good behaviour. Human gives parrot a treat for stepping u...

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cover the top back and sides of the cage just let them see out of the front
questions
where have you positioned the cage?
how do they behave when you approach the cage?

neither would I
Rather modify the behaviour with positive rewards or negative rewards. covering up the bird will not work because it's teaching the bird to hate you and it's cage.

some interesting reading about clickers Clicker training is a method for training animals that uses positive reinforcement in conjunction with a clicker, or small mechanical noisemaker, to mark the behavior being reinforced. The clicker is used during the acquisition phase of training a new behavior...

example can be. You are training the bird to come to you using the bird's favorites treats and a clicker. you do not hold the treat out to the bird any longer than 15 seconds. If the bird fails to come you, withdraw the treat from the birds view and don't click the clicker. The bird then thinks &quo...

I never mentioned anything about punishment. these are methods used by Dr Rob Marshall avian vet the book is the guide to Eclectus parrots

One day your pleasant and happy bird becomes a evil little demon who tries to bite your fingers off, This is bluffing. Bluffing is cause by hormonal changes within the bird. Bird adolescence would probability a better terminology. This stage can lasts for a couple of days, weeks or months. the stage...

Hello the goal is to modify the birds behaviour by training the bird to whistle or say a phrase to get your attention. also be careful, if you keep running to a screaming bird, the bird will realise that by screaming you come running. the bird is now training you to come when it screams. Yes birds a...

I'm totally against wing clipping I had a Male eclectus who was a pleasant and happy chap who became the devil bird after we had his wings clipped. later a breeder explained it to me like this, a bird relies on their wings to get around and to get away from danger. to limit or remove this ability is...

Hello all Over the years I have had a bower bird, tawny frogmouth owl, galah, cockatoo and a large number of rainbow lorikeets and magpies. These were all rescued, revived and released back into the wild. Then I decided to get a companion bird. The first one was a male eclectus than a female eclectu...

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