Hey everyone, the best info that i've had was by following the Parrot Ploy Plan (i found it on google) - I found it the most incredible treatment i've seen.
I hope that you continue your videos. They are super informative,but in a personal/down to earth kind of way. (If that makes sense) Thank you for caring enough to make them.
I\'m not sure but ,if anyone else is searching for how to teach a parrot to talk try Dalz Parrot Tips Discovery (just google it ) ? Ive heard some decent things about it and my colleague got great success with it.
As a kid we free flew flocks of 40 or so rolling pigeons. I only seen one or two pigeons get taking. They roll with clapping which was and still is beautiful. Imagine a flock of 40 beautiful birds rolling down from the sky then catching themselves. Then they also respond to specific whistles. They always flew hungry so they always came home with the feeding whistle.
You guys are just the best so natural on camera that it is an absolute pleasure to watch your videos. There are no awkward moments just real moments. And they are heartwarming, funny, and educational. I just found you so I am playing catch up! Loving it. Beautiful birds. Tod
Hi, i love your videos. I am training my english at the same time as i am french. Thank you for all the time you give To us. I just have lost my toui Catherine. She was 9 years old. I hope To have a Jardine in few months. Best regards.
Always love to see you guys power on through bloopers or bird "interruptions" - it's far more like real-life and avoids giving a perfect but false point of view. I think your approach is the hallmark of true professionalism.
You two inspire me so much! I've learned so much from watching your videos. I've successfully target/touch trained my cage bound cockatoo (that hated everybody) while inside the cage. It took months before he would even come out (I've had him less than a year). Now I can target him outside onto a perch and back inside or wherever I want him to go! He gets really excited when he sees the target stick and is rarin' to go. We are still working on step ups onto me but I'm sure we will be successful. We are taking our time and I won't push him. I can't wait for the day he let's me scratch his head. Cockatoo's are SUPPOSED to get head scratches :) My rescue cockatoo and I thank you! Hugs and Coo's
Hi Guys, I see on RUclips how one gentleman is saying a way to stop birds from screaming is to set up a strobe light (not aimed at the cage but in the same area) and when the bird screams you activate the strobe for a few seconds with a remote control so you can do it even when not in the room. He purports this works with 99% of birds. I wonder what your thoughts are on this matter? He says it just re-sets the birds brain to think of something else for a second. This being a kin to the Dog Whisperer using his foot to nudge the barking dog to break his attention cycle on what is causing them to bark. Sounds okay but you guys are the experts please tell me what is the right thing to do. Thanks!
Not an expert just a thought I had to this practice. You could be teaching the bird that if they scream they get to see the strobe which if they like it might actually teach the bird to scream. Also if you’re not home all the time you can’t use the strobe light remote and then what do you?
Jamieleigh and Dave, I cannot begin to thank you both for all your hard work, advice and tutorials. You've helped me tremendously with my galah, Banjo. I moved from the US to Australia 7 years ago and I've always loved birds, and when I first saw a flock of galahs flying the only way that galahs can (which is crazily!) I was instantly head over heels with them. About 2 years ago I found your videos and blogs and watched and read everything I could that you had on training to better prepare myself for owning a bird. About six months after that I came across one of many local ads of someone selling a galah for $30. So we got a nice big cage and had it set up and ready and picked up Banjo. He was absolutely terrified of people and hands in particular. The girl I bought him from said that she knew she didn't have the time to put into him and he needed a better home. Because of your clicker training videos I got him to step up within 3 weeks! And off the total seed diet that he had been on and on to a much more well balanced diet. Now he dances with me in the shower and he says all sorts of things like "G'day, mate!" (my hubby taught him that one) "Banjo's a good boy, SUUUUCH a good boy!" "Joshua what are you doing?" (Josh is my son, and that's a common question in our house!) and several other things. He's also very good at waving, spinning, nodding his head yes to questions, retrieving smalls toys that I've rolled across the floor, doing the big stick 'em up, and rolling over on the carpet (though sometimes he likes to hold onto my finger before he'll roll). Several things you said in this week's video rang true for me. In particular about the free flight training. We do fly Banjo inside the house, and he does it very well. He's recently started navigating doorways and turns from room to room. I feel it's a big accomplishment since when we got him his little muscles were so atrophied that he couldn't get himself two feet off the floor. He did seem to teach himself ascending and descending though, and he does it quite effortlessly. Sometimes flying in circles in the family room he'll dip and dive and fly back up again, calling out in what I assume is just from the sheer joy of flying. I'd love to free fly him outdoors one day. My biggest concern is that he'll fly off after the flocks of native galahs that fly over all the time. (Funny...one day he was outside in his cage getting some vitamin D, and a flock of galahs flew over calling out in their typical triple yell which Banjo returned, then they called back and he responded with "Banjo's a good boy!") I've got the name and number of a well-known bird trainer when we're ready to start free-flying him, though. At the moment I know he's not ready, and neither am I! The other thing you talked about that really rang true with me was about the screaming. Sometimes Banjo will be hanging upside down and making himself swing while he's got his wings spread and he just screams his head off in what I think is just him having so much fun. I know he's having a blast and it doesn't bother me. The trouble is it bothers everyone else in the house. Apart from that I've come to understand certain calls. His "alarm" call as Jamie put it, there are a couple of different ones. If I'm in the kitchen and it's getting near dinner time, I know he's calling because he's hungry. If I'm simply out of sight, I know he's calling to make sure someone is still here and he's not alone. Banjo does scream for attention now and then, and we think we know who the culprit is. A certain family member who indulges his screaming by going over and singing and dancing for his entertainment! So we'll have to try to put a stop to that. But we've really enjoyed all your Tuesday videos (though we don't get them till Wednesday in Australia) and there's so much helpful information. Thank you both so much!!
I took on a female ringneck 1 1/2 years ago. They told me I better have a lot of peanuts because that was how they kept her quiet. Essentially they rewarded her every time she screeched. They even named her Peanut lol. It's been hard to get my family to not react to her screeching by banging on the cage or yelling. She's come a long way and rarely screeches. She still lunges and nips, she will step up. I'd like to add a Umbrella Cockatoo who needs a more active home but I'm concerned about how the birds will get along.
My grey would start screaming as soon as she heard my alarm upstairs...knowing I was awake. I took my time to get ready before going to her, but it didn't stop. Any ideas?
please continue the bird trick Tuesdays! I'm a new parrot owner, I have a small green cheek conure so it's not too challenging (compared to a macaw lol) but these videos are very helpful! thank you so much!
My gcc is driving me insane with the attention screams. The second she hears me up she starts and doesn't stop even when I roll her cage out into the common area. I've tried training but this is my first bird and feel I am making mistakes in evem that. She has gotten randomly aggressive at 7 years old and will lash out whenever she can feel it's time to go back into her cage.. I don't even know what to do anymore.
Stumbled upon your videos, and fell in love with them! Wondering though if you've ever had a bird that does NOT know how to play with toys??? I have a 5 yr old quaker parrot, hand raised/fed prior to her coming home with us. loves human company, however when in her cage she has no clue how to self entertain with any toy I've ever put in with her, so it leaves me with a very vocal bored bird when she can't be out. I'm unsure where to go or what else to try to get her to show interest in bird toys, sitting down and having very silly fun with her toys has so far done nothing but earn me some long " are you crazy?" side looks from not only Cosmo, but my family too lol
I have no birds but I love watching your channel. I do have 2 very well trained service dogs and 2 dog pets (there is a difference that most do not recognize) and I see so much of what you do in our own training. You guys are awesome! Thanks for sharing so much of yourselves and your birds with us.
It is so fun to watch Jamie training Jinx as Dave talks. I can almost hear her say, 'See! He can do it!' the first couple times he says 'Bubba' on cue. : )
We have a problem we really fell into. We got a Senegal and intentionally got her before she was weened so we could finish the weening for bonding. The bond and trust was amazing. The bird was quiet and enjoyed lots of family time. At about 2 months old she was playing in her cage and fell. Nothing she hadn’t done before but this time the last three feathers on the tip of her wing hooked on the cross bar on the way down suspending her by those feather. No doubt this was extremely painful and she launched in an ungodly fit of distress screams. It got our attention and we rushed to her aid. Now we knew to ignore unwanted sounds but this was a cry for help and a valid one. Now she does that ALL the time. Sometimes she even flaps her wings frantically as she did on that day. She is 5 months old now. The screaming has forced us to move her out of our living room to a part of the house we don’t go and surround her area with special sound proofing blankets to help us ignore her screaming. We bring her out with us when she’s quiet and at the first scream she goes back until she’s quiet for an hour or so and then try again. She’s not getting out much now and I hurt for her. We’re ignoring her but she’s not getting it. Help!
I love that at the end he says Bubba. Lmao 🤣.Reminds me of Taco my GCC. My buddy is over I'm like. Look taco does " spin". Of course he won't do it. As soon as my pal leaves I'm like " taco..why wouldn't u spin?"...and. He spins Lmao
Thank you so much this video really helped. I currently live in an apartment but looking to move soon and now knowing that an outside of aviary would be a good idea really helps me in deciding to keep my birds. I use soundproof headphones when my birds are screaming currently.
Haha hilarious cutscenes trying to read and trying to focus, please keep posting BTT videos, they help a lot and are great, something funny that had happened to my green cheek conure when not training, I ignore him if he screams but my mum (just doesn't help) wants to make him shut up by making this ssshhh noise(I know she is just giving him attention...), and now he learned to make this sshh noise and shuts up when starts screaming a bit, was the cutest thing i ever saw, is so senseless.
I have watched almost all videos you have put out. You have inspired me to feed my parrots a lot more healthy meals. I am trying to teach my Goffin to fly in doors. My Goffin screams every evening when my husband gets home. My husband goes right to her and talks to her, I have told him to ignore her. It’s getting better but I need to work on it a lot more
Jaime, I have a Greenwing in the den in a BIG cage. He will wake me up about 7:30 or so screaming, screaming. I ignore it till I get up to see why he is. He will stop and while I feed the dogs, cats, and myself. When I sit to eat he starts up again, I will call to him and say Mykonos I'm right here. He has toys, 2 foraging toys, I have put nuts in a piece of newspaper wadded up to see if he will try to find it. But he screams every morning but not at night. So don't know what to do with him. He has been in the house since the first of the year. When I first brought him in he didn't do it. Just started a month ago. Nothing has changed at all! Thanks for any help with him. I so enjoy your videos so much it has helped me a lot with the birds we have.
Our neighborhood gem Pickle the Green checked conure was snatched up by a hawk when he was free flying.please let this be a lesson to anyone who is free flying smaller birds.RIP Pickle,we will always remember you.
Thanks so much for this info, I've just learned a few things I am doing wrong so now I know how to fix it. Thank you You say your birds are out doors all the time. Do you ever bring them in? If so what does that look like? Are they in cages? Out free in the home? Etc. Thank you so much!
Great question! I will take a video of our indoor set up because we live in Northern Idaho and it gets too cold to keep them outside during these colder months. We get back there in about a week so expect the video around then! :)
Thank you so much for the very informative content. I have a ff sun conure for 3 years and finally saved up enough for a macaw. Totally agree that training to descend is really important. Again, thank you !
Excellent topic! Thank you. Living in a big house in the country due to Covid vs my small apartment in the city has caused 'us' to develop a screaming problem....sigh. Losing 2 of our animal flock this yr has made it a lot worse b)c now she is more lonely. I will try moving her around the house & do a big bath now it's warmer. Thank you 🤗 Yay Jinx ❤️
I think I would want to get one that is already trained. We have birds growing up,and I had one of my own years ago. The Conures are so beautiful. The other one that you guys have (pink) Bandit is another one I would love to have.
One of the things I've been thinking about is if the key to good dog behavior translates the same with birds: exercise. You play with your dog an hour or two (depending on breed) twice a day, and they are chill inside the house. Does the same principal apply to birds, like you do an hour of flying indoors and they are chill for a while after that? However, that would conflict with your note on training for 2-5mn only. Maybe it's different for flying?
Keep doing Birdtricks Tuesdays. Your videos are interesting and full of useful advice. I wish they existed 15 years ago when my bird began screaming. Nothing worked until I came up with a fairly clumsy method. After initially checking to make sure there was no physical reason for screaming, I would cover the cage when screaming began, and uncover it 3 hours after screaming stopped. Took a month to kill the screaming, and about a year to train the bird to complain in non screaming ways........pretty ugly year, gotta admit. Anyway please keep the videos coming.
O man you guys keep it up your very helpful and I like Bird Tricks Tuesday. Well worth all your effort you put into it, believe me I'm watching listening. I can tell how good a parents you both are though your teaching of the parrots. I love when you said about the play-doh makes sense. My parrots have all been growing in there feathers to fly and we are very careful to house them in a room with no doors. They do have windows and love it. Thank you again, A Wisconsin mom that loves her 3 large parrots :)
I dont tell them to shut up i just hide and they scream constantly for no reason in the morning they eat and then scream with their food they are screaming while your reading this
My bird doesn’t like toys and doesn’t know how to play with them. He is just a baby (10 months old) but I have tried teaching him how to play, but it doesn’t seem to work.
Just found you guys a week ago. Its so fun to see how far Jinx has come in his vocabulary! Yall are amazing. I dont have a bird and may not since we will not get rid of ceiling fans😬. Enjoy your channel very much. Excellent video editing too!👍
I wish there could be something done for the Macaw at the Central Dakota Humane Society in Mandan. He yelps like a dog and it is PIERCING! Every time he makes that sound, it startles everyone in the area. I jump five feet every time. I don't know much about that bird though. One story I heard was his old owner died and hasn't been able to be re-homed due to the fact that he makes that noise all the time for seemingly no reason and so, as a result, has become a permanent resident at the shelter. But I don't know his full and true story though. All I know is he seems to only know how to make that yelping noise though I think he did say 'hello' once but it's been ages since I last visited.
I'm getting ready to raise 2 African greys. I like watching you guys, as well Marlene's . This is a dream come true for me, all my life I've wanted to have a parrot. I purchased a 58" cage. My question that is it large enough for the gray parrots ?
You guys are simply amazing!! I'm so grateful for the information and all the work you're doing. I know it's a lot of effort to make all these videos...and I'm also sure it has made so many Birdie's lives much happier (as well as owners!) My deepest and sincerest gratitude to both of you and your beautiful feathered helpers 😊🖤
Have a bird that screams alot, ignoring doesn't help, foraging doesn't help, rewarding for being quiet doesn't help, leaving the room doesn't help, toy's don't help. What do you do then?
I know this video was posted in 2015, but can you free fly a conure or is that considered too small of a bird? I think I know the answer, but I want to make sure, as you guys free fly your sun conures at times...
So ignoring my Quaker parrot when he screams after I leave the room doesn’t work. He will continuously scream for up to 30 minutes, with almost no pauses long enough for me to reinforce the silence. Other than this, he’s the perfect bird - I just don’t know what else to do!
So, we just got our 5 1/2 month old Quaker female 20 days ago. She had no training other than hand weaning by the lady we got her from. The first week she never made a peep. Just trying to figure out where the heck she was, who are these new people and what happened to all the other birds. Then she found her voice! I trained her step ups the first day home, next day trusted me enough to preen her pin feathers. Day three gives kisses on command and take a bath. Sounds perfect right? Until I left the room and Lordy you’d think she’d been shot with her screaming (or oinking like a guinea pig.) my daughter suggested a loud clap of my hands from other side of the room and say No to distract her. Worked like a charm. She still tries to screech when I walk away (it’s usually when I’m making noise in the kitchen). But now she knows what no means. When she quiets down, I reward that with a sliced almond. The screaming is less now, and more chattering and giggling (she has my laugh now) and trying to form words, and kissing sounds. I adore her!
How do you discipline a bird? I once held a parrot and it was attracted to my jewelry and kept biting at my earrings, then my necklace, then the button on my shirt. I was in a pet store. How do you deal with that? Another question is do your birds ever fight with each other and how do you resolve that? Thanks!!
It’s really interesting how you often mention that you don’t spend a lot of time with your birds, only a short, select session per day with each bird. Whereas a lot of the bird youtubers I’ve seen in the past say to never leave your birds “caged” for hours on end. I guess it is the difference between a trainer for behavior and specific tasks (ie flight) versus a person who considers their bird a companion/member of the family. I actually passed on getting a bird because I felt like I didn’t have enough time for the bird and felt bad at the idea of having it caged for 9 hours a day while I’m at work.
i have a rescue amazon. he wont touch toys, just sits there. he squawks whenever he cant see me. how can i keep him from being bored if he wont play with toys
Ok well I noticed that there isn't many videos for smaller birds but this is still someone helpful though I have a small issue. I never had a big enough home or a place of my own for my bird to have their own place. So he's stuck in his cage less I let him out. So I can only do so much.
We had a previously owned sun conure. The poor guy had horrible abandonment issues an had to be in your face and get attention 24/7, the second you turned your back to him he would scream incessantly. We tried to give him tons of toys, but he wouldn't even look at them. So you had to stimulate him all day.
Hey we're so awesome I just have a question I have a yellow naped Amazon and I would like to know what is the best treats for them well you're training my doctor said that seeds weren't that good for the digestive system
I LOVE your videos. You are living such an amazing life, so it's super interesting. I also learn a lot about bird training, so it's a double whammy. Super Jealous! Thank you!
Just seeing this video. I recently rescued a 6 year old female Blue fronted Amazon, and her wings were clipped. They are growing back but I’m not sure if she’s ever actually learned to fly! What would be the first step?
Please help! I just got a cockatiel who Loves shiny things, so he chews my piercing. And even takes some out. But he accidentally bites me and tears the skin and I'm bleeding. I've tried EVERYTHING please help me!
How long do you find extinction behaviour lasts? I have a Blue Fronted Amazon, he's 11 years old and I've had him since he was 10. He screams for attention. Since I've had him I have ignored his screaming and reinforced him whistling for my attention but the extinction behaviour has persisted for a long time now. Thanks! Nayla.
Nayla Cirik It's much harder to break bad habits than make new ones. So I would work on teaching a replacement behavior if I was you, to be working on two things at once. That way you aren't just ignoring unwanted behavior but you are giving attention (rewarding) desired behavior. So your bird can feel more in control for how to obtain attention through methods of not screaming. www.birdtricks.com/store/flocktalk.html
So I inherited a 15yr Quaker. She doesn't forage or play with anything at all. She wants to be glued to me all day everyday. She screeches for hours if I don't hold her. I really dont want to let this bird down but I have no clue what I am doing and need things to improve. Help
again , i wish my life was as entertaning as yours....with birds.lololo yea you guys are so cool pluse you chare it with fethery companions, thats awsome. i wana someday have the2 eclectus,1 jendai conure, the blue macaw, and a black palm cacato.....pluse a blue and white pigin lololo. pardon my english im from puerto rico holaaaaa!!! what am i geting my self into?? with love brokenredflag
My conure only screams when it sees me and stops when i leave the room. Am I supposed to ignore it when it starts screaming when i enter the room? It never stops screaming unless its falling asleep. Then when i come closer to the cage It screams again. Its only a baby so I guess I am at a perfect time to teach it manners(?) I keep watching your videos and im super afraid I will mess something up. Another thing is its still is a bit afraid of the enviroment and spends all the time out of the cage on my hand (which makes it hard for me to move around). I have a perch where I put it and try to reward it for getting off my hand. But before she even finishes the treat shes back on my hand. I know I need to be very careful so that I dont make mistakes. I feel like me and her are both learning.
my indian ringneck escaped once. He flew away, landed in a tall pine tree and was too scared to come down. I had to climb over a hedge and climb the tree all the way up to get him out. He didn't want to escape, just got scared and confused.
Oh *thank you* for the "feed before the event"-idea. I've done all the others consistently. My biggest problems with my (rescue) macaw are: visitors accidently enforcing screaming-for-attention (despite repeatedly being told not to) and a screwed up neighbour (same app. building) who screams/howls at all hours (esp at night) and sets of the birds (and I am so *not* feeding that sociopathic creep! ;P ) Sooo: maybe do a video about training visiting humans?? (if you havent already!! I've been watching birdtricks for ages, but probably not seen them all :D )
muurrarium I really wonder what would happen if you offer the human a chocolate or treat every time they’re ignoring a screaming bird. You’d have to be really casual and sneaky though 😂
Thank you for the tips.. its really important to me .i keep my bird in my condo balcony without cage.only leave it on the stand. I quite worry if the screaming disturbing my neighbours. I made mistake by talking to my parrot " sshhhh don't screaming". Yeah..it doesn't understand, but it repeat that word to me on the next day.. it will screaming, than say 'shhh.. don't screaming' .its funny and annoyying in the same time 😅.
Great video and tips! I live in California and have my bird out in an outdoor aviary when the weather permits only during the day. Otherwise I have Bogie ( African Grey), inside. what's the coldest temps you allow your birds to be in, and how do you acclimate them?
My male ekkie, screams now because 1. He's seems always hormonal.2 my young grands running around. Thanks for the info. Will try to avoid reacting, hard to do.
Your video re: indoor free flight was a terrific primer. However I cannot follow your suggestion to not rescue my bird when he crashes into my mini blinds, and screeches “Mom!” For me to rescue him-because if I don’t, his weight and talons/grip ruins my blinds!
Great and very helpful videos guys, thank you so much : ) I want to ask you if you have any advice on living with parrots in an apartment, and I also have a problem with my female cockatiel which won't stop eating her feces, even if she has a lot to eat in her cage. It would be awesome if you could tell me what to do with her to stop it. Thank you so much again. :)
I'd definitely try a different style of caging to keep her separated from the feces. Tips on apartment living with birds; www.birdtricksstore.com/search?q=apartment+
What training / skills do you suggest for a budgie / Parakeet. I am in Australia and want to train my new budgie when i get her. I will not allow her outdoor free flight due to her size and other predatory birds in the area. I love the suggestion of clicker training and different directional skills.
I have Sheba my African grey very smart two minor birds and a monk parrot I'm constantly hearing people complain that their birds don't talk I wish I could say the same I bought the monk parrot so that I could hear songs Shiba taught him how to talk instead my two mockingbirds what can I say they live up to their name they sing they alarm they talk sometimes they even curse out the doorbell because somebody answered from the other side of the door
Where do you have your products for sale like the food forged or what you called it? O totally agree on everything and it`s really important to give them things to do and i have several rescued birds who are used to scream so i would like to try out these things to help ;-)
Help on getting a not-yet tamed bird into a vet cage? I can take him out of his cage but can't touch him and can only take him out for a few seconds, he needs to go to the vet though... Plus maybe a quick setup of a vet cage? Size would be for a conure, just for travel, a DIY would be soooo helpful on a vet carrier!
What do you use for training treats? I need help. Since my husband and I have been working from home due to Covid, my Greenwing Macaw is screaming all day long and making it really difficult for my husband to work.
Unfortunately I live in a studio apartment and my bird is very attached. When I put her in a another room or her very large cage which is in the main room id she sees or hears me she screams non stop. I work from home so it’s been a incredibly hard adjustment. I spend more time with her since I’m always home but maybe too much bc it never seems enough. She’s always screaming. I have a small dog too so I think she gets possessive too 😢
So I emailed you about the scammer using you're pics on FB Karl's Parrot sales,and asked about the affect shipping a young bird,we may have a rescue the first to come up here for years,when our vet heard I was looking for my own bird finally she knows my love for birds and am her no1 sitter for there clients parrots,so they called today asking if I'd be interested in meeting a bird that needs out of his home,there new child is allergic to birds ,they could have already got rid of him that sounds so bad get rid of ,. Anyway he may be gone but if he's not we get to have a few meetings before we decide,hope it all works out now , hopefully I'll be looking for a course from you both.
I want to free fly outside, now it is just inside the home. I live in the country, and I am concerned about hawks, so I probably not going to go outside for a while. Tx
Hi everyone. I hope someone from you teach me how to stop my macaw parrot from screaming . I love the bird but I’m also busy about my work . Everyday o can expend 2hour for he only . But some time I’m feeling bad because of my bird make screaming . I don’t want to give he to other home that why I’m try to training he to stop from screaming . Please anyone can teach me how to training my bird please . Thanks in advance .
My GCC screams when I get home for work because she really wants me to get her out! I pop the door on her cage open then continue to finsh changing and what not
What happened to the screaming link? :( I was really looking forward to reading about how to correct our Grey's screaming for attention behavior. Love your videos!
my birds havent made a sound since i adopted them yesterday. (cockatiel and sun contour) they were with previous owner 10 years and don'tknow me. how do i make them feel they are at home? not sure they are eating very much. totally silent in their room all day.
I have a question, I have this African Grey Parrot and I cannot find out if its a boy or girl, is their any way you can find out or could you make a video explaning how to find out?
Just found your videos and enjoy watching them...Do you guys still live in Orlando? I live in Palm Bay and need help with my 26 year old B&G Macaw. He screams at everything...someone rings the bell, the dogs bark, every time I have company or lawn guy., i run the vacuum....I work full time so I'm gone for 11 hours a day. Do you do house calls....:)
We do but we no longer live in FL. We are in Idaho now! If you want to pay expenses + a day rate for us we are happy to come out in January :) otherwise there is a guy named Chris Armstrong in FL who might be willing to help you and wouldn't be as far. You can find him on FB.
Hey. We have a parrot who started screaming after starting training hem.. Now since he is not stop screaming at al. He screams all day. Only time. He stops when we put blanket over cage. We tried ignoring first but that didn't seem to work he only started to scream more and more
Hello Bird Tricks, I took your advice with clicker and touch training and I could not believe the results! I have four budgies and only one of which will willingly step up. The other three only will with food. So I thought I would go back to basics and use your advice and within minutes I had all of them moving to where the stick was to touch it for a treat. Day one success now just for a break and get back to it later. I know you mostly work with bigger birds but I would love to see some budgie training videos as most videos on the internet for budgies are taming ones not training ones (same thing different meaning). Do you have any suggestions as to make what I have done better. My goal is to have them all hand tame in a month and maybe towards the end work on some recall. I was thinking of replacing the stick with my finger to speed up the process but I know its a set back in the long run because it means that my hand equals food haha. I love all your videos and I hope the show goes well for you.
ios gaming and fishing You should definitely not replace the stick with your finger, but you can phase out the stick into verbal or physical cues. We have a parakeet training video you will really like; www.birdtricks.com/parakeets/
Thanks for this video. I have a pearly (f) and green cheek (M) that scream constantly. I’ve had a crazy year and moved twice to two different states. They have been together in the same cage together for 5 years (always upgrading). I’m thinking it’s time to separate them and see if that helps. I’m just concerned my lifestyle is stressing them out. Working on buying a home for that aviary and stability. For now we’re in an apartment and I need them to stop calling for me. It’s difficult because they aren’t interested in the toys they have. Should I separate them? Would this help with the toy situation?
I love how great parrot owners you two are. I admire your lifestyle.
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Hey everyone, the best info that i've had was by following the Parrot Ploy Plan (i found it on google) - I found it the most incredible treatment i've seen.
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I hope that you continue your videos. They are super informative,but in a personal/down to earth kind of way. (If that makes sense) Thank you for caring enough to make them.
I\'m not sure but ,if anyone else is searching for how to teach a parrot to talk try Dalz Parrot Tips Discovery (just google it ) ? Ive heard some decent things about it and my colleague got great success with it.
As a kid we free flew flocks of 40 or so rolling pigeons. I only seen one or two pigeons get taking. They roll with clapping which was and still is beautiful. Imagine a flock of 40 beautiful birds rolling down from the sky then catching themselves. Then they also respond to specific whistles. They always flew hungry so they always came home with the feeding whistle.
You guys are just the best so natural on camera that it is an absolute pleasure to watch your videos. There are no awkward moments just real moments. And they are heartwarming, funny, and educational. I just found you so I am playing catch up! Loving it. Beautiful birds. Tod
Hi, i love your videos. I am training my english at the same time as i am french. Thank you for all the time you give To us. I just have lost my toui Catherine. She was 9 years old. I hope To have a Jardine in few months. Best regards.
Always love to see you guys power on through bloopers or bird "interruptions" - it's far more like real-life and avoids giving a perfect but false point of view. I think your approach is the hallmark of true professionalism.
You two inspire me so much! I've learned so much from watching your videos. I've successfully target/touch trained my cage bound cockatoo (that hated everybody) while inside the cage. It took months before he would even come out (I've had him less than a year). Now I can target him outside onto a perch and back inside or wherever I want him to go! He gets really excited when he sees the target stick and is rarin' to go. We are still working on step ups onto me but I'm sure we will be successful. We are taking our time and I won't push him. I can't wait for the day he let's me scratch his head. Cockatoo's are SUPPOSED to get head scratches :) My rescue cockatoo and I thank you! Hugs and Coo's
Hi Guys, I see on RUclips how one gentleman is saying a way to stop birds from screaming is to set up a strobe light (not aimed at the cage but in the same area) and when the bird screams you activate the strobe for a few seconds with a remote control so you can do it even when not in the room. He purports this works with 99% of birds. I wonder what your thoughts are on this matter? He says it just re-sets the birds brain to think of something else for a second. This being a kin to the Dog Whisperer using his foot to nudge the barking dog to break his attention cycle on what is causing them to bark. Sounds okay but you guys are the experts please tell me what is the right thing to do. Thanks!
Not an expert just a thought I had to this practice. You could be teaching the bird that if they scream they get to see the strobe which if they like it might actually teach the bird to scream. Also if you’re not home all the time you can’t use the strobe light remote and then what do you?
Jamieleigh and Dave, I cannot begin to thank you both for all your hard work, advice and tutorials. You've helped me tremendously with my galah, Banjo. I moved from the US to Australia 7 years ago and I've always loved birds, and when I first saw a flock of galahs flying the only way that galahs can (which is crazily!) I was instantly head over heels with them. About 2 years ago I found your videos and blogs and watched and read everything I could that you had on training to better prepare myself for owning a bird. About six months after that I came across one of many local ads of someone selling a galah for $30. So we got a nice big cage and had it set up and ready and picked up Banjo. He was absolutely terrified of people and hands in particular. The girl I bought him from said that she knew she didn't have the time to put into him and he needed a better home. Because of your clicker training videos I got him to step up within 3 weeks! And off the total seed diet that he had been on and on to a much more well balanced diet. Now he dances with me in the shower and he says all sorts of things like "G'day, mate!" (my hubby taught him that one) "Banjo's a good boy, SUUUUCH a good boy!" "Joshua what are you doing?" (Josh is my son, and that's a common question in our house!) and several other things. He's also very good at waving, spinning, nodding his head yes to questions, retrieving smalls toys that I've rolled across the floor, doing the big stick 'em up, and rolling over on the carpet (though sometimes he likes to hold onto my finger before he'll roll). Several things you said in this week's video rang true for me. In particular about the free flight training. We do fly Banjo inside the house, and he does it very well. He's recently started navigating doorways and turns from room to room. I feel it's a big accomplishment since when we got him his little muscles were so atrophied that he couldn't get himself two feet off the floor. He did seem to teach himself ascending and descending though, and he does it quite effortlessly. Sometimes flying in circles in the family room he'll dip and dive and fly back up again, calling out in what I assume is just from the sheer joy of flying. I'd love to free fly him outdoors one day. My biggest concern is that he'll fly off after the flocks of native galahs that fly over all the time. (Funny...one day he was outside in his cage getting some vitamin D, and a flock of galahs flew over calling out in their typical triple yell which Banjo returned, then they called back and he responded with "Banjo's a good boy!") I've got the name and number of a well-known bird trainer when we're ready to start free-flying him, though. At the moment I know he's not ready, and neither am I! The other thing you talked about that really rang true with me was about the screaming. Sometimes Banjo will be hanging upside down and making himself swing while he's got his wings spread and he just screams his head off in what I think is just him having so much fun. I know he's having a blast and it doesn't bother me. The trouble is it bothers everyone else in the house. Apart from that I've come to understand certain calls. His "alarm" call as Jamie put it, there are a couple of different ones. If I'm in the kitchen and it's getting near dinner time, I know he's calling because he's hungry. If I'm simply out of sight, I know he's calling to make sure someone is still here and he's not alone. Banjo does scream for attention now and then, and we think we know who the culprit is. A certain family member who indulges his screaming by going over and singing and dancing for his entertainment! So we'll have to try to put a stop to that. But we've really enjoyed all your Tuesday videos (though we don't get them till Wednesday in Australia) and there's so much helpful information. Thank you both so much!!
I took on a female ringneck 1 1/2 years ago. They told me I better have a lot of peanuts because that was how they kept her quiet. Essentially they rewarded her every time she screeched. They even named her Peanut lol. It's been hard to get my family to not react to her screeching by banging on the cage or yelling. She's come a long way and rarely screeches. She still lunges and nips, she will step up. I'd like to add a Umbrella Cockatoo who needs a more active home but I'm concerned about how the birds will get along.
I have always a roll of toilet paper in every room to clean up if they poop on my shoulder or something like that xD
I keep a stun gun. Just give them a little zap and they won't poop anymore.
My grey would start screaming as soon as she heard my alarm upstairs...knowing I was awake. I took my time to get ready before going to her, but it didn't stop. Any ideas?
please continue the bird trick Tuesdays! I'm a new parrot owner, I have a small green cheek conure so it's not too challenging (compared to a macaw lol) but these videos are very helpful! thank you so much!
samantha rose how’s it going. A year later
How is it going?
My gcc is driving me insane with the attention screams. The second she hears me up she starts and doesn't stop even when I roll her cage out into the common area. I've tried training but this is my first bird and feel I am making mistakes in evem that. She has gotten randomly aggressive at 7 years old and will lash out whenever she can feel it's time to go back into her cage.. I don't even know what to do anymore.
Stumbled upon your videos, and fell in love with them! Wondering though if you've ever had a bird that does NOT know how to play with toys??? I have a 5 yr old quaker parrot, hand raised/fed prior to her coming home with us. loves human company, however when in her cage she has no clue how to self entertain with any toy I've ever put in with her, so it leaves me with a very vocal bored bird when she can't be out. I'm unsure where to go or what else to try to get her to show interest in bird toys, sitting down and having very silly fun with her toys has so far done nothing but earn me some long " are you crazy?" side looks from not only Cosmo, but my family too lol
I have no birds but I love watching your channel. I do have 2 very well trained service dogs and 2 dog pets (there is a difference that most do not recognize) and I see so much of what you do in our own training. You guys are awesome! Thanks for sharing so much of yourselves and your birds with us.
It is so fun to watch Jamie training Jinx as Dave talks. I can almost hear her say, 'See! He can do it!' the first couple times he says 'Bubba' on cue. : )
Screaming advice starts at 7:25
So cute to look back at this and see little Capri loving birds at that age.
We have a problem we really fell into.
We got a Senegal and intentionally got her before she was weened so we could finish the weening for bonding. The bond and trust was amazing. The bird was quiet and enjoyed lots of family time. At about 2 months old she was playing in her cage and fell. Nothing she hadn’t done before but this time the last three feathers on the tip of her wing hooked on the cross bar on the way down suspending her by those feather. No doubt this was extremely painful and she launched in an ungodly fit of distress screams. It got our attention and we rushed to her aid. Now we knew to ignore unwanted sounds but this was a cry for help and a valid one.
Now she does that ALL the time. Sometimes she even flaps her wings frantically as she did on that day.
She is 5 months old now. The screaming has forced us to move her out of our living room to a part of the house we don’t go and surround her area with special sound proofing blankets to help us ignore her screaming. We bring her out with us when she’s quiet and at the first scream she goes back until she’s quiet for an hour or so and then try again.
She’s not getting out much now and I hurt for her. We’re ignoring her but she’s not getting it. Help!
I love that at the end he says Bubba. Lmao 🤣.Reminds me of Taco my GCC. My buddy is over I'm like. Look taco does " spin". Of course he won't do it. As soon as my pal leaves I'm like " taco..why wouldn't u spin?"...and. He spins
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Thank you so much this video really helped.
I currently live in an apartment but looking to move soon and now knowing that an outside of aviary would be a good idea really helps me in deciding to keep my birds. I use soundproof headphones when my birds are screaming currently.
Haha hilarious cutscenes trying to read and trying to focus, please keep posting BTT videos, they help a lot and are great, something funny that had happened to my green cheek conure when not training, I ignore him if he screams but my mum (just doesn't help) wants to make him shut up by making this ssshhh noise(I know she is just giving him attention...), and now he learned to make this sshh noise and shuts up when starts screaming a bit, was the cutest thing i ever saw, is so senseless.
I'd get some better lighting, even one of those rings. But i loved how real and authentic and entertainning. Thanks for being real.
I have 2 boys with autism and I really want a parrot 🦜 but I'm worried about the screaming and this really made a lot of sense thank you so much!
I have watched almost all videos you have put out. You have inspired me to feed my parrots a lot more healthy meals.
I am trying to teach my Goffin to fly in doors.
My Goffin screams every evening when my husband gets home. My husband goes right to her and talks to her, I have told him to ignore her. It’s getting better but I need to work on it a lot more
Jaime, I have a Greenwing in the den in a BIG cage. He will wake me up about 7:30 or so screaming, screaming. I ignore it till I get up to see why he is. He will stop and while I feed the dogs, cats, and myself. When I sit to eat he starts up again, I will call to him and say Mykonos I'm right here. He has toys, 2 foraging toys, I have put nuts in a piece of newspaper wadded up to see if he will try to find it. But he screams every morning but not at night. So don't know what to do with him. He has been in the house since the first of the year. When I first brought him in he didn't do it. Just started a month ago. Nothing has changed at all! Thanks for any help with him. I so enjoy your videos so much it has helped me a lot with the birds we have.
Our neighborhood gem Pickle the Green checked conure was snatched up by a hawk when he was free flying.please let this be a lesson to anyone who is free flying smaller birds.RIP Pickle,we will always remember you.
Thanks so much for this info, I've just learned a few things I am doing wrong so now I know how to fix it. Thank you
You say your birds are out doors all the time. Do you ever bring them in? If so what does that look like? Are they in cages? Out free in the home? Etc. Thank you so much!
Great question! I will take a video of our indoor set up because we live in Northern Idaho and it gets too cold to keep them outside during these colder months. We get back there in about a week so expect the video around then! :)
BirdTricks - Awesome thank you looking forward to it.
Thank you so much for the very informative content. I have a ff sun conure for 3 years and finally saved up enough for a macaw. Totally agree that training to descend is really important. Again, thank you !
Excellent topic! Thank you. Living in a big house in the country due to Covid vs my small apartment in the city has caused 'us' to develop a screaming problem....sigh. Losing 2 of our animal flock this yr has made it a lot worse b)c now she is more lonely.
I will try moving her around the house & do a big bath now it's warmer. Thank you 🤗 Yay Jinx ❤️
I think I would want to get one that is already trained. We have birds growing up,and I had one of my own years ago. The Conures are so beautiful. The other one that you guys have (pink) Bandit is another one I would love to have.
One of the things I've been thinking about is if the key to good dog behavior translates the same with birds: exercise. You play with your dog an hour or two (depending on breed) twice a day, and they are chill inside the house. Does the same principal apply to birds, like you do an hour of flying indoors and they are chill for a while after that?
However, that would conflict with your note on training for 2-5mn only. Maybe it's different for flying?
Keep doing Birdtricks Tuesdays. Your videos are interesting and full of useful advice. I wish they existed 15 years ago when my bird began screaming. Nothing worked until I came up with a fairly clumsy method. After initially checking to make sure there was no physical reason for screaming, I would cover the cage when screaming began, and uncover it 3 hours after screaming stopped. Took a month to kill the screaming, and about a year to train the bird to complain in non screaming ways........pretty ugly year, gotta admit. Anyway please keep the videos coming.
Best bird trainers I have come across yous are talented keep up good work
O man you guys keep it up your very helpful and I like Bird Tricks Tuesday. Well worth all your effort you put into it, believe me I'm watching listening. I can tell how good a parents you both are though your teaching of the parrots. I love when you said about the play-doh makes sense. My parrots have all been growing in there feathers to fly and we are very careful to house them in a room with no doors. They do have windows and love it. Thank you again, A Wisconsin mom that loves her 3 large parrots :)
I dont tell them to shut up i just hide and they scream constantly for no reason in the morning they eat and then scream with their food they are screaming while your reading this
My bird doesn’t like toys and doesn’t know how to play with them. He is just a baby (10 months old) but I have tried teaching him how to play, but it doesn’t seem to work.
Just found you guys a week ago. Its so fun to see how far Jinx has come in his vocabulary! Yall are amazing. I dont have a bird and may not since we will not get rid of ceiling fans😬. Enjoy your channel very much. Excellent video editing too!👍
Such an amazing help. It’s hard for me I live in northern Minnesota and it doesn’t warm up until middle of may. I would love to find Aviary.
I wish there could be something done for the Macaw at the Central Dakota Humane Society in Mandan. He yelps like a dog and it is PIERCING! Every time he makes that sound, it startles everyone in the area. I jump five feet every time. I don't know much about that bird though. One story I heard was his old owner died and hasn't been able to be re-homed due to the fact that he makes that noise all the time for seemingly no reason and so, as a result, has become a permanent resident at the shelter. But I don't know his full and true story though. All I know is he seems to only know how to make that yelping noise though I think he did say 'hello' once but it's been ages since I last visited.
Cool. Having a really hard time following the video however because of the consistent interruptions/pauses etc
Same. Why edit shit like that in
I enjoyed it, its life and life with birds. He was being authentic
I just got a Moluccan cockatoo so please keep making your videos lol
I'm getting ready to raise 2 African greys. I like watching you guys, as well Marlene's . This is a dream come true for me, all my life I've wanted to have a parrot. I purchased a 58" cage. My question that is it large enough for the gray parrots ?
You guys are simply amazing!! I'm so grateful for the information and all the work you're doing. I know it's a lot of effort to make all these videos...and I'm also sure it has made so many Birdie's lives much happier (as well as owners!) My deepest and sincerest gratitude to both of you and your beautiful feathered helpers 😊🖤
Have a bird that screams alot, ignoring doesn't help, foraging doesn't help, rewarding for being quiet doesn't help, leaving the room doesn't help, toy's don't help. What do you do then?
Leave the window open
I know this video was posted in 2015, but can you free fly a conure or is that considered too small of a bird? I think I know the answer, but I want to make sure, as you guys free fly your sun conures at times...
I hope you guys do a poicephalus or Meyers parrot series
So ignoring my Quaker parrot when he screams after I leave the room doesn’t work. He will continuously scream for up to 30 minutes, with almost no pauses long enough for me to reinforce the silence. Other than this, he’s the perfect bird - I just don’t know what else to do!
So, we just got our 5 1/2 month old Quaker female 20 days ago. She had no training other than hand weaning by the lady we got her from. The first week she never made a peep. Just trying to figure out where the heck she was, who are these new people and what happened to all the other birds. Then she found her voice! I trained her step ups the first day home, next day trusted me enough to preen her pin feathers. Day three gives kisses on command and take a bath. Sounds perfect right? Until I left the room and Lordy you’d think she’d been shot with her screaming (or oinking like a guinea pig.) my daughter suggested a loud clap of my hands from other side of the room and say No to distract her. Worked like a charm. She still tries to screech when I walk away (it’s usually when I’m making noise in the kitchen). But now she knows what no means. When she quiets down, I reward that with a sliced almond. The screaming is less now, and more chattering and giggling (she has my laugh now) and trying to form words, and kissing sounds. I adore her!
How do you discipline a bird? I once held a parrot and it was attracted to my jewelry and kept biting at my earrings, then my necklace, then the button on my shirt. I was in a pet store. How do you deal with that? Another question is do your birds ever fight with each other and how do you resolve that? Thanks!!
I found that teaching them a drop command and leave it command works. At least it works for my birds.
It’s really interesting how you often mention that you don’t spend a lot of time with your birds, only a short, select session per day with each bird. Whereas a lot of the bird youtubers I’ve seen in the past say to never leave your birds “caged” for hours on end. I guess it is the difference between a trainer for behavior and specific tasks (ie flight) versus a person who considers their bird a companion/member of the family. I actually passed on getting a bird because I felt like I didn’t have enough time for the bird and felt bad at the idea of having it caged for 9 hours a day while I’m at work.
i have a rescue amazon. he wont touch toys, just sits there. he squawks whenever he cant see me. how can i keep him from being bored if he wont play with toys
ShioriRose music via Alexa or google or whatever. Possibly movies on a laptop
Ok well I noticed that there isn't many videos for smaller birds but this is still someone helpful though I have a small issue. I never had a big enough home or a place of my own for my bird to have their own place. So he's stuck in his cage less I let him out. So I can only do so much.
Can't wait for next week's video!
could you show what toys are safe what arent what you use and what is the best for no bordem in parrots
I love that...'woooowwwww!' Part from bubba.
We had a previously owned sun conure. The poor guy had horrible abandonment issues an had to be in your face and get attention 24/7, the second you turned your back to him he would scream incessantly.
We tried to give him tons of toys, but he wouldn't even look at them. So you had to stimulate him all day.
This is old but he probably doesn't know how to play with toys they must be taught
Hey we're so awesome I just have a question I have a yellow naped Amazon and I would like to know what is the best treats for them well you're training my doctor said that seeds weren't that good for the digestive system
I see they have not had a chance to answer this. I have heard (maybe from Bird Tricks) that Pine nuts are a good training treat, not so fattening.
Is it better to get a baby African grey, or one that's well behaved and talking and 8 years old
i just purchased a Quaker parrot who is 4 years old. what are the chances of him learning to talk
I LOVE your videos. You are living such an amazing life, so it's super interesting. I also learn a lot about bird training, so it's a double whammy. Super Jealous! Thank you!
Just seeing this video. I recently rescued a 6 year old female Blue fronted Amazon, and her wings were clipped. They are growing back but I’m not sure if she’s ever actually learned to fly! What would be the first step?
Please help! I just got a cockatiel who Loves shiny things, so he chews my piercing. And even takes some out. But he accidentally bites me and tears the skin and I'm bleeding. I've tried EVERYTHING please help me!
How long do you find extinction behaviour lasts? I have a Blue Fronted Amazon, he's 11 years old and I've had him since he was 10. He screams for attention. Since I've had him I have ignored his screaming and reinforced him whistling for my attention but the extinction behaviour has persisted for a long time now. Thanks! Nayla.
Nayla Cirik It's much harder to break bad habits than make new ones. So I would work on teaching a replacement behavior if I was you, to be working on two things at once. That way you aren't just ignoring unwanted behavior but you are giving attention (rewarding) desired behavior. So your bird can feel more in control for how to obtain attention through methods of not screaming. www.birdtricks.com/store/flocktalk.html
So I inherited a 15yr Quaker. She doesn't forage or play with anything at all. She wants to be glued to me all day everyday. She screeches for hours if I don't hold her. I really dont want to let this bird down but I have no clue what I am doing and need things to improve. Help
again , i wish my life was as entertaning as yours....with birds.lololo yea you guys are so cool pluse you chare it with fethery companions, thats awsome. i wana someday have the2 eclectus,1 jendai conure, the blue macaw, and a black palm cacato.....pluse a blue and white pigin lololo. pardon my english im from puerto rico holaaaaa!!! what am i geting my self into?? with love brokenredflag
My conure only screams when it sees me and stops when i leave the room. Am I supposed to ignore it when it starts screaming when i enter the room? It never stops screaming unless its falling asleep. Then when i come closer to the cage It screams again. Its only a baby so I guess I am at a perfect time to teach it manners(?) I keep watching your videos and im super afraid I will mess something up. Another thing is its still is a bit afraid of the enviroment and spends all the time out of the cage on my hand (which makes it hard for me to move around). I have a perch where I put it and try to reward it for getting off my hand. But before she even finishes the treat shes back on my hand. I know I need to be very careful so that I dont make mistakes. I feel like me and her are both learning.
my indian ringneck escaped once. He flew away, landed in a tall pine tree and was too scared to come down.
I had to climb over a hedge and climb the tree all the way up to get him out. He didn't want to escape, just got scared and confused.
Im jealous of jinx passport stamps! :) thankdls for the tips
Oh *thank you* for the "feed before the event"-idea.
I've done all the others consistently. My biggest problems with my (rescue) macaw are: visitors accidently enforcing screaming-for-attention (despite repeatedly being told not to) and a screwed up neighbour (same app. building) who screams/howls at all hours (esp at night) and sets of the birds (and I am so *not* feeding that sociopathic creep! ;P )
Sooo: maybe do a video about training visiting humans?? (if you havent already!! I've been watching birdtricks for ages, but probably not seen them all :D )
muurrarium I really wonder what would happen if you offer the human a chocolate or treat every time they’re ignoring a screaming bird. You’d have to be really casual and sneaky though 😂
Thank you for the tips.. its really important to me .i keep my bird in my condo balcony without cage.only leave it on the stand. I quite worry if the screaming disturbing my neighbours. I made mistake by talking to my parrot " sshhhh don't screaming". Yeah..it doesn't understand, but it repeat that word to me on the next day.. it will screaming, than say 'shhh.. don't screaming' .its funny and annoyying in the same time 😅.
Keep up the great work you are doing
Great video and tips! I live in California and have my bird out in an outdoor aviary when the weather permits only during the day. Otherwise I have Bogie ( African Grey), inside. what's the coldest temps you allow your birds to be in, and how do you acclimate them?
Is a pionus big enough to do outdoor free flight?
My male ekkie, screams now because 1. He's seems always hormonal.2 my young grands running around. Thanks for the info. Will try to avoid reacting, hard to do.
Your video re: indoor free flight was a terrific primer. However I cannot follow your suggestion to not rescue my bird when he crashes into my mini blinds, and screeches “Mom!” For me to rescue him-because if I don’t, his weight and talons/grip ruins my blinds!
You had me in stitches a few times there! 😂
Great and very helpful videos guys, thank you so much : ) I want to ask you if you have any advice on living with parrots in an apartment, and I also have a problem with my female cockatiel which won't stop eating her feces, even if she has a lot to eat in her cage. It would be awesome if you could tell me what to do with her to stop it. Thank you so much again. :)
I'd definitely try a different style of caging to keep her separated from the feces. Tips on apartment living with birds; www.birdtricksstore.com/search?q=apartment+
BirdTricks Thanks a lot I'll try that with a new cage 😊
What training / skills do you suggest for a budgie / Parakeet. I am in Australia and want to train my new budgie when i get her. I will not allow her outdoor free flight due to her size and other predatory birds in the area. I love the suggestion of clicker training and different directional skills.
They said don't have small birds in free flight outside because you won't hear them so you were listening good for you.
I wish I could have a bird can't here were I live now.
Ya,there a lot in Australia I know that,it would be a mess to find your bird
I have Sheba my African grey very smart two minor birds and a monk parrot I'm constantly hearing people complain that their birds don't talk I wish I could say the same I bought the monk parrot so that I could hear songs Shiba taught him how to talk instead my two mockingbirds what can I say they live up to their name they sing they alarm they talk sometimes they even curse out the doorbell because somebody answered from the other side of the door
Are you doing any travel in Michigan? My bird screams for to be moved I cannot move my bird cause the ac
Where do you have your products for sale like the food forged or what you called it? O totally agree on everything and it`s really important to give them things to do and i have several rescued birds who are used to scream so i would like to try out these things to help ;-)
Help on getting a not-yet tamed bird into a vet cage? I can take him out of his cage but can't touch him and can only take him out for a few seconds, he needs to go to the vet though... Plus maybe a quick setup of a vet cage? Size would be for a conure, just for travel, a DIY would be soooo helpful on a vet carrier!
Sam Herr Target training :)
What do you use for training treats? I need help. Since my husband and I have been working from home due to Covid, my Greenwing Macaw is screaming all day long and making it really difficult for my husband to work.
Unfortunately I live in a studio apartment and my bird is very attached. When I put her in a another room or her very large cage which is in the main room id she sees or hears me she screams non stop. I work from home so it’s been a incredibly hard adjustment. I spend more time with her since I’m always home but maybe too much bc it never seems enough. She’s always screaming. I have a small dog too so I think she gets possessive too 😢
I would recommend starting with our Stop Screaming Course birdtricksstore.com/collections/behaviors-and-training/products/stop-screaming
you are both so cool couples.
So I emailed you about the scammer using you're pics on FB Karl's Parrot sales,and asked about the affect shipping a young bird,we may have a rescue the first to come up here for years,when our vet heard I was looking for my own bird finally she knows my love for birds and am her no1 sitter for there clients parrots,so they called today asking if I'd be interested in meeting a bird that needs out of his home,there new child is allergic to birds ,they could have already got rid of him that sounds so bad get rid of ,. Anyway he may be gone but if he's not we get to have a few meetings before we decide,hope it all works out now , hopefully I'll be looking for a course from you both.
I want to free fly outside, now it is just inside the home. I live in the country, and I am concerned about hawks, so I probably not going to go outside for a while. Tx
Hi everyone. I hope someone from you teach me how to stop my macaw parrot from screaming . I love the bird but I’m also busy about my work . Everyday o can expend 2hour for he only . But some time I’m feeling bad because of my bird make screaming . I don’t want to give he to other home that why I’m try to training he to stop from screaming . Please anyone can teach me how to training my bird please . Thanks in advance .
My GCC screams when I get home for work because she really wants me to get her out! I pop the door on her cage open then continue to finsh changing and what not
What happened to the screaming link? :( I was really looking forward to reading about how to correct our Grey's screaming for attention behavior. Love your videos!
my birds havent made a sound since i adopted them yesterday. (cockatiel and sun contour) they were with previous owner 10 years and don'tknow me. how do i make them feel they are at home? not sure they are eating very much. totally silent in their room all day.
I have a question, I have this African Grey Parrot and I cannot find out if its a boy or girl, is their any way you can find out or could you make a video explaning how to find out?
Yeah thes only really 1 way to truly tell - DNA sex test
I love you guys..i love your videos..you inspire me..
Can you teach an old bird new tricks and what age cant you teach them
Just found your videos and enjoy watching them...Do you guys still live in Orlando? I live in Palm Bay and need help with my 26 year old B&G Macaw. He screams at everything...someone rings the bell, the dogs bark, every time I have company or lawn guy., i run the vacuum....I work full time so I'm gone for 11 hours a day. Do you do house calls....:)
We do but we no longer live in FL. We are in Idaho now! If you want to pay expenses + a day rate for us we are happy to come out in January :) otherwise there is a guy named Chris Armstrong in FL who might be willing to help you and wouldn't be as far. You can find him on FB.
Hey. We have a parrot who started screaming after starting training hem.. Now since he is not stop screaming at al. He screams all day. Only time. He stops when we put blanket over cage. We tried ignoring first but that didn't seem to work he only started to scream more and more
I like your macaw he looks cool
Hello Bird Tricks, I took your advice with clicker and touch training and I could not believe the results! I have four budgies and only one of which will willingly step up. The other three only will with food. So I thought I would go back to basics and use your advice and within minutes I had all of them moving to where the stick was to touch it for a treat. Day one success now just for a break and get back to it later. I know you mostly work with bigger birds but I would love to see some budgie training videos as most videos on the internet for budgies are taming ones not training ones (same thing different meaning). Do you have any suggestions as to make what I have done better. My goal is to have them all hand tame in a month and maybe towards the end work on some recall. I was thinking of replacing the stick with my finger to speed up the process but I know its a set back in the long run because it means that my hand equals food haha. I love all your videos and I hope the show goes well for you.
ios gaming and fishing You should definitely not replace the stick with your finger, but you can phase out the stick into verbal or physical cues. We have a parakeet training video you will really like; www.birdtricks.com/parakeets/
Thanks for this video. I have a pearly (f) and green cheek (M) that scream constantly. I’ve had a crazy year and moved twice to two different states. They have been together in the same cage together for 5 years (always upgrading). I’m thinking it’s time to separate them and see if that helps. I’m just concerned my lifestyle is stressing them out. Working on buying a home for that aviary and stability. For now we’re in an apartment and I need them to stop calling for me. It’s difficult because they aren’t interested in the toys they have. Should I separate them? Would this help with the toy situation?