Category: Training

Cockatiels, Multiple Bird Syndrome, Parrot Everything!, Rehoming Rescue Birds, Training, Tricks

Flock Mentality – The Pull of other Parrots & Whistle Training

I now understand why Karen (the former owner of the bird shop where I volunteer) told me to keep my budgies in separate cages where they can’t hear each other. Flock Mentality: It’s A Thing. Qtip (our cockatiel) came to us knowing the “Imperial March” and “Zippity Doo Da”. Sure, he’d get stuck on the four march notes like a scratched record we couldn’t quite shut … Continue reading Flock Mentality – The Pull of other Parrots & Whistle Training

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Parrot Everything!, Senegal Parrots, Training

Problem: Chewing on things they Shouldn’t

Ozone is a wood chipper. Never underestimate the power of a smallish  beak. See that mess beneath Ozone? That is all the remains of a small cardboard cereal box. He can decimate a small cardboard box in thirty minutes. Cardboard anything is the bees knees per Ozone. Some birds are chewers; if they are, there is really nothing you can do to STOP this behavior. … Continue reading Problem: Chewing on things they Shouldn’t

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