Posted by Ole on 6/10/2005, 9:23 pm, in reply to "red headed mexican" Wish you luck, but doing things right, and patience for several years, with small progress now and then, is probably neeeded, after what I hear in background etc. It's very positive he can stand on your hand, and if he volunterily steps up, you have a good starting point. Link: http://www.webpaulsen.tk
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"shock collar" Thank God that was a joke! You have taken on a responsibility that might not be the result you really wish, not at least for some good years! You should not respond in anyway of unwanted behaviour. NO angry face, no screaming, not a twitch. The unwanted behaviour must be boring for the bird! Therefor IGNORE! If he is afraid of hand above head and not cuddly, he might never be, based on age an earlier experience. BUT again hard to tell and very dependent on your work on him. If you push him on this he will learn this is a negative experience, maybe forget trying pet for a good while until the trust is reinforced and cuddling might and really must come naturally. Be very persistant of total ignoring negative and praise the positive. When good behaviour is displayed, in a split second say goood and for example give a treat. This is the the very shallow training/behavioural modification in parrots. With the elements of ignore bad and praise good. Some kind of punishment NEVER gives result in parrots, it either sets back trust or makes the bird eager to display this behaviour again, to see owner angry, yealling etc. This is actually fun for them.
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: Hello,
:
: I just received a Red Headed Mexican
: from someone that was moving and
: couldn't take him with her. He is
: 28ish years old. He is "wild
: stock" as she refered to him,
: meaning he was caught and brought to
: the states before it was illegal.
: He can be held and talks a bit. He
: HATES being petted, so he thinks.
: He won't let you put your hand up to
: him to get pet but if you can
: actually pet him he loves it. I can
: pet his beak and feet. I am working
: on getting him to be a lover. I
: will let him sit on my shoulder but
: would never let him near my face.
: He will bite semi hard just because
: he wants to. He also yells... a
: lot. He has mellowed out. We have
: had him for a week. He begs. I
: never knew a bird would beg, it
: isn't cute. He yells so loud you
: just can't ignore him. We have
: tried to cover him to hush him up
: but it doesn't work. We have tried
: a squirt bottle but he likes it. So
: any ideas would be great. Do they
: make shock collars for loud birds
: like the kind they make for dogs?
: Just kidding. We will work through
: this. Any info in red head mexicans
: would be helpful too. I don't seem
: to be able to find much. I might be
: having a "stupid day".
: Thanks,
: Dana : )
:
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