Posted by danapurcell@msn.com Animal is doing very well. He has made some serious progress. The yelling has somewhat subsided. He still tries a little when we are eating. I give him some fruit or vegis (he only likes junk food). This way he has people food in his dish. I am ignoring the screams. It is weird how different he responds to things then my other bird Tiki. I raised Tiki from a hand fed baby. Animal really wants to be with you for a few minutes at a time and then is ready to go back to his cage. He is very easy to read. I have pet him a few times. The bites are now more like a hit with the beak... not hard or scary like they were. I will keep you posted of our progress. Thanks for your help as always. Dana : ) --Previous Message--
on 6/12/2005, 7:57 pm, in reply to "Re: red headed mexican"
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Ole,
: : "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.
:
: 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.
: --Previous Message--
: 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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