Posted by Ole on 6/13/2005, 9:41 am, in reply to "Re: red headed mexican" Regards Ole --Previous Message--
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Sounds great!
I've retrieved additional info on screaming problems. But I have to translate and will therefore explain shortly. Forget watersprays, cover up with blankets and isolating in a room.This IS actually near to animal cruelty regrding parrots. As mentioned before parrots don't understand what we call punishment. If you cover him up, he probably will be quiet because he gets surprised, but soon you have a screaming parrot under the blanket, you cure the symptoms briefly, but not the problem. I did this mistake for sometime and go, this resultet in screaming when he wanted to go to bed at night. That's ok for me. and I've been lucky in away the problem did not escalate, and that's because he only gets the blanket at night. And attention when he is quiet. To cure/prevent screaming: Ignore the screaming totally, but be very careful to give him praise and treat when he is silenced, even if this means for a couple of seconds in the beginning. And in all parrot training here you incourage the good and ignore the bad, making it very boring for the bird :) Don't take him out of cage when screaming for it etc, the parrot is always looking for what he can do to cause an action in anyway. This ignore/praise tools you have must be well thought and good timed, so It's clear what
he gets praise for. When a problem occurs with a parrot you MUST remember this is owners fault! Start look for the origin of the problem, think and make plan with this
in mind.
Yellow nape and blue fronted
: Ole,
:
: 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--
: : "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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