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Flight Recall

Posted by TYP on Friday, September 2, 2011, In : Taming & Training 
You Will Need:
·         A Parrot/ Bird
·         A Treat e.g Millet ( I use apple but whatever your Parrot likes best)
·         A  Parrot Clicker
·         A Training perch (or if your cage opens at the top and you can stick a perch in between, use that)
·         MOTIVATION FOR YOUR PARROT!

INSTRUCTIONS:
 Now first your bird should be on the perch. Steps:  
 
1) Make sure your bird is on its perch 

2) Hold your Parrots preffered treat behind your hand. Your hand should be not too far away from ...

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Training Your Parrot to step up using Target Training

Posted by TYP on Friday, September 2, 2011, In : Taming & Training 
You Will Need
  A pet bird (obviously) 
1 X Chopstick  
A treat e.g. Millet, Apple etc 
A parrot training clicker
OR
something which makes a similar sound e.g. An empty stapler.    
 
INSTRUCTIONS
Hold out the chopstick towards your parrot. Just to see what happens after a while your parrot will bite the end of the stick. As  soon as he/she does this click with your clicker/stapler and give him a treat.
Do this a couple of times and after a while you can start to move the chopstick further away and you...

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Taming Your Parrot

Posted by B&C on Thursday, June 23, 2011, In : Taming & Training 

To tame your Bird you have to let it know that it can trust you. Try to put your and in the cage one day. Be patient it may just hop onto your hand! If not then you should try hand feeding it, either seeds or Millet (i have mentioned Millet on the Dietary needs page). Try every day and once it trusts you enough to eat from your hand, then it my step onto your hand. This means it is semi - tame! Then try this a lot and when you think it is ready take away the food and see it will step-up. This...


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