Yellow Naped Amazon Parrot:How To Rule
Your Roost So Your Yellow
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not surface until he reaches maturity. However, don’t worry, if your Yellow Naped is past maturity and you’re nearly past your limit of patience there is an
answer to your situation.
Trick train your Yellow Naped Amazon Parrot and watch your bird change right before your eyes. For extensive tricking training information check out our training package. Trick training establishes trust. Trust is essential for Yellow Naped Amazon Parrots. |
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The opposite of trust is fear and fear breeds bad behaviors like screaming when you enter the room or get close to the cage. Worse, fear breeds aggressive behaviors like biting and charging. When your parrot trusts you, he’ll eat from your hand and do what you ask of him.
Trick training makes you the head of your household. Trick training puts you in the role of ‘boss.’ When you trick train through positive reinforcement your Yellow Naped will want to please you. He’ll appreciate the structure and rules you’ve established because he’ll know what to expect which makes him happier and more relaxed.
Trick training engages your parrot and keeps him active so that he doesn’t misbehave simply because he’s bored. Imagine how you would feel if you sat in a cage all day and didn’t get to interact with others and engage your brain? You’d be grumpy and probably anxious to sink your beak into someone. Your bird feels the same way. Trick training engages the problem solving aspect of your Yellow Naped Amazon Parrot’s brain, it makes him happy.
Of course for trick training to work you must make sure that your Yellow Naped Amazon Parrot is healthy. He needs a good foundation pellet diet and plenty of fruits and veggies. He needs plenty of quality sleep and he needs to have a healthy and clean environment.
Lastly, realize that during particular times of the year – breeding seasons – Yellow Naped Amazon parrots can become particularly unpredictable and aggressive. While much of this can be trained out of them it is important to read their physical cues, read their behavior. If you see that your bird is particularly angry at the moment, don’t bother him.
Recognizing your bird’s body language isn’t easy to do. The resources and tools at Birdtricks.com will help you not only learn how to read your Yellow Naped Amazon parrots behavior, they’ll teach you how to trick train your bird to accomplish all of the goals we’ve discussed.
You’ll build a strong bond with your parrot. You’ll engage your bird’s problems solving skills and invigorate his intelligence, you’ll establish yourself as the head of your home with positive reinforcement and you’ll eliminate those awful behaviors that are driving you nuts. No more screaming, thrashing, charging or biting.