http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/an-costwhat-kind-of-parrot-is-right-for-you/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:44:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/an-costwhat-kind-of-parrot-is-right-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-11888 Patty Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:10:44 +0000 http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=728#comment-11888 Linda, It sounds very much like your Amazon picked you! They have a way of doing that. They also have a way of choosing one person to the exclusion of everyone else. I am sorry to hear about your accident and hope that you are better now. If any one good thing came out of it, it might be that your parrot learned that other people are okay too. Try to let the other people in your parrot's life be the ones who offer the treats and fun activities (like a ride in the carrier in the car if he likes that) for a while so that he can see that they have something positive to offer. Be very careful not to reinforce his biting behaviors by snatching him away when it happens. This is exactly what he wants and will learn that by biting someone, he will get YOUR attention. I know how painful amazon bites can be, but try to have the bitten person return him to his cage without your intervention. Remember not to overreact to the biting because many parrots will bite for that reason alone. It becomes a game to them. I will ask Jamie to respond to your questions about the training videos. Good luck, get the videos. This is a very fixable problem. Patty Linda,
It sounds very much like your Amazon picked you! They have a way of doing that. They also have a way of choosing one person to the exclusion of everyone else.
I am sorry to hear about your accident and hope that you are better now. If any one good thing came out of it, it might be that your parrot learned that other people are okay too. Try to let the other people in your parrot’s life be the ones who offer the treats and fun activities (like a ride in the carrier in the car if he likes that) for a while so that he can see that they have something positive to offer. Be very careful not to reinforce his biting behaviors by snatching him away when it happens. This is exactly what he wants and will learn that by biting someone, he will get YOUR attention. I know how painful amazon bites can be, but try to have the bitten person return him to his cage without your intervention. Remember not to overreact to the biting because many parrots will bite for that reason alone. It becomes a game to them.
I will ask Jamie to respond to your questions about the training videos. Good luck, get the videos. This is a very fixable problem.
Patty

]]> http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/an-costwhat-kind-of-parrot-is-right-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-11833 Linda Bruce Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:20:03 +0000 http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=728#comment-11833 I had shared my home with budgies, finches, brotergis (?) Grey Cheeked parrots then one day I walked into a bird store and there was a yellow fronted Amazon. I offered my arm and he got up and started talking and singing in ecstasy. My mother tried to take him and he bit her savagely. I bought him two weeks later. It was an impulse buy but on the other hand I felt like we wanted each other. It has worked out well between the two of us. I was in a bad wreck after he had lived with me for a year or so, by the time I came home a month later, he was so glad to see me that he has never bitten me again. He nips to express his distress, but I can always figure out what I did wrong and no blood is lost. When I am around he doesn't want anyone else to handle him. He hates my eldest daughter. . . I think it is because she was so insulted that he didn't love her that she gave out negative vibes. When I am in the hospital, my younger daughter and he become close and he wants her to handle him. The minute I come home. . . no way! Will your video be able to teach me to encourage him to be more positively social. He isn't bad, he flies all over the house. The top of my head is one of his favorite perches. I always have to tell people, "no, he bites." Some people won't even come into the house until he is locked up. I never lock him up except at bedtime, or when I've really had it with being a perch and he is ripping my office up and. . . he becomes too much. That happens rarely. So, yes. I could use some assistance. I'm interested in how much all of your new videos cost. You had some for sale not long ago. I know you make your living with all of this, so it is fair to charge people for your expertise. I just have to decide how much of your expertise I can afford. :-) I had shared my home with budgies, finches, brotergis (?) Grey Cheeked parrots then one day I walked into a bird store and there was a yellow fronted Amazon. I offered my arm and he got up and started talking and singing in ecstasy. My mother tried to take him and he bit her savagely. I bought him two weeks later. It was an impulse buy but on the other hand I felt like we wanted each other. It has worked out well between the two of us. I was in a bad wreck after he had lived with me for a year or so, by the time I came home a month later, he was so glad to see me that he has never bitten me again. He nips to express his distress, but I can always figure out what I did wrong and no blood is lost. When I am around he doesn’t want anyone else to handle him. He hates my eldest daughter. . . I think it is because she was so insulted that he didn’t love her that she gave out negative vibes. When I am in the hospital, my younger daughter and he become close and he wants her to handle him. The minute I come home. . . no way! Will your video be able to teach me to encourage him to be more positively social. He isn’t bad, he flies all over the house. The top of my head is one of his favorite perches. I always have to tell people, “no, he bites.” Some people won’t even come into the house until he is locked up. I never lock him up except at bedtime, or when I’ve really had it with being a perch and he is ripping my office up and. . . he becomes too much. That happens rarely. So, yes. I could use some assistance. I’m interested in how much all of your new videos cost. You had some for sale not long ago. I know you make your living with all of this, so it is fair to charge people for your expertise. I just have to decide how much of your expertise I can afford.

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