» Housing Environment and Cages http://www.birdtricks.com/blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:47:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Getting Your Parrot to Like Showers http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/getting-your-parrot-to-like-showers/ http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/getting-your-parrot-to-like-showers/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:47:54 +0000 Jamieleigh http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=3733 feather plucking. So here's a tip from my galah, Bandit... Step one: Turn on shower and hang out near by. Feel the mist and hear ...

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]]> I’ve made sure to raise my birds where they got showers from a young age so it would never be a problem getting them to bathe. However, a lot of birds refuse to shower with their owners or at all and it can be very difficult for the bird owner to deal with because as we all know… parrots NEED to shower, and often. They have lots of dander and baths help a ton with stopping feather plucking.

So here’s a tip from my galah, Bandit…

Step one: Turn on shower and hang out near by. Feel the mist and hear the water pour down. Cue excitement.

Bandit loves just hearing the shower run, he’s not even that wet in this video but he is LOVING the environment he’s in where he can pretend to be bathing and have a great time doing it.

You may need to just get your bird used to the bathroom first, then used to hanging out on a shower perch or whatever it is you might use… then get used to hearing water run. It may not even be in that order for your bird, it may need to be hearing the shower from the next room, and then getting closer and closer.

Also, birds learn best from seeing other birds do things so if you have one bird who will bathe and one who won’t, let them watch one another so that the un-bathing bird will learn that it’s a good thing. Observational learning is super powerful when you have more than one parrot so use it to your advantage.

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]]> /feed/ 0 Comparing Our Parrots With Children http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/comparing-our-parrots-with-children/ http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/comparing-our-parrots-with-children/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:48:09 +0000 Patty http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=3607 It is frequently said that a parrot has the emotional capacity of a two year old and the problem solving capabilities of a 5 or 6 year old.  I have drawn the comparison between my parrots and children many times.   It's hard not to do when they play with toys, throw tantrums, and look to you for their care and comfort.  There are many similarities, but I think there is a place when the line should be drawn. Like your children, a parrot requires boundaries and limitations.  It is ...

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]]> /feed/ 0 PDD “Proventricular Dilation Disease” http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/pdd-proventricular-dilation-disease/ http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/pdd-proventricular-dilation-disease/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:57:54 +0000 Patty http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/?p=3632 PDD is a disease that causes a failure in the parrot's digestive system. While it is also called "Macaw Wasting Syndrome", it is absolutely not exclusive to the macaw.  In fact, it has been seen in many species of our companion birds and their wild counterparts. So that you can better understand the impact of this disease, first let me describe the parrot's digestive system:  The bird breaks down food with its beak and passes it down to the crop.  The crop slowly delivers food to a two part stomach.  The first part of ...

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