Your 2nd FREE Parrot Training Video

I have watched the two videos you sent me yesterday and today, but saw them both on the net yesterday.
They are very good, and would like to get some other videos from you, but live in SA and am not sure how to go about paying for these, the rate of exchange is crazy at this stage. Iwill give it some thought and get back to you once a decision has been made.
I loved the videos I’ve seen so far. I am on very good terms with my Macaw, but due to jealousy or otherwise when someone approaches me when he is on my shoulder he will bite me if he can’t get to the other person to bite.

Hi Chet-
I need some help. A friend of mine was on Fourth Ave here in Tucson, when two methed out- hippie homeless types approached him with- no I’m not kidding- a Galah Cockatoo in a beer box. He got it off them for 20 dollars, got a huge parrot cage at a yard sale, and set up the bird in his house. However, he and his girlfriend aren’t home much. I teach, so they knew I was home most of the day for the summer, and I agreed to foster it. He brought the bird over last night, and this morning I went to the pet store and got all kinds of bird food. I’ve had cockatiels and parakeets previously, but nothing on a scale like this. I would love to start communicating with you and getting your advice on how to acclimate this jewel of a sweetheart of a bird ( she’s already giving little whistles, and has let me scratch her head, though she’s not stepping up yet) and make her as comfortable as possible. I’d love to keep her- but I do go back to work in August, which would be the only reason I’d consider giving her up- she deserves to be somewhere where she’s getting the attention she needs. If my absence is too much for her… well, you see my dilemma. Any help you could give would be most appreciated. Thanks!

I had no problem viewing the videos, very helpful. I have a blue fronted amazon who lets me handle him , but gets very upset when he can not see me or when he wants out of his cage. A lot of screaming very loud. Do you have any videos for bad behaver?

We recently bought an African Grey parrot. He’s failry young, less than a year old, and is totally untrained. He has however become fairly comfortable with me and my family, especially my wife. We have found your videos quite uesful and my wife has been able to get him to allow her to stroke him just a bit.

Glad to hear he’s getting more comfortable with you!

Keep it up,

Chet

Thank you for your time. I have always wanted a congo grey. I intend to travel with my buddy, but don’t now when

Hi Chet,

We are from Chile, and we have “Nachito” since the past Sunday. I really admire the work you do with birds, but I have a question, because I dont know how to prize him, I see in the videos that you have something like a seeds bar, but here in Chile, I cant find something like that, what can you recommend me to use instead?

Hope to hear from you soon!
Paulina

my dear i want to get the info about indian ringneck regards ASAD QAYYUM.

Just so you know, this training advice has worked on hundreds of clients who have indian ringnecks.

hii
thanks for the two videos you sent me
i found them really helpful
my parakeet will go on till my arm but he will not go on my hand at all
he will not let me touch him either
i think this is partly because he was not hand tamed and the staff at the pet shop used to grab him ,he hated this and always got stressed and he always bit them
thanks again for the videos

Very helpful video! worked for my bird great.

Ive been wondering what the dimensions and what features you have on that cage are? ive been wanting to get a cage from cagesbydesign

-thanks ,
Byron

Your videos are good. However, our African Grey is 10 yrs old. She has started biting my husband who she loves more than anyone. This started a year ago. She steps up to him to come out of her home in the mornings, and everything is fine, then she makes a quick move and bites him hard enough to take a large hunk of flesh. After this happened last year, he worked and worked with her retraining her to step up, lay on her back, etc. She will step up for me when out of her house. Problem being I have an exceptionally hard time getting her out of her house. All she wants me to do is rub her head. I can rub her head, her back, touch her feet. I have worked with her giving her a reward when she steps up, and it still will not work. We are frustrated to the point of no return, and are ready to find a breeder to take her. I’m hoping that the video that we are to receive will cover the situation we have, as she is not a new addition to our family. Thanks

I have watched both videos and they have been very helpful to me. Even though I have owned a umbrella cockatoo in the past I now have a sulfer crested cockatoo who will allow me to touch him but will not step up to me I work with him for approx 20min or more a day and i just got him on Sunday so today is day four and the videos are already helpful. I am looking forward to purchasing your training package but have to wait a little while but hope to keep getting some videos for free cuz they are very helpful. Can you telll me why my bird will let me touch him but refuses to step up?

Great videos – thank you so much! So much of your training I was unknowingly doing already – good to know my instincts were correct! I had a wonderful cockatiel named Pigeon that I recently had to put to sleep after 26 years together… and I have been considering getting another bird, and found you while looking for various parrot information. Training birds sure has come a long way since I was 9 yrs old!! So thank you for this information – my future bird will be very grateful!

thank you for the videos.. i hope when i get my bird it will be cool… i m new at being a bird person so ya………………………………………thank you hope i get more videos from you

Interested in where to find a clicker.
I believe this can work with my bird.

You can find parrot clickers in any of our courses or here; http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/where-to-get-your-training-clicker/

thanks for the videos it was really very useful,i have indian ring necked male parrot it will sit on my shoulder but it doesn`t allow me to touch,so hope this trick will workout

Chet,
HELP. My blue fronted amazon adores me, except when another woman, not a man, comes into my house. Then he will lunge at me viciously if I go near his cage, or try to get him on my hand. At any other time I can do anything I want and he wants me to do – like hold him, hug him, kiss him play with him. He is a most adored pet, except when a woman comes in. Please, any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated. It’s a particular problem, I know, but a real pain for me. Thanks so much. Your videos are fantastic, but don’t include my one particular problem.

I have the same exact problem but mine is double. I have 2 wild budgies in one cage and 2 cockatiels in another. I will try this method tomarrow and see what progress I get. Thanks.

Chet, great training videos, however, looking for something a little more advanced for my Camelot Macaw…will look into purchasing your other training materials.
Thanks.
P.S. If by any chance you have any suggestions on a great name for a Camelot, please let me know…he’s 2 years old and will be coming home next week.
Thanks again.

thanks for the video, recently bought a male electus. im starting to find that he’s biting more and more ,what should i do

I just got a cockatiel, and its rather old like 3 or 4 years,the people that had it before didnt do anything with him, so im wondering is it possible to still train him? Thanks for the video !!!

these videos have worke with my peach faced lovebird and have built

our bond stronger, but i dont think hes ready to really start trusting me

yet. It seems like i’m his second favorite and his cage is his favorite.

Whenever i have him out his main objective is to get back to his cage.

Any advice Chet?

i watched the video but every now and than i ll try to make him stand on my hand and he nips me , any thing else i should do
thanks mate

i’ve had a parakeet now for about a year. he to was/and still is wild. Thank you so much, for the video, im going to start to try this tomorrow.

Kim

Good vids, my girlfriend bought me a double yellow headed amazon for father’s day and he is 10 weeks old. Mojito is responding very well to me and even trying to say hello and flying already. I am still hand feeding Mojito so it is tuf to train at this age because I can’t give him any thing else, what are your suggestions as far as treats? I work from home so we are together every day all day, I have even gone as far as making a jungle gym perch thingy for the office. Thank you very much for the vids, look forward to seeing more. By the way, your better than the dog wisperer.

Trevor

Great vids.will have to try that on my other cockatiel Bob as he wont let ANYONE near him. I have 3 birds Charlie another cockatiel and Harry my afrcan grey timinah. You would prob like Charlie as he is friendly and can fly but poor soul cant land, he crashes every time , has done from day we got him.
Anthea

Tanku very much for those videos!They help me lurn faster,so i can train mi parrot,so we bout can be happy!

Hi good videos i learnt alot off 2 of them
hope my bird wil be friendly in the future
thanks ever so much

kayleigh

thanks for the vids mate just got my daughter a cockatiel and want her to be able to form a bond with it your vid should help us in this matter look forward to seeing more

cheers

Troy

Well it works for me.My parrot is now more friendly than before and he lets me to touch him sometimes.

Thank you very much.

its doesn’t buff very fast, but I like the videos.

I’m having trouble downloading because it’s not buffering correctly. can’t understand.

I find this very helpful and would like your permission to show my mum & dad, as they also have a cockatiel and unless I show them they don’t believe me. I already have the trust of my bird, but can’t get him to talk.

They were good videos but i would like a video that helps me teach my lovebird tricks!!!!!

hi sir thanks for sending me your e mails i like your tricks thanks again i have a grey congo parrot talking obedient and loving one

Hey I found these videos very interesting and will give it a try on my mom’s parakeet who really acts like she hates me. I guess that will be my practise run and then when I get my African grey I will have a little experince. I do want to get the whole training pkge and hope to before I get my bird. Thanks for sending these.

I have a question,
I have a parakeet and I used
to be able to hold her for about
20 seconds before she started to bite me.
Now she bites out of control and is
totally unfriendly. Please tell me what to do!
I have tried the techniche with the stick and the millet
and the clicker, but all she does is fly away and I
do it really nice. Please help!

Hi! For me, the video only goes up to where you say “you’d want interaction, right? you-” and then it stops and goes back to the beginning. I’ve tried refreshing but it’s not working…

Are you in the Seattle area? (I saw a QFC in your video). I’m wondering if our Blue Front Amazon could use some rehab/training. We’d like to interact more with him, but need some direction and think he’s getting fat.

I’d love to talk.

Hi, Chet,

I just left you a message. I’ve been encouraged by your Youtube to train our 20 yr. old parrot, Pancho. (Long story). Yesterday I reached in with the back of my hand and he got me! Nearly bled an artery on the back of my hand! I think I need some one-on-one with him some day. Any thoughts? He lets my husband pet him, but we’re afraid to clip wings since he bit my husband when we tried, many years ago.

Thanks,
Louisa
425-829-9288

Lousia,

Chet does live in the Seattle area but doesn’t take on client’s birds usually. He is currently working with a rehomed plucked African Grey and I know a lot of his time is going into helping that bird right now. However, if you are worried about your blue front being over weight, you should consider getting him onto an organic diet like http://www.feedyourflock.com (Feed Your Flock) and limiting his seed/nut intake.

I recently took on a client’s Amazon (also a blue front) who was severely obese and just by changing him over to feed your flock organic pellets, he lost weight and became a completely different bird! You can read about his story on this blog actually here; http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/another-parrot-saved/

i saw those videos and they where very good trainded and i will tell u about my parrots i have 2 parrots a small parrots (parakets) but non of them dont wont me to touch them one is female and male what should i do if any bady know about this send me an e-mail kushtrimm_8@hotmail.com i am wating forword to here from u

i had a realywhild bird i tryed it it toatily trained him!

I own a Sun Conure and a Peach Front Conure. When I only had the Sun, it was friendlier alone. Later when I got the Peach, the Sun has started to ignore me. The Sun will let me touch it,but it will Not step up anymore. I do not understand this change. I give attention to both every day. The Peach Front will step up for me though. Can you offer some advice?

Thank you.for your help ful video.

I JUST BOUGHT A DOUBLE YELLOW HEADED AMAZON. MURRY IS ALITTLE NIPPY. BUT HE DOES NIP HARD. FANS HIS TAIL OUT AND RUFFLES HIS HEAD FEATHERS, SO I KNOW I IS THREATING ME. WHICH I DON’T LISTEN TO. HE TAKES FOOD OUT OF MY HAND AND WILL UP UP WHEN I TELL HIM TO. EATS VERY WELL. HAS TOYS AND LOTS OF ROOM TO WONDER AROUND. HE IS NEW TO THE HOUSE. I HAVE TO BIG DOGS AND 3 OTHER PARROTS. BLUE AND GOLD , TRITON COCKATOO, AND A GREEN CHEEK CONURED. PLUS MR. MURRY. HOW IN THE WORLD CAN I GET HIM NOT TO BE SO THREATING AND NIPPY. I HAVE HAD MANY MANY PARROTS IN MY LIFETIME, AND I HAVE NEVER ( I GUESS I’M LUCKY) HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. PLEASE HELP. ONE WAY OR ANOTHER I WILL WIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP

Hi there, I’m going to be getting a Sun Conure in 3 weeks and I want to start things off right with him. I’m hoping that your videos will be a big help, but I can’t see any of them! Can you please give me some help on getting them to work?? Thanks so much.

Thank you for your very interesting video, I hand reared my african grey who is totally lovable & gentle with me, however (like Karen Coetzee’s comment) he will only bite me if somebody comes near me. He will not accept anybody else, only me. I have a little two & a half year old & I’m so worried about him being bitten by Magoo (african grey). Do you have any suggestions about taming him to others in the household. I’m especially interested in the potty training video / section.
I too am in South Africa & as Karen Coetzee stated, the price of the video etc is pretty hectic with the exchange rate. I will however keep watching your newsletters etc. as they are really interesting & helpful.

i had adopted a cockatiel from a petstore and the guy who worked there said he knew nothing about birds and actualy hurt the bird when he tried to take him out. this bird is not hand raised he has never been handled by humans. he bites till he draws blood and he will not come out of his cageand whenever i stick my hand in the cage he will jsut jump to the back of the cage. people have told me that he could never be able to be tame and hes a lost cause and will probably just be a caged bird all his life. i would rely like for my cockatiel to become more like a part of my famiy. ive been thinking about buying your videos but i am not sure if they will work. what should i do?

Thanks for video and I would like to get more video for african grey and I whant know how can stop african grey Screaming?

Thanks for video and I would like to get more video for african grey and I whant know how can stop african grey Screaming

our cinnamon green cheek conure keeps on biting my neck. what can I do to prevent this from happening over and over again?
Kind regards, Astrid Boulton.

great videos, love seeing your neighborhood too. Kind regards, Astrid 11:43am.

Hey there Chet,
I was impressed! How long have you been doing this? I have a baby cockatiel 11 weeks old, and I am going to begin training her next week while my son is away at boyscout camp. ( less interruptions! )
Thanks,
Linda

I have just recieved a African Gray that is about 10 years old, the family that had the bird went through a divorce and the bird is stressed very bad, it picks and wont let you touch it without trying to bite you. I tried to use the stick approch but the bird is afraid of the sticks, I dont know if it was hit with them or what. any suggestions on making this bird a pet that I can enjoy ????I feel sorry for the bird thats why we got it, I know that a household going through a divorce must have been very upsetting and with 4 children even worse.

RIGHT NOW MY FRIEND IS HELPING ME TO TRAIN THE BIRD BUT I DID NOT KNOW WHETHER HE USING THE CORRECT TECHNIQUE OR NOT. MY FAMILY SCARED OF THE 6 MONTHS OLD AFRICAN GREY SCREAMING ALL THE TIME. I FEEL SORRY OF THE BIRD AND LET MY FRIEND HANDLED IT. I’M THINKING ABOUT TO SELL THE BIRD BUT AFTER WATCH THESE VIDEOS I LIKE TO TRY IT TOO….

Very nice video samples showing training of (1) a ‘wild’ Parakeet,
to touch a stick at a click, and (2) A Cockatiel to step up on a hand …
GREAT STUFF!
My own interactions with my two small Zebra Fiches (obtained
as fledgling sisters in late September 2006) Victoria and Serenity,
and Love Birds Mimosa and Cuddles (and their two clutches of
offspring) first obtained early September 2008, as a pair given,
as with Victoria and Serenity, by bird keeping lady who could
no longer keep them (same lady both times), are accidental and
primitive by comparison, although I dearly love my birds, and
do forgive Mimosa for wounding me several times with her
sharp beak.. Gary

DJ says:
July 10, 2009 at 12:15 pm

i had adopted a cockatiel from a petstore and the guy who worked there said he knew nothing about birds and actualy hurt the bird when he tried to take him out. this bird is not hand raised he has never been handled by humans. he bites till he draws blood and he will not come out of his cageand whenever i stick my hand in the cage he will jsut jump to the back of the cage.

WELL, DJ , its not true…. i just had a cockatiel & she’s also bird is not hand raised & has never been handled by humans. but i tamed her in less than a week without ny help or training videos & now she’s soooo demanding wanting me 2 pet her & scratch her nick all the time.
u just hav 2 seduce him for coming out of his cage & then gradually he’s let u touch him

Very informative video, seems to make great sense.
My question would be what should you do, if when presented your hand to step-up on the bird should bite you hard? How do you or do you not respond to the bite?
Thank you, Terri

that is awesome i wish i could do that ur lucky

Thanks for video and I would like to get more video for african grey and I whant know how can stop african grey Screaming?

My son received a parakeet as an Easter present and this bird was a nightmare for many weeks. I was at the breaking point (and Bleeding point, my poor fingers) when I decided to research some tips online. I came across your training video’s and gave them a shot. I’m very proud to say that now he actually seems excited to “step up” and interact with us. He still bites on occasion, but I now believe that any problem can be solved! And I look forward to the day that the biting stops altogether! Thank you so much for the advice and love for these beautiful creatures! Keep up the great work! I know that I will!

THE FIRST FREE VIDEO I TRIED TO WATCH STOPPED A FEW TIME AND I HAD TO KEEP GOING BACK TO THE START TO WATCH IT ALL OVER AGAIN UNTIL IT STOPPED AGAIN AND I GAVE UP.

THE SECOND VIDEO WAS GREAT AND LOOKED REALLY EASY AND UNCOMPLICATE TO DO. I HOPE THESE TRAINING TECHNIQUES WORK FOR MY COCKATIEL AS HE HISSES WHEN U COME NEAR HIS CAGE AND TRIES TO BITE.

THANKS FOR THESE TRAINING TECHNIQUES AS I WILL BE TRYING THEM (WELL ONE OF THEM ANYWAY) TOMORROW.

THANKYOU

ROSALEEN

hi there dave thanks for the videos they are very helpfull just bought a blue and gold macaw hen she is 5 months old and very tame been hand reared would love some more videos on training our macw baby how to talk and do tricks cheers mate

I really love your training video.
Everyone in the world should get one before they purchase their first bird.
I love birds and volunteer at a wildlife and primate santuary. There I work with alot of
exotic birds from coakatoo’s, cockatiels, a parrot, golfin cockatoo’s and others. Would I need anymore videos that would help me, help first time birds owners with.
Also some video’s that would help put birds at ease in there new home and with there new owner. Especially new and first time owners that are not sure about the care of birds and etc….
Thank you so much for your video.

Trish Woods
A person that loves all God’s creations and want them to have a happy and healthly life.

Hi
Not sure if you got my first e-mail from me about wanting more info on training birds to
associate with you. And also on how to train cockatoos not to scream out so much and so loudly.
Love your video.
Thank you so very much.

Trish Woods
A peron who has a great love for all Gods creations.
Thank you again.

I am getting a cockatiel tomorrow and I think this videos will be very helpful!

Thank u!!

My dad got me a white cockatiel yesterday 10 weeks old…in one afternoon using the view vids you have on here and youtube echo can step up and likes being with me at my desk. He still a little shy at first but its amazing how quickly they can take to you if given the right information…atm Echo is sitting on my head hahaha thank you so much for the great advice…!!!!!

Matt and Echo

hey thanx for the video i really like theim i just got my first african grey its only about 10 weeks old so it still a baby but i would like more videos about african grey , thanx again

I have a Lesser Sulfur Crested Cockatoo that I purchased from a private owner about a month ago. She loves to be petted all over but as soon as I put my hand in front of her she gets nervous and tries to bite. I tried your technique that you did with tiko and your wife and it really did work (when she was on the floor). Havent accomplished anything while she’s on her cage though. She is very loveable even on my shoulder, but she has bitten my ear and cheek when startled. Dont know what to do. The previous owner believed that she might have been abused by a male since she is closer to females and is very skiddish with men. But still has some fear with me as well. I’m still trying to read her and find out whats goin on with her. Please help!

Lisa & Gabby

My question would be what should you do, if when presented your hand to step-up on the bird shys and walks or sometimes runs away or try to bite you? Should i just not respond and let him bite?
Thanks, Adrian

Ok, I got this beautiful Cockatiel from my Aunts best friend. She basically bought him, brought him home and NEVER touched him or interacted with him. (other than feeding/watering) He’s very aggressive, he bites and draws blood. I really like him and want him to be able to be held and hand fed, etc. I’m trying a few of the techniques I’ve learned from the free video’s but I’m still having problems. What should I do. I refuse to give up.
Thank you,
Jamie V.

I have two lovebirds, my male Comet was hand raised and knows quite a few tricks, his mate had died and I bought him a new one, Aster. She was never touched and I have already had to break her of one bad habit and hopefully I use these videos to make her more a little bit more pleasant. She just happens to be a bitter.

I found the video helpful with these two caveats. My bird (a baby lovebird) did NOT know what millet was, so I broke off some pieces and put them in his food bowl for a few days until he started eating them. Also, he will not come out of his cage unless I use a perch and ask him to step up. (He still grabs at things on the way out and doesn’t come “willingly”.) I put him on a perch away from his cage and worked on the touch technique. After about a week, he touched the stick, I clicked and then gave him the millet which he ate. We continued and he was very quickly letting me touch him, but not for long. I will also mention that I started him on the “training diet” you recommended and that seemed to make a great difference. He still will not let me get him out of the cage with my hand, but I feel he will in time. For those of you whose bird flutter around the cage when you come near, I would suggest that you approach more slowly and get closer and closer until your bird gets used to you being near the cage.

i breed african greys and im only 14 yrs old and thanks to ur videos i have been succesfull in rearing very tame parrots but 1 of my parrots always seems to bite me and lunge at me so i was wondering should i sell him or keep him and just dont give up . and i was wondering do u sell ur parrots .

please reply chet coz i have big problems with my evil african grey scarlet . and i was wondering is it possible to buy a toucan and are they expensive
plz reply i realy mean please

is a budgie a parakeet

I got two concure from a friend who had a family member which kept the birds in her basement. They were feed and watered but had little if any human contact, one is 15 yrs and the other is 3yrs. They are very aggressive and bit. I want to hold them and play with them as the other lady with the similiar problem. I’ve tried your training skills and they are working is there any chance the 15yr will calm down and be friendly. thank you barb

I have 2 lovebirds. 1 is a peachface who was hand raised from a baby and is the sweetest thing. I can do anything to her. The second is a black mask which I “rescued’ from a pet store a year ago. She is the most violent little thing i”ve ever seen. Her name is now LIttle Vicious. She lunges at you like a Great White. This is not a bite you can just take. She bites and keeps digging in. If I show her the stick she shows all kinds of aggessive and territorial signs and attacks it. She will take some millet sometimes though. Should I click still if she’s attacking the stick? Or does that just teach her it’s ok to attack to receive a treat? Do you have any advice for this situation or any courses that help with vicious attack birds?

Thanks,
Michael

You can find toucan prices at this website; http://www.emeraldforestbirds.com/

We have a post on the budgie/parakeet topic here; http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/this-is-not-a-parakeet/

Clicking will teach your bird to attack instead of “touch”. What you can do it put the stick just out of reach so it can barely touch the end and reward that. You can also try putting something tasty on the end of the stick so it licks it instead of bites.

Hi I like the video, but the first vid. has stoped in a middle

Thanks for the training videos.
I’ve just bought a male lovebird and he’s totally afraid of human’s hand (I think every wild bird in my country is afraid of human, since most of people here like to catch them rudely). His wings were clipped on the day I bought him. Everytime I enter my hand to change his food & water supply, he starts to be panic. Everytime I get him out of his cage, he never settles down, always starts to run away. So I didn’t do anything to him. I didn’t even play him because I think he needs some time to feel comfortable in his new home.
Could you please give me some advices to this kind of situation?
Because I like this bird very much, since I used to have one when I was young but he was very friendly and I could play him.

My African grey is 17 weeks old and I was just wondering how I can see if it is a male/female?

thanks alot chet.
I found your videos helpful.
I have a frican grey..6 or 7 month old.
How do I train my bird to speak good when i want?
I hope to training my bird step by step with u.
have a good time and thanks again,
yoosife

Your vet will need to do a DNA test to be able to tell.

Chet your videos are really help full.
thanks alot.
I am gathering some background information so that my dad trust’s me with a bird so thanks again.

hi,
i am planning to get a baby cockatiel who is only about 8 weeks old, he/she is hand reared, I am trying to find out as much information as I can on birds, what they like etc.. so when I have him/her I know what to do. I will be visiting the chicks on the weekend to choose a little friend. I will see how the training goes when we have our new family member,

the videos rock! i bet boomer will be trained in no time!:)

I definitely found this video to be informative and useful. I have a 6 month quaker parrot, who is very intelligent. I started this technique yesterday and she picked up the lesson very quick. My focus is to have her become accustomed to “stepping up” on my hand — without being afraid and running away. I’m sure this tech. will help me get there. Thanks!

I am a professional horse trainer so I am familiar with the reward method and also the clicker method of training. I have just bought a n eight week old cockatiel male that was hand fed. I have had him on my finger a few times but now he just won”t come on it again and just “runs” around acting nervous. I don”t want him stressing out so I try again later-my question is what if I cann’t find anything that will entice him to take a treat from me. Should I remove food for a period of time to make him want to eat something? If so-how long before he is stressing.

I’ve owned my bird for 2 years. He knows how to say pretty bird and everything, but i have to battle to get him out of his cage. Will this method still work? Oh, and, my birds favorite foods are millet and wheat.

THE FIRST VIDEO WAS GREAT, BUT THERE WAS NO PICYURE ON THE 2ND VIDEO.SO I HEARD IT BUT I COULDNT SEE IT.

Thanks for the videos, I have a baby cockatiel 7 weeks old and I think these videos will be very helpful!
Thank you

Everything makes sense so far, but I am dealing with two birds who are heavily bonded, so I am indeed an outsider. They know me very well, but now the conure acts like I am a monster and won’t come near my hand (she will nibble on my face but no touching). Do I need to separate them to start your training technique? Boy, I hope you answer this.

Thanks for these videos. They are very helpful.

thanks very much
Chris

This video was really helpedme to train my parrot , thank you verymuch

The videos are awesome , its easy to train as per this method

I’m going to try this tonight.

Thanks!

THIS VIDEOS ARE AMAZING, IN 5 MINUTES MY ONE OF BIRDS WAS STEPPING UP IN MY HAND! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

I cannot believe the results that you obtain. I have a blue and gold macaw that was left pretty much to her own devices. I am hoping that your techniques will be useful in helping her to overcome her fear of humans!!!

OMG this training method does work. my parakeets were skittish but they seem happy to learn

this is great information on how to initiate the training and I like your cage.

OMG Thank you so much for your videos !! They are just so helpfull !!! Your methods are really working….I even take notes !! Thanks again ! !!

it is really very nice and a super hit course to train our pets like parrot.
thank u so much for guiding me .

Love your freebe videos. Love your sense of humor and intelligent style. I may not purchase the training system, but think it appears to be very good,
Keep up the good work

Well either way, thanks for the kind remarks musa, I appreciate them

hi ive just watched your free videos and hoping they will work on my green winged macaw… trouble is i can already get him on my arm if i persist but when i go near him he either runs away or bites me still … and i can touch him some times is there anything else i can do .. but 1st things 1st im gona start right back to the 1st video .. with the trust issue..then work from there any tips let me know…

Hi Chet. I would like to ask you if a 4 year old parrakeet like mine could aslo be taught like this? He jumps on my finger willingly but when he’s out and I’m on the PC, he tends to fly down on my keyboard, the table, or my hand holding the mouse. And he also runs to that hand on the mouse, but the proplem is that he is bitting me alot. And I simply do not know what to do… Please help me.

Great video and tricks to help train my cockatiel, since i have started this she has been progressing very quickly (although she didnt bite much before its a good way to get her out of her cage ) thank you for the tips.

The tips and tricks taught by Birdtricks.com are meant for ALL types of parrots, including your 4 year old parakeet

Hey Chet, this is amazing. Thank you so much. I just got a cockatiel and he is scared, of course, but now he is warming up to me thanks to this trick. Thank you so much Chet for helping my bird like me.

hi chet iv got me self a male senegol parrot hes always biting and he looks at me like he wants to strike out all the time like hes not happy he takes from me hand then he moves away like he dont like me how can i get him to trust me please from paul

just amazin… sure i will be tryin w my bird!!!

I have a 5 your old chestnut fronted macaw who bites and i want to be able to pet her. I am going to try this and if it works you will make a beliver outta me thanks for the free video

Thank you for free vidoes, It is working well with our two peach faced love birds, they are actually letting me touch them now, it will be so nice to let them have time out of thier cage and know I will be able to get them back in!. Thanks again its great you post this stuff to help people get the best relationship they can with their birds and it really makes a difference to the birds quality of life.

I found your video very helpful. Lucy’s training is going much better thanks to you and your helpful insites to parrots.

Thank you so much

I REALLY ENJOYED YOUR VIDEO. IT WILL HELP ME WITH MY COCKATEILS.
THANK YOU.

hi Chet, great video, it has really helped me and my cockatiel, one question, how did u get to train the bird by nipping the targetting stick?

Do you just put it near the bird? if not please reply if possible

thanks!
sandra

Hey Chet,
Your videos are amazing! Thank you for sharing your FREE training videos with us. My African Grey is starting to actually behave for me!!! I love the clicker method. Wish my kids responded to the clicker as well as my “BABY” does!!!!
Thanks again!!!!

thank you for the free videos they are very helpfull !!! but my sun conur respond to the target stick only arround the cage . I think he is very insucure when he is away from the cage. but I goingto keep trying!!!

I have really enjoyed watching your first two videos, I find them very helpful and insightful. Thank you very much for sharing them.

Let me tell you a little bit about my bird. Approximately one month ago my daughter got me a beautiful 4-month old African Gray that I named Agatha. She is very loving and from the first time I saw her, I knew she was going to be my baby. Agatha comes to me whenever I open the cage and happily wants me to pick her up. She eats from my hand one seed at a time and I enjoy these moments very much, and I think she enjoys them too.

I feel very fortunate to have such a loving bird, and believe the fear stages have been conquered and we are ready for more.
There is no question I would immediately invest in obtaining everything you offer in your program, but I can’t afford everything right now. Presently I’m not working, so I have the time to train her, but the obstacle is money, since I’m not working I am on a very tight budget.

Believe me, I know that your program is worth it. The question I have for you is if I can purchase the videos one at a time or if you would arrange a payment plan for me?

Thank you for taking the time to read my letter.

Irene,

The payment plan question is something for our customer service to answer. You can email them at info@birdtricks.com

wow! this is great. im trying to bribe my parents into buying the course. its slowy working. ive tried a few of my own techniques with my bird, it works but she’s still a but scared of my hand. thankyou so much for offering these free videos and ill make sure i can purchase your training course!

WHAT IS THE CLICKER THING YOUR USEING AND WHERE DO I GET THAT .i think your video was warm and almost as if you were the neighbor.
i sent you and email about an amazing story we encountered with our cockatiel and the wild out dooors.

Great video, I have recently bought a 6 month old Eclectus hen that was parent reared and have been told I wont be able to train her. I am trying your techniques but to no avail,yet.

Why my pet doesn’t accept me treats?Pls answer!

I have a female cockatiel but she doesn’t like to be fed by anyone. I can’t buy the video even though I wish I could. This video is great but doesn’t work for my bird =(

Hey there! I have just received a gift from my daughter. She have me a Sun Conure! I lover her soo much. We are having a hard time getting her (Miati) to not bite and screech. However, we are making a little progress. I just want to say thank you soo much for these teaching techniques, they really do help. Plz keep sending information. Thank you again.

You’re very welcome jan, I’ll keep the content comin

Whenever a technique doesn’t work it’s because a bird isn’t quite ready for it yet and needs a different kind of technique to prepare him for this one. That’s why I have my course, to show you ALL the ways you can train birds. If you can’t get the course, really make sure you pay attention to my emails, as they’ll be VERY helpful.

I have watched all the videos that you have sent me and I will tell you that they are great. I will be purchasing them as soon as I can. We just recently got our first bird ever. He is a blue crowned conure. SOOO smart. He says everything but he does have a bad habit of bitting. Especially me. The kids seem to beable to handle him alot more. He is stepping up for them and they are going all over the house with him. He loves the attention. Your videos have helped me help him trust me though and I wanted to thank you. Even his screaming has come to almost none. Just early morning and later at night.You said that is normal. So thank you for putting us on the right track, I will make a purchase as soon as I have the money because there are 2 more birds at the rescue that are problem children and we want to help them too. Keep on marketing this way, its very smart and very helpful to us amateurs and you too.

Sincerely,
Sheryl

Thank you, Chet, for all the helpful free videos. I am trying to get my noisy, biting boy to stop these behaviors. Now, at least, I feel encouraged to continue working with him (eventhough it CAN be frustrating at times !), I know patience and persistence will win out. I will continue to check out your videos, and since I have a birthday coming up in a couple of months, maybe my wife will surprise me with one of your courses. Again, thanks for all your great help — CHET the BIRD WHISPERER !!!

Chet, I love your techniques.

Where did you get the cage with the clear sliding front doors?

Thanks for your information.

Thanks for sharing these videos! I like what you showed me….very calm way of getting your bird to like and trust you. I agree that leaving them in the cage alone is not the answer and only makes getting them out of the cage harder. I will be trying this new technique on the next new bird we bring home. Thank you!

You guys are awesome!!!!! it does actually work!!!!!!!!!!! thank you so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge!

Thanks, Chet. These videos have given me something to try with my two parrots.

This video is so wonderful. I wish i could do this to my african grey. I bought an african grey two days back and according to the pet shop is about 6 months old and he is very scared and scream when we go near his cage. He does not want to eat and throw off the food i gave him. How could i go about this. Im very blur and dont know what to do.

i brought a conure 5 days ago and he is very agitated im gona give the touch traing a go and see if he responds, only thing is he bounces around his cage as soon as i am near him so i think this is gona take me a few days, fingers crossed

thns buddy it waz really hlpfl..

i put a message on here… but you haven’t posted it??

Im struggling with by cockatiel…. she is starting to do this a lttle… but she doesn’t seem interested in the stick at all! Please help me

will i have an indain ring parrot he dosn’t realy bite me but u know when i tried the way weth him he doesn’t respon to the stick his like afraid of it even when i try to feed him for my hand he doesn’t eat i dunno y? so if u know please tell me hot fix thise and thank u for the awesom videos

I recently bought African Grey Parrot who is just 5 months old and no training given sofar, I watched your Video clips regarding training to parrot who bites but my parrot whose name is SHEKHU never bites, he most of the time busy in itching and not eating much. Pls let me know the easiest way to start basic training including talking.

Thank for you for interesting videos.

Thank’s for the video it was very informitve my problem is the hand fed africian grey has got where he bites my ears. when is setting on my shoulder as well as poping on me she is only about 6 to eight months old she has already started saying a few words but we have a 20month old and3three year old children and they are learning to talk at the same time so some of the words are kateinneese. thank’s for the video.

Try holding a stick of millet close to the end of the stick. If your bird shows no interest in the stick, you will need to back up and simply reward your bird for looking at it, going close to it, etc, until it touches it.

hey chet,
I JUST PURCHASED A BEAUTIFUL YELLOW NAPED AMAZON PARROT NAMED JACK HE IS SEVEN YEARS OLD. HE LIKES TO BITE ALOT. HE VOLUNTARILY DECIDED TO STEP TO MY ARM TODAY BUT BIT ME FEARLESSLY AND LAUGHED WHILE HE DID IT. SO I GROUNDED HIM BY KEEPING HIM CONFINED TO HIS CAGE. HE LOVES TO ROAM FREE OUTSIDE OF HIS CAGE. THE THING IS THAT HE WILL SOMETIMES TAKE FOOD FROM YOUR HANDS GENTLY AND OTHER TIMES HE BITES YOU TO GET THE FOOD. I AM HIS THIRD OWNER. HIS FIRST OWNER PASSED AWAY AND HE WAS GIVEN TO SOMEONE THAT HE DID NOT GET ALONG WITH SO THAT PERSON SOLD HIM TO A PET SHOP.HE WAS AT THE PET SHOP FOR SIX MONTHS BEFORE I PURCHASED HIM. HE IS DECENT MOST OF THE TIME EXCEPT WHEN HE DECIDES TO BITE HE BITES REALLY HARD. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

Hi I have watched and listened to all the E-mail training maybe I”m confused will I be recieving DVD’s on training also where can I buy a clicker thanks

can you do a video training a quaker parrot that has never been trained

I could, but it would look exactly like the video of the parakeet, or the cockatiel, or the Macaw or Cockatoo on our DVD’s It doesn’t matter the species Rosaura, the techniques work for them all.

Wendy,

If you’ve ordered our training kit, then yes we ship it via the mail along with a clicker, so you don’t have to worry about having to go out and buy anything else.

Hey that was great but i have a question and please reply to this. I have brought a Galah 3 days ago but now i think its sick and i don’t know what to do. She always puts her head into her left wing and then it dozes off to sleep and if i touch her she wakes up. Now thanks for your techniques it has stopped biting but i think it is sick. It hardly even moves around now.
Can you or someone please help me and tell me what to do please i am scared that she might die.

Thankyou.

You need to take her to a qualified vet.

hi i have a cockatiel and i tried the touch trainning, he will somtimes touch the stick then i click the clicker and give him some millet but he wont walk over to the stick. Also he is very quiet i bought him from a petshop 2 days ago and i dont think hes setteled in properly how can i make him feel more comfertable. What shall i do

Keep working on it, it helps if you do the training before giving your bird its normal food too (so before meals). It may take a few training sessions for your bird to get it.

Hello, I recently adopted a Yellow Naped Amazon that is roughly 11-13 years old, his name is Ralph. I have started the touch clicker training and he looks at the stick like he is saying “You get that stick any closer to me and I will snap it with my beak and feed you the splinters. Even if he does become used to the stick does this mean that I would need to hold this stick and clicker whenever I want him to do anything? Or would this just allow me to train him and then he would do what I want but just expect his treat (without the stick and clicker is what I would guess you achieve over time) correct?. Thanks, Tom

The points of touch training is that it teaches your bird it has the ability to learn, and forms a way of communicating with your bird. It also allows you to get your bird to go wherever you want it to go, just by holding the stick in that area. After your bird knows touch training, it’s much easier to go into training tricks and all of training helps build a stronger bond between you and your bird. The trick training course walks you through all of this. It can be found at http://www.birdtricks.com/trick-training.

hi,
i would like to buy your products but i like in istanbul, turkey. do you ship over here?

I believe all products but the food can be shipped internationally. You can email the customer service here; info@birdtricks.com to be sure.

you trick worked both of them but the power pause only a little in the end it was a starling that stopped the two’s screaming !

hey Chet
when i use the stick he never walks to get it he only stays in one place please help me.
P.S i have 2 Cocktail ones a Pearl ones not boy and girl.
P.S.S send me more videos.

Amazing !!!! I watched these 2 videos, found very impresive…

Hey my friend doesnt have enough time for her parakeets and is giving them to me! While i was visiting them to get them used to me Teddy ( apparently the mean one) would hate to be touched but after just minutes of me trusting him to sit on my finger so even if he would fly away i could teach him step up. He now knows step up VERY well and loves sitting on my finger when im over. Except when your holding him he knaws on your finger tip. Sunshine has to get her beak trimmed and isn’t as nervous. please email me if you can help me teach him NOT to knaw on my finger tips thanks and keep the parrot videos up!!

I have a bird his name is Snowflake and he is verry good. The only thing is that theese videos are sort of for un trainded birds and my bird is traind. i would like to see a video on how to do cool tricks with him or even how to get him to go on other peoples hands, and not just mine.I really like your videos but would like to see somthing like i just said.Also i want to know how to get him to stop bitting.He dosnt do it much, but when he does it could somtimes hurt ALOT.He is a parrolet.Also he little (like the size of a parretkeet) and blue.Well i hope you can answer my questions!!!!I look forward to seeing your next video!!!!:)

You can check out the trick training course from bird tricks at http://www.birdtricks.com/trick-training, Gabriela, I think it will have everything you’re looking for

i have only seen this video, and the first one in the email sign up. your techniques are amazing.
i just adopted a 2 year old green cheek, she strives for attention and to be talked to and loves head scratches, but she has a bit of a biting problem. i also have a budgie who is 5 years old, and 4 young lovebirds that i can’t wait to bring around even more with your training kit. it’s all i’ve asked for for my birthday, which is in november! thanks so much!

Hi Chet…….
I am trying to learn how to train my bird. Your info is helping. Thanks.
Bud

I have not brought my new baby home yet. I am stll looking for the best things to do when I get “Bo” (a Sun Conure) home. I go to the breeders a couple of time a week to hold and talk to him, but I would really like to be one step ahead before I bring him home. This looks like a good training process and from what I have seen, I think I will be purchasing what you have to offer. Thanks for being down to earth and not talking above my head!

Hi, I ordered your training course. I have a Cockatiel that I’ve had for 5 days. All he does is squeal (I assume in fright) when I have him out of his cage. How do I train him not to squeal? He steps up nicely already and was handfed.

Thanks!

i’m sorry the touch training video was continuly buffering and was unwatchable the stick and millit spray one was interesting looking forward to more advise in the future. at present i have (5) budgie parakeets that a freind gave me they are fun i talk to them and they cherp back one gets on my hand kisses me lets touch him and another lets handel him very reluctantly and the third male wants no part of being handeled the two females only to draw blood. i’m disable and most of time they cool little companions and i’d make things plesent for all of us

Chet, I purchased two Latino cockatiels and a baby parakeet was given to me the day same day. The parakeet is not a problem she just flyes away or around the cage. I was excited about the purchase of two 5 month old male cockatiels and training them, no tricks just being able to step up on my hand, and I could walk around with them, to give them more freedom outside the cage. I even purchased a cage with a play area ontop. However, OMG!!! they are eating me alive. They are still afraid and mean as ever. They constantly scream, even when I try to rub their backs. The tips in the video do not work on these guys. Please advise :~>

Brilliant Advice. We have an African Grey that we have been afraid to handle, but watching your video and taking your advice, we are now begining to build confidence with him. Thank You.

I love the training videos, and they make sense, too. I plan to order it as soon as possible. I have two Cockatiels that I’ve had for years, and both are now unmanageabale, so I hope it works for both of them. Frankie I’ve had for about 8years now and I got him when he was young. In the beginning, I handled him all the time, he didn’t bite, he even came to me when called and learned a few words. But then he was mistreated by some houseguest sof mine, which I promptly put a stop to when I found out, but the damage was done. Frankie was screamed at, had things thrown at him, and his cage hit and rattled violently. Compounded with the fact that at that time I was working double overtime most days and didn’t handle him as much, it turned his behaviour. Now, even years later, he loves one on one attention like being talked to and such, but if approached for touching or handling, he becomes aggressive, angry and afraid, and vicious, even with me. I became afraid of touching him after a few incidents that resulted in me needing stitches from his bites. He also screams at anyone but me if they approach his cage, which is a problem now that I am temporarily living in the home of others. A couple years ago, knowing Frankie was lonely, I brought Clementine home as a companion for Frankie. My intention was to begin handling her immediately and tame and train her, but it didn’t work out that way. Being in the same cage as Frankie(as well as me being home very little at that time) made it almost impossible for me to keep her calm or to train her, and it has also seemed to make Frankie more aggressive, perhaps protective of her. Clem is not aggressive as Frankie is, simply scared and unhandled, and shy of any contact. I am looking forward to putting your techniques into practice, and I’ll certainly keep you updated on how it works for each bird.

I can not completely see your first video completely.

hey there karin where in s.a are u im also trying to get these vids maybe we can get it together and share the cost? im from alberton gauteng. lordcyber3@gmail.com

Where can I buy the stick with the flicker

thanks for the videos i have a parakeet i have had for about 3 years and i can not find a treat he’ll eat plz help thanks

Where were YOU in the ’70s! … yeah, I know, I know…
You are truly a dream come true mister. Keep publishing and sharing your techniques. May you have nothing but success! I love to see true bird loving humans succeed!
Former Exotic bird owner and missing them…

hi,saw your 2 video.
i’m not avid amateur of parakets but very fond of canaries.
Can i teach canaries wit your method?
thank you
Alain
quebec, canada

Alain, I haven’t tried these techniques on Canaries, but I’m pretty sure it would work. The principals work for all animals.

I found both videos very helpful. I have a year-old femal African Grey Congo. I have been able to get her to step up but she’s not too fussy on having me touch her….it seems she likes to have her head rubbed on her terms only. I have the training system on order and look forward to receiving it. I’m hoping to get her a little more receptive to being pet.

Well, where should I start with the comment(s)?
(1) You explain everything on your video extremely well.

(2) You are an awsome teacher of teaching basic yet very important matters that do work but are sometimes, just not thought about by folks like myself.

(3) I am very interested in getting your Bird training course(s) but unfortunetly, when I call, I don’t get to speak with anyone and, I leave my return number.

(4) I look forward to having the pleasure of learning from you.

Dear Chet,
Thank you for your video’s you are marvalous! I just got a green cheek conure hand fed and she is just swell. however I do have a parakeet caged and your video will be most helpful, it really looks easy when you do it , where can I get a clicker like the one you used on Maximus? Hope you write again soon,
Your bird friend, Rita

Hi there,
Yes, I have watched them and found them very interesting. I have a baby sulphur crested cockatoo about 11 wks old, which I can handle (he loves to cuddle up) (I don’t know if he is a “he” and he comes when I call. So, I would be very interested to know when will he start to talk and when should he eat seed. Having fun forming a good relationship as he does not bite.
Let me know if there are further videos on training you pet.
thank you,
Helen

hello how are you, it’s great to have such an excellent trainer such as yourself, i as a pet owner especially “bird” would never have taught of training my own cockatiels; you are right birds may learn fast or may take time depending on how much time we spent with our pet birds.

xander menig

your video’s are very good a good tip but i have one question can you also train 2 budgie’s and i have another question do they get baby’s if they are tame i can’t touch them they are all ready shitting on my hands but i can’t just touch them they wil ran away from me it’s difficult.

The second video I could not watch. It did not load properly. After 20 min. I gave up.

i recently had someone come into my office witha mustache parrot and give him to us. they told us she was very mean and noisy and that they would throw shoes or things at her cage to get her to shut up. But she just couldnt learn. They also told me they would give her life saver candy if she was good.
I agreed to take her from them since they were not doing the bird any good, to speak nicely. We have had her for about 5 weeks now. She is in a new home, new cage, has 2 Quakers for her neighbors and my wife and I. at first she WAS very mean and aggressive and loud. we have had to use a towell to pick her up. We have been able to work with her and have now gotten her to let us touch her on her neck and head a little bit. She has quited down quite a bit. I am hoping your videos will help us with this bird. Her name is Luna, If we can continue to help her I’m sure she will become very sweel friend.
Dean

I love your training video. IT HASEXCELLENT TECHNIQES STEP BY STEP.

EVERY ONE THAT HAS OR IS GOING TO GET A BIRD, SHOULD GET THE TRAINING VIDEO.

They are alot of fun to be with, especially when you have that trusted bond with each other.

I have an African Grey now 3 yrs. old. (Zoie) Got her at 5 months. we spend alot of time together.

She can recognize every one by name or what they taught her to say. She loves to talk ALOT.

knows her name, address phone number, plus alot more. she will dance and sing . her favorite song is Old Mc Donal Had A Fram, and Happy Birthday.

Loves that attention. very smart she was on the news on t.v.. One day I had her out side and she

flw away 6 miles. But sence she knew all of the above. The lady that found her, called me and told me that Zoie kept saying her name and address. that is how I got zoie back after 9 days missing. She was so in love with her, she said she wanted to keep her. She is a wounder full lady.

Learn to bond with your bird like Chet shows on thte training video. Thanks Chet great job!!!!

I have watched the two videos they are great . thank you for sending this videos to me .

Thankyou for the video Itwill help me when Itry and train my budgie
IT was very useful and It will help me

I have watched the videos you sent me and they are great. I can’t afford to buy anything right now.
But when I can I will be back here.

best regards from Iceland,
Alexia Nott

Hi i have watched 2 of your videos and i think they are very good and useful. Could you tell me what the thing is you are clicking and would i need one to train my bird?

Thank you.

Hello. My name is Marit and I`mlving in Norway. Sorry for my english writeing. I find your videos and training very interesting. I have got your second mail today and would love to watch it, but it is not working correctly. I could only watch for a little while, then it stops. I have been trying to restart it several times but it doesn`t help. I also are very intersting of buying your trainging videos you are offering. If this work I will be happy. I Just bought an Jardine Parrot, (Kongo) and he is very beautiful. I`m not sure his age, but he was testing in 2003 for finding out that he was a boy. So probely he is then 6 – 7 years. But he is scared and not tamed. He will therefore bite us if we try to tuch him. He has had very little human contact. He have been very much alone and I feel so sorry for him. I just got him last sunday and we already love him. But I wish to make him tamed and safe – to give him a good home. Maybe also get him to speak in the future. I know very little about this kind of bird and there is not much info to get about this Jardine parrot. So I hope you can help me out, Maybe you can tell me about this kind of parrot. Anyway I would like to see more of your video you have sent. Maybe you must send it one more time, I dont know? However do you send your traing program to Norway or is it only availabel in USA? Hope to hear from you.
Thanks a lot.

Hi Chet:
You sent me the two video emails this week and I was all set to enjoy them, with my Yorkie on my lap and my African Grey on my shoulder, when they STOPPED. They only played for about 5 or 10 seconds each and stopped. Woe is me. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Laurel and Touga

Hello I just recently rescued a umbrella cockatoo which was verry malnutrition and was in a environment with roamin snakes know much about birds had a few little ones back in the day. I’m not sure how old he/she is I just new it didn’t belong there. I’m not sure wat this poor thing has been threw but I’m out to make it better. Its plucked all its feathers so we named it Jay Bird. I’ve watched both your videos and its going really slow with Jay bird. Do you have ne suggestions on Jay Bird thanks a bushel Steph

Chet your technique is amazing. I don’t have a bird but I love them. It so fun to watch how you work with them in your videos. Keep up the great work.

This video is soooo frustrating. It does not play well…keeps stuttering words and not discernable. I would love to hear it but hace given up. I just purchased a Moluccan and need information as to how to train her.

sorry for your viewing troubles Carolyn.

try letting the video load for a few minutes in a separate screen and then come back and try to play it. Sometimes it just needs a little more download time.

hope that helps,

chet

Just a quick question, do dog clickers work the same as a parrot clicker? They both make some kind of sound when eventually they will learn to recognize as a sound for treat, so I was just kind of wondering. Thank you very much for the videos, they have helped my bird Tiki and I build a great start to developing a life-long bond.

I love watching the clicker training you offer as part of your web package. I wonder when you will introduce clicker training to your tapes? I was disappointed that the tapes I purchased did not use the clicker training that seems so promising in your videos. Is there a way I can purchase just the videos that have clicker training.

I am amazed at what you can do with a parrot and would love to see a tape in how to raise socialized babies. I am currently using your clicker training to “tame” a hand fed baby that became nippy. I will let you know how it goes.

Yes Rebecca, dog clickers and bird clickers work the exact same way.

this is agreat sit i always wanted to teach my parrot how to comunicate with me and he did so thank you so much chet for this amazing videos keep it up.

Hey. I love the clicker training program! I use it with all my rescue rabbits (and yes, you CAN teach rabbits tons of tricks…spin, jump, kisses, beg, fetch, etc).
I recently rescued two budgies. I had to force feed them for a week because they were in very bad shape. Obviously now after that trauma, they think I am satan.
I want to start clicker training, but no matter how patient I am, they refuse to eat millet when I hold it inside of their cage. Is the damage done? Should I just let them be? Or should I just keep trying?

I previously bought your tapes and was disappointed that the tapes did not include the clicker training you show on your videos. I loved whatching a variety of the web based videos where you show the utility of clicker training, but that was not on the tapes I purchased.

I did lend my tape to someone who did not return it, but I would much prefer access to a website where you show the upgraded videos where clicker training was useful.

Thank you.

thank u so much for u did a great job and may god bless
and reword you, well i tryd although he had been cool n nutty its like ever
since i bought my male grey africanparrot had never pronounce a word
like A OR B and he makes alot noice why,i really like to know when is he gona start speaking
and from which month can a africangrey parrot start speaking words
also i wanted to buy a wel speaking greyparrot so he can teach him how to speak pls i need advice from u please thanks and god bless, from douglas ezekiel.

I have a new GOFFIN PARROTT (CASPER) .He is almost 8 months old. He does step up for me .But when i tell him to step down he tries to hold on to me and tries to bite down on me.Not hard or break the skin .Just to let me know he doesnt want down or to go into cage I do not put him on my shoulder because he will sometimes get excited and bite down on my ear not hard tho.People tell me not to put him on my shouldner. I want to get him new cage. He has a play top cage now he loves. Do you think that kind of cage is best for him to be in ? Or is a domed cage better? He loves to be out to play for hours . I have only had him for almost 4 months . I am thesecond owner. First owner keep goffin in garage loose because parrott keep taking screws off of cage door and by food dishes. so he keep cage open all day to bird to be free in garage. this bird is a busy parrott all day long ..THANKSSSSSSSSSSS DEBBIE

Hi Chet

Appreciate the videos you sent me but the sound quality was too bad for me to fully appreciate them. Also they kept freezing on me…. so the full picture was not beneficial. I am eager to learn more from you as I am hand-rearing a 2 month old Indian Ringneck Parrot and want him to be the beat trained bird ever. I live in South Africa.

Hi Chet

I am based in Cape Town, South Africa andI have recently bought an African Grey parrot who is 3 years old. He loves being scratched, does not scream, speaks very well and is generally well behaved. My problem is that he does not want to get onto my hand or stick. He seems terrified of a stick and even if rewarded will only put one foot on my hand along with his head. He has tested the firmess of the ‘pirch’ but still will not get on and let me hold him. How do I get around this without scaring him. I have watched both the videos, loved them and found them most informative and am trying the reward method with no luck. As he will not get on my hand, I cannot get him off his cage which seems to be holding him back. He really is such a gem of a bird and I want him to be able to reach his full potential and charm that shows itself on a regular basis. Also, he lived with a large family and seemed to have no problems with the males of the household but now seems to bite any male that comes into the house. I would appreciate your comments and/or suggestions.

the videos i couldnt understand them.the buffering wasvery poor so i didn tfinish them please chck them so i can watch them please.this is very important to me

Hi Chet,

I’ve watched the videos you have sent me and they were amazing, But I do have one question How can you tame a bird that wont come near you or let you touch them? My Lory flips upside down and flutters and screams if anyone even gets near her cage or tries to handle her. She doesn’t really bite to break skin, more like pinching. I’ve been curling my hand so she cant get my fingers and doing some other things I’ve learned from the videos. I’ve been trying to tame her now for about 3yrs. I’m only 17yrs old and don’t have much experience with larger birds and taming. I’ve only bred and hand raised cockateils.

Katrina,

I talk about how to handle birds that won’t let you near them in our Seminar DVD Series. In that series I talk about how their are 3 phases of fear that a person has to work a biting bird through to totally tame him. Each phase has it’s own techniques that only work at certain stages.

In short, the technique to try with birds who won’t let you near them is my Power Pause technique. Using that technique should let you get within an inch of your bird without upsetting him. If that’s not working, you have some confrontational bravery work that needs to be done first before your bird is ready for the Power Pause.

HOpe that at least points you in the right directions

I just have one question
would this work with a smarter bird like a conure?
My Green Cheeked Conure (Shila) is very naughty and will fly around and find the “prize”. How should I train a bird like Shila?

so are you trying to say my Macaw isn’t smart

Yes it works wonderful for Conures and hundreds of my clients have seen great results with their Conures.

The second video doesn´t seem to work but i like´d the first video.

I have a Little Corella only 9 weeks old so very friendly and sooky he doesnt associate words with actions just yet but is starting to bite a little to hard whats a good way to let him know thats wrong behaviour when he does it. I know he is a baby and doesnt understand yet that is why im asking for your advise on this.
Im using some of the stuff from your videos to help with training they are very useful too.

your vids dont come up

thank you. successful.

Thankyou for your free advice I have a bird who was tame and would like us to touch and cuddle him but he does not like my 6 year old he always wants to bite her, we went away and left him with our parents for a month and since we got back he is really aggressive and wants to bite and hisses and will get out his cage and only sit on my head but will not let me touch him so its hard when he needs to get back in his cage, you talk about untamed birds but what do we do in this situation should we follow the same steps I tried the pause but he just wants to bite, cheers Jill Pethick South Australia

Thank you very much for these first steps. My Indian Ringneck, Rossi, has been a nervous and reluctant companion since I got him 6 months ago. I’ve been trying to get him to trust me with no luck and today I used the power pause tip in the first video and I got closer to him than I’ve ever been before. He even let me rest my hand on his perch briefly. I know it’s going to take some persistance, but I’m so proud of the progress he made in just one day and I know that he’ll be much happier as he learns to trust me. Thank you so much!

Hi, Chet

Wow, the video was very informative.. I took it very well how you emphasize the importance of a good understanding on how birds naturally fear people, hence their instinctive behaviour (to bite, squeak, etc) whenever we initiate contact with them. I like the “power pause” technique, then the transition to touch training (also the training diet you’ve discussed previously)- basic techniques that will eventually “acclimatize” the bird to human presence. I’m going to apply those once i get my peach-faced African lovebird (i found a lost one in our backyard by accident and i’m planning to get a mate).. I’m excited to do it myself, thanks for your information. I will definitely recommend your site and program to my friends. Thanks a lot =)

John
Manila, Philippines

Hw to train a parakeet to talk.

hi Chet how are you .iam just asking for how could i train my new cockatiel he seemed to be very smart and he is he is so active he don’t stand still he fly’s all over the house and i cont train him like you showed me on those videos ,how can i train him then?.and how can i make him talk cause i heard that acockatiel parrot can talk some simple words is that true?and what vegetables does he prefer?and thank you very much on this website its amazing just like you.

hey Chet, i was wondering were i could get a clicker that you have in the video? also i was wondering what treat you thought would work best for my Sun Conure?

Lydia, the clicker comes with the BirdTricks.com training courses, or you can ask for a dog clicker (it’s the same thing) at any local petshop. They are usually under $2. For smaller birds, millet or seeds work best for treats. Just make sure they’re small so you can get more repetitions out of your bird

hey Chet, please tell me whats the name of the parrot on the heading of this page, the middle one, which is yellow,orange and green. I have bought one of those, do you think taming him is easy like other birds? or it got some magor differences?
Thanks for your time dear.

Sultan,

That bird is a sun conure and all the BirdTricks.com training techniques apply to sun conures as well as other types of parrots. For specific information on them, you can check out this page; http://www.birdtricks.com/Conures/sun-conure.html

Thanks a lot, you made my day.
My birdie is really cool. I hope I can make him more friendly. Thanks to your videos.

I just have a simple question. My bird isn’t a parrot at all, and as such isn’t as curious or ready to explore things as parrots are. Do you know if your training methods work also on ringneck doves?

My boy Pixel has been here for about three weeks if I have my math right. He’s calm and very settled in, but is still very paranoid about me. He does let me touch him, but normally puffs up and makes this huffing sound ( a dove saying ‘back off!’ ) when I try. Doves aren’t biters so he doesn’t bite unless he’s extremely ticked off, haha. Also, he does ’step up’ but not on command — I have to scoop him up sort of to get him to climb up. I’ve been working on this by treating him with his favorite seed every time he climbs up just so he gets familiar with this.

I love your training method, you make it look so easy and fun for the bird which to me is most important because I love my bird very much. It’s just your training set is too expensive for someone on Social Security no matter how great I think it is. Thank you for sharing and I do hope you are most successful in helping people train their birds without upseting their birds or themselves. Thank you again.

Thanks for your free videos. I rescued a malnourshed 10 yr old (or so) Blue and Gold Mc Caw 8 months ago from a neglectful situation. The vet said she only weighed 9 grams which is only half what a Mc Caw should weigh and her feathers were torn and ratty looking. She’s now got abeautiful plumage and even laid her first egg two weeks ago. While I was patient enough to get her to trust me to the point she’ll step up on my hand and I can pet her, she’s evil and will bite everyone else to blood. I am looking forward to having my spouse one day be able to form a relationship without fear of her.
I have been searching online, and even ask my aviary vet for feeding and training suggestions only to be left in a void of information. Books are mostly common sense information and not really helpful so far. Your video’s give me and my spouse hope that maybe one day (when he gets his courage up) he’ll be able to touch and pet her too.

Amazon Ringneck that will some times step up on to my hand in the afternoon not in the morning can you help me

hi i found this very interesting i dont have any prior experience with parrot`s and i have to admit im a little afraid . but i have always wanted one so tomarrow i will be picking up a blue fronted amazon from a family member. it is three month`s old and i need to learn to make the bird feel at home as it will be a long term relationship and we should enjoy each other. i hope that i can learn what i need to from your videos and info. thank you .

I have a conures That I have had since he was 3 months old. He is now 10 yrs. old..
He started talking the 2nd day I had him and developed a long list of thing he would say. Then when he was about 5 yrs old he began attacking me in the spring. Bitting and drawing blood. I wopuld have to pry his beak from my face. The vet said he was challenging me for domonis… The vet put him on a sedative for that time of the season. IT did help to a point. But the biting continued thru now but just less often. Either the sedatiove or the way I had to grab him to get him off me, cause him to stop talking.I would say that 90 % of the time he isd as gental as he was yrs ago. Stil;l no talking. The only time he bites now to hurt me and draw blood is when he seems to be mad at me. If I leave the room he will come find me and bite a hole in my ear or face, them runs off screaming as tho he knows he did wrong. After a few minutes he comes baclk slowly inch toward me until he can touch me. Then all is ok until the next time he feels mad. I would like to know what I can do to stop the biting, get him to talking again and not be afraid of me. I listened to your first vedio about the fear. And I feel that is what is wrong. Why I do not know. What can I do to bring back that sweet bird.

Frank Harper

My husband and I are not bird people, but we ended up with (or she ended up with us) a 3 year old-ish Goffin Cockatoo named Paloma. Paloma spent the last 3 years of her life locked in the back bedroom of my husband’s Mom’s home. Her cage had never been cleaned, it was truly a miracle she was still alive. The only contact she had with humans was being made to do “tricks” and she was only handled very rarely.

Paloma is very loving, steps up willingly, but she bit the crap out of me about a month ago and I reacted badly..jumped, screamed, etc. So now she thinks biting is funny and we came to your site to try and cure her of it. We’ve actually cured ourselves of a LOT of bad habits, and are looking forward to getting your videos when we can afford them..the free ons are invaluable.

Please keep doing what you are doing, its very helpful, we look forward to making Paloma an active, loving member of our family.

Hi Chet, what do you think is a good (and healthy) treat for my new Galah? She likes sunflower seeds but I have read that I shouldn’t give her too many, as they are a bit high in fat.

Thanks for your videos.
I have two parrots. Both of them are green color & one of them is male. I bought them one year ago. The male one has a ring (red & black color) on its neck.The problem is that my birds are very afraid of me & if i free them from the cage, they start to fly. Even when i approach to them, the male one tries to hide it self beside the female one( when they are inside the cage). Its true that sometimes i touch the male bird by wrapping it with a towel to save me from bites. Please help me to solve these problems if possible.
Thanks.
Shifat

Jemima,

Sun flowers are a great treat to use but just keep them out of your bird’s daily diet and reserve them strictly for training. That way your bird shouldn’t be getting too many.

I have a lovebird, who is a new addition to my home. I have had another lovebird in the past for many years, and I can’t really remember any training we did with my previous bird, he was always just an awesome friend and campanion that I never had to train him, unfortunately he is no longer with us. So now I have this new lovebird that I got from the pet store a few weeks ago, and I’m having a really hard time building that trust with her. Whenever she sees me, she immediately runs to the back of the cage or holds on to the rails of the cage for dear life. If I remove her from the cage she tries to find any escape to fly back to her cage. I’ve watched a few of your videos, especially about the fear concept. But thats just it, she’s not scared of me. She wont bite me, she wont scream, she’ll tolerate sitting on my hand, and shoulder, when we’re in a confined space like the bathroom, she’ll tolorate me, but this is only for a brief amount of time, and still when she’s on my hand or shoulder or tolorating me, she wont train. She wont eat if I’m anywhere near her so that also makes it very difficult to train her especially with the touch training. but she’ll eventually fly back to her cage and not want to be disturbed. This is makeing it very difficult to train her. any advice???

This is genius! Who would have thought it was this easy? I have an African Grey and will be trying these techniques soon…

Love the videos, I have a Blue Quaker, he is very young, he has acquired the taste for my Blood. He once found a little spot and nipped it , and now all he wants to do is nip and act like a little vampire.
I am trying to get him to stop this, but he is so persistent. Any ideas on how to break him from his vampire tendencies?? His name is Jessie but I am thinking of changing it to The Count Dracula.
Thanks

I have been raising exotic birds since 1974 ranging from Parakeets to Congo African Greys and even have some experience in hawking. (Falconry) This is the most awesome and concise, and intuitive (From the Bird’s Perspective) I have ever run across. The closest thing is come to are the techniques use in falconry in the initial stages of “Manning” the Bird. Chet, you are nothing short extraordinary Sir.
I’m buying your system next week.
Thank you!

i am very intersted in your videos and i would really like to order them i just have one question before i do. I have 2 sun conures. They are beautiful looking birds, and i would liike to enjoy them. But i got them in a pair, and the really only like eachother and freakout if were in the same room as them. We live in a small appt. so they scream A LOT. Will we have to seperate them for training??

hi
thanks for the great advise, i have tried your advise and it did work… the only problem i have is i have a ringneck but his tail feather does not seem to be growing…pls can you help me…

hi chet
i have watched your video & found it really helpful.
i got a cag recently it whistles a lot & imitates all kind of voices in the morning but it does not want to see anybody at that time & screams at anyone who even walks by

chet, your videos haven’t played complete,don’t know why yet.However I’ve purchased your courses and still downloading them.I hope to start training my too wild parrot soonest.I’ll certainly keep you posted with every progress iwill make.
Thanks for all your effort, hope it continues.
Donald

Hi,chet I bought a cockatoo last year not knowing I was going to! I went to buy one cockatiel when I got there I saw this beautiful bird by his self in the dark in acorner of the basment. I asked the man why was he all alone?The man replied he was a breeding bird untill one morning he camedown stairs and found his mate out of her cage on the floor dead a sewer rat had killed the bird I dont know if you ever seen a sewer rat but some are as big as a cat! I felt sorry for the bird so I asked if he was for sale.He said he didnt realy want to sale him but he needed the money! So I paid the man and ended up with 6 cockateils who are great and are not intimadating and this great parrot who wants my attention but is afraid.I saw your videos and im convinced I could work wonders for this bird if I could get him to trustme everyone says you cant tame breeder birds but after seeing these videos I know you can! I want my new bird to enjoy life he didnt choose to be a caged bird so while I have him I want him to be happy! I even thought about getting him a new mate? I will be ordering all your videos soon thanks!Tammy

yes its really very help full

Thanks Chet for sent this videos, I love works with animals and your way is very interesting for training birds, at this moment Im including in my magic routines doves and parrakets but in a future I wish work with a large macaws and cacatuas,Thank again nice job.

Hi Chet, I’ve watched both videos that you’ve sent me today and yesterday. They were really good. I would have liked t order the other videos however I live in SA and the shipping cost to here is really expensive. I was hoping maybe you could provide the videos online as a download purchase. That would be really great. I just got a blue front amazon parrot. I’ve had it for less than 24 hours. I’ll be sure to try this technique right now .
Thank you…

Hi, it’s straight operant conditioning with a lot of love thrown in. And yes, it does work. Birds are VERY smart.. As long as it’s about love of course it will work. And my cockatiel, a rescue bird, loves to be loved, and adores being close by, as she is right now.

Just a word to the wise about customers. You talk a lot and I think people are eager to get to the Substance of the Video right away. You are, surely engaging, but a little less of the journey and more of the arrival part. With best wishes for the holidays.

just a twitter, a “wing” and a prayer. My bird is named, Tweetie and she’s a cockatiel. We found her outside in front of a restaurant and nobody took her under their “wing” so we did and she’s been a joy.

Thank you for the video.

I also have a Plum headed parekeet names Max. He is already trained but still bites sometimes. I want to target train Max but he seems to bite the target stick and not let it go..
Is there anything else I can try?

Zane.

To Chet
Thank you for sending me the two videos, i found them helpful. I have a lutino cockatiel female,Scratch is a very friendly bird. I caught her wild [ escaped from a breeder maybe ] behind the dairy were i work, she was sick because she had a big lump of pooh stuck to her feathers and could not pooh anymore. So i cleaned her up and hand fed her budgie seed and water for the first three days. After that Scratch came along very well BUT she has a very consistent screech when ever she feels like it. I would like to know how to stop her from being so loud also how to train Scratch how not to pooh all over me when she sits on my shoulder and on the furniture. Any help you will give me would be greatly appreciated, i live in Adelaide in South Australia.. I am glad that you are there for people to come to for help and training videos, keep up the good work. Thank you from Lucian..

Thank you very much, we are enjoying the training & will be going over it quite a bit, we have just received a young Blue Indian Ringneck Parrot & am in the process of training him…. he bites our neck chains & we are trying to stop this, with no success yet, he also nibbles then bites our ears…

Thanks,
Gary & Stephanie

Hi Chet,
Thanks mate very much for the video,gotta a African grey from a pet store dunno the age and gender what i do know is i get pretty hard bites the sort of ones that draw blood and a very nasty screech when ever i go near the the cage.have some experience with dogs in the past aand i know for sure that patience is the only virtue that can help you out,willing to buy your training package some time in near future.

Hi Chet!
I just finished watching the videos. They are very helpful, I like them very much. I got my cockatiel a month ago and I don’t even know its sex yet. She can step up my hand and stand on my shoulder but I think she is not trusting me and sometimes nips my fingers. I let her hear cockatiel training CD for two weeks but why can”t get her whistle or speak yet. I want to buy her a bigger cage, what size do you recommend? I like your cage, it is very nice. What tricks can cockatiel do? Thank you very much and Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Hi Chet
We are in NZ and the proud new owners of a cockateil, he’s great! I am lucky enough to of had him hand reared but YES have most definatley found these videos of use to ‘refine’ his behavior as he matures if needed as we have many pets but never a bird before – I never knew they could be such characters. If the programme is needed I WILL be in touch, I’m impressed with the techneques used. Thanks for now.
D

HElloooo thanx i think it should work “”you where so right about the science think like live it in the cage and so on…..u where right it is not so good i know it needs tim but u cant just forget it so i was sad that im haveing a bad time with my bird cos i red about them and i save around 15-20 little bird since i was a kid and i nursed them util they were redy and i would go out side and let it free cos i live in the mountins anyway i done some reserch and foun you chad !!!!!! thanx alooooooooooooooooooooooot ( some one plesas wright to me if u wish) and do !!!! THANX

thanks to helping me to train my african grey the name is leo .which kind of food is best for 4 months grey.my leo is 4 months now.send me some foods from post im from maldives.address is Abdulla Atheek /Raiybagichaage /Alif alif Rasdhoo /Republic of Maldives.thankssss

I’ve watched the videos and will try them out on our cockatiels when I get a clicker. This looks promising for a new life with our new babies.

This is very helpful, thanks for sharing your knowledge on bird training. We have just purchased a Long Billed Corrella (hand reared, not from the wild) and he is only 10 weeks old. He is very touch friendly and even lets you cuddle him to tickle him under his neck. We are trying to teach him to talk at the moment as we have lots of spare time during the holidays, we will let you know how we get on.
Thanks again for the great video’s
Joanne and Max in Australia

I love the videos, and will definitely use them, however I own a 3 month old cockatiel, probably male, who wasn’t hand-reared. He is so scared of any human and does anything to stay away from us. He won’t even peck at the stick he just runs into the corner of his cage. I am reluctant to clip his wings as I believe this is a cruel act. Any tips how I can make him accept us humans into his life?

Hi Chet I have found this video very informative, I have an African Grey whom I think is very smart, but he still likes to bite me when he does not want to do what i want. He is toilet trained, he tells me when he wants to go poop, doesnot poop in his cage all nite, and can be left alone for up to 3 hrs. with no mistakes. He has a very wide vocabulary, And i am proud of him, just not to sure of how to get him to stop biting when company comes to visit, and he want’s to get to them now. thank you Donna

This looks great and plan to start my husband trying this tomorrow. My Cockatoo is a rescue and after 4 months has come to love me but the rest of my family has to be hands off. My husband adores her and she fears him the most. Will this tyoe of training work if only he does it with her or should I do it as well to help reinforce it ?

Hi Chet,
Yes I have watched the videos and have applied your method.
Thank you
Gavin.

hey chet what are the treats the u used in the video?

I used this trick on my Sun Conure but he always likes to run around so he does not pay much attention to the stick and did not touch the stick. But my Lovebird did it. Thanks!

Thanx for the video but i have a question i got a small lovebird about 2 months ago but i left him in his cage for 3 days before i started to teach him ive tried the trick on the video but my lovebird is to scared of everything he didnt start to touch his toys till like 3 weeks in and doesnt like to touch the stick and he gets so scared of me he wont eat any of the treats i give him.What should i do to get him to like my hands and me? About 2 days ago i got another lovebird for some reason alot bigger than him and can jump and isnt scared of anything and already gives me kisses and learned to step up the new lovebird is sorta teaching him to balance and climb a ladder since he has a mutated foot and cant balance or climb good.the only thing he will do is stay on my shoulder, please give me some tips or send me videos because ive tried everything i even bought bird videos but there not helping thanx

I have a lovebird and I don’t know what to feed her cause I don’t know her favorite food. Do you know a lovebird’s favorite food?

thanx Chet this was great

Wow. A picture is indeed worth a thousand words! I’m anxiously awaiting my order… I think (?) it will have the clicker in it. Can’t wait to try this with my 6 mo old new cockatiel.

Hi Chet! great tips!! i would also like to know where you get the cage you used to train maxmilian in please?? or if they have a specific name? I breed and hand rear lovebirds. thnx

Hi there,

I have watched two of your dvd’s that you sent and they are very good, thank you, but I seem to often hear a clicking sound in the dvd’s. Is this a form of recognition for the bird for good behaviour? If so, what is it that you use and how and when should you use it?

Hey this looks so cool i wish i had the patience and the willingness to train my 4 birds

Hi Chet,
I have a lovebird i’m scared to put my hand in the cage because i don want to get bit what am I gonna do?Please help me I dont want my parot to bite me when I try that in the first visdeo up there

Hi, I am Yeshvant , i have two wild Cocktail birds now they are not trying to listen to my orders they bite my hand or stick every time. please let me know which food i give them at time of their training. this two videos are sure me that i will teach them good training. Thanks and send me more videos.

MY PARROT WITH ME IS FINE BUT HE DIDN’T USED WITH MY HUSBAND WHEN(parrot name) SWEETU SEE MY HUSBAND HE TRY TO GET HIM BITE SWEETU PLAY WITH MY KIDS BUT HE DON’T LIKE MEN ONE OF MY FRIEND COMING SWEETU ALSO TRY TO BITE HIM AWEETU LIKE LADYSBUT I AM TRYING YOUR TRICK I HOPE IS WORKOUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARE WITH US. GOOD NIGHT.

I loved the videos I’ve seen and yes i found this soo helpful thank you Chet i will try this on my cockatiel but he is to aggressive so i do not if he’s going to try it

Hi,

I recently purchased a cockatiel and wanted to purchase your dvd’s for the price of $47.77, but I live in Canada and wanted to know what the total cost would be to have these dvd’s shipped to my home address. Could you please tell me how much it would cost ? My cockatiel is hand tamed but does not like me to touch him very much, and when he is in her cage she screams a lot, that is why I wish to purchase your dvd’s from you so I will have a well behaved cockatiel. I also wanted to let you know that I signed up to receive free videos from you but unfortunately when I go to view the video it would play a little bit then the sound would start to break up. Do you know how I would correct this problem.

Thanks again!
Christine

Christine, you can email customer service to find out the exact cost at info@birdtricks.com

hi, i am french from canada.i have 2 birds a love bird 3 years old….her name jade because she is green.,she lost her pal 2 year ago,we brought a new friend to her,rico he is aras noble they are together like good friend,rico and jade are member of the family.so this morning i wacht your video its a good way that your teaching.you are a very good person and like all the bird,continue your good ,i have one problem my love bird after the death of ali the other love bird,she start biting and taking away the feather on her chest,so the veterinaire past her x ray,she recieve vacine for bacteria but she still continue, he told me its like an human biting ther nail,wat can i do to help stop ,i dont work and i am passing all the time with them.thank you chet .from all the bird of the planet.you are doing something good………xxxxxx rico jade and me

I just want to say thank you for your two free videos you have sent me. But my problem is that I have inherited my Dads African Grey that we estimate is about 37 years old. My dad never shared his bird with the family so the bird would not go to anyone else but him. We as a family all spend time with him during the course of the day talking to him playing with him and trying to get him used to us. But for the last couple of months he has started screeching at night, a very high pitched scream. We are at a loss, the books we have brought home to try and help him not do this have not been very helpful. Can you tell me what we can do for this,.

that was a great vidio, i have a amozon grey and she only likes me my kids and boyfriend are afraid of her ,,and really she is a big chicken all talk no bite lol,,how can i make them not fear her and her not fear them also she lays eggs if i get her a boyfriend would she fight him she is 6 years old patty g

Hi,

i have two cocatiels, female and a male, but they both untouchable, they hate it when i go near them…..specially the male one, he bite me the other day and made me bleed but the female one is okay sometimes and she doesn’t bite that much. I had them for quite a while now and just acutally want them to get use to people as the kids are scared of them. I tried your method on this website and watch most of your videos.

Just wondering if you or anyone else who follows this website could give me a hand and tell me what I’m doing wrong, it be great help.

Thanx

Hi Chet.
I am waiting to get my bird tricks in the mail and seen these in my email and just watched them…. I am very excited to get my training coarse. The lady at the pet store told me to buy a clicker and to use it when the bird does bad behavior so I hope we can get him used to the clicker as a good thing. We only have had our bird for two weeks so we should be ok. Thanks for these videos…
Cheri

Thankyou with the insight into training methods. My birds are well set in their ways. They are mostly rescue birds from various backgrounds.

hi Chet .thanks for those great videos you sent to me.its really very helpful but my parrot was ill and he became worse and worst each day and it was really a good bird it was a heart broken to saw him dying in front of me i didn’t know what to do i was helpless and in Sunday morning he was like saying goodbye to me but i kept my faith that he would be better and then i went to my institute and i had an examination that day and it didn’t go well cause i knew that my bird is not okay and when i got back home i ran into his cage and my eyes was fulled with tears cause i knew that he was gone i found him dead .he was amazing and beautiful and smart parrot and since then i cant be the same with our new parrot i don’t like him the way i loved the first one and i think he knows that i don’t like him therefor he hates me and bite me .i wish i could get my parrot back i miss him he was a cockateil parrot i think it would be hard for me to teach that new parrot. so what should i do.???????? thanks a lot.

i have a cockaltiel. that does not let me tough him and hes not use to me. how do i get him to get close to me plz send me some videos about this i had him for 1 month to 2 months

hi my name is mark i have a seven year old African grey parrot we have only purchased him 5 weeks ago he talks well and comunicates with the family but he wont come on to my hand as yet. i have watched your 2nd free parrot training video with you and found this topic very helpful and we have tried thisbut how do i get my parrot to step up on my hand and come out of his cage as i find he is very nervous when i try to do this. please can you help me with this problem, we would be very grateful thanks.

Mark

My lil cockatiel is so nervous that he wont take treats from me?? he only eats the food out of his food container, the first video has shown some progress. Shall I continue the power pause until he is 100% ok with that before pushing him further?

Hi Chet,
Love your work and it has helped me massivley with my Nanday! But i have a very skiddish cockatiel who doesnt like to be handled or touched. Never steps up and just seems very scared if I come anywhere near him. I dont want to clip his wings and I dont want to stress him out trying to catch him either. Power Pause is slowly working, will i be pushing to hard to continue to the touch training as he wont take the millet from me, only eats out of his food container…sounds silly should i take his food away for the afternoon and make him a lil hungry? at a little bit of a dead end? Please help

Hi Chet;
I am very impressed with the two videothat I received 2 days ago,but I don’t know how to make this work with my new 8 months grey Africain, he does’t like the” time pause” that scared him a lot .I am so enthousiastic to be able to cuddle him so I am not going to give up I will keep traying and if this improve I will keep you post it.
Thank you again for your free video.

Hi Chet,
I need some expert help.I have a grey african parrot which is about an year old. I’ve had him for about a week. The videos you’ve sent me worked great on my parrot and he allows me to rubb his beak. Problem is, the only thing he eats are seeds. I have given him a lot of fruit and treats but he won’t accept any. He lets me touch him but doesn’t want to take any treats from my hand nor the dish. I was hoping you could send me a video about this problem because I don’t know who to turn to.Thanks!
P.S. I have a canary that doesn’t like to stay in his cage and loves sitting near the parrot( when both are out of their cages). Is there a risk for his safety?

i noticed that you use a clicker to train the parrots but i dont have one, ive tried looking in some pet stores but i havent found any yet… is there something else i could use as a substitute??

You can normally find them at any petshop but most people know them as “dog clickers”, but they’re the same as what you would use for a bird. They also come with any of the BirdTricks.com training courses, or you can find them online. They’re usually less than $2. However, you can use the word “good” for now, but a clicker is much more effective.

My cockateil used to not go near me. know after this method she learned to step up after a while of doing this she stopped. When she stopped she wouldn even go to the door of the cage. I am trying it again and she may be getting better but i was surprised with the quick change.

Chet this video was exactly what I needed to see and an idea I needed to help give my birds something to focus on and feel a sense of accomplishment. My two cockatiels came from an abusive home and when i recieved them I thought they were older birds, but they weren’t the two females i thought I had actually turned out to be pre-adult molt males!! I had already got past the hardest hurdle of getting them acclimized and used to my hands (atleast to teh point of doing step ups, feeling more or less comfortable on me) but I still have been having issues with getting them to come out of the cage when I wanted them to and not when they wanted to. Not even 10 minutes using chopstick and clicking my tongue with a spray of millet, and they were out of their cage, back in, and up on their gym jumping from perch to perch. They understood the reward system right off the bat. If I can get them to do this in just 20 minutes for both of them ,then I can’t wait for what else I can learn from you! You are awesome and keep up the good work.

Thanx for the video, and i would enjoy more because untill a few weeks ago i didnt learn this was real in making birds more happier, and i have had my ‘tiel since august and he has been bitting and squaking when no one is in the room. Other than that i hope i can get more advice, and if so thanx.

Ive had a ‘tiel since august from a previous owner, and has bitten me and my family, and also he has bitten in the face, and i want to change that and i want him to be happier and i want to be able to pick him up without him biting me. Though will it work with this bird that has been around for a while?

hi i would like to know.i have a sun-janday-conure this bird just does not stop screaming.
i have being to pet shops and the answer i get from them all thats just how the bird is
is this the case, i dont know what els to do
can you help me

regards
william

I tried the “Pause” and my 4 year old male Indian Ringneck promptly bit me. I also asked for the free videotte on “Stopping Screaming” and I did not get that one.

Could I please get something on stopping the screaming. I also have a female 3 year old Indian Ringneck, and I know that breeding season is almost over and hoping that she and he stop their constant screaming.

Cori

If you got bit doing the Pause, you weren’t reading your bird’s signs well enough to know when NOT to push him. Ask customer service for deals on some of the products. You can write them at info@birdtricks.com.

cliker taining it works

hey!
i have two parkeets, and they r in the same cage…when i train them should i take one of them out of the cage…or would they feel more safe if they were working together?

I bought 2 cockatiels and they are constantly fighting. As soon as I get to the cage they both start getting angry and running away fro me. I try to use the power pause technique but it just doesen´t work. I want to do the technique of the stick and the treat but where do you get that treat that they love? I´ve been trying to find it but I can´t. I also want to make them have babies in the future. I need your help!!!!!!

I bought 2 cockatiels and they are constantly fighting. As soon as I get to the cage they both start getting angry and running away fro me. I try to use the power pause technique but it just doesen´t work. I want to do the technique of the stick and the treat but where do you get that treat that they love? I´ve been trying to find it but I can´t. I also want to make them have babies in the future. I need your help!!!!!!!

These videos are enticing. I am leaning more towards getting the system, but still not sure yet.

These videos are enticing. I have two wonderful parrots that are great with me. My eclectus is pretty good with others, but my CAG is not keen on others holding him. He does let certain people barely pet him on his tail and he never lunges at people or anything, so I’d like to see other videos that are geared more towards parrots that aren’t as wild as the one in the first video. I’m not sure about purchasing the kit yet, unless I can see something geared more for that.

Thanks

Hi there

Many thanks for the video, really great ,
We have adopted a Mealy amazon Parrot, who has been neglected and abused, he seems to be quite an old bird, dont know much about his history but that he used to be smaked across the face and screamed at when he screamed. ( he only does this in the early mornings and evenings for about half an hour, we dont mind this at all we actually like to see feeling free to be himself)
He has calmed down alot and gained confidence while he has been with us, has a very Sweet temperament, he takes food from us and started talking. He is very afraid of hands( besides when taking food) which is completely understandable he wont perch or let us touch him.
i will definately start with the training ASAP hoping that he will start to trust us a little more.

We will purchase your training DVDs we are in SA Cape Town, how do the payments work ect.
Thanks agian!

I have watched all the ones you have sent me to my email and I love it! I have faith that my 10 yr old Cockatiel Bobby will come around.

I have watched all the ones you have sent me to my email and I love it! I have faith that my 10 yr old Cockatiel Bobby will come around.I am highly impressed. Most videos and training techniques I have seen haven’t worked but this has.

Keep comments shorter,too much gab, go straight to the point,less unnecessary sales.

I don’t have millet, I will probably go buy some next weekend, but I might have a problem, my bird is more scared of my hands then most peoples, will that change anything? well any ways I will try this, thank you. I will give you an update when my sweet little cockatiel starts to do better with touch =)

You are brilliant, love your work

I did watch it….my bird is alraedy doing these things. my concern is his screeching @ other company coming to our house.. we have to put him in a different room sometimes.
he is a sweet little bird but doesnt like changes to his enviroment.

Hi Chet,

I tried to watch this video but it wasn’t working. It stopped after a minute. I enjoy all your tips.
Congratulations on your sweet baby girl,she is beautiful!

Andrea

It is a nice video.If u could please help me to solve a worry. can i do it in open. will the bird not fly away? should i trim/cut the feather to keep the bird from fly?

thx helped a lot

this has been really helpful as i was thinking about geting a friend for my budgie from the pet shop instead of hand raising one thankyou.

Hi Chet,

please help. I have seen both of your videos, very helpful. I always wanted a parrot and finaily ready to get one as a pet. All I want to know is — what age parrot I should get as pet shop here in Dubai, UAE sell mainly 4 to 6 months parrot. should I go for it or look for more older parrots.

thanks
Sajid

Hi Chat
Thank you for the free video, i tried the pause technique on my new 3mth old corrella x galah, but he went to bite me and i was to frighten to go back.
To day i recieved your 2nd free video and he came out of the cage and i gave him a treat then the stick etc, we ended up having a dug and war with the stick. I got the stick off him vie giving him another treat and then i stroked his back with the stick, he then went back in his cage. Should i have strocked his back? I order your parrot traing package today but did not get a receipt.

Hello Chet
I have just joined and I like what I am seeing so far..where would I be able to buy a clicker from as I have not seen them here in our pet stores.
I am looking forward to watching the next session.

Regards
Vicki

Vicki,

Most petstores sell them as “dog clickers” but they are the exact same thing. They should be under $2 at your local Petsmart or Petco. Otherwise you can find them online, or get them free in one of the birdtricks.com training packages.

hi… 2 days ago i bought a budgie from a friend who is a bird breeder…. now the thing is the budgie is around 3 months old..and it does not have a nail in its leg…will the nail grow? it does not have good grip on stick…please help me… please do reply… 007prashanth@gmail.com

Hi Chet

Thank you for the video’s I have a 6 month old Orange Winged Amazon, he his very friendly and talks a lot but does’nt seem to be learning new words now. I’ve had him since he was 3 months old. He loves to get out the cage and come to me but is very nervous and fly’s backt to his cage, treats do work but after a while they fail, and he don’t want to know. any sugestions?

I am interested in your other video’s but not sure how to sort out the exchange rate from UK sterling to US $. any advice?

thanks for the help with parrits because myparrot kept bitting everyone now he is a loveible bird once again thanks

Hi Chet,
Videos have been great. I have been enjoying watching them and plan on ordering the package that you offer. Just have to source a clicker.

You’re very sweet to give these training videos.
And it was quite the treat to see a parakeet being trained.
They just seem so much harder to train.
My Blue-Front Amazon keeps tearing out his feathers, is he okay?
Also my Conure keeps attacking the other birds, do you know how to teach him to play nice?
Thank You!

Hey Chet,

First off I can I just say your real life situations with training are one of the reason why I always chose to go with your products. I am a magician in CA and I am adding Parrot to my dove routine and I was a little worried that I wouldn’t have enough time to train the birds before my show in April. But with your Power Pause, and touch training vids they have put me light years ahead of the rest of my fellow magicians who are trying to put together a routine as well. Your stuff is the “magic” in my magic show thanks for all your trial and errors saving me all that wasted time by trying to work things out for myself.

Hi!Thanks for the videos.Dad hasn’t quite let me let them out of the cage, so this will be helpful, when I can find them a treat.Is a diet of Sunflower seeds, another Little yellow seed shaped like a ball, and maybe some apples ok?’cause we don’t have a decent pet store, all they had was a bunch of fish, turtles, and three Fisher’s lovebirds, and a budgie

Hi,

I am a single mom of 11 year old twin girls. We just purchased our first cockatiel, “Joey”. We purchased him from a local pet store and they were very informative about him and his care. We purchased the cage and the toys that were with him to make his transition a little easier. We were advised to let him sit in his cage for the first day to get use to its surroundings and different sounds. We did this, but must admit curiosity did get the best of us and we would talk to him and attempt to open the cage. He is a very hissy bird hahaha. Last night, we ran into your webcasts and have been watching as many as we can. My daughters took action the second day, opened his cage, took his perch and told him to “step up” and amazingly Joey stepped up. We do not have a clicker (however I will purchase one soon). We have been doing the “touch training” and things seem to be coming along. What we have discovered so far, is that Joey doesnt care too much for me and one of my daughters (yet) but has taken to my other daughter quite nicely. She has him sitting on her shoulder and walking down her arm and can place her hand in the cage without Joey hissing at her. My other daughter and I will continue to assist in the touch training process. We want to thank you for these videos, as they are extreamly helpful to us and Joey!!! We look forward to seeing more to educate us and have the best bird ever!!

Sincerely all the way from Nova Scotia Canada

Hi I’ve been watching your video’s

I have a meyers Parot, We found him in the back yard and saved him from a CAT.

I have been working with him but he is missing one eye and a claw or two.

I have been talking to him and he’s a good talker, but he was on his cage and he never comes out like that.
Unfortunetlly I had my grandson and the dog out, He can bite very hard and I’m still trying.

Thank you for the help

Sam

Chet I just bought an African Grey who is 3 he was hand fed as baby then these people I bought him from took him home at 13weaks talked to him fed him but hasnt been out of his cage in 3 years so I bought him brought him home watched your first free video at 5.a.m.this morn and by 8a.m. he was sitting on my hand.I am ordering your advance system this eve. Thanks!!!!!!!! Connie

I want to thank you , i feel very sad i bought a parrot at a pet store they didnt give me the right information on what kinda bird it is , it was hand feed and was a little tame ,i try to get him out to pet and its loud and is biting ,not to hard but its geting there , Please Help Janice

Hello Chet
I’m all the way over in the UK and we bought a Kakariki for my 8 year old daughter – she loves him and is not scared even when he keeps biting her (and all of us!!). So I’ve watched your two videos and am hopeful we can make progress. I have already got Billy to understand the clicker means a treat so he doesn’t lung when he gets the treat. I’m going to attempt the pointer stick thing! I’m still a bit scared of his biting and fluttering and jabbering when he attacks but hope this will calm him down. Thanks so much, Claire

Hello,

I enjoyed watching your video’s. I have two little parrots. The little white and blue one has always walk up and gets in my hand. The green and yellow is much different, it won’t let me touch it but if Chipper needs help getting back up on the table, Chupper will fly to the room I’m in, and land on my should and peck me gently, while being noisy. Since watching your video’s I’ve made process with Chupper, now I can pet him. We just got the parrots on 1/28/2010. We allow our parrots to come out of their cage whenever they want to. Chipper wings were cut when got her, which we wasn’t happy about.

Chet,
I don’t know where to begin, except I am amazed with my “new” findings, thanks to your Free short video clip. My daughter is getting married and had to make some changes by giving me her “Yellow Nape Amazon” Parrot, which she has had for about 5 years. We do not know the exact age of this bird. My wife has been over at my daughter’s house quite often babysitting, so this bird is use to seeing my wife all the time. This Parrot knows several words and a couple short phrases which he has picked up from T.V. and listening to others, so we know he is capable of learning. He loves to throw out words constantly (plus squawking), all to get attention, and at times being too noisy. However;… this bird BITES everyone that comes close, except my daughter. My daughter can handle him very well, but she is the “only” one. He bites everyone else.

I’ve said all that so I can say “this”. Since I have received this bird 2 weeks ago, I have noticed that he gets excited when my wife comes into the room, and talks up a storm by throwing out a bunch of words. But, he will still bite her if she gets too close. I have already been bitten over 10 times this week trying to be friendly with him. He has a large cage, and I opened the door so he could climb around, thinking that this might help show him that I can be trusted. But, as I walked by the cage, he bit me anyway, on the shoulder. At one point, I tried giving him a peanut, and he by passed the peanut and bit my hand so hard it started to draw blood. As I changed out his food bowl (from outside the cage), he bit my hand from inside the cage so hard it started to draw blood. Plus a few other times. Well, I decided that if I’m going to keep this bird that I was going to need help. I decided to check out the Web and I found “your” site. You had a short video clip showing how to get a bird to stop biting, and I noticed that you were using a “clicker”. So yesterday I went by a Pet Store to get a clicker before coming home. As soon as I came home I decided to try doing exactly what “you” were doing in your video clip. This is where it gets exciting!! I “first” started about 2 feet away, (for about 10 seconds), then “clicked”, and backed away and sat down for about 5 minutes. I repeated this every 5 or 10 minutes, getting closer to his face each time. Then, I finally got up to his face, (thinking he was going to bite), but he didn’t bite at all. He lowered his head, and I touched his head, rubbed his neck, then I “clicked” and sat back down. This was all done in about 30 to 40 minutes. Then, about 30 minutes later I repeated it again, right up to his face, and again he lowered his head. I stroked his head, his neck and his shoulder, then “clicked” and sat back down. Believe me, this called for a celebration! I ran into the next room and had to tell my wife!

Today, as soon as I came home from work, I opened the cage door to let him climb around. About 5 minutes later I walked up to him and he already started lowering his head. I didn’t even use the clicker. I rubbed his head and neck and his back, then sat back down at my desk. I can’t get over it !! This is “Amazing”!

I ordered the special you’re running on bird training and also how to get your bird to stop biting, & etc. I haven’t received it yet because I just ordered it yesterday, but I feel it’s already paid for itself. I can’t wait for the rest to get here. I feel I’ll be ordering more later This is great!

Thanks
Lonnie

This was very helpfull to me. My teenage daughter has a parakeet named Daisy and she really needs some training.I will try this out and let you know how it turned out. Thanks again Nicky

Chet,

Thank you for your training videos! I have a hand fed (still doing it) Sun Conure who is 9 weeks old, and a Pineapple Conure who is 5 months old. I await your videos with excitement to get really started! It was very nice to get a personal phone call the very day after my order was placed.

Kim

The videos are a good start. I have a questions: I tried this method but I’m encountering problems because my 2 cockatiels don’t have the same speed of learning and for the first time they’re fighting. I didn’t react but had to stop for this moment…Do I separate my cockatiels in separate cages for training purposes (scared of hands and being touhed. I adopted them together, they been with eachother 4yrs.

wow these techniques are very useful

well i just start this but yesterday i tried it with my lovebird and it seemed to work and i decide to continue waching this, well thank you it was very helpful appreciated thanks.

This is so very cool! I have a budgie and find it such a drag to not be able to be buds (no pun intended) as I am with my furry friends. Now I might actually make some headway.

Caroline

Hi Chet,
I have watched all of the videos you have sent and I have purchased the complete training, I still am waiting on the How to get your Parrot to Talk CD’S. I love the method however my Parrot will only eat Peanuts, I have given her everything you can think of and she just won’t touch it, should I take the peanuts away and use them for the training reward?
Thanks for the Help,
Donna

Hey there Donna,

Actually, peanuts are not healthy for parrots at all and shouldn’t be given in any amount. So I would recommend taking them out of your bird’s diet, and then see which other kinds of nuts and seeds your bird likes.

Hello i have tried everything with my parrotlet he does not like when you touch him he comes to the hand and eat and that but he doesnt like to be touched and i tried powerpause and everything but he wont come i have asked many people but they say same thing and that doesnt work can you please help me and he dont listen to me and i have tried everything can you please help me i just want to touch him and make a stronger bond with him i really need your help he is scared of everything and thats a problem to he wont play with his toys because his scared of them he wont eat fruit because his scared of the fruit can you please help me i have tried to post to other trainers but they dont answer please answer thank you

I found this video to be helpfull with getting my Scalett Macaw to step up. I will continue to use the touch method to better our learning sessions together. THANK YOU!! However I would like to know a bit more on how to prevent her from getting aggressive while on my arm, shoulder and so on. Do you have any other videos that can help me?

what type of cage is that im very interested in one like that very nice presentation of the inside hate looking through bars

http://www.Cagesbydesign.com