Help For the Bitten Bird Owner

My friend Patty (who also blogs here) has been very eager to handle my macaws because she has always been surrounded with cockatoos and would love to get some one on one experience with them. So the other day I brought out my blue throated macaw and set him on her hand.

Like any bird lover would want to do, Patty really wanted to be able to pet Jinx. What happened was Patty put her hand directly above Jinx’s head and he didn’t understand what she was about to do and got tense. She could tell he wasn’t going to be okay with what she wanted to do so she backed off. I then told her about our “signal” we give to our birds to let them know our intentions. I showed her the signal (shown in the video above) and she was able to pet Jinx.

This is a great thing to do with your bird for social situations as well as for yourself so you and your bird some a better form of communication… allowing you to get bit accidentally a lot less often!