How To Systematically Desensitize Your Parrot

Every breed of parrot can be taught to overcome their fear of things. It doesn't matter whether they fear your fingers, the vacuum or their new toys you spent half your paycheck on to make sure he had plenty to play with. People are always asking me "How can I stop my parrot from..." I'll let you finish the sentence, because it rarely matters what they say from there on out. Because through systematic desensitization you can get a parrot to do ANYTHING or overcome any fears. It's a simples step by step process... where all you do is get your parrot to make miniscule amounts of progress, that over time add up to drastically changed behaviors. For example let's say your bird doesn't let you near his cage... here's how to overcome this: 1. First think of what your parrot wants? My guess is that he wants you to go away... am I right? So use that as a reward! Next time you go near his cage, get him to let you one inch closer before he starts hissing and screaming at you... if he does, reward him by leaving for 5 minutes. It'll work every time. 2. Don't give up, if you keep this up long enough, your parrot will be slowly desensitized to you moving closer and closer, until you're able to touch his cage, and he no longer gives it a second thought! I go into it in a lot more detail on my "clicker training" cd in my parrot training system, but I think if you'll just give this method some thought, it'll work wonders for you.