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Me and Teeks are getting along swimmingly and I'd love to be able to spend more time with him. However, I've had trouble finding time to spend with him the past couple days. Often my dad is playing loud music, which scares him, and sometimes the front door is open so that we can get some...

Hi all. I have a few questions regarding the young scarlet macaw that I adopted this past week. I've done a lot of research, just trying to put it all together. He's 5 months (roundabout) old, wings were clipped before I had met the prior handler. He came from a home with a 7yr old B&G (which...

So I've had MICKEY for a couple months now and we're just now starting to form a bond. He likes hanging out with me now and he's with me more than he is in his cage. While I am loving this bonding time, I'm a little concerned about him becoming a one person bird. And one challenge is that it's...

Hey! This won't be so much of an introduction as a question but here goes: I'm a young homeschool student with a passion for birds and psychology. I've started looking into parrots as pets and after a couple months of extensive research have settled on GCCs being my best bet. However, I went...

We brought our baby Quaker Ozzie home from the breeder on Aug. 17. His hatch day is may 20. He is doing great and I have been able to teach him 4 tricks already. He knows "wings" where he flexes and shows his wings, "shake", he will grab your finger without stepping up (we do the shaking)...

Hello everyone! I have yet to post an introduction for myself, but I do have a question. I have a three month old green cheek conure (his name is Rook), who was obviously never hand tamed before. So, I've had to start from scratch with him. He had just arrived in Petsmart when I purchased him...

So I've had Mickey for several weeks now and he seems To be completely settled in. He's began playing with his toys, he uses his foraging toys now. He has picked up a few words and sounds from around the house (my laugh, my cell phone ring, good boy). He still doesn't trust me enough to step up...

So yesterday I got a 6 month old Cinnamon Turquoise Conure. I found the owner on craigslist and they were super nice, they just didn't have time to take care of the bird anymore. He/she isn't hand tamed and bit me pretty hard when trying to put them in their new clean cage. This morning they...

I have a 1 1/2 year old Timneh Grey. At first, he really loved my mother. I would try bonding with him, but he wouldn't show any interest even if I offered treats. He would take the treats and eat them next to my mom. Being the sensitive person I am, my feeling were hurt. For 4 months I...

Hello everyone, I am trying to train my GCC to improve his behavioral responses ( no biting, get off my shoulder when I need him to get down, etc). My vet suggested that I use a treat as a positive reinforcement when training him. The problem that I am having is that I can not seem to find a...

We've had my macaw, Wilson, for seven years- since my brother was two. We've always told Wilson NO! Don't touch Khristian! But now that my brother is old enough to play with and handle the bird, Wilson won't respond to him! He gets upset and calls for me whenever Khris even tries to go near him...

I am new to bird ownership. I am a vet tech and a client of mine had to rehome her sun conure as an emergency due to extreme allergies. I offered to take him for her. I have never owned a bird but have been doing lots of research and have coworkers that have a lot of birds. This male conure...

I've had Loki, an older Goffin's cockatoo, for about a month now. He loves to play with toys and chew on things, loves treats, and loves head/neck scratches. He does not step up, ever, for anybody. When I let him out of his cage he sits on top and plays quietly by himself and will come over for...

We've been having "weiro sessions" in the bathroom when I have a bath. I take Tony and Eddie (formerly Doris) in there with me and let them just "hang out" with me. They are not good at flying, Tony is better, but Eddie seems really hopeless at it, I wonder what they got to do before I adopted...

... where I can handle birds? Sometimes there's pet stores where they let you interact with the pets, but I'm not talking about a pet store, just like a place where people teach you how to train birds and you can play with them. I went to a camp like this a very long time ago but I'm a bit too...

Hello, everyone! I have posted here a few times before about my seemingly "untrainable" parakeet, Kiko. The story (again) is that I bought him back in April 2011, three years ago. Before I had gotten him, I did all of the research (which is the only reason my mom let me get him). I had books...

so i managed to get lola saying hello just on praise as at the time she had reverted back to formula food ive just recently started trying to get her to say it on que for nuts/banana... success! now however when i try anything new like stepping up for treats all i get is pinning eyes and a...

so lolas got hello down now, she pretty much just said it when she wanted at first but no i have her saying it on command (for banana of course) but i want to introduce a new word, now when ever i get the banana she just instantly says hello lol. whats the steps for introducing the new word...

Hello, I recently got a baby Pineapple Green Cheek Conure, and it's proving to be very difficult to teach him the "step-up" technique. He always jumps from my hand to my shoulders the first chance he gets, and refuses to leave that area. Any advice would be great.

Hello Everyone, I have an 8 1/2 month old Blue and Gold macaw named Luna. She seems to be doing great since taking her home, I have had her about a month now and she already knew me before I took her home, as I would visit her at the store a few times a week ever since she was 4 months old...

Hi everyone, I recently purchased two Turquoise GCC named Pheobus and Thalia. Now, I have some experience with bird training and have tamed a few conures in my day but never have I had to train two bonded ones. These guys are almost a year old and they are siblings so they are completely bonded...

Got a couple of sun conures, havent raised birds in a while. been staying at moms with them while my house becomes bird proofed, when i first got them they absolutely did not like people, ive finally go one taking apple pieces from me, and the other as well though he is skeptical about it...

My GCC screams for me when ever I leave the room, she will settle after about 30 seconds, but during that half a minute she sounds so upset. I had read here about establishing a contact call. Something she will mimic and I'll mimic back. But I was wondering how to go about doing that. I've got a...

Hi All, Just a quick question about my Orange Winged Amazon Mowgli. Briefly I'll let you know about him before I get to my problem. He came from a home where he was cooped up in a very small cage and never let out - he is also missing one of his toes ( which having taken him to the vets - is...

Hello, I'm new here so don't mind my inexperience on this forum (> - <) I got my male budgie (fully grown) from a pet store last year, around fall and I want some tips of how to train him! I don't know his exact age, but his nose was fully blue, and he was a chubby boy. x: (Guessing 1 1/2 or...

hi, I got a 5 month old soon-to-be-breeding pair of Indian ringnecks last month. they have both had thier wings clipped before we got them:(, but the blue male can still fly:blue2:. the first one i started to train was the male, and he was behaving really well, and so i started training the...

My boyfriend and I just rescued a mealy Amazon. We don't know how old he is, or much about his previous caretakers, but we do know that he wasn't in a very supportive environment and was not taken out of his cage. We have been providing him lots of interaction (talking to him when we're home...

Have you ever tried clicker training without the use of a clicker? Obviously, a clicker isn't an expensive piece of equipment, so this isn't about avoiding expenses. I'll admit I have limited experience with clicker training, though I'm hoping that will change if/when I get a new...

:green1: I need to downshift. So I got him (gender unknown) from an exclusively bird pet store. In my opinion, looking back, I might've rushed into it. No one else in my family wanted a bird, and it was just me (I was still in middle school, and am now in high school) to take care of him...

Hi Guys, My name is sara and i am a bird lover! I recently adopted Joey a 4 year old boy eclectus. He is pretty friendly likes to be held. doesnt mind being hugged and touched. He sometimes growls if hes eating or too high on his perch (that whole flock leader thing) - i did lower the rope bcz...

had lola bird about 3 weeks now and we're getting on great :) would like to start some training to help stimulate her mind rather than just chilling lol. my problem is i bought her from the breeder as weaned and long story short... she isn't. so im feeding her formula and there lies my problem...

My adopted galah came to me with her wings clipped. The previous owner said they were very short so that she could not leave where she was staying temporarily. I've been participating in threads about wing clipping trying to learn more about "flying" things. Anyway, today I took her out of...

While I've had my "playtime" with my galah inside I've had my laptop there and thought we could just "hang out together" for a while. She went very "bitey" when she saw me type on the computer and she also started biting the keys. Even though I stopped typing and picked her up, she stayed...

My galah did the big eagle! A really big eagle, with head bobs and held up for ages. I've been trying to get her to put out her wings because I've got her a harness. She's been sticking them out briefly when I go to say "good morning" but not really doing it on command. This time she did it...

I am on a steep learning curve with my adopted birds. I search online and read info, but sometimes it doesn't seem to directly answer my question(s) so could somebody experienced please fill me in as to what this means/might mean? Firstly, my galah bites me, but it isn't like in the videos...

I might be getting one or the other sometime soon, I know the important things like, pellets and seeds as a staple, human grade fruit and veg baring avocado and raw onions as food, cage should be at least 2X the wing span, they also need 4+ hrs a day to be happy, but there is no what I consider...

Hello Everyone! I have decided to become B&G macaw parent. After reading many books and online resources, there are still a few areas that I would like some advise on and would therefore be very grateful for any information you all could give me. one of my main concerns is regarding the...

Hi I it's got my first african grey she is 15 weeks old atm I brought her home two days ago now. She is super friendly and wil step up and let me stroke her and kiss her. But when should I start training her? how do I train her? what do I train her lol Sorry lots of questions :) thank u in advance

i have decided not to clip ollie's wings as i just didnt have the heart to do it. we were told by the pet store to come back and have his wings clipped the moment he could fly to make sure he wouldnt fly away. we decided to give him a week more to fly but that one week turned into probably...

Hello All, I just created my account here and have a question that I hope someone can help me out with. :) I am currently talking to a woman looking to sell a 5 yr-old Meyers Parrot. The owner says he/she can step up and is fairly comfortable with hands. I have been looking for a Meyer in my...