veimar
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- Feb 5, 2014
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- Parrots
- gcc Parry; lovebird Coco; 3 budgies (Tesla, Franky and Cesar); cockatiel Murzik, red rump parakeet girl Onyx
I'm pretty new to parrot world, and I sort of have to invent things how to entertain and tame my feathered babies. But I discovered a very interesting thing.
When I first got my gcc about 4 mo ago I played bird videos for him and he just LOVED that and chirped along.
This Monday I went to pick up my new 5-6 old lovebird (completely untamed according to the owner) and the lady gave me two parent raised baby budgies as a bonus. They were so tiny and wild that I was even scared of them.
So… from day 1 I started to play budgie/parrot sounds videos for several hours a day from my laptop. I let them all out to fly in the room, but the lovie appeared to be clipped. On day 3 when I was holding the computer with the bird sounds on my lap, the lovie came to me and snuggled under my robe (it's day 4 now and she just did that again and is chilling there right now), and the budgies flew as close as possible and chirped along. I was super surprised yesterday when instead of long frustrating "catching" they allowed me to pick them up and return to their cage - no screaming, no biting, they just perched on my fingers! It was only day 3! So I kinda attribute it to the bird sounds coming from "me" - maybe it helped them to trust me more.
Here are a few favorite links:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOkQQHaCgRE"]Питомники попугаев. Parrot's feature-length DVD film. - YouTube[/ame] (start from about 0:14 - I posted this as a separate thread some time ago)
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47wb0GeWm0s"]†Joyful Budgerigars - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYtuMiWtDxs"]†Budgie Trill - 3 Hours © - YouTube[/ame]
and there are many more…
So what do you think? Are you using this kind of entertainment as well? I think the natural bird song gives them a soothing environment that they would have in the wild.
When I first got my gcc about 4 mo ago I played bird videos for him and he just LOVED that and chirped along.
This Monday I went to pick up my new 5-6 old lovebird (completely untamed according to the owner) and the lady gave me two parent raised baby budgies as a bonus. They were so tiny and wild that I was even scared of them.
So… from day 1 I started to play budgie/parrot sounds videos for several hours a day from my laptop. I let them all out to fly in the room, but the lovie appeared to be clipped. On day 3 when I was holding the computer with the bird sounds on my lap, the lovie came to me and snuggled under my robe (it's day 4 now and she just did that again and is chilling there right now), and the budgies flew as close as possible and chirped along. I was super surprised yesterday when instead of long frustrating "catching" they allowed me to pick them up and return to their cage - no screaming, no biting, they just perched on my fingers! It was only day 3! So I kinda attribute it to the bird sounds coming from "me" - maybe it helped them to trust me more.
Here are a few favorite links:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOkQQHaCgRE"]Питомники попугаев. Parrot's feature-length DVD film. - YouTube[/ame] (start from about 0:14 - I posted this as a separate thread some time ago)
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47wb0GeWm0s"]†Joyful Budgerigars - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYtuMiWtDxs"]†Budgie Trill - 3 Hours © - YouTube[/ame]
and there are many more…
So what do you think? Are you using this kind of entertainment as well? I think the natural bird song gives them a soothing environment that they would have in the wild.