Bumble-ing Along

[wrench13]

Good job, Bummble! You learn pretty fast, your mom says, keep up the good work.

 

[Inger]

Good job, Bumble! You learn pretty fast, your mom says, keep up the good work.

I'll tell her you said so, Al! I've followed your suggestions and they work. She loves to learn new tricks and apparently she practices some of them in her cage when I'm not home (according to my daughter who's been staying here). Honestly I feel like sometimes I can't figure out how to teach the next one fast enough.


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[wrench13]

So I would suggest the next trick to teach her, take a chop stick ( plastic one, wood is not ideal for this trick) Let Bummble perch on it, and let her do the spinning trick on it, and if she is OK with that, you can raise the chopstick to vertical and spin her around on it. Saltys record is 6 spins, and he is not crazy about that trick. Bummble seems to like doing it on her perch, it would not surprise me if she loves this trick and will let you spin her quite a bit. ANd, like always, be consistent in your commands to her, so she understands what is expected. And treaties for any positive movement.

Have you considered color training for her? SHe is so tiny that most parrot specific color toys will be too big. I use these inexpensive plastic 'army men' that come in the primary colors, got mine at the local drugstore - they always have a section of inexpensive kid toys. Use them to teach Bummble her colors.

 

[SailBoat]

When one considers the mental ability, plus processing speed needed to quickly fly though a thickly wooded area, at flight speed, games and tricks are kind of like: 'Okay, that was fun, What's Next.' We Humans have for so very long, underestimated our Companion's abilities! Let us hope they elect not to turn on us!

There exists some discussion within the Amazon community that our Owner's have been plotting for some many years! The IT World is lost in their belief that Robots will take-over! No fear, the large Parrots will clip their wiring (already doing it) and disassemble them (already do that to cages and lap tops). The smaller Parrots will inflict serious damage in all those tiny areas that Human fingers cannot get to. Robot's do not have a chance! After all, there are already photo's showing Parrots riding around on Robots and they are totally unaware that the Parrot's are gathering Intel!

 

[Inger]

So I would suggest the next trick to teach her, take a chop stick ( plastic one, wood is not ideal for this trick) Let Bummble perch on it, and let her do the spinning trick on it, and if she is OK with that, you can raise the chopstick to vertical and spin her around on it. Saltys record is 6 spins, and he is not crazy about that trick. Bummble seems to like doing it on her perch, it would not surprise me if she loves this trick and will let you spin her quite a bit. ANd, like always, be consistent in your commands to her, so she understands what is expected. And treaties for any positive movement.

Have you considered color training for her? SHe is so tiny that most parrot specific color toys will be too big. I use these inexpensive plastic 'army men' that come in the primary colors, got mine at the local drugstore - they always have a section of inexpensive kid toys. Use them to teach Bummble her colors.

Do you have a video of that trick? I'm not sure I am visualizing it properly but it sounds like a good one.

As for color training - I bought some stuff that was supposed to be a suitable size for small birds, but the slippery disks are just a touch to thick for her beak. Ugh. I'll look for army men! She loves buttons so I may try to find primary colors in those too.


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[Inger]

When one considers the mental ability, plus processing speed needed to quickly fly though a thickly wooded area, at flight speed, games and tricks are kind of like: 'Okay, that was fun, What's Next.' We Humans have for so very long, underestimated our Companion's abilities! Let us hope they elect not to turn on us!

There exists some discussion within the Amazon community that our Owner's have been plotting for some many years! The IT World is lost in their belief that Robots will take-over! No fear, the large Parrots will clip their wiring (already doing it) and disassemble them (already do that to cages and lap tops). The smaller Parrots will inflict serious damage in all those tiny areas that Human fingers cannot get to. Robot's do not have a chance! After all, there are already photo's showing Parrots riding around on Robots and they are totally unaware that the Parrot's are gathering Intel!

Oh dear. Now I'm a little worried about that cute way she cocks her head and stares at me! Haha! And you're right, of course the tricks aren't that hard when you consider how they're wired.


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[wrench13]

So I would suggest the next trick to teach her, take a chop stick ( plastic one, wood is not ideal for this trick) Let Bummble perch on it, and let her do the spinning trick on it, and if she is OK with that, you can raise the chopstick to vertical and spin her around on it. Saltys record is 6 spins, and he is not crazy about that trick. Bummble seems to like doing it on her perch, it would not surprise me if she loves this trick and will let you spin her quite a bit. ANd, like always, be consistent in your commands to her, so she understands what is expected. And treaties for any positive movement.

Have you considered color training for her? SHe is so tiny that most parrot specific color toys will be too big. I use these inexpensive plastic 'army men' that come in the primary colors, got mine at the local drugstore - they always have a section of inexpensive kid toys. Use them to teach Bummble her colors.

Do you have a video of that trick? I'm not sure I am visualizing it properly but it sounds like a good one.

As for color training - I bought some stuff that was supposed to be a suitable size for small birds, but the slippery disks are just a touch to thick for her beak. Ugh. I'll look for army men! She loves buttons so I may try to find primary colors in those too.


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It's in the middle of that 9+minute video on YouTube , search on salty parrot trick, there is a lot of Salty videos.

 

[Inger]

It's in the middle of that 9+minute video on YouTube , search on salty parrot trick, there is a lot of Salty videos.

Found it. That's a good trick! How did you get him to fling himself around like that instead of using his beak?



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[wrench13]

Salty is not doing the flinging , I am. He is just holding the chopstick loosely , an I am more or less throwing his weight around in a circle. Taught that trick to my dearly departed Max too, who was just a bit bigger than Bummble, and Max was no Einstein, the man or the bird.

 

[Inger]

Salty is not doing the flinging , I am. He is just holding the chopstick loosely , an I am more or less throwing his weight around in a circle. Taught that trick to my dearly departed Max too, who was just a bit bigger than Bummble, and Max was no Einstein, the man or the bird.

Hmmmmm maybe you should come train Bumble [emoji23]


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[Inger]

We had a lot of disruption to our schedule last week, and consequently I got a lot of attitude from this girl. Last night I made sure to follow our usual routine to the letter and I got sweet birdie time. Here's a picture of her just being sweet.

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[FlyBirdiesFly]

Awww! I love parrotlets. I thought about getting one for a while, but decided not to because I already have three fids and I heard they were aggressive toward other birds. Not willing to risk one of my babies' toes being bitten off by an angry parrotlet beak :28:

 

[LeaKP]

Ah this Bumble!!!


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[FlyBirdiesFly]

Is he clipped?

 

[Inger]

Is he clipped?

Barely. The breeder gave her a "baby clip" - I think only two feathers each side - and not very short, and it doesn't stop her from flying *at all* as you will see if you watch the video later in this thread. I don't foresee clipping her again, and I think she's already replaced one of the two feathers in her first molt. She is in a harness in this picture; not sure if you can see that. Even if she was clipped to flightlessness, I would never take her outside "naked."


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[Inger]

Awww! I love parrotlets. I thought about getting one for a while, but decided not to because I already have three fids and I heard they were aggressive toward other birds. Not willing to risk one of my babies' toes being bitten off by an angry parrotlet beak :28:

Right! I've heard the same thing, but I knew I wanted an only bird so that wasn't a concern for me. Parrotlets are without a doubt the cutest little fluffmeisters though [emoji7][emoji7]and Bumble - so far - is mostly the sweetest little darling.


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[Inger]

Ah this Bumble!!!


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Right? She's ridiculous haha


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[AmyMyBlueFront]

Awwww geeez! The look on her face! She clearly loves her Mama Inger :60:
You're doing an awesome job with her!




Jim

 

[Inger]

Awwww geeez! The look on her face! She clearly loves her Mama Inger :60:
You're doing an awesome job with her!




Jim

Thank you. She's doing an awesome job with me is more accurate! And yes, that little face...she does look happy [emoji4]


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[Inger]

I'm in Oklahoma this weekend celebrating my dad's 75th birthday. Bumble is at home and my boyfriend is staying with her. I talked to her about it for a couple of weeks before I left, and all reports are she's doing fine and has charmed his socks off. Haha he doesn't know that she only gets a treat when I ask her to do a trick, so she's running through all of her tricks and he's giving her a treat every time [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]. She'll need to go on a diet when I get home, but I'm pretty impressed that she's tricked him into it. Literally.


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