Day 3 into lifetime journey with Cap'n Jack!

[jbready]

So today marks the 3rd day of The Cap'n being home! All I can say is how did I enjoy life without this little green bird! He is munching on nurtiberries, pellets ad blueberries, he gets 40cc in the morning and at night! He is doing fantastic! He loves his toys and perch, and constantly wants to be on my shoulder! I put him on his play top or perch and nope!!!! As soon as I'm in range he flies right to my arm or shoulder! He is really warming up! This weekend he's going on a trip with me to a friends house who worked with parrots often as she wants to meet the Cap'n (who wouldn't) . My only real question at this time is, while in his cage I haven't seen him pick at his food. I've shown it to him but he only picks when the bowl is out of the cage with myself and him and I it it next to him. How do I get him to take interest while in his cage or on his perch?

 

[SailBoat]

Hmmm, sounds like all the fun stuff happens outside the cage. That's okay and will work. What want to add when breakfast and dinner becomes solid food it should be severed in his cage, In the meantime, sever lunch in his cage. I hope that you are beginning to see a pattern developing here.

 

[jbready]

Hmmm, sounds like all the fun stuff happens outside the cage. That's okay and will work. What want to add when breakfast and dinner becomes solid food it should be severed in his cage, In the meantime, sever lunch in his cage. I hope that you are beginning to see a pattern developing here.

Thank you! So just give him his fruits in the cage and feed him pellets by hand while he's in the cage? I've tried tapping on his bowls and such and putting my fingers through cage by food bowls but when he's in there he's on his perches or playing with one of his toys. Zero interest lol

 

[Ladyhawk]

Can we have more pics and maybe some videos? Baby Amazons are adorable.

 

[Birdman666]

Bite pressure train this bird at this age. Waiting until an amazon is a little older and "attitudinous" makes it much, much harder...

And napes are goofy birds.

The more you handle this bird, the more interactive this bird will be...

 

[Ladyhawk]

Bite pressure train this bird at this age. Waiting until an amazon is a little older and "attitudinous" makes it much, much harder...

And napes are goofy birds.

The more you handle this bird, the more interactive this bird will be...

Quick question. How do you bite pressure train birds? The last time I had to do it was twenty-ish years ago and I'm sure more info is available now. That's probably not a quick question...maybe point me to a thread?

 

[wrench13]

There are a couple of trains of thought on how to bite pressure train parrots. Use this boards search feature. Threads by birdman and sailboats are gold. I was lucky, as Salty basically trained himself.

BUT even a bite pressure trained parrot will at some point bite, maybe hard, maybe draw blood. It is a part of keeping a non domesticated animal as a pet. Bite pressure training helps a great deal to stop casual and contemplated bites, or at least lessen the bite pressure. Read the stickies in the Amazon sub forum, because if you know your amazons body lannguage, you'll know when a bite is coming almost before he or she knows it. The best bite is the ones that don't happen.

 

[jbready]

I have read and continue to read daily to Jack the stickies and would absolutely agree the best bite is one that doesn't happen but I too would love advice or a link to a thread on bite pressure training! Absolutely more pictures to come!