Do you train your macaws tricks?

[hcurab]

How do you interact with them?

 

[wrench13]

Start with simple tricks, ones that use the parrots natural movements and likes. Wave hello, shake hands, spin are good starter ones.

 

[PrimorandMoxi]

I let mine take the lead.
He is super inventive inventing games, just about anything you give him he will figure out how to play with it multiple ways.

He is so mischievous, he loves having fun even if it is just scarring you with a loud bark and getting a reaction

the other day he was perched on my hand and he was whacking a plastic water bottle that hangs from a rope. He proceeds to flip upside down on my finger to hit the bottle, ...never did that before.

One thing I regret is that I used to make sort of a sword out of rolled up newspaper and have a battle with him. I realized that this kind of behavior was making him aggressive towards me and do not do it anymore.

oh these are not tricks but they are how we interact.

 

[Macawdamia Nut]

My macaw is not a trick performing kind of guy. He is 100% cuddle bug. He is very calm and quiet and does not enjoy being roughed up. Pick him up, sit with him quietly, touch him gently and speak or sing to him calmly. He loves that. He likes to follow us around the house—even knocking to enter the bathroom—and lives for love. He likes to help me sew, read (many torn pages in books and magazines) or watch me iron clothes. He enjoys playing in piles of fabric or laundry. He also loves to follow me up ladders. Kind of a pain if I am painting or washing windows, but it is what it is. He just wants to be with his flock.

When I got him almost 50 years ago, the seller marked him with a black “X” on his chest. He said this wild-caught bird was hand selected for me for “calmness and tenderness.” He was absolutely correct!

Birds have very distinct personalities!