Right now Salty is.....

[GaleriaGila]

South America Fats? No... Amazonia Fats!

P.S.
C is for Conure? Naw!

 

[wrench13]

Salty has the pool thing down pat, I can put up a full rack of balls and he gets 'em all in a corner or side pocket in seconds. The bicycle thing.... whoh, very slow going. He is just now getting the idea of putting his feets on the perch pedals. Very slow going. And reading? shelved for now until he has more of the bike trick under his wing so to speak. I don't think it's productive to try and teach him several new tricks at the same time.

I need to find some new footie toys for his cage too, I think he's bored by what he has now. We had a few cage type baby rattles in there, but he broke the 'cage' part ( plastic) so they got chucked. He loves toys that make noise, so he can bang them around the cage.

 

[GaleriaGila]

The Rickeybird recommends BELLS, Wrenchie!

 

[wrench13]

Cool beans, Salty learned to say "Thank you"......... in context !

 

[cnyguy]

Good job, Salty! I've been working on "thank you" with both parrots here. Scooter (CAG) just gives me a withering look that indicates "Why should I thank you for doing your duty as my servant?" Ralph responds with a cheerful graaaccckkk! which I interpret as Quaker language for thank you. Maybe they'll do better when I tell them about Salty's accomplishment.

 

[wrench13]

Hi there,

Sometimes its just 'click' and they decide to say something. I do know that when Salty and I do our nightly training sessions, I always say Thank You when he hands me something as a part of a particular trick ( like a cup or a ball). Seeing as we do the training every single night now for the better part of 5 years, its only taken him oh say 1,500 times he's heard it to actually say it. Keep at it, you never know when it will 'click'. Do your guys practice to them selves? I know Salty kinda mumbles to himself in his cage.

 

[SailBoat]

Wow, its been five years already!!!
Time fly's by so quickly when an Amazon is filling it with joy!!!

 

[cnyguy]

Scooter will mumble early in the morning. I hear her chattering away softly when I'm washing my face and getting ready to start the day. Ralph doesn't mumble but he whispers new words along with me when I say them. I know very well that parrots don't always learn what you'd like them to, but instead may pick up some other words they hear that appeal to them. For over 30 years I tried to get George the YCA to say "good night" at bedtime and he never did. But after hearing me comment on the messy floor around his cage a few times, George quickly learned "What a slob!"

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

Scooter will mumble early in the morning. I hear her chattering away softly when I'm washing my face and getting ready to start the day. Ralph doesn't mumble but he whispers new words along with me when I say them. I know very well that parrots don't always learn what you'd like them to, but instead may pick up some other words they hear that appeal to them. For over 30 years I tried to get George the YCA to say "good night" at bedtime and he never did. But after hearing me comment on the messy floor around his cage a few times, George quickly learned "What a slob!"

My brother has been trying to teach Amy and BB "Uncle David"..they just look at him funny lol.


Jim

 

[LeaKP]

Kevin calls everyone here by name even the puppy. We’re swift to race to his command.


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[sherylb]

I am trying to get FInley to play ball but he won't play with toys with me...he wants to play with my hand and play a little rough and just hang out on me...Is liking and learning the toys take time for a baby? Of course he plays with his chew toys on his own but nothing with me....as for target training, he thinks the stick is a toy! lol

 

[wrench13]

Break down the steps in playing ball into small pieces. First might be just getting Finley to take the ball from your hand, then give it back, then add rolling the ball to him for a very short distance increasing that gradually. THen asking him to bring it back to you from longer and longer distance. I do this with Salty sometimes on our bed ( play a game of catch). Make it fun so Finley gets something out of the deal.

 

[wrench13]

Salty is so cute sometimes. He will go explore the top of his cage (which has the cover folded back a bit) and maybe work his way down the back,. But when Geri or I call to him "Where are you Salty?" or say peek a boo, up pops his little head to look at us, and then he goes back to playing back there. Its like "here I am guys, dont worry" .

 

[SailBoat]

The small joys of keeping in contact with each other...

 

[wrench13]

Poor Salty - I replaced his sleeping perch, which was a cement type, with a natural wood one almost 3x the diameter ( the new one is 3" ), because his daytime perch is almost the same diameter as the sleeping one and I feel he needs some variation. He hates the new perch. He would rather sleep on the floor of the cage. I am not giving up just yet though, I think he will acclimate to it because he loves to perch as high as he can in most environments.

'Boats, you think 3" too big for his feets?

 

[saxguy64]

I did the same thing with Baxter a while ago. Her favorite perch that looked like Sandy textured cement was actually plastic, and she started peeling the surface off of it. I bought a replacement, almost the same size, but a different color, and this one is cement. Brought her back to the cage, she climbed in as usual, and started to get on the new one. As soon as she touched it with her beak, she realized it was something new, and wouldn't go near it. I'll never forget that look she gave me! I took it out, mounted it on the outside of the cage as a bridge to get to the tree stand, and let her get used to it's existence. It took about two weeks before she gave in and decided it was acceptable to walk on to access the tree. After another week, I put it back in the cage, and she was fine with it.

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[SailBoat]

Quick change artist is never a great idea! Like coming home at 2am after a two week trip and finding that your homes interior has been reconfigured as you crash your way over chairs, etc...

Salty has been more than kind regarding changes, but to switch out a sleeping perch would be like switch out your bed to 100% the other direction from what you have loved sleeping on! After crashing thru the house, even your safe place has been changed...

I like larger diameter perches for sleeping as they place less demand on their claws, pads and muscles allowing them to flow blood in the toes with greater easy, vasty reducing load on their pads.

Changing sleeping perches is better done, slowing and with transitional steps in texture and diameter. Yup, its a pain, but you will find that it keeps you out of dog house...

As part of the I Love Amazons - ..., Thread under Getting to Foot of the Problem Segment, I cover the subject.

The other great concern in using smaller perches is that birds have a sleeping response that assumes that when they are perched on a moving branch and while sleeping they adjust tension and move with the branch, yet fully maintain their balance. With smaller perches those nerves can become pinched and at some point, they move and end-up falling (night flight or like terms) because they didn't sense that the perch didn't move, they did!

 

[wrench13]

Point taken, 'Boats. I'll revert and reintroduce the new perch slowly. Salty is so mellow an Amazon, I truly didn't think it would be such a big deal. Thanks Bro.

 

[wrench13]

Reading lesson are slow going. I think Salty now knows "A" for Alpple. We are working on "B" for Banana.

 

[wrench13]

I went out a few days ago ( before the NYS Govenor locked down), and stocked up on pellets and wood chew toys and dog food. I mean really stocked up. Might be a good idea for you if your parrot eats pellets or or store type foods. Same for cat and dog foods.