So I finally created a new signature...

[riddick07]

But I think it gives away that there is favoritism going on around here:54:

 

[Scott]

I like it! Nice portraits of your parrots in varied poses and situations. Like a mini-photo album on display!!

 

[RavensGryf]

But I think it gives away that there is favoritism going on around here:54:

Hmm :33:... there is only ONE of the cockatiels. LOL Nice pic, some funny/cute ones in there!

 

[Terry57]

Love it! You have some awesome pics of your flock! Is that Kelly in the second row?

 

[RavensGryf]

Hahaha LOVE your new avatar of your very "favorite" birdies !

 

[riddick07]

Hahaha I figured since I only had the one in the sig:54:

The one where there's a crazy bird in a hoodie? Because yep that's Kelly. The one with the bird rolling around with a yellow collar on is also Kelly

 

[WilliamKenyon]

Wow, it looks so professional!!. love your parrots, they are so cute. the green cheek lying on its back is the cutest in my opinion, i'm trying to teach my cockatiel to dothat at the moment and shes actually doing it quite well.

 

[Anansi]

Sweet new sig! I love it! All of your birds get some shine... though some get more shine than others. Hahaha!

 

[riddick07]

Wow, it looks so professional!!. love your parrots, they are so cute. the green cheek lying on its back is the cutest in my opinion, i'm trying to teach my cockatiel to dothat at the moment and shes actually doing it quite well.

I always use an app I found on my ipad when I do them. For a little bit the app wasn't working right, so I never could do a new one. One of the updates must have fixed the issue I was having with saving everything when I was done.

I think how I trained Monkey to do it was holding her enclosed in my fist and holding her on her back (of course you have to make sure they are comfortable being grabbed bodily if anyone were to try it like I did). Then I would open my hand and she would hold on to a finger while laying on her back or if she squirmed I would make a fist around her again. When she was comfortable laying on her back I would tap her feet and say let go...eventually she did and I would praise her if it was one or two feet that let go. I still tap her feet and tell her to let go and she will do it right away now.

I've also taught her to hang upside down by one foot on my finger. I used the tap foot method again and would tap her foot and tell her one foot while she was upside down and she will let go with just one foot on my finger. Of course first I had to reach her how to hang upside down. For that I would take my finger and make down motion with it while saying down. She looked at me like I was crazy at first but she got it eventually. I just had to praise for leaning forward and then when she started to go downward. She always has liked hanging upside down on perches so when she realized thats what I wanted she gave me the why didn't you just say so look

Sweet new sig! I love it! All of your birds get some shine... though some get more shine than others. Hahaha!

They know that theres a favorite list going on... my green monster does seem to smirk at Loki a lot Loki doesn't like Kelly at all and always gets the look that says while you may be bigger than me I'll still kick your butt old man. We have a video of Loki sitting on my shoulder and cuddling while practically gloating at Kelly that is sitting on my lap. Kelly is pinning and hissing at her every time Loki cuddles in or acts cute with me. The children like to one up each other around here:52: