So many crashes

[Gizmomania]

Should I be doing anything to help Maalik master his landings? He gets himself going, but doesn't seem to know how to land without crashing into walls, cabinets, etc. I'm very concerned that he's going to hurt himself. I try to call him while extending my arm up for him, but to no avail.

 

[MonicaMc]

Baby parrots learning to fly is much like toddlers learning how to crawl and to walk. I know that as an infant, I ran into many things! Had many bumps and bruises.

You may want to teach him to fly to you by starting out with a step up using a different cue, and slowly increasing the distance he has to step up until he's hopping, then flying to you.


Lara Joseph has an adult cockatoo by the name of Rocky that used to crash land any time he flew... because that's the only way he knew how to stop. I believe he has now mastered the ability to properly land.

Lara Joseph | An animal training, behavior, and enrichment specialist.

 

[Gizmomania]

He's giving me so many grey hairs right now. He's now teaching me to see potential hazards. For example, today he flew towards the cabinets in the kitchen, crashed into them, and fell down on top of the cutlery! OMG, I almost had a heart attack, thinking that the knife handles could have injured him.

With toddlers, you see the world from the ground up. With birds, you see the world from the ceiling down!

 

[MonicaMc]

That's quite true! LOL


This Youtube channel may help... even has a video of training young parrots new to the home!

flychomperfly's channel - YouTube

 

[MikeyTN]

He's giving me so many grey hairs right now. He's now teaching me to see potential hazards. For example, today he flew towards the cabinets in the kitchen, crashed into them, and fell down on top of the cutlery! OMG, I almost had a heart attack, thinking that the knife handles could have injured him.

With toddlers, you see the world from the ground up. With birds, you see the world from the ceiling down!

Yes having them is just like having kids around....lol.....You always have to be watchful of what they're doing....

 

[Birdman666]

My CAG is over 10 years old and he STILL faceplants on occasion.

They are not the most graceful fliers in the world.

 

[Gizmomania]

You could say that again! Hopefully he'll master his landings soon. Right now he's flying towards me, attempts to figure out the landing part, bails out at the last minute, and then makes a few circles around the room before he splats against something. Kind of like an old Tom & Jerry Cartoon!

 

[Birdman666]

Well, the other day, my CAG got spooked and bolted from the tree in my front yard. It was windy enough so that he could gain lift with partial molted in flight feathers... I thought, oh man, here we go again! And was prepared to follow him when...

SPLAT - HE FLEW STRAIGHT AND LEVEL INTO THE SECOND STORY OF MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE- BOUNCED OFF- AND FLUTTERED DOWN ONTO MY ARM...

GRACEFUL AND YET SO NOT GRACEFUL...

Honestly, I skydive, so I know a little bit about flying... How do you manage to fly straight and level into the side of a house?! I mean, it's right there. You know you are not going to clear it... Either turn, or land sooner, or something...

But no! My bird Faceplants...!

On the bright side, instead of chasing after him to see where he lands, it was more like a catching a pop up. Run across the street, wait for it. Faceplant! And I got him....

Intelligent? Yeah.

Coordinated? Not so much!

So much for abundance weaning and fledging giving him such a big advantage...

 

[Gizmomania]

Uh oh. That's what I'm doing right now: abundance weaning and fledging. I'm hoping that he wasn't hatched from inside 'the short bus'.

 

[Birdman666]

Tusk doesn't really fly around much. So he is out of practice when he just takes off like that.

He's more of a "waddler."

He might make a better penguin... except that whole hating water thing!