can you check that url again patti. My computer says it canot be found thanks dot ... From: Patti To: Freeflight@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005...
I have different experiences with towelling. My pet Cags were towelled as babies and I kept it up at home. Towels dont bother them one way or another. If fact...
Hi Darren, I've heard of a similar problem to yours with a Blue and Gold Macaw that lives with it's owner and his many other parrots - mostly lorikeets, near ...
Will birds in flights aviaries or loose in houses ie having plenty of exercise overeat? Dot ... From: Gay Noeth To: Freeflight@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
AS someone who HAS chased my wild caught Mirt and my take Cag it was force of circumstances thta made me do it. Having seen PR working properly it could have...
Angela, I would get a new one. It doesn't have to be too big--Macaw tails bend. Janet ... VariKenel...it is ... replacment because ... ground.....Oh ... it...
... If a so-called "aggressive hard-wired behavior" can be altered or "controlled" by aversive consequences, it can also be altered with consequences that are...
Phew! I am happy that Crimson is back! If I have an outdoor aviary I will use a harness to transfer them back to another secure environment. If the bird is...
... the ... us, ... Tana, I think there is a point where simple positive reinforcements aren't big enough to overcome the reward of some innate behaviours....
... Birds can easily be trained to see the towel as something good.....in fact they should be, so that when toweling is truly necessary there is no stress. ...
... Bart, I am so surprised this works. All bets are off with Juba's training when it is dark. She won't step up, she won't recall, nothing. She doesn't...
This is getting to be a matter of semantics. I make no excuses for the use of water blaster. I had a parrot with a cat and a ferret. While I felt from my...
... They may work, Janet. I know that's the science anyway. Still all that use aversives on this list describe a scenario where the aversive must be present...
That is the idea. Ok, for an untrained bird asking a step up is maybe to much because he does not know what to do. But I did it with untrained birds. I put my...
... all that ... must ... the "trainer" ... brandished ... to ... reliable ... use the ... I agree, Tana--honestly, I'm not advocating anything but +R. I have...
I don't agree with this. Remember the owl who did not respond to a recall in the Walsrode show I talked about. The trainer even tried to lure him with the food...
... Bart, you might be right. The same lazy, sloppy, inconsistency that causes people to use aversives rather than finding ways to positively reinforce the...
... Scott, why do you feel none of these orchards would work as a flight location? ... I understand what you're saying but I still think it's too big a risk, ...
Tana wrote: "They may work, Janet. I know that's the science anyway. Still all that use aversives on this list describe a scenario where the aversive must be...
Dot wrote: "I have different experiences with towelling. My pet Cags were towelled as babies and I kept it up at home. Towels dont bother them one way or...
... Yeah, this is worth re-stating. Holding toes does not work! Typically, when taking my birds in and out to the flight I have them perched on my hand,...
I realize not everyone has their birds vet checked, but I ALWAYS have a new parrot vet checked before bringing them home. When a parrot is not tame, the vet...
... have ... tame, ... Patti, There are a lot of things vets do to animals in order to get their job done. That doesn't mean it is necessrily a good thing or...
I DON'T force myself on any of my parrots ~ this is ONLY your opinion of what I ACTUALLY do Janet. I have never forced affection, or even scritches on my...
Patti, In an earlier post, you talked about how you towelled this Grey to "desensitize" it to your handling it. I can't think of a better description than to...
Apparently it's OK and NOT considered flooding, or 'force' if YOU are the only person using a towel. This is only your opinion Janet, like I said I refuse to...
