Jo I would like to take your course but iam genuinely doubtful I would not be able to feed once a day.The limit of my not-treating-the-birds- as sort -family...
Hi Bart, Your question on a bird specific feeder is intriguing to me. I do not know of such device but it could probably be made an using microchip recognition...
While hunger is undeniably a strong motivation and effective for training most birds, it should be noted that for some birds, the need for attention trumps...
Do it Rex Do it yourself. It will work Dot 1) Keep a flock of conspecifics in an outdoor aviary located on a hill that is visible for miles. 2) Start with a...
... the ... and ... good ... an ... but ... feel ... Tex, You may have a valid point. However, a bird who is not the least interested in performing reliably...
... disaster conditions (and for this we'll define it as no food for 3 days) in order to train a behavior? Where did this come from????? No one that I know of...
Janet wrote: "(Whoever coined the "at liberty" phrase, I want to say I really like it--doesn't have the judgmental connotations that "roaming" has.)" Duke of...
In a message dated 4/30/2006 11:32:15 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, Freeflight@yahoogroups.com writes: This list ONLY accepts attachments and pictures. I...
... So have you changed your way of flying Phoebe? That is, are you not using strict food/weight control anymore? Are you flying her more at liberty now? And ...
Janet wrote: "How many members of FreeFlight do we have? How many of them write their first post with these words to the effect of: "I have a CAG that I've...
... Yep, why on earth would that be? I posted one thing about my training--how I taught my birds to stay off the floor/ground/forbidden object. I was...
Are your birds clipped Lee? Why is that ? Dot ... From: leethomassheba To: Freeflight@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 4:25 PM Subject: Re:...
... ...sigh ....no, Dot, ...what did I say that lead you to ask that? Two of my birds have never been clipped; the third was only clipped right after fledging...
Hi folks, A friend brought this link to my attention. I thought folks might like to see truly free flying Mexican Green Conures (Aratinga holochlora.) These...
Hi Chris, I don't know how to answer your questions. Yes, I have changed from rigid point-to-point flying. It is still not at-liberty flying in that I know...
... Mona, Do you remember that young man (teenager?) who free flew his Cockatiel outside and lost him once or twice? He was completely unprepared for free...
... Thanks, Kevin. My Bitsy WC Pionus has quite dark orange eye rings. The books say that they become orange in breeding condition, but I can't believe she is...
what you said was this how I taught my birds to stay off the floor/ground/forbidden object. I was instantly accused of not having flighted birds and that I...
Janet asked: "Mona, Do you remember that young man (teenager?) who free flew his Cockatiel outside and lost him once or twice? He was completely unprepared...
i don't know for sure what it means. I think it is an indication of stress, maybe indecision with some anxiety. I wonder if it is a left over habit of...
I should have kept log. people have asked. :-( I'm thinking of trying to put together a little something of what I recall... but it's hard to remember for...
... From: "Janet Jeanpierre" <jajeanpierre@...> ... I don't think that had much to do with this list Janet. He advertised on the Canadian bird4sale list...
... That could very well be. No doubt she gets a good dose of it where you are! -Kevin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
Lee, it's a question of how long does it take for the bird to become interested in the jar. is it an hour after his last meal/ snack, is it 2 hours, 3 hours?...
... it's a good ritual to have... having them feel coming home is a good thing. ok. so what is the ritual before going out as far as food management goes.......
... advertised ... I agree, common sense was a missing component. However, I can assure you I am not worried about one of Joe's student's being unprepared for...
... yes. putting bird away is definitely for this reason. ... No, I didn't intend to mean that Dot should be doing this.... not until later. But I think...
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