Great advice Peggy! I've only been working with a captive TV for about a year and a half, but here are a few things I've picked up. Please comment if anyone...
I would suggest contacting the condor people. I believe the Kern River Preserve can get you in touch with them. They, I believe, never let "their" birds ever...
I have trained many vultures and other raptors through positive reinforcement. I am also a falconer. Which training a vulture is the same technique as a ...
Message Our animal patients that are to be released do not spend time with people. We keep their cages covered. but Sid has a wing that did not heal correctly....
Susan
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Feb 14, 2005 2:01 pm
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Yes, though I think the condor folks might well be useful. Also, try Ramona VanRiper, President of the Turkey Vulture Society. She has considerable experience...
Separating them is the best idea and working with them on an individual bases daily would be great. It could take as much as 3 to 6 months to have an adult...
Hi guys, Thanks for all of your help so far. Right now we arent really worried about educational purposes, but more of them getting over their distrust of us....
Oh there was one more thing. Do you guys have any good ideas for enrichment? Right now we have shoes, rawhide and leather toys, etc. And how many sessions do...
I've trained several adult, permanently injured TVs and truth of the matter is...you are not going to get them to trust you as long as they are together. Even...
Hello! As requested, I'll put in a word on this subject. It is, unfortunately, true that at this stage in the vultures' life, you will be most successful in...
On the subject of enrichment activities: -Colorful balls of all sizes (larger than the beak, to ensure that they aren't accidentally swallowed) -Plastic...
Hi Everyone, I'm brand new to this list, and I know no one knows me, and I don't know anyone else... I have limited experience in training TV's, but my...
... Wow-that is a great story. What touched me the most-was the fact that you said 'honored'. Thats how I feel everytime. My name is Connie-and I have been...
Thank you for sharing! Very good. I have never rehabbed a bird of any kind, though I am totally enraptured with TVs. Richard Bruns Graphic Designer Community...
Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about TV training. Jill, the director at my center has started implementing some of the suggestions already. I...
Hi -- I hope you will keep us posted on progress. Good luck. Richard Bruns Graphic Designer Community Relations Office EXT: 3119; Outside: 707-253-3119 ... ...
Great stories, and thanks to the TV Society for hosting this board! I had worked with raptors for a number of years, but never a TV, until we got ours a little...
Oh... boy.... Jeff - you've certainly hit a chord here... I have two educational TV's and have had some "issues" with travel boxes with both. My first TV...
Jeff, I have transported numerous vultures over the past few years, and finally hit on a successful technique, purely by accident. I had to bring a turkey...
Thanks Dody and Ramona, Perhaps we should try a smaller carrier, then, as the one he uses is kind of big. Sometimes he's pretty good, sometimes he's not. ...
One thing we use on our carriers for all raptors is a plastic grid (I think it is for use with dogs). It comes in 1ft squares and fits in most carriers. They...
Susan
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Mar 8, 2005 7:23 pm
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Hi folks I'm the Director at Ijams Nature Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. We've had numerous nonreleasable raptors over the years for our educational programs....
On Traveling, When I first took over the handling of Junior (the TV I work with) he would get upset and try to bate when we brought him near his travel box....
Hi Melody, I just got back from the annual National Wildlife Rehabilitator's Association conference in Minneapolis. It was wonderful. One of the best...
Hello, I'm part of an education group at a wildlife rehab center in Oregon, and we are preparing for a bad west nile summer. We had a few cases in the state...
Hi Melody, Boy - you have my very best wishes when it comes to WNV... I'm in Michigan, and we've had it here for three to four years. I have one very old...
NOTICE: A wildlife center in tne Northern Virginia area is seeking a new home for a non-releasable Turkey Vulture and Black Vulture. Both are mature birds,...
Pennsylvania was one of the first areas hit, and the first year we were hit HARD also. Mostly we saw RT, GHO a few kestrels. The crows never lived lond enough...
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