Posted by: Jamieleigh on: December 29, 2008
Photo by Dave
Location: Saipan, MP
Siblings: Blue and Gold Macaws “Jersey” and “Chayko”
Recently on my you tube videos, I’ve received a lot of the same question, “What treats do you use to give your bird during training sessions?”
And I know what those askers are really thinking… if they use what I use for my birds, their [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: December 27, 2008
A training diet is NOT a bad thing. Most people hear “training diet” and think it’s all about starving the animal. Well, it’s not – and training diets are used in the professional industry a ton to get animals to perform to 100% accuracy.
All “show animals” are put on training diets – meaning they recieve their [...]
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Posted by: Jamieleigh on: December 23, 2008
Photo by Jamieleigh
Location: Holland America Cruise Line
Having fun: Rose Breasted Cockatoo “Bandit”
A training technique called “random rewarding” is something that works insanely well, getting much better training results than the method of offering a treat to your bird every time he does something right.
I began to do it with my newest/youngest rose breasted cockatoo, Bandit. [...]
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Posted by: Jamieleigh on: December 22, 2008
Photo from www.healthybird.net
I find it fun shopping for new and unique bird toys for my flock, however, it gets expensive and time consuming and to be frank, I ran out of both! Plus, I started becoming really nervous about what went in my bird’s cage.
I began finding out through in depth research that bells are [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: December 18, 2008
More and more parrot owners finally seem to be catching on that trick training might, after all, be a good idea. And I’m glad!
Parrots need to be trick trained for a number of reasons and if you aren’t teaching your bird any tricks then you may want to re-think on that [...]
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Posted by: Jamieleigh on: December 17, 2008
Photo by Chris Biro
Location: Moab, UT
Parrots Pictured: Shamrock Macaw “Buckle” and Blue Throated Macaw “Gleam”
I recently found out through an avian vet that a free flighted bird who flies outside should not have its nails clipped due to being able to grasp its landing spots more securely outside. That doesn’t mean I want my birds [...]
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Posted by: Jamieleigh on: December 15, 2008
Photo by Dave
Location: Saipan, MP
Pictured: Swainson Toucan “Meaka”
The biggest misconception about toucans is made because of the size of their beaks. Hyacinth macaws are referred to in the bird world as “the gentle giants” of all macaws, and I would say the same type of reputation should be given to toucans. Even with their large [...]
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Posted by: Jamieleigh on: December 12, 2008
Photo from www.sunnyhollowaviaries.com
I go through a lot of foraging toys with my whole flock – even the ones that claim they are “reusable” will get completely and thoroughly destroyed by one of my parrots. But hey, that’s what I get them for, right? To have fun with.
I thought I’d throw out some of the places [...]
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Posted by: Jamieleigh on: December 9, 2008
Photo by Jamieleigh
Location: Lacey, WA
Pictured: From left; Galah “Bandit”, CAG “Cressi” and top Galah “Bondi”
Back in October I stayed at my brother in law’s house for two days at the end of the month. I was traveling with my entire flock at the time and had three medium sized birds with me. Two rose breasted [...]
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Posted by: Jamieleigh on: December 5, 2008
We are all aware of the imfamous MySpace.com where people network like crazy and many have become famous from all their wide-received clicks! Well, now there is a My Space for Pets! I know, I know… I didn’t believe it when I heard about it either…
But it’s true. MyPetSpace.com (also IfPetsCouldType.com) is a place where [...]
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