Posted by: Jamieleigh on: March 30, 2009
Photo by Dave
Location: Orlando, FL
Lawn Mowing: Galah “Bandit”
Putting natural behaviors on cue is FUN and EASY! You need to know the basics of clicker conditioning and you’re ready to go. I’m going to explain the steps I took to do so with my rose breasted cockatoo, Bandit, and how you can follow what I did [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: March 26, 2009
Location: Orlando, FL
My Parrot Family Members: (From left) Military Macaw “Cash”, Camelot Macaw “Comet”, Blue Throated Macaw “Jinx”, Congo African Grey “Cressi”, Camelot Macaw “Tusa”, Galah “Bandit”, Galah “Bondi”
Not Pictured: Toucan “Fiji” & Parakeets (toucans eat small birds)
I was pretty shocked myself when I was able to get this photo of my parrot family… it’s [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: March 24, 2009
Photo by Jamieleigh
Location: Orlando, FL
Pictured: Blue Front Amazon “Storm”
So, for 1.5 months I agreed to be a “foster home” to Storm (pictured above) who is a 35+ year old blue front Amazon parrot, sexed male.
The only history we know about Storm is that he was originally living in Florida when a hurricane hit and he [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: March 23, 2009
I’m a HUGE believer in working with your bird’s NATURAL capabilities and habits. For instance, my cockatoo “Bondi” is most talkative in the car above other places. So, since we were on a road trip from Washington to Arizona, I thought I’d use that to my advantage and grabbed my training [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: March 20, 2009
Hand feeding a baby bird can be very, very dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing. Which is why when people ask me about the methods of doing it, I most often say spoon feeding is a safer alternative as there is less chance of suffocating the baby bird. But [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: March 18, 2009
My military macaw, Cash, is a great forager. However, when I put some new clear toys in his cage he didn’t touch them or go anywhere near them. No one had ever given them to him before and he had other things to do so he didn’t bother with it. So, [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: March 13, 2009
Photo by Jamieleigh
Location: Orlando, FL
Pictured: Solid White Parakeets “Lexi”, “Nikko” & “Visa”
If you look real close… you will see three pure white parakeets in that monster of a cage.
That cage is actually meant for my macaws when they aren’t in their outside aviaries… it is their indoor cage, but since they had been spending the [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: March 12, 2009
Photo by Jamieleigh
Location: Orlando, FL
Of: Sprouts for parrots
After hearing talk about peanuts being very unhealthy for parrots, I got into a “health-nut” state (no pun intended) and called up a very good friend who is very knowledgable of parrots. I was on a quest to find the healthiest foods for my birds – she suggested [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: March 6, 2009
While I shop for foraging toys all the time for my parrots, I got to thinking… what about my Swainson Toucan? Are there foraging toys out there for toucans, too? Well, they haven’t said “specifically made for toucans” but I have been applying my parrot ones to my toucan where I [...]
Posted by: Jamieleigh on: March 3, 2009
Photo by Mona
Location: Daytona Beach, FL
Receiving a Kiss: Rose Breasted Cockatoo “Bandit”
While giving a parrot seminar in Daytona Beach, Florida I realized how un-fun many bird owners tend to be. A very common question was, “My bird doesn’t want to come out of its cage to be with me, why?”
Now obviously, there can be a [...]
