http://jamiesparrothelp.wordpress.com Offering a new perspective on parrots as pets Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:05:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   I was obviously trying to be really sneaky when filming this video of my Swainson toucan, Meaka, while she was making noise. So it's not the most fun video to watch as I wanted footage of her actually crying for people to see how different the body language is from ... http://jamiesparrothelp.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/listen-to-a-swainson-toucan/ It can overwhelming thinking about how much of your time your pet parrot requires. Is 30 minutes a day enough if I dedicate it all to my bird? Is two hours more likely? What is too much? When it comes to a parrot, to them, there is no such thing ... http://jamiesparrothelp.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/how-to-spend-more-time-with-your-pet-parrot/ Photo by Dave Location: Sandpoint, Idaho Pictured: Rare Solid White Parakeet "Lexi"   Parakeets make the perfect pets when it comes to owning a pet bird. I started out with owning a blue parakeet named Scuttles (after the Little Mermaid) I was still very young, probably kindergarten and living in Fallbrook, California.   I am now ... http://jamiesparrothelp.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/parakeets-the-perfect-pet-bird/ Photo by Dave Location: Moab, Utah Twins: Blue Throated Macaws "Dreadful" and "Gleam"   Thinking about traveling internationally with your blue throated macaw? I was, so like me, think again.   Now, I'm not completely inexperienced with traveling with my parrots. I've done it before, but never with a blue throated macaw who is considered an ... http://jamiesparrothelp.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/blue-throat-macaw-appendix-1/ Photo by Dave Location: Sandpoint, Idaho Showerer: Rose Breasted Cockatoo "Bandit"   I took Bandit into the shower for the first time while staying at my parents' house in Sandpoint, Idaho. I didn't take a shower perch but he had watched Bondi (a 3 year old of the same species) from a shower perch ... http://jamiesparrothelp.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/showering-a-new-baby-bird/ Photo by Dave Location: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Napping: Solid White Parakeet "Lexi"   When I am at home in Florida and my birds are living in either their outside aviary or indoor cages, they do not get cage covers. They go by the natural daylight and night time from outside. But when I ... http://jamiesparrothelp.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/covering-your-birds-cage-at-night/ Photo by Dave Location: Moab, Utah Filming: Blue Throated Macaw "Gleam" Without the help of: Calico Macaw "Siren"   How lucky I am! This is what I do for a living, well, among other things I choose to do on the side but this is my primary passion (although it wasn't always this way) and I ... http://jamiesparrothelp.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/working-with-birds/   The easiest treats to train with are sunflower seeds and spray millet. It's easy to hand your bird a single seed for a job well done or give them a quick bite of a millet stick. Other treats such as peanuts are more time consuming to prepare since you have ... http://jamiesparrothelp.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/bird-treats-for-training-finding-yours/   To learn what it means to target train your bird, go to my blog entitled Target Training and Clicker Conditioning. The training that happens from your bird already knowing targeting, can be flight training your bird using the target stick.   This training is very simple and happens pretty naturally for a ... http://jamiesparrothelp.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/flight-train-using-targeting/ Photo by Katherine B. Location: Naples, Florida Pictured: Two Female Blue Throated Macaws, 1.5 Months Old   I wanted to share the newest photo of the two blue throated macaw babies at a month and a half old of age. I think they look so beautiful and adorable! It's really neat to see them ... http://jamiesparrothelp.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/month-and-a-half-old-blue-throated-macaws/