*Poor guy, I know EXACTLY how it feels, I've been a teenager...*
@katherineh.6852
4 жыл бұрын
My first thought when that parrot started climbing towards the cage was RUNNNNN LOL. My poor husband has to wear steel toed boots and thick coats when our bird is like this bc he attacks.
@JawadKhan-dn8ip
Жыл бұрын
Maybe u should stop letting ur bird out when it in attack mode or trim it wing feathers and this is dangerous and isnt funny and is irresponsible i would never let a parrot or dog or cat harm any of my family members remember humans will always come first before animals
@strangehappenings8682
8 жыл бұрын
our amazon just goes on full attack
@ryanmichalski49
3 жыл бұрын
parrots in captivity are neurotic! ALL of em
@lovethosebudgies
7 жыл бұрын
Sorry but I'm not recognizing any hormonal behavior here. Just tail fanning?
@reneerochon2437
6 жыл бұрын
lovethosebudgies I agree, @ least nothing like my Blue Front when he is hormonal
@mehere8038
3 жыл бұрын
I can see it! Very similar to what one of my lorikeets keeps doing. It's in the posture & the movements, the tail fanning is the obvious change, but body language is usually far more subtle than that & needs focus to see
@lisarogers8639
2 жыл бұрын
Distract him with cardboard boxes to keep him busy it works also pine wood to chew on works it works a little messy but they need something to do
@mickmac7264
4 жыл бұрын
Same thing happens to priests....get him a GF before he starts fiddling with the sparrows!!
@markchivers5379
3 жыл бұрын
U deserved a like at least lol good effort mate
@mickmac7264
3 жыл бұрын
@@markchivers5379 :D
@laurag1406
5 жыл бұрын
One gets the sense this bird has been yelled at or harshly treated. Even one time can break the bond of trust, if it ever existed.
@mehere8038
3 жыл бұрын
interesting, so that's what you think is going on here with the body language (as well as the hormonal)? I've just inherited 2 lorikeets & they're behaving very much like this one, I do think they were treated harshly in their former home. Now any tips on how to fix it? Or is it just a matter of the gentleness & patients I'm already doing? (they are improving, but I just want to help them more if there's anything I can do to do that)
@laurag1406
3 жыл бұрын
@@mehere8038 Hello, hard to say without observing your lorikeets but gentleness and patience for sure and target training with a pointer and clicker goes a long way towards developing a common language and the all-important trust. Best of luck to you.👍🏻
@laurag1406
3 жыл бұрын
@@mehere8038 Also, for hormonal periods make sure they are getting no more than 12 hours of daylight and are sleeping in darkness the rest of the time. This will help signal their bodies it is not hormonal season.👍🏻
@mehere8038
3 жыл бұрын
@@laurag1406 I'm making sure they go to bed at dusk every night, in Australia, so we're heading into winter now & they're getting about 12 hours sleep/dark at this point, not sure how this is meant to work when we get to summer, when there's far less than 12 hours dark in a day, but I've got at least 6 months before I have to worry about that now, so that part's ok for now at least :) I'm still trying to figure out hormones with how much light they get during the day though, I think there is a connection, but not sure what, I think they're a little better if I put them outside in significant light rather than indoors where they don't get super bright light (they HATE direct sunlight, so has to be a bright shady spot). I'm going to play around more with this & giving them brighter indoor lights rather than just natural light through the window & fingers crossed I'll figure something out, one of them is certainly still really hormonal :(
@mehere8038
3 жыл бұрын
@@laurag1406 I've made LOTS of progress in the 4 weeks since I wrote my original :) Looking at the video again & they're not acting anything like that anymore :) The one that was most like that has settled down a LOT. He's still hormonal & kinda does the slow moving thing a little, but he's tending to just go off on his own & just sit there & relax mostly now when like that, rather than doing the foot thing & biting & wings raised shaking. He's a bit fat now from all the treats I've been giving in training, I figure I'll deal with that later, I do think the fatness is leading to a bit of laziness too, but I really want to get both fully target trained & also step up trained. Step up he has some issues at times, I think it's the warmth of my hand/arm, there's been a couple of times that he's stepped up & then tried to mate with my arm. I've completely ignored & worked with the other one while he's up & down my arm trying to mate, but after it he settles down & goes off on his own to sit quietly, seemingly calmer & doing step up now, he seems to be still figuring out if he's stepping up to mate or not, so I'm really focusing on rewarding for "step down" as well, so just onto my fingers, then back down onto the perch & big praise & treat. Seems to be if he moves from my fingers onto my arm that he wants to mate with it. Drama, but I think we're making progress. He's smart, understands the commands but is still just confused over the hormonal stuff I think. Other one is the one that was tamer to begin with, but I think that was "learned helplessness" cause she's actually much harder to work with than the other one. Her personality's COMPLETELY changed since I've had her! She used to just sit there placidly, even sit on my shoulder when put there & would really just do what she was made to without objection. I was told that she "just nibbles" while the other one BITES when I got them & that was the case, but it's reversed now. This one's a plucker & she also just sits there rocking back & forward from stress, but she's making progress. She's figured out how to communicate lol sort of don't even need training for that, if you put your hand in the cage she's "SQAURK!!!!!!!" with a loud sort of "OY! MY CAGE, OUT!" lol If I remove, she's happy :) Makes filling food bowls & water & toys difficult, but it's great that she's happy to communicate her desires & feelings now :) & sometimes she'll let me in to do food etc, but only when SHE decides to allow it :) The 2 were separate when I got them, sitting next to each other in little cages their whole life. I put them in together, into a new cage to avoid territory issues & they were ok with it, but not going near each other. Over time they've got closer & closer & touch each other more in passing now & even share food now. Early on there were periods where other one would go nuts, so I always left the cage door open, so this little one could escape if she felt she needed to & she would, climb out & then just sit outside the cage waiting for Mr Hormones to calm down again, but then, all of a sudden, she decided "Enough! STOP IT!" & started sqauarking at him everytime he did it lol really laid down the law with him! Would squark & then follow up with a nip if he didn't stop the hormonal carry on lol She seems to be dominate now, but the other one does still use hanging strings of paper & treats that I've put in there for them to play with to propel at her & really claim a part of the cage as his territory or something, whatever it is, she keeps clear while he does it & doesn't challenge him. I've removed the bells, cause they were really setting him off, but I can't figure out if having them how they are is good or bad, he loves them, but it's pretty aggressive & maybe hormonal the way he plays with them, dunno, hoping I'll figure it out over time, if not I'm going to try to video it & upload & see if I can get some advice from people actually watching it :) Anyway my girl will also target in & around the cage & will step up one foot & sort of do 2 when I put my fingers on the end of a perch so she can just shimmy over, but won't tolerate any movement of my hand while she's on it, I'm working on that now with both of them, step up, then "stay" & treat for staying, then sometimes move my hand very slightly while saying "stay" & reward if they do & occasionally moving my hand to just behind the perch & then commanding "step down" & having them step from the hand they shimmied onto onto the perch in front of them. My girl tends to get mad about me doing that & bites a lot after it, kinda a "how dare you move your hand while I'm on it" but I'm making very slow progress on it, especially right now, cause I've changed to grape juice as the reward & they both love it, so they're fighting for who gets to do the training, so that makes them work a little harder to compete with the other one :) Not sure the story with the girl, but she can't fly & even when she stretches, her wings don't move, only her leg & tail. She was in a tiny budgie cage for years, not sure if this is why of if there was some sort of deformity or something before that. Other one can fly, but not well, when out of the cage for training etc, if startled he flies off & crash lands & she fly/falls & then both try to get back to their cage, via walking & climbing. They won't target or step up in that setting at all, but again we're making progress, so they're starting to very slightly target now in that setting, so I can use the target to guide them back into the cage. My goal is to reach the point where they'll properly target in that setting & also "step up" & let me carry them back to the cage. Once I get to that, training can be less goal focused, but I really want that ability, cause it will make life much easier if I can do that with them without freaking them out! Would also be good to be able to touch them to check their condition better, clip nails & take to the vet. I haven't taken to the vet for a first checkup yet, cause they're just so stressed that I'm worried how they'll react to that & I really thought I'd be able to get them settled faster than I have so far, so trying to figure out when is the best time to do that, might need to soon anyway, cause my girl's plucked feathers are growing back, but there were 4 in the cage today when I cleaned it out :( so seems like she's plucked a few in the last couple of days :( No real stress to have caused that, so I'm wondering if there might be a medical reason behind it, maybe her feathers are hurting or itching as they're growing in & that's her reaction to them, not sure, but I really did think the plucking had stopped with me, so I'm disappointed with that :( I'm also hoping that if the 2 of them get close enough to preen each other, that might stop her plucking, with that contact with another bird calming her down.... and I'm thinking as I'm writing, a couple of days ago as I put them to bed, just as/after the sun had gone down & their bedroom was near dark, & as I closed the door to my living room & therefore removed the light for them to sleep, she jumped across onto the perch the boy was on (normally they sleep on separate perches, close enough that their heads nearly touch but not quite), I think she was wanting to snuggle with him during the night. By morning though they were apart again & really cranky & bitty (I went in to quietly refill their food just before dawn, mostly so I could see if they were together, normally if I refill like that, they're sound asleep & not disturbed, but that night they were awake & responding to me doing the food by biting even in the dark) so maybe that's what's triggered the plucking, she wants/needs physical contact & can't get it from the other bird & so she's stressed, dunno, but could be, but I really would like to get her to a vet for a checkup & to rule out medical reasons too Anyway, that's a long, sort of rant, sorry if I bored you. If you have any feedback on any of that, I'm all ears, I've got lots to learn! but just writing it's actually helped in my head to clarify a bit of what's going on too, so helped me just doing that. Sorry if I've annoyed you in the process & thanks for your feedback on them :) Sounds like I'm at least partly on the right track. My girl certainly has figured out how to communicate with me now anyway & is very willing to do so & I can understand her, so I guess that alone is a really good sign :)
@suzanneclose4415
2 жыл бұрын
Lovely big cage but you should replace those hardwood perches with natural wood ones, different diameters/sizes.
@aquarius9491
3 жыл бұрын
dude, get a multi branch manzanita perch, those straight perches strain the birds joints & muscles. How would you like to sit in the same position all day ?
@mehere8038
3 жыл бұрын
interesting :) I would have thought the opposite & I bought 1 straight one for mine to make them more comfortable than on the rest of their perches, which are natural branches. I guess now I know why they would prefer the natural ones over the one I bought :)
@aquarius9491
3 жыл бұрын
@@mehere8038 Birds like those "rope" perches because they love chewing & perching together & they're flexible to mount any where.
@DinaZala
6 жыл бұрын
I know this video is posted a while ago, but I hope you see my comment. How long does this behavior lasts during mating season?
@buckysshadow4352
5 жыл бұрын
it's usually for the entire mating season
@ste.b.7400
6 жыл бұрын
Any update? Some people shouldn't keep wild parrots with them if they can't actually be there to create a strong bond with the birds
@JawadKhan-dn8ip
Жыл бұрын
U dont need to have a bond to care for a parrot. Parrot are not very intelligent like humans my mate african greys took 5 years to get along and they grew up with eachother it normal for parrot to be scared and fearful even pigeons are braver than parrot 😂
@silverfrosty1869
Жыл бұрын
Yeah hell no to floor bird especially hormonal one 😅 smart choice.
@zhenshinaya1972
9 жыл бұрын
I have a budgie who is driving me insane with his hormonal behavior. He wants to 'ride' my shoulder and he bites my face if I don't look at him while he is engaging in this mating dance of his. What to do? How long will that thing last... I want my good gentle birdie back...
@MzClementine
6 жыл бұрын
Julia Glaizer I wouldn’t reward him when in that behavior. Put him on his stand. Start a trick training to modify the behavior. I was watching a trainer and she wouldn’t pet her bird anywhere but the birds head because that also triggers the behavior. A simple trick to teach is touching a stick. As soon as the touch it be ready with a clicker and treats. When they learn this trick it can be used to get them to do things or stop behaviors.
@JawadKhan-dn8ip
Жыл бұрын
Get him a mate
@soniabethel3971
2 жыл бұрын
Please don’t hurt him I love parrot I will love to have him
@ssttraining962
3 жыл бұрын
Certified male parrot?
@ryanmichalski3490
3 жыл бұрын
I am SO Not a bird person! I just don’t understand what the attraction and fuss is!
@markchivers5379
3 жыл бұрын
How come u here then mate lol
@ryanmichalski3490
3 жыл бұрын
@@markchivers5379 because I’m trying to understand what the attraction is! Yeah they are cool but owning one........I don’t have 4 to 6 hrs a day to spend! I’ll stick with my dogs....
@markchivers5379
3 жыл бұрын
@@ryanmichalski3490 fair enough each to their own I suppose I have an Amazon parrot he is amazing best pet ever
@ryanmichalski3490
3 жыл бұрын
@@markchivers5379 also the fact that they are prey animals kinda turns me off too! Afraid of EVERYTHING! I don’t think I’d have the patience for that! Plus the hormones, you can’t leave them unsupervised (out of the cage). Not to mention the screaming! Lol. If they developed object permanence it would be cool but they don’t so the screaming ends up being overwhelming!
@yesiiii2389
3 жыл бұрын
@@ryanmichalski3490 and I’m the other way around I don’t have time for a dog I rather have a parrot
@soniabethel3971
2 жыл бұрын
Love him ❤️❤️❤️
@janellesmith6794
7 жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing.
@maximpetrov7339
6 жыл бұрын
I've been researching parrot training and found an awesome resource at Parrot Ploy Plan (google it if you're interested)
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