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I rescued a beautiful, tiny parakeet from the Humane Society. I believe that she had been in the wild for some time. The vet said she is about 1 year old and had some minor health issues that a good diet would fix. I've had her for about a month and a half. She's been on a forage and pellet diet...

Howdy all! Looking to see if everyone here can help me expand this list of important training topics for a new bird. This will be for a new baby bird. I am not suggesting these are all for consumption immediately, but as the bird grows. As a result, I am also curious if anyone has...

Before you start frantically responding, yes I am well aware that negative reinforcement does not work with parrots and actually rewards whatever behavior you are trying to correct. With this out of the way, the purpose of this post is to ask why this is the case? 1. Why do you think dogs...

I have a 3 month old cinnamon GCC and would like to harness train her. I was wondering about the size of the harness while she is this young. If we get a GCC-sized harness, will it be too big on her now? Is it ok to train her with a harness that is too big? Also, any advice on harnesa training...

Hello everyone, I have had my adopted 15 year old female severe macaw, kinski, for 1 month. She is adjusting nicely and our bond is strong and getting stronger due to working with her for a couple months at the sanctuary prior to bringing her home. She has been so quiet (for a macaw/parrot) and...

New bird mom here. My husband and I just got the cutest little three month old cinnamon GCC and we love her to death. She loves to nibble and she is so smart. She has learned not to bite hard when grooming our fingers, ears, noses, eyebrows, etc. However, she continuously latches onto our lips...

So, quick backstory: When Picasso was new to our home (about 2 months old) they were doing construction on the apartment above ours. Consequently one of the very first sounds she learned to mimick was a high powered nail gun. Well, fast forward a couple of years and she's driving us nuts. she...

My RB2 was clipped when I got him, and in past month he began getting his flight feathers in. Today, around a hour ago he flew for the first time! It was from the ground to my shoulder... Which isn't the greatest considering we have a no shoulder rule but regardless I'm very excited that he's...

Hello everyone - Seeking some general guidance on how to "tame" my new baby. She is a ~4-5month of Solomon Island Eclectus that was hand-fed. She was very cuddly/tame with her owner. However, she's bitey with me. I brought her home Tuesday afternoon and she appears to be settling well in her new...

Hello, My Amazon Athena is 6 months old, so got her about 2 months ago from a exotic only very reputable pet shop. I have moved very slow with her, she now loves coming to work with me, and car rides. She also gives kisses, and loves to start yelling and laughing when I hide on the side of her...

Ive had my bird for almost a year now. My parents gave it to me to keep me company. Recently I've decided to try and tame/train him (I'm a little late on that yes, but I'm aware it isn't impossible). Sometimes when i try to take him out of the cage, he either ignores it completely or bites me...

Hey there everyone! I've been having some trouble training my male cockatiel. A little backstory: I got my first tiel named Baby just a little while ago (back in July 2015) from a friend at work. He said she was too loud and he didn't want to put up with it anymore. I had researched a ton on...

Hi guys, here in this video you can listen and train your finch to sing like a chambion. Enzoy,and don't forget to like,share and subscribe my video :)

My budgie is extremely attached to his cage. He comes out of the cage all the time but he doesn't come off the top. I have found that when I take him off the cage and put him on my desk his is 100% tame (I took him off with a perch.) Is this the right way of doing things? And i have been keeping...

My budgie has issues leaving his cage and i was wondering, because grabbing is not acceptable, if scooping him up would work. Like coming underneath him and cupping my hands and just scooping him up. I cannot get him off his cage and I was hoping not to have to use a perch.

When he is in or on his cage he won't let me touch him.But when he flies off he'll willing climb onto my hand and stay there so i know hes tame. One article i read said i should towel him and take him out of the cage but that doesn't sound right. How should i bond with my budgie if he never gets...

I feel like my budgie might be afraid of hands but he still lets me hand feed him in, on, and off his cage. He won't let me get near him in or on his cage without food, but away from the cage he's completely fine. What's going on here?

He comes out of the cage on his own but almost always refuses help from me unless i have food, and when he is in or on his cage he will not let me touch him without food. Yet, when he is away from his cage or in another room he is 100% tame and he preens and sleeps and eats and everything is...

Good evening! My name is Sydney and I've just signed up, checking in from the Golden State! The pictures are my African Ringneck Parakeet, Gogol, and two of my hens, Honeybird (with her adopted babies) and Penny. I am the proud animommy of 2 dogs, a cat, my Ringneck, and 6 beautiful hens...

A week ago I bought a 10 week old cockatiel (we think it is a male) and at first he was terrified of of us. The breeders said they were hand fed and would step up if you had a white blanket over your hand. I tried this three days after we put him in his cage and he freaked out of me, flailing...