Training Plan
Bathing Pet Birds – What You’re Getting Wrong
Bathing is more than just a splashy pastime for pet birds – it’s an essential part of their health and wellbeing. Whether you care for a tiny budgie or a chunky macaw (no body shaming here!) it’s important you cater for their basic hygiene needs. Bathing can improve feather condition, respiratory health and even mood.…
Read MoreAI & The Future of Animal Training
AI is everywhere at the moment. It’s no longer a subtle presence starting to show up in the background of our everyday lives. It’s in your face whenever you glance at social media and it’s becoming more significant in our workplaces. It’s now even rudely accusing us of stealing chocolate bars at a supermarket checkout.…
Read MoreWhy Birds Bite
Birds bite. Understanding why birds bite, is the first step to stop biting. A close encounter with a bird’s beak at some point, is the one thing I can usually guarantee a bird’s owner. That and a close encounter with bird poop. They are the two things a bird owner should expect. That’s the bad…
Read MoreTraining Lorikeets
Can You Train Lorikeets? Training lorikeets is often considered to be harder than other parrots. The main reason for this is the difficulty in finding the right training treat for them. The average pet parrot will happily take a seed or a nut as a reward for an offered behaviour, but seeds and nuts are…
Read MoreHow to Fix Birds Not Getting Along
So your birds fight? Or you want to combine birds into one cage? There is one main reason that birds will fight or not get along: resources. They defend them, they fight to get them and they’re always looking for them. The hardest part of this, is recognising what those resources are. The obvious ones…
Read MoreBehavioural Training – Setting Goals
Bird Behavioural Training requires effective goal setting if it is to be successful. This includes planning the steps to the final goal.
Read MoreGaining The Trust Of A Bird That Permanently Needs Medication
I’ve found myself in the worst place to be when it comes to developing a healthy relationship with a bird. My Galah, Charlie, came to me from a decent home but had a rescue history prior to his last home which has left him prone to serious trust issues. Medicating a bird is difficult at the best…
Read MorePreventing Parrot Problem Behaviours With Routine and Small Rituals
Recently, I’ve been noticeably quiet. I have had some health issues and I haven’t been able to do everything I would normally do in my everyday life, which has included everything I would normally do with my birds. As it turns out, I’ve been forced to learn that it isn’t easy to hand aspects of…
Read MoreTraining Tips Taken From Wild Birds
There are few things that I enjoy more than watching wild birds go about their everyday business. Lately, I have been lucky enough to have a pair of ravens nest within metres of my bedroom window. Ok, sometimes we’ve had our disagreements (any wild bird can attack). Generally though, I’ve been very happy to have…
Read MoreGetting Your Bird Interested In Vegetables
The only stupid question is the one that you don’t ask. I’ve heard that often enough and I’m not entirely sure that I believe it. Mainly because I once worked in a bookstore and was asked if we stocked books that had pages in them? Or the time that my mother asked me what the…
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