Aggressive Behaviour and the Importance of Choice! | Topics

[@livvym8327]

Hi! I just wanted to let you know that you've helped me so much with my last parakeet, Coco (rip) and I'm planning on another bird and here you are, still helping! Love you and what you do!!! 💖

[@Peeshart47]

Rip

[@incanusolorin2607]

Amazing! I think this is one of the most important videos you’ve made since the “Flock dynamics” one, especially this little sentence: 5:58. Congratulations!!! To me the saddest thing is that, after this (6:37) happens, many people say you must pretend the bite didn’t hurt and keep your hand where it is, to “teach the bird that biting is ineffective”, removing even the last choice the animal has and essentially turning him into a toy.

[@jojo1828v]

Very true, I always wondered why others have said "pretend it doesn't hurt" basically that is saying ignore the birds defense and continue forward. You don't build trust. My little parrolet comes on his own, he wants to be with me. I call him and tap my shoulder and he comes. Through that he has gotten very precise in his flying and landing. It's very cute!

[@rawan952]

I came across your channel yesterday and I've already learnt so much. I have three budgies and I started with pushing my finger into their chests to teach them to step up, when I watched your videos I realized everything wrong I was doing. I just started with target training and I'm giving them their time to get used to the stick. Thank you ;"")

[@Raven-ob7ok]

Rawan El Ghali same so many videos about taming your budgies say to push their little tummies 😭 I’m also trying to tame my 2 budgies and I’m starting to make a bit of progress

[@outblucks6724]

I remember when I started doing that with my bird it really worked so well

[@outblucks6724]

I just miss my bird she died a couple years ago I’m thinking about getting another bird

[@tarajh]

How's the budgie training going? Have you made much progress since you posted this?

[@cjmartin2427]

I've been harness training with mine for over a month and there has been times where he's had a mishap when he has panicked which has set us back a few steps. It's very frustrating but when pushing that little bit beyond his comfort zone to make progress, it's going to happen at times. I always work from one side of his perch and he always has room to approach me or move/fly away, sometimes I'll move the harness towards him and then away from him and verbally praise him if he begins to move towards it and give a treat when he comes to my side of the perch when following the harness. If he does fly away or I see he's about to, I either turn away or walk out of the room, removing my attention. Usually when I turn back or come back a few seconds later I'll point and ask him to find his perch which he usually does and we can try again. If he doesn't, I don't push it, I just leave him to himself. He's now at a stage where he will actually come up to the harness and put his head through pretty much by himself and stay there although somewhat awkwardly until I click, remove the harness and give him a treat. I make sure to call him onto my shoulder after we finish as I find a bit of fuss after a short session helps bring it to a positive conclusion.

[@MyJAG12345]

So many people could learn so much from this video. If you we're training a lion you would not be able to force it to do anything. You would have to find ways to make it want to do the things you are asking. This is how I look at training birds. Great information!!

[@incanusolorin2607]

Wendy C Unfortunately, people do find ways to force big cats, bears and even elephants to do things, by using extremely violent methods or abusing them while they are young. I wish those “trainers” would work with their animals the way you work with your birds.

[@katieb8717]

Incanus Olórin while your make a good point they were just using the lion as a metaphor

[@incanusolorin2607]

Katie B Oh I know (even tough it technically wasn’t a metaphor, it definitely was a figure of speech). I didn’t mean to disagree with Wendy’s comment, I was just saying that no matter how dangerous the animals are, people still usually find a way to “beat it out” of them.

[@megsutube1815]

These are the same principals of teaching toddlers. I like to give "limited choices." That way they still have a choice and I still am geetting what I want.

[@mehere8038]

hmm nice tip :) I used to work in childcare, I know that stuff well, but haven't really thought of it with my birds, I will now though, thanks :)

[@leggie9150]

Thank you so much, I have watched dozens of videos and finally found someone who understands the psychology of choice! Looking forward to watching many more videos, well done :)

[@lesliecarrere2059]

This is absolutely great information for beginner training! It’s great that you gave so much detail and as you say “rambled” 😂 but I think it was good bc you were really able to explain everything very well. One thing I noticed you didn’t address though is you wanna keep the training sessions short, only 10-15 minutes at a time. Birds can also get very bitty if you try to train them too long. Usually you will see some signs from the bird to tell you the training session should end. The biggest one I’ve noticed from my experience is they start to get distracted and not as interested in what you’re doing anymore.

[@bobacat5798]

I have never had a bird before and I always do a bunch of research before getting any animal, but I just got a parotlet and I've been doing literally EVERYTHING that sexually stimulates him 😭😭 I noticed a dramatic difference from when we first brought him home he was really sweet, never bit me, and even loved falling asleep on me. As of right now he is completely bonkers and has bit the crap out of me and my mom. He just turned a year old so I hope I can reverse this behavior 🙏🙏🙏

[@Somersbysnoreband]

This is one of the most valuable videos you've made. So much food for thought, and tbh it made me think a lot about the way I was raised and in which ways I was given/not given choice. It all makes so much more sense now! Thank you!

[@vasaramuse]

This is why you are my favorite trainer. So insightful. p.s. I love your shirt!

[@Peeshart47]

Yes cool shirt

[@donnanelson9181]

Excellent, excellent video. You made this so easy and logical to understand. Thank you.

[@yashika-singh]

Actually my sibling borrowed my parakeet and in afternoon he called me My Budgie was lying down at the bottom of his cage still.... His eyes were closed... I tried to move him but he was still... I asked him what had happened... He told me that he opened my bird and by budgie was flying from one curtain to another and wasn't going inside his cage so, he grabbed him and squeezed him in anger my bird started shouting so, he pressed his beak with his thumb so hard, and than after sometime he noticed that my bird wasn't moving and than he squeezed him more to make sure he was alive but there weren't any movements, I slapped him so hard after hearing that .... I picked him up and ran out to get some water but there weren't any movements... So I.... kept him in his nest and tried to notice him and suddenly he started to flap his wings so fast and I just screamed with joy and then my bird opened his eyes but he wasn't able to stand so I picked him and ran towards his cage so he could try to stand on his perch but he wasn't able to do soo.... And I tried to give him the step - up command in a calm voice he stepped on my finger with his one leg and then with another leg.... And now after 3 hours he is fine eating food And I bought two more budgies Now I have 4 budgies But I have learnt a lesson I, will never trust someone

[@petloveforever2286]

This video is one of the most helpful videos I have ever watched on bird training! Thank you!

[@katmarrs7054]

This is great! I'm new to parrotlets. I just got my two year old rescue, Teddy, almost two months ago now. He does not like hands. He will tolerate being picked up when he's asking to go somewhere (his wings are clipped) and he'll let me kiss him. At least, he did before we rescued a second parrotlet, Felix, who is five and was introduced to Teddy three days ago. Felix loves people and will fly over and land on my head while Teddy follows him wherever he goes, and asks to be picked up but will also try to bite my ear. If you try to give Felix a treat or pick up Felix, Teddy comes running up to bite you. He has also started running over to me when I'm putting the food in the cages or adjusting toys or perches. He gets as close as he can and tries to bite my face. I mean it's kind of funny because he's not terrifying at all and he thinks he is but I also hate feeling like I'm making him uncomfortable and provoking him. Or making him think I'm going to hurt his friend. And yeah, he won't let me kiss him anymore, but he's happy to bite the sh*t out of my lip. I would like to blame Teddy's previous owner for his behavior but after watching this and a few other videos, I can kind of see why Teddy doesn't like me. I am going to take this into account tomorrow, thank you.

[@mehere8038]

I've got 2 rescue lorikeets, one of mine also gets extremely jealous & does a range of behaviours including biting & just screeching REALLY loudly if I give the other one attention & he feels ignored. I find it a bit challenging, cause the other one is much tamer & willing to come out of the cage & is doing step up training, but jealous bitty one is settling nowadays, I just make sure to always give her eye contact & make sure she doesn't feel like she's missing out to the other one & nowadays, in general, I can even work with the other one out of the cage & get him bored before moving onto bitty girl, because I do the eye contact & talking with her & she knows I'm seeing her & going to give her all the work & attention she wants eventually :) I also always give her nice treats to enjoy while working with the other one, I'll do a couple of "touch" on the stick, with that reward & then give her something like a grape (that they LOVE) to take the time to munch away on while I work with the other one & of course continued regular eye contact & using her name & making sure she knows I'm not ignoring her in favour of the other one while training the other one. Sounds like exactly the same pure jealousy to me that you're describing there. New bird is getting the attention Teddy used to get & so Teddy's trying to get your attention back & is getting frustrated when failing to do so

[@snagman3waloma]

This makes total sense. Great video!

[@glassbirds]

You actually give,, great parenting advice Both birds and kids lmaoo

[@lenaspannknebel713]

This is perfect advice for when your bird is directing aggressive behaviour at you, but I've been wondering why my budgie is so nasty to their brother. I think she might be a female, but I can't really tell because the cere colour is a little unclear. But she is just really mean to her brother, always chasing him away from "her" perches and even biting his tail. I'm really hoping it's just a hormonal thing and it will stop eventually :(

[@Giverne1]

Really great info. Really helpful. I stumbled upon this right after my lovebird bit me on the thumb and yes it has been very frustrating but watching this calms me down a bit and rebound from setbacks. So thank you. I'm wondering if it would be worth making more than one aggression video addressing different circumstances you've seen and maybe people can see if it applies to theirs. Thank you so much again.

[@fancya7978]

This is excellent information! Thank you

[@megsutube1815]

Thank you for this wise info. Could you please show us how you organize and utilize your treat bag? If you have several kinds of seeds in your bag, do you have several separate bags in the bag or are the seeds all mixed together? What are your conures favorite training treats?

[@ladynextdoor]

This is about aggressive behavior while trying to train the bird and to me, all you said are completely logical. But what about when the bird is totally calm, sitting on you, maybe playing with your necklace or buttons and suddenly bits your ear? Or when it flies away from you, lands on your partner, s shoulder who is watching tv in the next room, and goes straight to bite his lips or his neck?

[@peepsicle]

I think my bird is lonely. The parrot rescue I got him from is very controlling and insisted that he be adopted alone, even though he was living with a bunch of other birds (different species) in the house they rescued him from, and an entire flock (same species) in the foster situation he was in for several months before we adopted him. Now he screams all day for other birds, no matter how many toys we give him and how much attention we give him. And we let him come to us. And he bites us, and lunges for our faces. We’ve taken away any hormonal triggers. We give him all of the out of cage time he wants. Lots of head scritches. Free choice. And sometimes he just attacks while sitting on our shoulders. I really think he’s angry that he’s alone with no other birds

[@beatamincic4247]

The little blue parrot

[@Lynnettra]

Thank you for all your videos, they've truly helped with my first bird! I was wondering if you could give me some advice on how to stop a behavior? There are 2 that I currently need assistance with. I have a 1 yr old female lovebird, and she keeps flying to my calendar hanging on the wall to chew it into strips for her wings. I'd like to teach her to leave it alone rather than moving it if that's even an option. Second, every time I take her out of the cage I have to put a shawl or a scarf on because she wants to "preen" my neck, which hurts a LOT. Think little tiny needles going into your neck every time she does it. is there any way I can get her to stop doing that, so I don't have to wear special armor literally every time I take her out for the next 15 years?

[@ShaniceAaronPianist]

Your advice really helps. Thank you so much!!

[@katelynwood7116]

I was wondering what your thoughts/tips were for wanting to bring your bird outside? Specifically a bird not clipped, are harnesses safe and how to go about training a young parrotlet to accept one without forcing. Thank you, really enjoying your videos

[@TheSasukefang]

This video was so so insightful!! I appreciate it. Do you have a video on thr subtle body language and warning signals of birds? Just found your channel yesterday in my months long research before i get my first bird, which im now starting to think may be a pacific parrotlet

[@dharmacharinipasadanandi7110]

Thank you, I'm also hoping you might cover the topic of what signs a bird gives you that it wants to be petted. I haven't ever tried to touch my parrotlet apart from letting her step up and leave. I've never offered her neck scritches and don't know if there's a bird sign that it would like that??

[@snakesonaframe2668]

My parrotlet does really well with training, she is fully flighted (her wings were clipped slightly before she was rehomed to me because her previous owner was afraid she might injure herself trying to fly around an unfamiliar environment, but she has molted all the clipped feathers and I don't plan to clip her again because being such a small bird I don't feel its safe for her to not be flighted, and she just seems to enjoy being able to follow me around the house and such.) She's never gotten aggressive or bitten me during training, but I do have issues with her randomly running up and biting me HARD with absolutely no provocation (ex: while I'm just sitting on my bed looking at my phone) she will also do it when she's sitting on my shoulder, suddenly I'll just feel her bite my neck, again, HARD, like I've had people ask me if the marks from her doing that were hickeys. Sometimes I can see where the neck biting just may have to do with her being irritated about a noise or me doing something with for example a plastic bag, and that's just her way of letting me know she doesn't like it. But like I said its usually random and I'll be just sitting quietly giving her no reason to be angry. I've thought maybe it's her trying to get attention? I just want to figure out why she's doing it and how to stop because its not very fun to have to deal with.

[@mehere8038]

sounds like she's trying to get your attention to me :) Is it consistently happening when you haven't spoken to or interacted with her for a little while? & that's sort of cute that your bird is giving you hickies :) she loves you :)

[@outblucks6724]

First I love your channel you are part of the reason I got a bird I even remember when you got blue hair sadly my bird died a year ago but I’m still subscribed and I still love you

[@ddh207]

love your channel and your bird room i awesome. i have 4 parrotles american white, they are actually pale blue and yellow with grey wings they are awesome little birds, i am in the process of taming them and they are doing great. I like the walls of your room btw what is that?

[@lilyj25]

Love this video, So interesting, thank you! I love the way you train your birds, I've learnt so much by watching your training videos ❤️

[@megsutube1815]

Very good video! Request is important. Relationship is everything! We want a willing partner!

[@marishasveganworld2240]

Thanks for this video! You are the best! 🌱🌱🌱

[@firstclassstupid97]

I think my budgie is not biting me out of aggression or fear but out of curiosity. Why do I think this? 1: the times he bit me, he could run or fly away at any moment. 2: before he bit me he came to my hand to eat the piece of apple I was offering and he was happily eating from it. 3: he bit my hand the same way he bites on his ladder and perches. 4: the most recent time I said 'no' sternly (not loud or shouting, just clear and stern) before I pulled my finger away, which made him stop biting and look at me curiously. Maybe I am missing signals and reaching a completely wrong conclusion, but from the situations it really does not seem like fear or aggression to me. It seems more like he is just trying to figure out if that weird multiperch that is attached to the gigantic, ugly bird is a chew toy as well? Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

[@leelandforestfarm]

You would know your bird. Birds do use their tongues alot when investigating (and some bird types do it way more than others) so he's probably not biting if he's just happily liking or prehaps even nibbling you. But if it hurts, yeah, something's up.

[@marielawson6815]

I think your bird is just curois,and doesnt realise he is biting so hard😁

[@gloria-io7xc]

My GCC is becoming very nippy or bites me for no apparent reason that I can think of....example: in the morning when I wake up I ask him to step up, he refuses so I go about my business of feeding and giving him water he watches me and talks to me then he may jump on me climb up my arm or shoulder which he does and just hangs out with me, then he may proceed to just bite my neck or my lip ....I put him on his cage, proceed to feed and water him then leave the room....what can I do or not do to deter this behavior?

[@privateinc2128]

so my bird tends to become aggressive when i try adding extra food to his food bowl or if i try removing his food bowl from his cage. this just happened about 5 minutes ago, i tried adding some mealworms to his pallets and he ran up to bite my hands. He has done this for quite awhile now and i"m not sure why his is happening. any advice and is there any way i could give him a choice?

[@ֆքǟռ-m5g]

The bird whisperer 🌹

[@sabamahdavi5301]

hey there! my little hen lovebird has just had 5 eggs in her nest. since laying them, she's become incredible avoidant of me. she doesn't step on my hands, fly onto me when i'm in the room, nor just she answer my whistle/calls! it's quite upsetting since she's still fairly close to my partner. is there a time where while brooding, she loses her bond with her main owner? i'm giving her space but feel so sad when i try to reconnect and she runs away from my hands and seems to protect her nest from me as though i'm a predator!

[@jacquiparsons4808]

I really need your help! I adopted a turquoise green cheek 3 weeks ago, I started target training her and she got it within minutes. The problem is she enjoys inflicting pain through biting! I know it sounds ridiculous but she actively seeks out bare skin to bite on, usually my ears or fingers. I’ve taken to wearing a scarf when she’s out so my neck doesn’t get bitten. I have to wear 2 layers of shirts so the bites are less painful! I also have to cover up my other birds when she’s out as she’ll fight nasty with them and draw blood through the cage bars. She’ll land on my canaries cage, which upsets them , and when I ask her to step up she’ll refuse and she’ll hide round the back of the cage to avoid me removing her, all the time the canaries are cowering on a bowl together. I get the impression she’s enjoying upsetting them! And she comes across the same to me when she’s looking for my fingers hiding somewhere in my stretched sweater arm! I think it’s possibly a dominance assertion. She’s only 11 months old and I got her from a rescue. Can you please advise what to do about this before I end up giving her back to the rescue.

[@FlockTalk]

So birds don’t exhibit dominance, that’s not a social behaviour they exhibit! If they’re presenting a lot of aggressive behaviour there’s a deeper root problem going on. With biting skin it’s usually because someone reacted strongly to the biting when they were young and nibbly and they found that reaction entertaining so the biting increases. Harassing other birds could be motivated by fear, or feeling like there aren’t enough resources or space for all of them but there can be a myriad of other reasons. For the skin biting I would utilize the target training to encourage more interactions that are hands off to build more positive associations with you that don’t involve skin. To retrain their response to skin I would work in a calm area, show them skin, and immediately reward before they can present aggressive behaviour. Repeating that process to different areas and building up to handling. It’s also important to note that conures are extremely nibbly babies so it’s possible they aren’t knowingly hurting you, they like to chew to explore so having items you can give them to chew instead will help a lot. With harassing the other birds I would utilize a play stand or back of a chair and just work on being able to calmly watch them from a distance. Set the bird up on the stand, walk towards the canaries and reward for staying on the perch. Building up to being able to uncover the birds and have the conure stay in their perch calmly watching. There’s a lot more to do from there but I hope that helps you get started!

[@jacquiparsons4808]

Thank you so much, I appreciate you taking the time to reply. I'll work on the things you've suggested and see how we go.

[@FeatherBeautiful]

This is very informative!! 👏👏👏

[@emmalee4369]

I put my birds on top of there cage they will train for about 1-3 minutes then fly away and then come back in about 15 minutes then we will train again they can fly /run away. Is that OK?

[@Kayaduuuutar]

Hey I have a question. I have a lovebird which is like 7-8 weeks old called Pilot. Pilot is scared of all objects, such as my phone, a pencil or a tissue. He starts biting them and attacking them, how can I stop this?

[@spoiled1950]

I wish the biting situation with my little baby was this clean and cut. She is the sweetest and smartest little bird. She bites the heck out of me. But.... It's not me invading her space or anything like that. She is free to be on her cage or her little perch play stand, we do some tricks and she is so happy to do them. Her thing is she climbs on me and bites me wherever she can. My fingers my neck my ears. So I'll place her back on her perch and shell run to me with a toy or a treat and climb right on me. It makes me so happy she wants to be with me, but she bites me all over. Even if I remove my hand and just allow her to stand on my leg she'll follow my hands to bite me. I cannot figure out why. I'm just hoping its a phase and she's trying to figure me out. Any suggestions from anyone would be really happy.

[@jacquiparsons4808]

I read your comment and seen that it was a year since you posted it. How it now with your bird as I’m having a similar problem with mine?

[@braydenwaldo4673]

U made me cry and I don’t even have a bird thx so much I am wanting a bird and I watch u and live laugh birds

[@flowerrain2402]

Yeeeey new video

[@marielawson6815]

Yaaaaaaas!

[@strawberrybluu]

My lovebird Kiwi comes out of the cage on his own, he can fly and I work with him whenever he comes to the perch. (He will come to me looking for treats when I’m working haha). He is afraid of my hands but not my arms, but we’re getting there. I’ve taught him to step up and target, but I leave him alone whenever he goes back into his cage or starts to back off from my hand. He seems way more confident when I’m not sticking my hands in there though. Should I try cage training?

[@felizz12345]

thank you for this video.. just wanted to say something unrelated though, love your makeup in this video 😍 like a natural no-makeup makeup look ❤️ from Australia

[@davidkehrer6860]

our male tends to land on my workspace or my head and when he feels like it he will decide to bite my eyebrows or my hands because the keyboard is ofcourse his.

[@sundaypelcha5905]

Thank you this helped a lot

[@Sunflowava]

I just got a new parrotlet her name is Ailin 🤍 thank you for your video ! Please keep making training video

[@humblemehdavi3570]

Hi! I have a pacific parrotlet and she has started to over expect me to give a treat everytime she does something good, like step up on command. If i do not give a treat or accidentally give it to her a bit late, she bites my finger, until I give her the treat. Pls let me know on what to do. Thx!

[@petloveforever2286]

My parakeet Cloud gently nibbles my fingers sometimes, but everyone else calls it biting. But it feels more like she is trying to groom me or something, would you call it biting? 🦜❤🤔

[@FlockTalk]

If it’s gentle it’s most likely a grooming behaviour but they can also be playing or just exploring their environment. As long as they aren’t presenting stress behaviours there’s nothing wrong a little social nibbling!

[@petloveforever2286]

@@FlockTalk Ok! 💕😊

[@marielawson6815]

My parrotlet(jack)started kissing whithout training

[@kimberlytraucins847]

I tried putting him down every time he bit me. Then he flies up and bites my neck nose ears. I am frustrated.

[@kimberlytraucins847]

I let mine fly to me and he is sweet for maybe a minute or two and then bites till I bleed. Parrotlet 8 weeks. I try to back him off or give him millet and he backs up. He keeps biting.

[@nonothingnever]

I have a female budgie who is very aggressive and she'll gladly step up after offering her some millet (going so far as to fly onto my hand at times). However, once she's done eating, she begins to "get hyper" and rapidly bite my nails, and the skin on my knuckles. I don't think this is a result of coercion but I don't know why she does this. I'm wondering if it could be hormonal or even her version of "playful". Any thoughts or advice? I'd appreciate it!

[@nonothingnever]

@@birdclawslife4027 Thank you for the suggestion! Also, Claw is a great name :)

[@ampdarts850]

Mr. Newt!! 😂😂

[@starburst1902]

I have a budgie and a cockatiel and I got both tame and I’m getting another budgie and don’t know if to let it out to fly after I get it or to tame first and I don’t know to let it out to fly before being tame Do I let a not tame budgie out to fly?

[@esoteric9333]

I'd recommend trying to take them a bit first. If they can fly around but then you have to grab them in order to get them back in the cage, it's going to be tough on your relationship. Work on in the cage taming before moving to an open room imo. Don't clip them, but just have a controlled environment.

[@marielawson6815]

Its going to make him a little more willd becous he feels as if he hase his own will so he can go where ever he wants and he doesnt relay on you

[@marielawson6815]

Hi i just want to say that all your vidois sre awesome!

[@XCypher_X]

What does mean if my Bird is nibbling on my finger gently then finding a spot where it hurts me and bitting hard but not that hard so blood can come out?

[@chimerasofhafgufa]

To me it looks like you're a squeaking toy to him or maybe it's trying to groom you but over-does it(no one teaches to take care of the human skin in the wild amirite) There was a video called "teach your bird biting is not okay" I'd recommend watching it. Basically if you have really good relationship with your bird and your bird loves and *wants* to hung out with you then you can actually negatively reinforce its act of biting by simply stopping your interaction with it. For example you may be in the training session or just chilling together but once the bite happens you can mark it using a scream or just say smth loud with a mean tune as if with a clicker to mark what exactly you don't want it to do. Then you put your bird in a cage/leave from the room and don't interact with it for a long period of time like an hour. If you teach your bird biting you is bad then it will use it only in critical situations Though, I think your bird has to have an alternative way to show you his emotions and anger. You have to understand their body language really well.

[@mr.n01ce]

Thanks!

[@TheOliveBranch7]

Been watching your channel for years now, i have 2 parrotlets. The albino: cotton is awesome but he's kinda obssesed with eating skin on fingertips The cobalt blue: is a girl and she keeps laying eggs and is obssesed with cuddling by herself in my blanket. I took some items from her cage to keep her from laying eggs but she started again after a while. She used to love being touched, now she barely wants to be touched. Any advice? Ps: Apologies, if it comes across as rude to ask. I just can't find consistent answers online.

[@leelandforestfarm]

A blanket could be thought of as nesting material and could be encouraging laying. Also, a seed based diet is like spring time for the bird and could encourage laying. Another thing is how much light the bird gets. Too much light time is like outside when the days start to get longer- another thing that triggered the birds in the wild to begin laying. And of course then there's the petting in the sexually stimulating places like under the wing, above where the tail starts (but pretty much anywhere besides the head and neck are no-go zones for a hormonally pron bird). Your bird didn't like to be touched anyway right now, but for future prudence, the head is the spot the bird can't preen by itself in the wild so it's perfectly fine for a flock mate to help out there (sometimes you can pet down the head and on to the lower shoulders too) Those are fine places to show non-reproductive affection. Anywhere else though is not socially acceptable though some birds might be able to take more touching than others without getting triggered, but if you've already got a easily hormonal little birdy, it's good to be mindful. As for the not wanting to be touched, that could totally be expected in a hormonal bird. First being really cuddly and lovey, but then becoming not so lovey because they've exited the"courting" mode and entered "protective" mode. Also, if your birds reach their first molt, they can change in personality. It's like puberty for them I think. And molting in general can make most birds grouchy. (I mean really. Pokey needles slowly pushing through your skin. Who wouldn't be grouchy?) You just have to be patient with them through it. And then there's just the possibility you've been bad at reading body language for all the time you've had them, they might slowly begin to not trust you and that could be the read they don't want to be touched now- I see that alot actually. The eating of cuticle skin... That's tough. Unless he's actually biting you and not eating skin in that case, get better at reading body language. Saying "No" firmly is a way to make him stop as long as you're not scarring him, but nothing good happens now that he's stoped and now he can't play with his "toy" anymore. Maybe try encouraging another action and making that one more enjoyable? Like queuing a trick that he receives praise and a treat for afterwards? Or if you haven't worked on tricks, then just encage in another way. Or just not giving him the chance to nibble your cuticles in the first place.

[@erikahuertas3443]

can we see a video on stationing. Please :) I would greatly appreciate it!

[@ahmedsaif1447]

I think im falling for you

[@mohamedshafi9846]

at which age should i start all these trainings..... can say please.... or there is no age in training... let me start training with 20 day little bird...

[@claudettedulas3109]

I have a million questions. My birds were supposedly hand fed, which I highly doubt. Where /how should I begin? I’ve also read that the topical sunflower/seed food is not nutritious. Trying to feed more notionally, should I still i corporate that sunflower/seed stuff? I’m also trying to feed them by hand, slowly of course. Please help.

[@heatherwolf4551]

Seed is the Snickers bar of the parrot world. Feed them as much seed as you would feed candy bars to a 3 year old. Look at the recent chop video Flock-Talk did for information on making and feeding a nutritious chop and pellets.

[@claudettedulas3109]

Heather Wolf Thank you, Heather , I shall look back at previous videos. However , I didn’t mean to imply that I gave them no seeds at all.

[@divadiya2151]

Really love ur vids Can u make some budgie traning and taming video

[@zeinabkabeel8728]

What is the type of food you give them when they are listening to the tricks ?!!

[@the_animal_ark]

Helped me sooooo much thx 😅🥰

[@Kay-oc3cz]

I just got a budgie yesterday and it hasn't moved from its spot, I dont really know what to do. I'm scared that my budgie is going to get dehydrated or monutrioned. I also think he's addicted to seeds.

[@lizamasalimova6734]

Gay_Bitchy_Witch You should read to your new budgie in a kind voice without trying to touch it or invade its space. Do this for a week. Then you can start putting your hand around the cage while you talk to it. Eventually you can offer treats in your hand, etc. Always offer plenty of food and clean water. Put the cage against a wall and not in the center of the room at first. Watch the rest of the flock talk videos, she has great tips. Don’t rush your new friendship, take it slow and at the bird’s pace.

[@Kay-oc3cz]

@@lizamasalimova6734 Thank you for the information. I have a Green Cheek Conure and when I first got him, I read to him. But the difference between my Budgie and my Conure, is that my Conure actually moved around, explored the cage, ate, and drank. I thought about reading to my Budgie, but I thought my voice would scare him.

[@lizamasalimova6734]

Gay_Bitchy_Witch My lineolated parakeet was the same as your budgie at first. She did eventually eat. Are you using the same kind of food as in the pet store? Maybe it’s a new kind of food so the budgie doesn’t understand to eat it? Try millet maybe?

[@raestephenson7932]

@@Kay-oc3cz Is your Budgie alone? They are very social, maybe if you try introducing a Budgie friend- very carefully? ☺

[@marielawson6815]

@@raestephenson7932 I agree! Unless you want him to only bond whith you

[@pinkpower6939]

This works for humans too !

[@beatamincic4247]

What kind of parrot is it?

[@ame9180]

My sweety sometimes decides he wants to bite lol, especially when he is in his cage, but i think it’s more of an hormonal behavior or territorial

[@dontmindmwee3131]

hey umm I wanted ask some questions I have a cockatiel named leo and he is always wanting attention when I am busy with homework its really hard since I give him hours of quality time and sometimes I want to teach him to play on his own like birds do on stands and perches with toy ily thank you

[@tendohirita9484]

what kind of blue bird breed?😍

[@blueocean3yes]

Pacific parrotlet

[@aniyasimon8887]

Netw so cute no he not he is adorable

[@outblucks6724]

Hi

[@mehdibenfarhat1566]

Please more videos 👍

[@jovanamedic9956]

You give all loved for green parrot

[@djos1989ap]

My lovebird, who lived with me for 9 years, died tonight.

[@xollaj]

Calso Baki that’s so sad rest in peace

[@broskiguy67]

Please use a microphone for your video recording 😭🦻💦Thanks.

[@petloveforever2286]

One more comment, 😶 How do I stop my birds wings from bleeding? I clipped them, and now, every time they start to grow back, one of them will somehow be knocked out of place. 🤔😖🦜💕

[@leelandforestfarm]

Too many options might seem confusing during a training session. Yeah, rewarding for little steps is great and backing a bird into a corner to do your bidding is not going to get you anywhere, but setting a bird up for success while establishing clear communication is equally important. An option to simply not do the trick is a sufficient choice I would think especially if they could go just away if they wanted to. That way they know what you're asking but don't feel forced but if they want that treat, they know what to do. Of course watching so they don't get frustrated is important. It's all a balance. But yeah, I wouldn't think this is one of your best videos. Sorry.

[@FlockTalk]

Sorry you didn’t enjoy it, however I believe there was a misinterpretation of the information presented here! The act of providing choices means you allow them to decide whether or not to participate in a behaviour. The job of the trainer is to make the desired behaviour more enjoyable than other available choices. They always have the available option to make any choice, your training would teach them that one choice or a handful of choices are so much more motivating that the other ones aren’t really worth it. Making choices doesn’t always earn the same reinforcement, a common practice is teaching “start” and “stop” buttons where an animal can present a behaviour to tell you they want to engage with training and a behaviour to tell you when they want it to stop. The result of the “start” behaviour is engaging in a session, the result of the “stop” behaviour is that all training stops the session is over. Different reinforcers, different choices, the animal still has complete choice, the communication is clear. If your training is being applied correctly they won’t want to be using that “stop” button. If they are you’ve taken something too far, made them feel stressed or trapped, and have to reevaluate how the training is affecting the animal. Training without choices is unrealistic, if you want speedy recall in an emergency the bird is going to have hundreds of choices in front of it, your training needs to be strong enough to be the choice they want to make. With the case of recall if you only reinforce when they fly quickly to you and never when they look at distractions, take a moment, and come back slower then you’re never reinforcing them acknowledging other options and choosing to come anyways. They’ll learn only to come to you when there’s nothing distracting, that acknowledging distractions and coming anyways (even if the pace is slower) is worth nothing as it earn no reward. Reinforcing the choices that they’ve made towards to end goal will get you the faster recall under any circumstance a lot more effectively.

[@leelandforestfarm]

Flock-Talk hmm. I think understand. I just know that if you reward on slow or imperfect behavior, they will simply think that's all they have to do to get a reward. But I suppose if you had different rewards like you said and the bird learned what behavior got what treat, it could work. Though it still sounds like you might get a sloppier final performance. I think it would depend greatly on the capability and personality of the parrot though. Choices are good to keep in mind though when training. Thanks!

[@jemhidiahssj4114]

if your bird bites you hard you deserved it or it was to save their lives, thats it!

[@scentopink]

I get frustrated about the sound of this video, sorry but is really not easy to understand

[@incanusolorin2607]

scentopink are you sure there’s no problem with your device? I’m not even a native English speaker and I understand her perfectly, even tough I’m watching this on my phone, without headsets