How to Get a Bird To Like Other People | Alexandrine Parakeet

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[@silenthillmaster755]

Thats my moms bird. He steps up for me now so it worked

[@mischr13]

Is that your mom in the video?

[@silenthillmaster755]

Mischa Romo yup

[@JK-zq9vw]

I really like that cage in the background. Is that your moms as well or was she at someone else place? I would love to know who it’s made by.

[@rhettacarr8871]

What kind of parakeet is he?

[@miralemjahic4267]

@@rhettacarr8871 Indian ring neck parakeet or Alexandrian parakeet

[@chihuahuabulldog]

What a lovely bird and caring woman. I only had time to watch half of this now. For a short while, a woman lived across the street and had an Amazon parrot. He liked NO ONE but her. She fed him a total seed diet. He was in a domed cage with a stone for his beak hanging from the center. I started pulling a chair up to the low table that held the cage. My eyes would be the same level as the top perch where he sat most of the time. I figured looking mostly down on me would make him feel more comfortable. I would talk gently/soothingly to him while I gave him pieces of fresh carrots and/or broccoli. He loved them, of course. I then gave him popsicle sticks I had saved. He shredded them like eating corn on the cob. He then let me tie a small string to the top of the cage, not lunging at me, and hang a TP roll. He immediately became a hole-punch machine! Not long after that he let me scratch the top of his head. That was less than 10 visits! He dropped something and I reached in the cage to get it. The first time I tried that he lunged at me, hanging upside down from his perch. After being able to scratch his head, I could reach in his cage anytime I needed to without any negative reactions from him. Then they moved. I bought him a goodbye gift of a bowl for her to put fresh food in. I love what I learn about birds, just in case I have the pleasure of being around one, or two, or three! Thank you for all you teach!

[@BirdTricks]

That's awesome to hear. I hope you are able to finish the video!

[@chihuahuabulldog]

Yes! I did finish it and I'm glad I did.

[@ispinyarns]

That cute little orange head popping out in the background though! 😍 I’m more distracted than the birds. Awesome to see his progress!

[@tzxazrael]

lol right? i really want a "meet and greet" to go along with each of these series haha... the big guy in the aviary in the background really makes me curious!

[@thobbs4526]

I spent 32 years trying to get my husband’s blue & gold macaw to not attack me, even though I ended up being his primary caretaker. He was definitely a one-person bird, no matter what I tried...wish you guys had been around then! I hope everybody thinks long and hard before making a LIFETIME commitment to a big, beautiful bird. Chester, I tried. 😪

[@MrJdubz100]

I have been really lucky with parrots. My “super aggressive” 4 year old Catalina macaw bonded with me in 3 days. She can step up and step down nearly 100% of the time now.

[@uberbeast113]

Alexandrine Parakeets have never appealed to me until I watched this gorgeous creature. He's bright as a button, so intelligent and willing to learn. Distrustful but so gentle with his biting communication when he doesn't want to step up. What a pleasure to work with I would imagine

[@scottporter4524]

My Grey is such a 1 person bird and that's the last thing I want. There are not enough videos with real solutions and exercises to prevent being 1 person birds...so thanks for posting this and greatly looking forward to more!

[@BirdTricks]

Also check out my family friendly parrot videos, those really walk you through a step by step process to start with everyone in the household. www.familyfriendlyparrot.com

[@scottporter4524]

@@BirdTricks Perrrrrfect! Will get this asap and this is exactly what I've been looking for and needing to get. Thanks so much!

[@jonigarbauskas9146]

Beautiful bird, interesting to see how he progressed!

[@todd-gs3jl]

The bird Whisperers. You guys are the best

[@BirdTricks]

Thank you!

[@sylwiahandzel]

WOW! You guys are just amazing! I love the way you build up the trust with bird and teach how to communicate with our parrots. Thank you for sharing it with us❤️

[@BirdTricks]

Thank you!

[@CraigsOverijse]

I stumbled across your videos I don’t have a bird as part of the family won’t ever get one but still can see how awesome your training is and your skill is amazing.

[@Lorettefromchaos]

With each video you correct one mistake I do, thank you :)

[@animallover5626]

I especially love alexandrines!

[@BirdTricks]

Same!

[@hadinajjar9800]

Our Indian ringneck is shared across my family of 5. She's used to all of us especially my mum, when she's cooking she just flies to her and watches her do her thing. Very cute. We got her at 6 months and at first she was very shy and would always stay away from us and look away. I'm glad she is comfortable with us now. She's cheeky and often hops onto my dads iPad as he uses it in hopes that he will put on a video for her 😂

[@gordsjackson8109]

I know this is an old video but I have enjoyed watching the whole class with each bird and trainers, one thing I noticed was the speed everyone initially tries with the birds, and how much they are in a birds personal space, perhaps asking if they can train or would like to train would slow them down a little. We are training a 24 yr old macaw that has had no interaction for 15 years , he is doing great thanks to your videos, but what he clearly doesn't like is fast movement, when we approach gently he is gentle, if we move to fast into his space he will become aggressive immediately.. When you see dave work he is slow and steady xx

[@matsborn8822]

These videos are really interesting and helpfull, thank you!

[@Loveofpets]

Excellent video! I learn something new every video you upload. Thanks!

[@BirdTricks]

Yay! Then my mission is being accomplished.

[@kaleenasmith1400]

The instructor is a pro

[@millycarter170]

Amazing vid as usual I love seeing you progress with birds and other people aswell I love ur vids so much your my fav KZbinr and I wish good health to ur birds and family!! 😀😋

[@BirdTricks]

Thanks so much!

[@millycarter170]

@@BirdTricks thanks for commenting back! Also it me off Instagram :) 😀😄😋

[@bowrzpetz08]

So much like my moustached parakeet so this video is SO HELPFUL. Snappy species haha

[@carolyncrna4375]

Excellent instructions! Thank you all. 🕊

[@cjdonald1983]

A really great video, you can't post too many of these training vids!

[@BirdTricks]

So glad you like them!

[@FlyingWind]

you and your hubs are inspirational. easy clear instructions, calm attitude and Patient. perfect channel for some1 doing research in hopes of adopting their own parrot 1 day

[@BirdTricks]

Thanks so much!

[@funcourt21]

We just adopted a 22 year old Alexandrine Parakeet in January and his mannerisms are exactly like this! All the things you are working on are the things we are working on with ours but I guess i'm not surprised because we have 22 years of who knows what behaviors to work through. It's interesting to see how a lot of the things he does may be part of the type of parrot though. We follow your feeding system for ours and he loves it! it took him a couple weeks to get used to the pellets but he loves them now.

[@chanmarty7463]

Yay!!! Love this type of video. You guys are so great

[@cinnamongirl3476]

Such a little cutie. I don’t have a bird so I’m teaching my cat how to wave. Cats don’t like to train.

[@irislaluna5620]

Cinnamon Girl haha they sure don’t. I taught mine how to lie down on command though😊

[@vegone8894]

I love watching you guys. Your skills just give me ease and a mind high. Lol

[@BirdTricks]

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@kathys7570]

OMG! You are so in tune with each bird, it's amazing. =O )

[@flagerdevil]

thanks so much for this. it was so informative!

[@spookymaggie9119]

i recently adopted a red fronted macaw, and he’s such a one person bird it’s becoming a problem. he’s an absolute sweetheart when it comes to my father, but can’t stand the rest of my family. he lunges, bites, screams, and the works. i’m hoping this video will help me to teach him to trust me and the rest of my family. since he is my bird, it’s quite frustrating for him to not be a fan of me. thanks for the videos guys! hopefully you come to ohio soon, i’d love to drive down and see one of your seminars.

[@brettkreider18]

This was the best thing I’ve ever seen. 💕

[@beautifulcatastrophe]

Awesome 👍

[@megancorr7828]

This is a great video I will be getting one in 8 months and trying to learn all that I can.

[@raeshelmcleod307]

I sometimes have trouble hearing with sound up on iPad I still miss your words .

[@BirdTricks]

Bummer! I am trying to get better with my audio stuff as it has been troubling to me in the past!

[@loriw2661]

This is why they say, “people need to be trained”.

[@danielleelliott6626]

Omg I can’t wait to see you when you come to Australia such a great video

[@pjayracaza8333]

lot of factors rooney notice thats why it gives him more confusion, the positioning of the owner how she carries the training, the girls sleeves also make him scared, the hand gesture of making rooney step.up is not uniformed..it is also very important to shadow properly the movement of the original trainer to figure him out he felt secured.

[@annam2291]

So glad I stumbled upon your videos! I've learned a lot from you guys. I've had my dutch blue lovebird for a little over a week. She flies around screaming unless she is on our shoulder so after work I've started doing target training with her (using a straw and millet!). She seems to be pretty damn smart but she doesn't know how to use toys or play by herself. It's been a long process so far but I am hopeful.

[@AnnaMishel]

That’s one genius bird!

[@GreyNinjaBriel]

I don't have birds, only cats but i enjoy a lot watching your videos :) thank you!

[@chrisseabolt94]

Truly wonderful!

[@luvgoldens12]

This is so interesting omg. I love this. Also hows tusa's training going? The one where you put him on his back

[@BirdTricks]

I haven't had a chance to work on it lately due to our schedule but will show his progress when we stop traveling SO much!

[@dogcrazy25]

Cute bird

[@alexanderwright4218]

Is it just me or did he look like he wanted to try and fly when during tikes that they were standing further away? Maybe I am reading his body language wrong but to me it looks very similar to the way other birds act when they want to fly to you.

[@deneenliberto5473]

Alexander Wright he probably was. He was clipped when I got him :( but he still tries to take off fairly often. Rooney is an extremely active and curious guy. I can’t wait until his flights molt back in, I’ll worry less.

[@BirdTricks]

Can't wait for that too! @@deneenliberto5473

[@jknows170]

Not being negative just honest. Wish I could like this video, but the owner of the Alexandrine is very frustrating during the whole thing. Not listening to instructions from trainer and after she fed him during the break was as far as I went. Couldnt do it.. Drove me nutz... thanks birdtricks for the tips and love your video

[@Aquaman429]

Very helpfull

[@something2640]

My cockatiel is also like this! He’s only one person bonded and that’s to me lol

[@deeannwilson7418]

Seems to me it would be a more conducive environment without the owners joking and interrupting. Great job!

[@patriciaabrusia8446]

What treats are the best for training? Mine likes buckwheat lol. Is that ok as a treat?

[@Flockstars]

Thank you, chip is over bonded to my husband, very territorial mate behavior. She can get violent with me or the kids if we approach him the wrong way while she's on him, she loves us all but at times the drive to protect her mate (my mate) makes her act out. He doesn't try to encourage her to do this but I feel like she believes he's encouraging the behavior if that makes sense🤔

[@BirdTricks]

Sometimes we do things accidentally as well, so it can be hard to analyze. We talk about how to figure these out in www.familyfriendlyparrot.com series.

[@Flockstars]

@@BirdTricks exactly, I figured out prone positions, like if my husband is sleeping and to stand over him, and corners, if she feels I'm trapping him in a corner and he can't get out. I know I'm not a threat, but she doesn't grasp that concept.

[@denisellamas3819]

Wow good job👌🐦🐦👏👏👏💖📷

[@sehrishnidaimran1798]

I have an alexandrine as well, he is 5months old, he likes literally everyone, but my budgies, hate my little bro, so we are socialising them.

[@naveenraj2008eee]

10.52 How she eats the food. Its looking nice... Do yoy know alexandrine parrakeet banned in india to keep them domesticated. One kind of this parrot used to come to my home regularly. But six months its not coming and gone somewhere.. I want them but cant keep them as pet..

[@anthoneyking6572]

Rooney was a clever Bird he picks things up fast it seems

[@DEniseCHAVEZ7]

Do you have videos on training GCC?

[@LuLu-yc8qe]

I have three cockatiels. Mom dad and son. The son (tiki) learned target training after touching it the first time. the mom (Gracie) learned from watching tiki do it. So when I tried it with her it was like she already knew it. But the dad (tank) literally refused to learn it... 😂 He doesn't like learning anything

[@beautifulcatastrophe]

9:20 That Women controls not to love just watch it it's funny 🤣

[@CanadianFarmGirl1]

Another question... can you use a traget stick with a step up que?? Is that just too much on the go at once?

[@rcoibion]

What were you using as treats in this video?

[@XplorerDinesh]

what treat you are giving? my parrots get bored of all varieties of treats...i dont know which one is their favorite. Please help

[@wrenak]

How do you train targeting and step up if the bird is terrified of sticks/stick-like objects and hands? My parents have a 5 or 6-year-old quaker parakeet that they got a few months ago. He was caged for a solid 3 years because one day he flew into a ceiling fan that was on and, instead of turning the fan off whenever he was out like you would think, he was just left in the cage 24/7. He's now allowed out from the time they get up until the time it's his bedtime every day, except when they have to leave the house or when company comes over. He has gotten a bit better with his behavior, but he will still attack anyone that isn't my parents. He is much better behaved with my dad than my mom, yet will still attack skin (he will sort of step up on dad's arm as long as it's covered by his shirt). I am unsure if he was tormented while he was in the cage or it's because he went so long without socialization. At any rate, they would like to teach him trust and proper behavior. How can that be done with his fears? Thanks in advance for any replies.

[@tiberiusarrrgh2911]

PLEASE HELP! Where did you get that macaw cage, I'm desperate!!!

[@deneenliberto5473]

naturalinspirationsparrotcages.com/

[@getrido]

Question: If I understood right there must be a different room to train from where i usually place him ?

[@travelingman9763]

Off Topic. I subscribed awhile back. Have you addressed trimming nails?

[@nicolebledsoe5968]

Rasta flash backs Jamie? LOL

[@BirdTricks]

Omg yes! Haha

[@deneenliberto5473]

She called him a Rasta a lot lol

[@taylormclaughlin1623]

Hello!!! I have a really big question that I’m really stuck with. My 1 year old Cockatiel is target trained and all that. He was extremely Wild when I got him. I got the Small bird training and have been working with him everyday. Got him on a Better training diet all that. In his cage he does amazing with stepping up and letting me move him from perch to perch. But. I’ve started to work with him on the top of the cage like is shown in the small bird training videos but when gets scared or anything like that he will fly to different parts of the room and I CANNOT get him to step up, target or do anything. I don’t know what to do, how to progress or build up more trust. Please HELP

[@mickeycraven1822]

What are the treats?

[@RPMjunkie719]

What kind of treats are you using just crushed nuts? And take them out of their diet?

[@CanadianFarmGirl1]

I was wondering if either of you have worked with Homer Pigeons? I know ou have doves... do you think you could do a video on working with pigeons? My 2 male homers will come to my whistle while out free flying and will eat out of my hand when I dont free feed.

[@cecianne8928]

This is super helpful. I have one question. My bird is the same way, but he will get totally aggressive with other people and I mean lunge and chase them down the halls of our house... I'd love to get my family members to work with him but I dont know how to accomplish that when he won't sit still for them. I don't want to clip him either, he is a couple steps into free flighting (which I also need a partner to help me call him back and forth and he likes n o o n e) but I can't continue because of his aggression towards other people. My family wants to clip his wings, but I'd hate to do that to him seeing as he loves to fly but it might be the only way to work with him.. He's a sun conure and shows absolutely zero aggression towards me. He lets me pick him up, put him down, he does tricks, I can easily get him down from places including my shoulder. You'd think he's a perfect polite bird until someone else walks in the room. Any suggestions?

[@MrJdubz100]

Yes don’t clip your birds wings. Thats a ridiculous reason to clip your birds wings.

[@ahmadbassam7389]

hello can i teach my budgie bird in the same way

[@user-xp2op8gs7c]

I have an Indian ring neck ,and I see so much of the same personality in these two. She will not train if my wife has nail polish or if we have long sleeve shirts or baseball caps.

[@pamdarsow9721]

What do you do if your bird is mean over foods and treats? My Green Check Conure use to let me feed him sunflower seeds and pecans by hand but after awhile he started biting me . Even running up my chest to bite my face. So I only feed him by hand through the cage bars. He gets mad when I remove his food bowls, even his water bowl. The only way I can clean his cage is if I give him sunflower seeds on a table while I clean it . He will fly across the room to attack me if he sees me open the door to get a food bowl .

[@littlenikki9539]

As soon as Dave took over the jealousy in her eyes was palpable. She's probably made it very difficult for her husband to build a relationship with "her bird"

[@LadyTmom]

What are your thoughts on training during hormone season? Do you take a "mini vacation" til your bird doesn't want to eat your face off or keep the training going(maybe with a hockey mask on)?? 🙂

[@a.k.o4738]

how old is he? he looks exactly like mine.

[@laynespicer8950]

I have watched hours and hours ..... the funny thing is that I don't even have a bird haha

[@michaelwoodcock1476]

I know it probably differs from bird to bird but is there an ideal/good treat to use? At the moment I use bits of Walnuts for my young Moustache Parakeet.

[@n.r.2162]

A treat the bird can eat quickly. Like 2-5 seconds. We give pinenuts and sunflower seeds. Walnuts/almonds/pistachios are high value for our parrots

[@BirdTricks]

Anything small that your bird likes - most types of seeds and nuts will work.

[@nxstyfn5863]

My Alexander parrot likes me my dad my mum and my sister

[@alperturgutbal5122]

What do you guys use as a treat? My alexander love everything but not like this

[@BirdTricks]

This bird liked safflower seeds

[@alperturgutbal5122]

@@BirdTricks okey i try that. What else should i try you think

[@alperturgutbal5122]

And a final question, we give fruit/vegetables our alex all the time when we can but there is the only think we can put in her pot is black sunflower. What else can we put in her pot? :)

[@MotherOfWednesday]

Omg that wobbly perch is giving me anxiety

[@naveenraj2008eee]

Ha cute little green parrot 🤗. Is it difficult to train parrot to make thim speak? How much time it takes for parrot to get trained with us?

[@BirdTricks]

I have a course on it here; birdtricksstore.com/products/flock-talk

[@pinkjewel2588]

Ugh, i always get a little annoyed when people compare any animal with dogs. „He doesn‘t need words, like a dog?“ Dogs don‘t need words, handsigns work just as well. I hear stuff like that a lot, like „you can‘t shout at a cat like at a dog, it won‘t help with missbehavior“. Triggers me everytime. So many dogs are missunderstood because everybody thinks they know everything about them as they are so common pets.

[@deneenliberto5473]

Pink Jewel So prior to Rooney training dogs was my only even closely relatable experience. I wasn’t comparing parrots to dogs I was comparing training techniques.

[@pinkjewel2588]

Deneen Liberto I‘m sure you didn‘t mean it as I picked it up, it’s just something people are quick to say and it annoys me, that‘s all. Please don‘t feel attacked, you do a great job with Rooney. I‘m actually in a similiar situation as your husband with my boyfriends african grey, and witnessing different techniques really is helping a lot.

[@olabergtelemark4163]

I would love to meet you in real life!!😊

[@Makewomensaneagain]

Me screaming, "Get the bloody stick out of it's face", was an unexpected event😂

[@remisat6228]

My dog can’t roll or paw so your bird is Smart

[@animallover5626]

Freya Davis Birds are smart! 😍 Also I’m sure your dog could be taught those tricks.

[@remisat6228]

😂

[@tiajewels2820]

That is the big mistake many make, is moving too fast.

[@ravidgama19]

The bird is co operating but the lady is not

[@gzo313]

What is surprising is I am sure that these individuals pay for these lessons, but when Dave is giving instruction they only listen to about a third of what he says, and rather they do what they have always done.

[@cake3291]

this video is so stressful to watch

[@miahchambliss471]

I mean to say this as nice as I can. If your bird is smarter then you maybe you shouldn't have a bird...

[@Inkrebelnz]

I got to 5 mins 20 and had to stop watching.. silly owner kept holding the stick in sight of the bird after being told not to Pretty sure the bird was the smarter species here

[@tasneemkausar9291]

I guess it's a female parrot. females don't have ring round their neck.

[@hamar4422]

They're very well trained to live in the forest with thousands of mates and have fun their whole life through. Which is much better than wasting your life with stupid human beings learning stupid human tricks to make them laugh and showing off to other human beings on KZbin. Keeping birds locked up in cages is the dumbest and most selfish thing that exists. The only purpose of a bird is to fly and be free.

[@sneakersunday6307]

This video was not concise enough, 20 minutes was irrelevant

[@harshavardhanj2970]

You people are so sensitive and not like my dad