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Pet Forum / Birds / Birds / December 2003Discipline and training???
Even with the best behaved and most beloved of birds, they sometimes exhibit unacceptable behavior. Since Freya is usually free all the time, "time out" as a punitive activity works pretty well. Funny too, as she knows when she is in trouble, but she will still go into her cage on command even tho' she knows I'm about to lock her in there for a couple of hours... I trained her to go into her cage on command the first year I had her. The command is "night night" spoken firmly, and it only took 3 tries to teach it to her. I usually have to repeat the disciplinary action a few times before she "gets it", but it only takes a few tries. Right now her latest misdemeanor is hanging upside down from the eaves of the house and picking on the siding trim. It seems to be pretty beak proof, but I'd rather her not do this... Her cage is on the insulated sun porch. What do others use to train their birds to behave? K. When My birdy is naughty I put him in a pillow case with two ice cold beer cans and twirl the case overhead for no more then a minute or two or it loses effectiveness as the bird forgets why he is in there. Then let the bag go into the closest stationary object rendering him asleep as I like to call it. Then before he wakes up I put lipstick on his beak and paint his nails like a girl > Even with the best behaved and most beloved of birds, they sometimes > exhibit unacceptable behavior. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > K. > When My birdy is naughty I put him in a pillow case with two ice cold beer > cans and twirl the case overhead for no more then a minute or two or it [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Then before he wakes up I put lipstick on his beak and paint his nails like > a girl Troll... Don't you have anything better to do? > Troll... > > Don't you have anything better to do? Not as long as people like you respond to them. That's what they are after, attention, and your giving it to them.  Signature"A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain" [Lazarus Long] > > Troll... > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > attention, and your giving it to them. > -- <guilty look> Sorry....... ;-P K. >^,,^< Cats-haven Hobby Farm >^,,^< Katra@centurytel.net >^,,^< "There are millions of intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats" -- Asimov Custom handcrafts, Sterling silver beaded jewelry http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=Katra Dont worry he is no better then you as he was the one whos role it is to yell at you. And he did it very well good job guys. However Im no troll But thanks > > > Troll... > > > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Custom handcrafts, Sterling silver beaded jewelry > http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=Katra Hi Katra , I don't have any suggestions but I'd just like to say that just because Freya goes back in her cage doesn't mean to say she knows she has done " wrong". Its natural for birds to chew , it's not wrong in her eyes. She's going back to her cage because you trained her too but it doesn't mean she's made a connection between her (chewing) action and the punishment. Alison > Even with the best behaved and most beloved of birds, they sometimes > exhibit unacceptable behavior. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > K. Well, it seems to work. ;-) I KNOW she needs to chew so make an effort to provide her with lots of toys to chew on, plus access to wooden boards (pieces of which I have to sweep up nearly every morning <G>) so it's just a matter of teaching her to not chew on certain things. Granted, it's not 100% but it curbs it somewhat. If you got to see her body language when she's in trouble, I think you'd agree that she does indeed know.... These birds are pretty bright. The trick is to catch them in the act, kinda like a cat or a kid. Delayed "punishment" is pointless. If I find something that is after the fact, I don't bother... K. > Hi Katra , > I don't have any suggestions but I'd just like to say that just [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > > > K. >^,,^< Cats-haven Hobby Farm >^,,^< Katra@centurytel.net >^,,^< "There are millions of intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats" -- Asimov Custom handcrafts, Sterling silver beaded jewelry http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=Katra |
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