| Title: | Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN! |
| Notice: | INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.* |
| Moderator: | VIDEO::PULSIFER |
| Created: | Mon Oct 10 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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I've got a problem with my grey cheek that I'd like to try to correct
without clipping his wings, though that may be the only answer.
Now that Kego's wings have grown in fully for the first time in his
life he is experiencing the "joy of flying". I want him to be as free
as possible in the rooms he can go in, BUT, he now thinks it's great
fun to fly on anyone and everyone's head and sit there and survey the
world. If someone knocks on the door and I let them in, he'll fly
right to the strangers head and land in their hair. Of course this
terrifies the person and makes them swat at him...
Any suggestions to break him of this habit? I pull him out of my hair
everytime he does it, put him back on his perch and say NO in a firm
voice and all he does is look at me and say "pretty bird, pretty bird".
I'm not very creative and can't think of other things to try to break
him of this - any suggestions from any of you experienced bird-keepers
out there? I'd really hate to clip his wings.
Peg
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| 287.1 | Try Shaking Them Out? ;') | MEMV01::COMPTON | Mon Dec 04 1989 16:04 | 14 | |
Someone suggested to me that I shake my head until they fly or fall
off (I have should-length hair). I have two birds I'm trying this
out on - one Bourke's parrakeet, so far, so good, and one dusky
conure chick, not so good so far...he clings even tighter and pulls
my hair. But I've only started a couple of days ago, so I will
persist. The idea here is that if you reach up and take them out
of your hair, they will just get used to being retrieved. The shaking
of the head is anywhere from mildly confusing to scary to them,
so they *should be* less inclined to light once again on your head.
Good luck!
Linda
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| 287.2 | may be intercept? | MEMV01::COMPTON | Mon Dec 04 1989 16:07 | 3 | |
p.s. I have had some success intercepting the conure mid-air with
my hand so he can land on that **before** he gets to my head, but
that only works if I see him coming!
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| 287.3 | thanks for the suggestion | HITPS::WERBER | Mon Dec 04 1989 17:48 | 6 | |
Thanks for the suggestions - I'm trying them both. The interception
(feels like football!) part works pretty good, but like you said,
shaking the head makes him cling tighter. I'm going to clip his nails
nice and short and see what happens.
Thanks! Peggy7
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| 287.4 | SVCRUS::BUCCIERI | Wed Dec 06 1989 10:59 | 9 | ||
It is natural for birds to seek the highest perch. I don't know
if you will totally solve this problem. I would suggest that you
try as mentioned in a previous note to intercept him with your hand.
Scolding never worked on any of my birds when it came to head landings.
I try to get them used to landing on my shoulder or hand by moving
my body and forcing them to land there. Patience and persistence
is the only real answer I feel.
Good luck
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