How to Train Parrot to Fetch - Retrieve Trick

[FiyeroPinappleConure]

@kiliparrot My parrots favorite toy is a ball. Will this keep him from playing with them when I don't tell him to fetch? Or will he still play with the balls in his cage?

[jstar2400]

oh you ignore him i thought you had anger issues

[jakeballin13]

so this is what a 30 year old vigin looks like

[birdlover121314]

@ShreddGamer14 thats a whiffle ball so you can probably get it at sports stores.

[birdlover121314]

@Lesie1998 you could use a bead maybe?? just make sure isn't big enough that they can't swallow it. The clicker thing he is using is just a training clicker and you can usually get tim at pet stores for cheap. I got mine at Petsmart for 50 cents

[Lesie1998]

What item could you use for a parakeet and what is that clicker thingy that you have and how does it work???

[ShreddGamer14]

i know exactly how I'm gonna teach my bird this trick, all i need to know is where you can get a ball like that. please respond, thanks

[tehnoobkid786]

we got my cockatiels a ball but they're afraid of it what should i do?

[xXStaticNinjaXx]

Giving money to parrots isnt where good because a lot of people touch's it and ur parrot may lick it while playing with it ...

[kiliparrot]

@xXStaticNinjaXx I've thoroughly washed the coins that I use for my parrot training and keep them separate from other ones.

[xXStaticNinjaXx]

@kiliparrot Nice then what a great exemple u are :)

[lillybugg10]

Do your tricks work with parakeets?

[kiliparrot]

@lillybugg10 Sure, why not? Look up Duke Budgie

[waaaaaaaaaa7]

at 3:29 he tried

[waaaaaaaaaa7]

oh no he droped his treat

[yoru4you]

First of all, let me remark that this teaching method is pretty ingenious and I'm once again astounded. Second, Let me also note that it's kind of funny how dramatic you look when you turn around to ignore Truman. You have the same exasperated look of a father on the verge of scolding his teenage son. I almost expect you to turn around and say, "Truman, I thought I made it quite clear: you don't go out with your friends until your room is clean."

[lovesTaylorSwift1313]

nice video but the only thing for me is that my cockatiel gets scared by some of the objects....how can i make my bird less scared?

[Emodnet]

wow ur amazing ^^

[jam13es]

Nice Video mate.. You're very good at training.. I'm hoping to be as good as you some day.. :)

[puritivo]

dude!... meet some people you loser, stop training your damn birds and do something with your life.... JERK!

[JackieBird123]

@puritivo hey dude, get of ur computer, get a life and get a job jerk! u hate these vids, then stop watching them JERK!

[Apocalypse487]

ah man, that bird got jealous.

[ColourMeCaroline]

3:16 "i know theres chocolate in this coin!" :P

[sv3sas]

Kili is soooo damn cute..:3

[harjek006]

lol lol Verey Nice i hope have one 

[lemurfan123]

truman and kili are wonderful birds.

[lemurfan123]

Sweet! Thankyou so much for helping people learn tricks like this!

[toughguitar1]

what do you give him as a treat

[lemurfan123]

@toughguitar1 millet spray(s) for small birds like cockatiels and budgies, or probably something like nuts/seeds/berries/honeynut stick treat to chew on for bigger birds. Bye!

[birthofsun]

amazing! love your videos :)

[Jade244]

Awesome video! It's definitely given be a better idea of now to teach this behaviour, but I can't seen to get my cockatiel to pick any of the props up... When he does he throws them away, but he usually gets frustrated and flies back to his cage. I know it's not a simple behaviour but man! I didn't think it would be quite this hard.

[kiliparrot]

@Jade244 Two things you should check out: first of all read the article linked under the video. I provide a couple ideas on how to work with flingers. Secondly, take a look at my budgie videos where the budgie does fetch. It's a much quicker kind of deal than a larger parrot but it works. While this is a super easy trick to teach a larger parrot, it took a month to teach it to budgie. For smaller birds easier tricks are turn around, jump through ring, and the bat

[lemurfan123]

@kiliparrot Why do you ignore Truman when he drops the ball on the floor?

[kiliparrot]

@lemurfan123 To avoid reinforcing flinging the ball or dropping it somewhere that isn't the cup. In order to learn fetch, he has to only be rewarded when dropping it specifically into the cup.

[lemurfan123]

@kiliparrot Oh, right. Cool.

[illigersinSpokane]

How do you get him to want the treat more than the object???

[cod4goddude2]

what hapeend howd truman git injured?

[cod4goddude2]

i found it do i need the clicker? and whats the like stick thing that the one video teaches him to target it?

[cod4goddude2]

will this work with parakeets ?

[kiliparrot]

@cod4goddude2 Yes but it takes an awfully long time to teach them this. Go to my channel and go way back in the archives. You'll find videos of Duke the Budgerigar fetching.

[cod4goddude2]

@kiliparrot ok thx i will go do tht right now

[DExUS5]

@cod4goddude2 These big parrots are just to smart seeing such progress in few days, I had 4 budgies for the past couple of years and they were just able to perform extreemly simple tasks that were only in range of commands like "come here" or "jump" or calling by name. But some of them might be much more talented like Duke, I was amazed how much tricks he is able to perform.

[kiliparrot]

@DExUS5 Actually I think the smaller parrots (like budgies) learn in a much shorter span of time. Duke was taught the turn around trick in a single day. It took Kili closer to a week to learn the same thing. The hard trick for budgie were wave and fetch because those are very unnatural behaviors for them. They are ground feeders and don't use their feet to eat and don't pick up objects. So those were skills that had to be taught entirely from scratch.Turn around, tube, ring, bat, etc were easy.

[DExUS5]

@kiliparrot My birds were just to scared of every object, they were not scared from people, but I dont know , if you got anything else then food near them , they run away or started panicking.

But on the other hand, they were all runaway birds which I was able to catch after rain since they were wet. Only one was from store, and that was the only one which has responded to much more commands.

Currently I own a lovebird, and he is just to wild, but has much potencial because he is curious.

[proviewsg]

I just like the cute sound that Truman always makes :D Glad to see Truman nicely recovered and see him back in action!

[kiliparrot]

@proviewsg This is footage from before the injury. He isn't all too much better yet.

[proviewsg]

@kiliparrot Sorry to hear that. Wishing Truman a speedy recovery. So when is Truman's next medical review?

[kiliparrot]

@proviewsg It was today. Not under the best of circumstances either. I just posted the full story to my blog (there is a link from my channel page to the trained parrot blog).

[lemurfan123]

@kiliparrot You rock, Killiparrot!

[Scallop10v3]

does clicker training work for budgies/ parakeet?

[MsHorselover8]

Im not sure if you know but youtube made it where you can make videos up to 15 minutes now instead of 10

[kiliparrot]

@MsHorselover8 That's cool but still really wouldn't change anything. This one is 7 minutes and just 1 out of 3 parts any way. Thanks for letting me know, I'll keep that in mind for next time.

[MsHorselover8]

@kiliparrot No problem, glad i can help. Truman is learning pretty fast. Im also teaching Maximo the retreive but was unsure what cue i should give for now its "go get it" and "put it in" i think ill make for him to understand both "fetch" and "go get it"

[kiliparrot]

@MsHorselover8 Truth is you don't really need a verbal cue. The parrot knows what to do when it sees the props. The cue is more for encouragement and transfer of concept to new props.

[MsHorselover8]

@kiliparrot After i watched your video again i think i started to notice that cause it looked like once Truman started to do better you just showed the bowl at the end and he went to it. Hmp...

[draco3113]

i think he likes the noise the coin makes when it hits the bowl :)

[nameofthepen]

Ha ha....wonderful! You're a very cheery and patient teacher. And Truman is a star in the making. :-)

[kiliparrot]

Before anyone asks: this footage is from before Truman's injury. I was going to do some more training with him before posting but since he got injured, we probably won't finish this for a while so I figured I'd post it now. Second of all, I realize I totally botched the website URL when I said it in the video. It kind of came out as a hybrid of theparrotforum and trained parrot blog. The correct URL is in the more info description below the video. I hope you enjoy.

[Maaariiaaan]

He's so smart! Did you get him at the bird store in Mineola?

[kiliparrot]

@Maaariiaaan No. Just Kili. They would never sell a parrot this exotic at that store.