Parrot "dukes up" trick

[94madmike]

that was cool i gonna sub to you

[cm5783]

LOL!!

[THEdurdan]

how did u tech him that?

[halfpipe247]

that was soooo cute

[KippTheKidd]

=)

I feel bad for him now... He doesn't get to go outside during the winter, and I've been too busy to take him out often.

[halfpipe247]

its ok ull mike time lol

[gostflame380]

lol, i cant believe he actually put his wings up when you said "put your hands up" so funny!!!

[peasouplaura]

Haha nice

[SN7P3R]

Haha that is soo cute!

[SupremeMaggot]

Cool. :)

[Yashamiku]

Is that.. macaroni and cheese? LOL

[SupremeMaggot]

Looks to me like he's eating a peanut. I could be wrong though.

[KippTheKidd]

Haha, it IS Macaroni And Cheese

[cardcaptorsophie]

aw!!!leo is soo cute!!!

[JENNiiFERO]

So cute! :D

[parrotletsrcool]

what are you feeding him?

[ashliegh14]

thats so cute !

[GEO3535]

leo is a smart bird,i've seen most of your videos and i could never get my conure to do all that.

[watdowehavehere]

If you put the time in and build a reslly strong bond then you can.

[imspontaneous]

THAT IS SO CUTE! =D hehe

[iluvjzjzjz]

Ooooh how adorable and beautiful Leo is!!

[xnicky14]

hahahahahahahahahaha thats amazing, what were you feeding him?

[birdgril41]

l0l

[joshcarbonera]

could you teach me how to do that?please?

[KippTheKidd]

It's easy. When I say "put your dukes up", you roll on to your back.

[joshcarbonera]

lol very funny. i wanna teach my conure goober to do some of those tricks(hes 5 years old so im not sure if ill be able to)can you teach me the methods you use plzzz?

[KippTheKidd]

I started with just getting him comfortable on his back in my hand... then on the table. I gave him a treat every time I put him up-side-down, but I would wait a little longer each time.

Once I could "pose him" up-side-down, it was fairly easy to "pose him" with his dukes up (he lets me pull on his wings). Then I just associate with a command.

[lorikatie2007]

What treat did you give him to get him to do that?

[KippTheKidd]

Well in the video, it's macaroni and cheese... But I taught him with "Fruit Bites" bird treats.

[joshcarbonera]

hey i dont man to be intrucive or anything but a vet told me that milk products are bad for th birds

[BitVyper]

As with most animals, save humans who still have a rough time with it, they don't digest the stuff too easily. It's perfectly fine as long as you don't overdo it.

Mac'n Cheese is a sometimes food.

[joshcarbonera]

what about cheese or milk?would that be overdoing it?

[BitVyper]

They're basically lactose intolerant, so use discretion is all. I probably wouldn't go for straight milk, but it's not "ohmygodrushtothevet" if they get some or anything.

[joshcarbonera]

ah ok so basicly just try to b careful with milk products

[lorikatie2007]

Cute!

[samrscales]

make a vid on how to do that or could you email me on how to do it with my sung conure?

[KippTheKidd]

Someday I'll put up a basic birdie-training vid I guess.

[angelikkittykat]

Thats too cute, smart bird

[Snowwolfrain]

dude how did you teach him on how to put his dukes up?

[schreuderjulia]

Your Leo is the BEST!!!! LMAO, the best is when you two are giggleing!

[rtd3xxx]

OMG that is so cute, If my BCC wasn't so stubborn I would teach how to do tricks but he only does what HE wants to do... He's very moody sometimes!

[vidguy007]

I taught my sun conure the same trick, think I saw it on Animal planet. Yours does it better, mine hates being on his back.

[binh514]

damn lolll how you do that??

[KippTheKidd]

Clever training. =) He was hand-raised from 2 weeks.

[lucktoplush]

how gorguzzz

[jabbabird]

THAT WAS GREAT! Cute and Clever!