B.B.'s Basketball!

Bumble B. learned to play basketball in only one day. Smart parrot!

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• clickertraining
• clicker
• training
• clicker-training
• cockatiels
• parrots
• positive
• reinforcement
• basketball

[unigang]

what snack did you give for her ?

[ltdead]

In this video, it's seed mix on a spoon. Sometimes he gets millet spray or pieces of salt-free chips or crackers.

[FkinNoName]

Omg ! You named it Bumble B. :D

Amazing name

[ltdead]

That's just short for 'Sir Bumble-Foot Wiggles-Butt Parrot the First, Slayer of Ant.' ;)

[shobu7777]

how do u train a cockatiel to do that?

[ltdead]

I use clicker training, which you can read up about online. There's a yahoogroup called bird-click that has a lot of good information. You break the trick up into small pieces, and teach it step by step. Touch the ball, pick up the ball, walk with the ball, walk towards the hoop, touch the hoop with the ball, and finally put the ball in the hoop. You just need to gradually push the bird to the next step once it masters the previous one.

[dangertrousers]

'Sir Bumble-Foot Wiggles-Butt Parrot the First, Slayer of Ant.' Hahahahahah! That's the most amazing name I've ever heard! Well done! :P

[turok1103]

Hey thats traveling but great bird

[TheLittlePillow]

@ohshittkailaaa You're far away from the truth. Even tho i would love if that was true,but it isn't. Cockatiels actually don't like all the food you give them. If they don't like it,they'll rather starve to death than eat it. In my case,my 1 yr. old female resists to eat anything that is not seed. I try to make her eat vegetables and fruit,but she is so stubborn and keeps resisting. But i keep giving her fruit and veggies,hoping one day she'll take it.

Spoiled birds,aren't they? LoL

[ohshittkailaaa]

@john17972

Cockatiels usually eat ANYTHING you put in front of them. If he were starving, he probably wouldn't have vibrant colors. They love food. And pet birds may not understand what a human is saying, but they do recognize tones of voice(:

[john17972]

Of course the bird will do that if you half starve it to death. I don't think the yelling of "good boy" is going to help.

[starscreamwarrior]

reminds me of the transformers bumblebee

[Ciberya]

Bird for MVP

[ps3callofduty100]

dats sweet mstg me how to do dat plz

[starscreamwarrior]

bumble b cute!

[KirstyLovesHerPets]

wow that's really clever

[adpitt25]

Hey guys! im hoping to get a cockatiel soon! please email me some tips/tricks/websites/etc. on cockatiels and for cockaiels...ONLY! lol...please email as soon as u can anything ur willing to share! thanx!