Coins in the Piggy Bank

Daedalus, my black-headed caique parrot, puts coins in a piggy bank. I taught her this trick (and all of her tricks) using clicker training.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• parrot
• caique
• bird
• trick
• training
• clicker

[mrfox831]

wowww i wann teach my rango ( chameleon ) how to do that

[cmoore1608]

@mrfox831 Go for it! The principles of learning are the same no matter what species you're teaching. Karen Pryor has taught a fish to swim through a hoop and a hermit crab to ring a bell, so I'm sure you could teach your chameleon tricks. A good book to read is "Don't Shoot the Dog" by Karen Pryor. (It's not about dogs!)

[jojobee42]

Aw, I love your parrot! What a sweetheart ~ and so smart!

I saw two baby Black-headed Parrots in a pet shop ~ they were so sweet and playful.. Do you think this species is relatively easy to handle? Or at least suitable for beginners?

[cmoore1608]

@jojobee42 Caiques are, in my experience, relatively easy to handle, but they can give wicked bites and can be loud if they want to be. They are quite independent, bold, and headstrong, so it's important to have a good working knowledge of positive training techniques before bringing one home. A great first book to read is "Getting Started: Clicker Training for Birds" by Melinda Johnson.

[QueenSmileyFace1]

How did you teach it to do that?

[cmoore1608]

@QueenSmileyFace1 I used clicker training. You can learn about it by subscribing to the Bird-Click Yahoo Group or reading the book Getting Started: Clicker Training for Birds. It is an amazing way to bond with your parrot and teach them fun and useful behaviors.

[alatanike]

lol he really doesn't like that one coin

[fishbishop]

Fantastic! Now you just need to teach him how to take out the trash.

[HASHlRAMA]

HE KNOWS SOMETHING WE DONT ABOUT THAT COIN, ITS POSSESED!

[majornewb]

I want to be a bird

[Ledinos]

awsome ;D

[mrfox831]

@cmoore1608 thanks i have that book i said to my grandma it probably boring but now you told me that it wasnt..... but i dont have a chameleon yet but when my snake learns a trick learns send you a vid response on it doing its trick

[xXOneHotLennonXx]

That is absolutely adorable!!!

[jahlove111]

so adorable! haha

[Deathtoautotune2010]

That is so cute !