How to Train a Parrot : Why to Avoid Punishing Parrots

Learn about parrot training and how negative reinforcements can damage your relationship with your parrot, in this free pet care video clip on parrot training.

Expert: Elizabeth Cantu
Bio: Elizabeth Cantu has owned and been working with parrots since 1994. She has been active in captive parrot rescue and rehabilitation.
Filmmaker: julio costilla

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[AshEbNJess]

@CrazyCockatiel The "Ugly bird in the background " is an umbrella cockatoo from Indonesia, & many (Esp Larger Parrots) "feather pluck " out of boredom, nervousness, overstimulation, or attention seeking, as most birds have the brain of a 2-5 yr old child & want interesting things happening all the time. Try learning a little before you mouth off. All you just diplayed was your ignorance.

[laptopnurse]

I just adopted a cockatoo. She lived with an older woman that died and now the bird wants to sit on my mothers lap and snuggle with her. My mom is 91 and is doing remarkably well considering the situation. I don't want to leave my mother alone, but I don't want the bird nipping her accidentally. I've never delt with a bird larger than a nanday.

[Syphon559]

How come the only thing I can understand from them is "um" and the fact that's half the things they say

[isabelle2468100]

my parrolet was being nice then i gave her a bath now shes being mean what do i do?

[loveisthebest21]

What was the african grey doing while it was flapping its wings while staying in one spot

[MagicManSam1984]

HiI've got a 14 week old African Grey a few days ago and I'm trying some basic training, was just wondering if you could offer some advice please. For starters he won't stay on the perch i have outside of the cage, he just wants to fly off and grab hold of picture frames etc- and secondly he won't take treats, and when he does he just drops them. I'm being patient but if you have any initial advice- If you could email me on snh_6@hotmail.com I would be very grateful. Many thanks, Sam

[xraptor099]

@AshEbNJess I know how to make a parrot intersted, make it watch you play video games. Interesting thing happens!!!

[marius1309]

Thanx for this video :) i have a african grey jaco ;)

[audrabrowne]

To zucatsr125: if there is any question of whether or not you can devote multiple hours a day to a bird, it's probably not the pet for you. While I love all my birds, they are sometimes trying. I know I have happily devoted myself to them "until death do us part" - theirs or mine. Unless you can say that too, don't get a bird.

Sorry to be Capt. Bringdown, but do please consider the life long commitment to a bird that could become your worst nightmare without a vast commitment from you.

[KitaDyer]

@Zukatsr125 Parrots are a lot of work. Many compare them to having a 2 year old for the rest of it's life. You must clean their cages, feed them, play with them, excersize them, deal with any problems like biting, train them, clean up any messes they make like ripping apart your couch, deal with screaming, and pretty much devote your life to them. Hope that helps.

[shnewsman]

omg what happened to the poor thing behind you?

[Hallgren95]

My father boguht a parrot around 20 years ago, 10 years ago he gave away it because he didn't got time for it, 4 years later he got it back and the parrot was tame with him as when he bought it.

All though he changed, because the kids in the family where teasing with it, scarying it so now , it doesen't like kids, she try to bite them as soon as they are in same room , but with grown up people which she never met shes really tame on first eyecast.