 It's really about trying and making sure that you see the bird bite it and taste it Something she kept it. Why am I I think she's like I think it's Established like all the birds know that you're kind of like the one that feeds them You'd the provide yes George you're the provider My fellow snippers and flighters my name is Marlene McCohen and this is Jersey and we Welcome you to our channel. That's Rocky and he also kind of wants to welcome you, but he kind of wants Let you know what he's mad at now before we go on I just want to let you know what it is that we do here We love birds. I am the creator of engage not cage That's my hashtag and I actively promote it Which means that there are birds in cages everywhere all around the United States all around countries locked up that people Forgotten about them people think it's okay to leave Locked up in cages should your bird have a cage? Yeah, as like a bedroom, but should your bird be locked up in there forever and not engaged with absolutely not So my whole channel is showing you how to have fun engaged with your parents You'll see they're very happy birds here And we also have a lot of educational conversations on this channel even when we're having fun Rocky Rocky do you want to say proud? So today we are going to be focused on Isis who I actually call blue. I didn't change her name I just feel like blue is a little easier to say here So essentially her name is blue Isis here, but blue for short So if you guys remember my first video with blue, uh-oh jerseys like wait wait I want to go jerseys always does this Wondering what's going on? So here's the thing you need to come off of there, right? Good girl. You're such a good girl Okay, I'll sit up in your spot jerseys. Go be queen Yeah, she's the queen You guys remember my first official training video with blue blue was very skittish So if you guys haven't seen that go back and take a look at it We've had a few improvements with blue, but I really wanted to show you what a timid nervous bird can do Indian ringnecks are a very Special case Indian ringnecks have this bluffing period which we talked about I really recommend you guys go back and look at the last video But I want to show you the little tiny bit of progress. I've made with blue It's not really a lot, but I'm kind of happy to show you that because I want you to see how much Time things can take I've actually been refraining from interacting with blue until I can get the camera on But blue is outside all the time like totally hanging out on this this stand I just want all my interactions with blue for you to see so Merlin's very interested in this You remember when blue was totally scared of my hand now. I have this camera so that makes things a little bit difficult Let me just see if I could place it right here So blue has since been moved downstairs So here's some things that I've been doing with blue and I just want you to understand bird mentality Birds don't want to be caged up hence engage not caged Lea is very excited about life right now One thing that has happened is that she has begun to understand that my hand is a way out of the cage So how did I do that? Well, she realizes that my hand is Transportation and that's what she's using me as right now And I'm fine with that because the more she gets used to that then one day She's just gonna step on me. You saw how far blue came with me on the couch that day It takes consistent conditioning for the bird to start understanding that first of all your Transportation so even if you feel like oh my god This bird only likes me to get him out of the cage and take him somewhere else. That's a positive Okay, you are making a step the bird is getting comfortable with using you as transportation now blue will Actually jump onto my arm But want to be anywhere else put on my arm and I love wearing long sleeve shirts when I'm working with blue Because blue has grip so in all of her fear she could just kind of stand there So watch what I mean. She almost doesn't want to come out But she does you can see that she knows that I am her way out How do you get your bird to understand that you are the way out so that at least you have that first step You let the birds spend a lot of time out of the cage. There is no way that blue Sitting on a tree with toys and food. There's no way. She's gonna enjoy the cage more This is not fun. So comparatively birds are smart. All animals are smart She's gonna realize I have to get on this arm to get to that spot Here's the good thing about blue waiting blue knows that when I come over, this is her chance to get out So now she's getting anxious to get out, which means it's gonna be a lot easier another important Mental thing that you might want to know about birds if you have more than one bird is that let's say I have Merlin out and I have all of the birds out and blue is for whatever reason locked up I haven't gotten blue out yet blue will realize that she's the only one not included in the flock and she'll want to be Included and she will start screaming. That's a good opportunity to take advantage of the birds want Here's another opportunity before we get blue out for me to show you something Merlin's obviously hanging off blues cage I don't want Merlin on blues cave. So remember Merlin is very Territorial over cage tops. He'll let me pull him out of the cage But getting him from on top of his cage can be very difficult He could aim to bite another reason you would want to get him used to understanding being transferred So here's blue blue come on Okay, no What you can do She's gonna climb up onto my head What you can do she left she's outside of the cage if you have a really good I prefer like flat top cages where you could put a lot of toys and stuff But this is just what I had here. Obviously Merlin's kind of interested in this whole situation I don't know if Merlin's aggressive towards other birds. So I'm gonna move Okay, well blue stood around That's where he came from I think Merlin thought he could get territorial and it's not gonna work for him These birds are survivors guys just so you know right blue come here blue feels very comfortable up on my head because She feels like she's on top of me. She's in control You never want to tame or train a bird when they're on top of you Okay, blue's obsessed with this tree. So this is where blue is gonna sit today She was having trouble and I gave her my hands as a perch Which is another trick that you can do when your hands becomes like the best thing closest to them to save themselves Then they start putting trust in your hands as well. So that's just something to know So blue loves to be on this tree and I'm just gonna let her sit there and be there So she understands that I'm not trying to control her or chase her or make her feel uncomfortable I want her to go where she wants to go. So if she feels comfortable over there, then that's a positive So if she's experiencing that as a positive, then she will feel like my hand took her over there And that's positive for her if you understand what I mean If I go back now and I try to hold her and grab her then I'm turning her coming out of the cage onto my hand into a Negative I need to build her trust. I need to make her feel safe with my ultimate decision So the main thing I want to get across here is like your birds don't have to love you For you to let them be free I really think every household should have bird stands everywhere where the birds can be out or at least Cage play tops where they have toys and things for you guys to put there now Let's say it's time to eat. So in a little bit I'm gonna be making these guys some dinner Georges and then we're gonna give them some food, right? So I'll invite blue to come eat with us But if she doesn't want to eat with us that doesn't mean I'm not gonna feed her or give her anything special That means that I'm going to put it in the bowl. That's right here. Okay, so there's a bowl here Yeah So that's really good because we're establishing hand trust so once she understands that even if she dropped the cracker Like let's say she doesn't like it. That's not what she wants to eat Then maybe we give her an apple. Maybe that is what she wants to eat She actually likes apples. She likes mango. So here's the thing with the birds They get something in their mouth and their beak is kind of like their third hand, okay? So they took it from you and then no matter what they kind of like bite it If they didn't drop it right away, then they bite it then you need that taste for them to go Oh wait wait, they gave me food and then after a lot of times of that will work to your advantage So you saw that all the times that George gave blue the cracker blue dropped it But every time blue held the cracker more and more with birds It's very important to not give up. So what that means is you can't give the bird a cracker Offer it a cracker a fruit or something and then when the bird drops it go. Oh, well, she doesn't like fruit She doesn't like vegetables That's a major part of the problem that people have is they don't continue to try so a lot of people write me and say My bird doesn't like vegetables or my bird won't take this or that a lot of times It's really about trying and making sure that you see the bird bite it and taste it Some she kept it why am I I think she's like I think it's Establish like all the birds know that you're kind of like the one that feeds them The provide yes George you're the provider You really want to make sure that they had that chance To bite it and see if they swallow it it's very important to really analyze your bird Okay, sometimes if you offer them something too many times They're going to like be so mad that they bite it and then that's the moment that they realize they like it I'm not kidding you Rock. He's like this He's such a brat sometimes He's like so rude because I offered him something that he thinks he doesn't like and then in the last time He gets like a hold of it or like the juice of it squirts in his mouth and he's like oh Here he is right now Look, she obviously ate some because she totally just scratched her beak against the wood That's how birds kind of like clean themselves and she also hopped over here That could also be Because my camera came closer and she doesn't trust it so you have to say to yourself Why did the bird drop it did my hands move too fast around the bird did in my case? Did the camera come in closer? You have to really analyze what it is Maybe the bird feels more comfortable with George and prefers if I'm not around I have to consider that but I'm just giving you guys all the options because she's taking food from George And then when I'm looking she's dropping it So I'm gonna give her a little bit of a break probably doesn't like the camera Oh, this is another important thing. You see how George just fed Jersey birds are all about flock mentality so what that means is That blue sees that George gave Jersey food so blue understands now that if she wants food She's gonna have to get it from George. So that was a fail Oh, but that doesn't mean you give up that just basically means you try again later So now she's gonna see George is going over Merlin doesn't seem to like crackers when I give them to him stop Why you got him off a cage very good Merlin, yeah, he's been calling himself all day Now this is a good opportunity for blue to realize that somebody else is getting the reward So Merlin stepped up and Merlin's getting food guys another thing we discovered about Merlin's so weird first of all We call Merlin the Explorer like he's on here two days and we already know like Merlin the Explorer second of all He also likes the same side of the kitchen as Cody, okay? So I reinstated the tent over here and they both completely guard this side of the kitchen So weird that they both are obsessed with the kitchen like it's weird on a different note though George Told me that when my bird George died because I wasn't there He died in a like he was sitting in a box because he came from the vet and he was on the kitchen counter, right? Yeah, just kind of funny that these two both are the same and guarding this kitchen It's also strange that both of them took to both of us So like Cody loves me George and Jenna like just like George did and Merlin likes George had me And I thought Merlin would only like me, but he really likes George and Rocky's playing while Rocky I'm so happy about this beautiful mess you're making Yeah, you're such an artist Decided to grace us with his presence Look he asked you to come back You're my baby. Are you my baby? Yeah, he's playing with mommy's hair. What are you doing Leo? If you watch me on Instagram, you saw the most amazing video of all time when I came home Jersey was dancing up a storm some of the best dancing I ever seen her do so after Alexa played that song her favorite song perfect 10 which Randy Raj Introduced us to I'm standing right here with Cody now Keep in mind the Alexa's behind me and I hear it turn on she obviously can't talk to it And I turn around she ran up to it and pressed the on button because the song was over and she wanted it to play again Yeah You want what? Play that song you like that song Okay guys, so it takes me about an hour and a half to get them all ready for bed Not even in bed but ready for bed So they're all kind of around the house in like lethargic mode points like I something funny I went over to Merlin's cage to do his water and his food and he had two waters over there One was pink and I go George Why does Merlin have two waters? He's like, oh, yeah, yeah, yes two waters. I gave him two waters I'm like, uh-huh. And why is one pink and he's like, oh because I made him tea Okay, very important guys decaf tea you cannot give a bird caffeine their hearts are so small and Caffeine makes their heart beat really fast and they can have heart attacks Imagine how tiny their little heart is but certain teas can actually be really good for birds like raspberry tea, for example Hold on a second. I got a visitor. I'm here. You were climbing on my leg Handsome so raspberry tea sometimes people give it to female birds that are egg bound It really helps with the calcium. So if you want to experiment with teas for your birds, you totally can again It's not just that they have to be decaf-nated. You kind of want to make sure they're organic. Did you guys hear Jersey screaming? That's like the screen of exhaustion. She's literally tired You don't want to be tired because you don't know sometimes you're gonna have to learn to decipher between their screens Their tantrums all that and Jersey has FOMO. She doesn't like to go to bed Okay, so she's gonna try to do whatever she can to not get in there But there's just like kids you have to realize that they need certain things even if they don't realize it I know baby So I always tell Jersey before she goes to bed that beautiful birds need sleep Beautiful birds like Kirkland. Yeah, look at her trying her hardest All the beautiful birds in the world they go to sleep too. Yeah, I know Shh, okay guys look hey, she says she doesn't want to go to bed either. She's such a good girl Look at how she blinks Who's a little actress? Oh She blinks like a little Hollywood star that she is one of my tricks when they don't step up I just kind of slide my fingers straight through like a perch He's gonna be mad. He has to go to bed. Do you have to go to bed? Do you want to go to bed? No So that is it guys that's been our night time here I hope you guys enjoyed this evening slash training sometimes I can't lead where it's gonna go the birds have to lead me and I hope you found it very interesting Remember if you guys are enjoying these videos want to help me get a mount on time and support the cause of engage Not cage become one of my flighters and join my patreon if you guys want any shoutouts check out my cameo It's a lot of fun forget about checking out cameo for me Just check it out to like watch stars from your childhood like say hello to people It's crazy sometimes at two in the morning. I'm in my bed going. Oh my god Anyway, I'd like to give some shoutouts to star East Lee to Casey Reese Johnson to Shiva I love you guys. Okay. I gotta get them all officially to bed Oh, don't forget to subscribe if you love birds, but only if you love birds not you could subscribe no matter what