I wonder what that means? Do you know? My SweetPea is the only other bird who ive seen do that and hes a Canary Winged Parakeet (bebe parrot) and im new with these types of birds. Thank you! 🌟🖤
my Indian ringneck does that too, but he only does it when he's hungry! and I think it's cuz he injured his wing somehow! So I'm giving him a little massage every day now, when I'm done with the massage he stops it for 15 minutes or so .. little bit concerned about him but I hope he does better in few days !
When teaching calm today by bird was continually offering the yoga pose and wings up as a trick. It was the first day he had done those 2 poses he does for attention and got a treat for them. Confused if I ignore them to only reward calm or if it will deter him from the tricks I have him offering for treats.
I found that capturing secures a behaviour quicker than training it sometimes. My 8 month old GCC, picks up named objects and puts them in my hands, when you say give me a kiss, he leans forward and makes a kiss sound. He now copies my saying thank you afterwards. My son bobbed his head up and down in front of Sprout, so I put that on cue to 'yes' so now you can ask him questions that he will nod too. He's just learnt to say yes as well. He makes the sound of our squeaky tap, so I put that on cue with 'cup of tea?' I'm just starting to put bathing behaviour on cue. I taught him to spin and flip using target training and he will also go to bed on cue. He is learning at such a fast rate. He was clicker and target trained from 8 weeks old.
My green cheek does the same kiss thing too. He says “give me a kiss. (Kiss sound) thank you!” It’s the cutest thing. The best part is he does it for my little nephew too.
Hi... When I say to my cockatiel "bisous, bisous" he gives me a kiss making the sound and he says "bravoooo", I didn't teach him to say that, he memorized it on his own, even the sound! I love that so I capture that behavior and give him a treat or I reward him with words or caresses... Thanks for the freebies! You're great
When I say her name to my grey, she would often say "What do you want ?" then I say what I want her to do , like the cat or the lion, and she does it. She will always comply to what I ask if I get the "What do you want ?" response from calling her name, it feels like having a conversation with her, so cute ! I didn't train for it, it came by itself ! So I'm trying to capture this behaviour now and have her say it each time I say "Mémère ?" (it's her name). I rarely use other rewards but praises, but it would go faster if I did, but I'm lazy and also watching her weight and she'd work only for nuts or bits of cake, so I prefer to praise her most of the time. I keep nuts for desensitization and recall training.
African greys are known for being able to understand language context. She is probably literally asking what you want so she can do it for you! That’s so sweet and amazing. They’re so intelligent! What an wonderful lady!
@@adorapollard7308 Yeah, I also think she really knows what's she is saying. She is almost 19 now ! And she's always grasping more things as time go by, it never stops. it never cease to amaze me ! Often people won't believe me when I speak of the things she does, they think I'm crazy, and eventually they meet her, and it's like she changes their vision of the animal world ! By being so darn smart, clowny and sensible at the same time, able to enjoy music and dance like we do ! She is social, she likes people and sometimes, she will just walk to someone she just met, bow her head down and say "you do some cuddles !" :) (I'm translating everything, she speaks mostly french) She is one of a kind, they are all I guess ! I feel very lucky to share her life.
@@sunsundks3891 cake is very rare, only for special occasions / important desensitization when she needs lots of motivation to go against something she fears, usually, she'll work fine for bits of nuts. What I really meant is she won't work for seeds ... even if I remove them from her diet completly.
I love your birds, I gotta be honest I just started watching you 1 week and 5 days ago , the way I found you was that I have always wanted a bird and my parents agreed I would get a Quaker in 3 months so I started researching about birds and you have been so helpful it has become part of my morning routine to watch your videos I watch them every single day. And I absolutely love your videos, you have absolutely been super helpful. Thx🥰
I love that you found these videos too but what i love even more is you doing some research!!!! If you are going to get one from a breeder ask if you can visit the bird once a week and spend half an hour to an hour just playing with it. Get it used to being with you and being handled while your there. Youll have a much stronger bond when its old enough to bring home. For the rest of the week keep researching and by researching i mean find out stuff like diet requirements (not just what a petstore would say!) and tips and tricks for a healthier happier bird. For example learn to fold origami foraging treats or work out ways to keep your little one entertained in their cage. Also find out about different ways of training etc and get yourself super prepared. It also gives you the chance to see if a quaker is the right bird for you! Good luck!
@@budgiebreder Thanks for the tip ( Sorry i’m replying two months later) I will really try to do that when COVID clears up a bit. It will be awesome to build a bond with the bird before getting it. Really thanks for the tip
Hello beautiful! Oh thank you so much for the video! I taught my female ringneck how to lift her wings. It took her 1week to learn. She was on her perch and time to time she was lifting her wings, so in that moment I used my clicker and rewarded her. So, today i just use the word "wings" and she lift them.
I think that Jamie is the only one who did not have a boring quarantine because of her cute flock. Keep it up. And keep us updated cuz u are awesome 😎 this video is really informative and helpful 👌
my rescue gcc, Joey, grabs one of her tail feathers with her foot and uses it to scratch her head. I've been using capturing to capture the moment she holds the end of the feather on her head like a hat. ill say "wheres your hat?" and I've gotten her to do it on command once already! thank you so much!
I’ve been doing “chop” for a while now, and recently bought your seasonal recipes! I made their first summer mix today and gave them some to try before the official morning switch tomorrow! All 5 of my parrots are currently booty up/face down in their bowls COVERED in chop!! They’ve always liked veggies, but this recipe seems to be a huge hit! I would definitely recommend the Birdtricks seasonal recipes!!
My Jenday started doing a roll from the top recliner into my hair then waving. I watch him doing it my using my phone like I was taking a selfie. It's hysterical and I got a funny video of it. BTW, we love the toy boxes from Bird tricks. Murphy just loves getting new toys to destroy.
1:45. A friend of mine used the command "better" (do it better) as a universal command to signal his pet (dog) he was on the right track but was not at treat-threshold. Replaces "All the way!", "A bit more!" "do it again" by something way snappier :).
My timid petstore budgie has just LOVED this training method its been grueling just trying to get him up on my hand everyday and he never really enjoys those sessions but with capturing hes the most involved ive ever seen him i started off with something simple head bopping and within HOURS he was leaning into the begging phase i think hes really enjoying being rewarded for his favourite behaviors even if he doesnt quite understand why yet thankyou so much
Birds often duet. I trained my bird to say certain things by giving her my full attention and saying it back if it were a noise that reminded me of some words. Now, she says Good Baby first thing in the morning when she is hoping to be let out of the cage. She also says You're so Sweet, Yada yada yada, Cute Baby, achew (sneeze ; I didn't even notice she was picking it up), You're so Cute. She uses the phrase combinations n different contexts, clearly asking for different things OR indicating she is interested in something. I also can change her mind about what to do by saying a phrase that corresponds to a different behavior, and she will switch to something else like hiding and reappearing from behind a book. I have never used a food reward or a clicker because I do not need to train her for free flight, for example. Wouldn't do that because I might mess up, and she would pay the price. I just need her to play on her own sometimes and come sit with me sometimes and snuggle sometimes. She lifts her foot when she expects me to pick her up, of course she trained me on that one. She was so cute, I just had to extend my finger. However, at this point, I have to get up and walk across the room to get her; she doesn't fly to me. So I am starting to work on training her to fly to me.
clicker training isn't limited to free flight. same with food rewards. it's a motivational tool: teach the bird that "click" = treat, and you get a click when you do the thing you were asked. it's the same as saying "good bird!" or such. but then again.. you know what works for you xD
I wait patiently for all your newest videos. I really enjoyed this video about”capturing “. Right now I’m watching your videos about ChiChi. Some are from 2 years ago. Thank you again for all your very hard work in making these videos for all our bird lovers out there. Hi Capri!🤗🐣🦇 Nana Janet❤️
That's how I taught my eclectus to wave! The standard way of asking for a step and clicking for the raised foot just got her frustrated, and during sessions she'd quit trying to step up at all
Haha! Give the man his kisses. He totally helped. He deserves them, and they’re probably a high value reward for him. You know the drill, of you want to see a behavior again, you gotta click and reward. 🤣🥰
This is the real clicker training, as Karen Pryor started using it with dolphins and later dogs. Basically just catch the animal when it does a natural behavior that you like it to do and click, marking that you want that behavior and then reinforce it with the treat. Simple! This tells your animal that it should try offering you different behaviors, to test if they are wanted. That is when it gets real fun training, because you now have a language and means of communication. I just fell in love with his when I started using clicker training in 1998, after rescuing my first dog, who had bad anxiety. It was so obvious that this was the way! 👏😍😊
I love capturing behavior. My moustache parakeet would raise her wings and I would reward her and say wings and now she does it on command. My King Parrot has the cutest wave that was captured.
I just got a four-year-old Amazon parrot my 1st baby, I'm so glad I came across your videos very grateful I've had him for 4 days I've been bit twice, Where both learning each other he knows more than I do.. His super super smart and a lot of fun, It seems he only chooses to bite during step up so we're working on this. He flies over to me And loves to be on my shoulder By your videos have been a saving grace I feel like I have some good direction and a bright future with this guy, hes super smart ..
Love you guys and your birds ❤ because of you guys we got a couple of cockatiels to start with, we love those two. When we feel we are ready we want to adopt another slightly bigger bird. Please let the video's keep coming! 🥰
My TAG came to me already knowing multiple vocalizations, including kissy noises. So “give kisses” was the first thing I captured and put on cue. Now it is a really great way for him to let people know he wants to interact. If he is offering kisses then I know he wants to earn seeds and will train and interact 😊
I inherited two parrots, a Senegal parrot and a sun conure, I’ve learned a lot from these your videos, thank you very much!!! Story of my Senegal parrot: he was hatched est. 1983 and he had three previous owners (including my grandfather of whom I inherited the birds from) the second owner mistreated him and now he was scared of people, but I’ve gotten him calmed down and is now OK with being around people, he still attempts to bite people but still making progress! Story of my sun conure: hatched est. 1998 She is very calm, very vocal too, but we can’t seem to get her to step up, always bites, but as I said making progress, only two other owners (including my grandfather) anyways, thank you very very much for your videos and as always, stay awesome!! :)
Especially as a relatively new first-time bird owner, this is amazingly useful info to have! My two budgies have recently started finding interesting ways to play with some of their favourite toys, so I'd love to try and capture some of those things. Thank you!
Capturing is awesome! I captured the wave, shake, show me wings and rollover all during our daily playtime sessions on the bed. Had clicker in one hand and playing with him with the other. Super fast responses. Ie.. he playfully put hand on my finger, I clicked and rewarded. Put my finger BK in front of him.. he did it again. Bam, the shake was born. 3min..
This is how I trained spin and wave with my bestest boy Nicky the Lovebird. He really picked up training quickly with this 😊 such a big brain in such a small bird. My Amazon Esmeralda learnt to fist bump on queue as she did it all the time. It's so freaking cute
Whenever I click to capture a behavior, my bird goes into training mode and starts begging with her favorite tricks (usually saying "hi", waving, and spinning). Of course, once she starts doing this, she stops doing the behavior I want. It takes a while for her to understand what I want her to do, but she always gets it eventually!
Aw bless haha that's funny but must be frustrating. You could try capturing without a clicker maybe? I don't know if that would work faster in that case, replacing the clicker with something like "good!" perhaps. but if it works in the end .. 😂 funny bird!
Awesome video thank you! And what an eye opener... It makes you pay attention to your bird's behaviour which means you notice more opportunities for great and unique behaviours from your bird without making your bird feel that it is working or training hard.
The African Gray named Einstein on youtube has an incredibly funny wave. Also I just adopted a Catalina Macaw earlier today! Whoo! Shes a rescue type situation and is completely terrified of everything and pretty aggressive but I’m up for the challenge.
I would love to see a free download of a chop recipe because I always feel like I doing stuff wrong or that I could do something better or different. It’s. Even tough lately so I haven’t been able to buy your cool books.
Hi Dave and Jamie not sure if you'll get this messege but your videos have been a god send I've had to budgies for about three weeks now and they were terrified and did not want human interaction I've been watching your videos for about 2 days now and in two days they both come to me and perch on my hand whilst eating a treat cant thank you enough for the advise you publish I'm alot wiser in training and nutrition tha is to you both
okay, you might not see this but i my little sister knows nothing about birds but my parents got her one anyway, so we housed them together (cus they are parakeets) and she never held him right, wouldnt let me train him and now he has a brokwn foot, and possibly a liver disease, i am not sure on how to handle either, but this is also a warning to parents and other new bird owners, RESARCH UR BIRDS AND DONT CLIP THEM, AND DONT LET A CHILD HAVE CONTROL OVER ONE..
Me tooo my little brothers wanted a bird my dad got him one and he nearly killed the poor bird he threw and it died no parent needs to buy their kid a bird😭
Ana Saldarriaga parents dont understand the time it takes to care for a bird, and that its not just some $20 toy, its a life that is now ur responsibility
My Senegal Parrot will blow a kiss when You say 'Kiss' which He was doing in response to this video for about 5 repetitions until He realised it wasn't Me and therefore wasn't getting treats.He will also whistle when I say 'whistle' and its the come here whistle used with dogs.He also wolf whistles so that is next on the list.He has a few other noises He makes which I have yet to figure out a que for and He doesn't do Them as often so bit harder to capture
Love you guys, I love all your birds, how do you move a bird over to a greener diet, I have tried many times with my pigeon, but Scooter doesn’t like greens but loves fruits? My pigeon today I got home and he was flying around and flew out the front door, luckily he is a ex racer pigeon and he flew for a bit and came back😳😤🤨🤪
He probably likes fruit because that's also high in sugar and is more of a "treat" than healthy vegetables are. Maybe if you make a fine chop with fruit and veg, and mix it up with mushed up sweet potato or some other "binding" squishy food (so the different foods stick together and get stuck on the beak a little) that way the bird has to try the vegetables if they want the tasty fruit they enjoy. Then eventually they realise they like vegetables as well, or at least some of them :) they have quite a lot of videos and resources in converting to a healthy diet though, be sure to check them out!
My late budgie used to flap his wings vigorously when he was excited. I taught him to do it on command which was completely adorable. Funnily enough though if my dad asked him to flap his wings, he'd instead do really cute happy tweets! This wasn't through clicker/treat training - just a lot of enthusiasm when he got it right.
Most of my training is done with capturing with Rocky the Alexandrine parakeet. I have trained him to whistle when I say whistle it off and to make a galah noise that he already made when I say cocky boy as well as to make a kiss noise when I say give me a kiss and a few other little things. It tends to work better for me than the other things because I use words rather than visual aids like with most of the other formal training.
I just got a couple of Lori's and I used this video to train them to 'boop' my nose. Since the female tried to play with my glasses she often accidentally touched my nose. So I used that. Now both of them can boop our noses on cue.
Their so beautiful and I love your video’s I watch them all the time and I use your techniques on my babies what and where can I buy treats for them I have yellow sided conure’s and they are biters thank you stay sweet and please keep making videos Thank U
Hey I have a question so I want an African gray but ima 13 year old so obviously I'd have to deal with school and I read an article where they don't like being left in a cage by themselves and id worry it'd get lonely and start plucking feathers but all other times I would be able to have it out and socializing. Would that be fine and if not how can I fix this issue
I just got my first parrot, a cockatiel. It has been i think 23 days, she is aviary raised and i am her first human interaction. She can already step up, step down, wave, and recall. I have tamed her in 20 days. And this is my first bird. We aren't quite bonded, but we are getting close.
Hey team. I just got a Rainbow Lorikeet and I'm wondering what program of yours is best suited for her. She was hand raised but is scared of the hand until she gets on it.
You keep clickers and treat pouches all around? I'm sure those treat pouches don't go unnoticed! LOL ;) Great video as always. I learn so much from all of them.
My severe macaw does this thing whenever I’m replacing her food/water bowls, the hoop where the bowls go into are left empty and she perches on them then flips through them I was so surprised when I first saw it I never thought of being able to have her do it on cue, will definitely try this 🙌
I capture taught my ringneck to raise and flap her wings with capturing! Whenever I had treats and I would start walking away she’d flap her wings to get my attention so I used that and now she does it on cue 😊
Question my bird does the lawn mower trick already because she copied us wiping & dusting. We say "Oh, your cleaning". But we never cued it. Am I missing an opportunity? It might be easy to capture now? Or is to best to leave it without treats? I guess what i want to know is should I capture everything or just useful things?
You can capture whatever you want to! Its never too late to capture either. It's just a fun opportunity to encourage a unique trait in your bird, and get them to do it on cue :) but yeah, it doesn't have to be useful, it can just be cute. Like lily making kissing sounds in this video! Maybe don't capture EVERYTHING your bird does though. Definitely not all at once, that'd be confusing xD
I can't wait to use this method for my sun conure, Tango. She was taught how to give a single kiss on cue, but that was just from mimicking the noise at first until I added the cue word. I can say "gimme kiss" or just "kiss". Sometimes she's so quiet though it sounds like a sneeze. She knows how to say "hey baby", "I'll bite you", and "stop it". Problem is, she only does it when she sees someone she doesn't like. Right now that includes everyone in my household except me. She's my little guard bird apparently. Her saying these phrases is also paired with aggression. Her neck and head feathers go out to make herself look bigger and she does a little sway motion. I want to teach her to say the phrases on cue, but also not have the aggression paired with it. Does anyone have any advice for this? I'm sure capturing will be the first step I need to take.
I’ve captured my GCC Yoyo to do the wave and also to grab my glasses (when i used to wear them). Now i have my Fiancé do the glasses trick with Yoyo. My sister captured him to do his “Macho dance” (as we call it) because he sees my sister and she starts slowly moving back and forth, stretches his neck out and mirrors her. After the dance, he’s usually makes a kiss sound to her 😁
G'day Mate - Weekly This is my advice specific to alexandrine parrots (having owned parakeets im assuming you know all the basic parrot stuff about toys and pellets and all that). I’ve had an alexandrine parrot for one year now, and it has been a difficult but amazing journey. I got my bird when he was just under a year old and just reaching sexual maturity. From around age one to one and a half, they go through an intense bluffing phase where they attack you constantly. This phase is very difficult to get through, but mainly just be patient with your bird and read it’s body language. When the aggression passes, it should be tamer than before. Another thing about alexes. They almost never tolerate petting or touching, and will respond with a bite if you fail to read their body language. Probably the biggest alexandrine body language is that if it narrows its eyes until it’s pupils are very small means that it is going to attack. If you recognise this and move away, then you will gain your birds trust quicker. Alexandrines are great at picking up new tricks and are very smart. They have massive beaks and can’t have any toys made of plastic or rope as they will eat the pieces. They make an adorable happy squeak when they see you. Also I definitely recommend keeping them in a male female pair to avoid hormonal behaviour or plucking. Keeping them in a pair can almost entirely eliminate the risk of them plucking, and as long as you socialise them regularly then they will still be just as tame. Good luck with you bird, I hope this helps.
Alysha Dahya seeds are quite fatty, so they are best used for training and treats. BirdTricks recommend a diet of fresh veggie chop and pellets. They have lots of videos and resources on their birds diet
@@annapettit8045 exactly! It shouldn't be 100% of one thing only anyways, no matter what @ op. So yeah mostly veggies and some pellets, then fruit and seeds given in much smaller portions for foraging and training to keep their brain stimulated and their body healthy!
One day I was walking a section of the block in Hollywood, CA and there was a reward sign for a cockatoo. I thought if I have wings I can find that bird for her. Just sharing. Lisa
Help needed! I have a Quaker parrot and he is very territorial and doesn’t step up, I’ve had him for a minute now so he is comfortable around me, he isn’t too scared but he just won’t step up. I want to try target training, I’ve ordered the stick and the clicker on amazon! But I have no idea where to start. All the videos I search up are only showing parrots that are already trained. What treats should I use as a rewards since he is a medium sized bird? Please help! All replies are appreciated.
My cockatiel has always naturally waved when I come in and he's trying to get my attention. As soon as I try putting it on cue with a treat he acts all confused and rarely does it 😆🤦♀️
Hey girlie,, question have you ever had to deal with bird mites since I have got them before from my old bird and it was such an horrible experience. I have a major fear now even tho I’m getting a new bird and I just want to know if you have had them and if so how did you deal with them !
Jinx voice sounds just like a person. My GC conure Cricket would always do 1 quick spin all the way around whenever she knew she was getting a trick.. so now she will do it on command when I ask her to..she also showed her boyfriend Zion ( my male GC) how to do the same .
Yes. I captured big wings with my young conure because she did the big wings every time she pooped. So as soon as the wings went out, before the poop, I clicked and gave it a name. I have a new brown head parrot whose owner couldn’t afford to keep her, and I asked he what tricks she knew. She said she had tried in vain to teach her big wings, but she was doing them for me but I didn’t have a clicker.
One of my linnies does a super cute move when she polishies her feathers just below the beak. How can I capture that? She looks like she ’s imitating a seahorse when doing that 😁
I have also trained Rocky to toilet on command when I say the word toilet. It is very handy if we are out somewhere because he does not like wearing a suit.
I love the way Lily flips her wing when she does kisses noise
I wonder what that means? Do you know? My SweetPea is the only other bird who ive seen do that and hes a Canary Winged Parakeet (bebe parrot) and im new with these types of birds. Thank you! 🌟🖤
I cant handle the cuteness omg
I just noticed that too!!! It’s too cute!!!!
my Indian ringneck does that too, but he only does it when he's hungry! and I think it's cuz he injured his wing somehow! So I'm giving him a little massage every day now, when I'm done with the massage he stops it for 15 minutes or so .. little bit concerned about him but I hope he does better in few days !
Lol my sun conure also does that,his name is Mango and he’s the worst but I love him
6:25 lmao
Dave : " you just want to use me "
Jamie : "I do"
I have spent months studying parrot training and discovered an awesome website at Parrot Ploy Plan (google it if you are interested)
I love capturing calm behaviors so much, it simply helps my bird to calm down easier and be the gentle boy he is
When teaching calm today by bird was continually offering the yoga pose and wings up as a trick. It was the first day he had done those 2 poses he does for attention and got a treat for them. Confused if I ignore them to only reward calm or if it will deter him from the tricks I have him offering for treats.
My green cheeked conure kept doing her kisses behaviour when you were asking Lily! I don't think I've ever had that many kisses before lol!
My green cheek conure gives me kisses and I never trained him to do that!
I found that capturing secures a behaviour quicker than training it sometimes. My 8 month old GCC, picks up named objects and puts them in my hands, when you say give me a kiss, he leans forward and makes a kiss sound. He now copies my saying thank you afterwards. My son bobbed his head up and down in front of Sprout, so I put that on cue to 'yes' so now you can ask him questions that he will nod too. He's just learnt to say yes as well. He makes the sound of our squeaky tap, so I put that on cue with 'cup of tea?' I'm just starting to put bathing behaviour on cue. I taught him to spin and flip using target training and he will also go to bed on cue. He is learning at such a fast rate. He was clicker and target trained from 8 weeks old.
My green cheek does the same kiss thing too. He says “give me a kiss. (Kiss sound) thank you!” It’s the cutest thing. The best part is he does it for my little nephew too.
Hi... When I say to my cockatiel "bisous, bisous" he gives me a kiss making the sound and he says "bravoooo", I didn't teach him to say that, he memorized it on his own, even the sound! I love that so I capture that behavior and give him a treat or I reward him with words or caresses... Thanks for the freebies! You're great
When I say her name to my grey, she would often say "What do you want ?" then I say what I want her to do , like the cat or the lion, and she does it.
She will always comply to what I ask if I get the "What do you want ?" response from calling her name, it feels like having a conversation with her, so cute !
I didn't train for it, it came by itself !
So I'm trying to capture this behaviour now and have her say it each time I say "Mémère ?" (it's her name).
I rarely use other rewards but praises, but it would go faster if I did, but I'm lazy and also watching her weight and she'd work only for nuts or bits of cake, so I prefer to praise her most of the time.
I keep nuts for desensitization and recall training.
African greys are known for being able to understand language context. She is probably literally asking what you want so she can do it for you! That’s so sweet and amazing. They’re so intelligent! What an wonderful lady!
@@adorapollard7308 Yeah, I also think she really knows what's she is saying.
She is almost 19 now ! And she's always grasping more things as time go by, it never stops.
it never cease to amaze me !
Often people won't believe me when I speak of the things she does, they think I'm crazy, and eventually they meet her, and it's like she changes their vision of the animal world ! By being so darn smart, clowny and sensible at the same time, able to enjoy music and dance like we do !
She is social, she likes people and sometimes, she will just walk to someone she just met, bow her head down and say "you do some cuddles !" :)
(I'm translating everything, she speaks mostly french)
She is one of a kind, they are all I guess !
I feel very lucky to share her life.
Dont give her cake,and she'll do it for the things she can get.Watch more of the Channel,and train when she didnt already eat
@@sunsundks3891 cake is very rare, only for special occasions / important desensitization when she needs lots of motivation to go against something she fears, usually, she'll work fine for bits of nuts.
What I really meant is she won't work for seeds ... even if I remove them from her diet completly.
I love your birds, I gotta be honest I just started watching you 1 week and 5 days ago , the way I found you was that I have always wanted a bird and my parents agreed I would get a Quaker in 3 months so I started researching about birds and you have been so helpful it has become part of my morning routine to watch your videos I watch them every single day. And I absolutely love your videos, you have absolutely been super helpful. Thx🥰
Omg same! She is so so helpful!
I love that you found these videos too but what i love even more is you doing some research!!!! If you are going to get one from a breeder ask if you can visit the bird once a week and spend half an hour to an hour just playing with it. Get it used to being with you and being handled while your there. Youll have a much stronger bond when its old enough to bring home.
For the rest of the week keep researching and by researching i mean find out stuff like diet requirements (not just what a petstore would say!) and tips and tricks for a healthier happier bird. For example learn to fold origami foraging treats or work out ways to keep your little one entertained in their cage. Also find out about different ways of training etc and get yourself super prepared.
It also gives you the chance to see if a quaker is the right bird for you!
Good luck!
@@budgiebreder Thanks for the tip ( Sorry i’m replying two months later) I will really try to do that when COVID clears up a bit. It will be awesome to build a bond with the bird before getting it. Really thanks for the tip
Hello beautiful! Oh thank you so much for the video! I taught my female ringneck how to lift her wings. It took her 1week to learn. She was on her perch and time to time she was lifting her wings, so in that moment I used my clicker and rewarded her. So, today i just use the word "wings" and she lift them.
I think that Jamie is the only one who did not have a boring quarantine because of her cute flock. Keep it up. And keep us updated cuz u are awesome 😎 this video is really informative and helpful 👌
A big THANK YOU 😊 to Jamie for making quarantine tolerable for the rest of us! 💖
my rescue gcc, Joey, grabs one of her tail feathers with her foot and uses it to scratch her head. I've been using capturing to capture the moment she holds the end of the feather on her head like a hat. ill say "wheres your hat?" and I've gotten her to do it on command once already! thank you so much!
I’ve been doing “chop” for a while now, and recently bought your seasonal recipes! I made their first summer mix today and gave them some to try before the official morning switch tomorrow! All 5 of my parrots are currently booty up/face down in their bowls COVERED in chop!! They’ve always liked veggies, but this recipe seems to be a huge hit! I would definitely recommend the Birdtricks seasonal recipes!!
You should definitely put this review on their website! I think they and other customers would appreciate that!
Yay, thank you!
I used capturing for my quakers wave. She lifts her foot, closes her foot into a tiny fist, and then opens her toes again😂
That's so cute
That is so cute!
Oh I am going to try that with my little albino Quaker as he does this little foot roll into a fist thingy too 🤣🕊️🤣
My Jenday started doing a roll from the top recliner into my hair then waving. I watch him doing it my using my phone like I was taking a selfie. It's hysterical and I got a funny video of it. BTW, we love the toy boxes from Bird tricks. Murphy just loves getting new toys to destroy.
1:45. A friend of mine used the command "better" (do it better) as a universal command to signal his pet (dog) he was on the right track but was not at treat-threshold. Replaces "All the way!", "A bit more!" "do it again" by something way snappier :).
Jinxie is so excited ! Look at that blushing ! ☺️
My timid petstore budgie has just LOVED this training method its been grueling just trying to get him up on my hand everyday and he never really enjoys those sessions but with capturing hes the most involved ive ever seen him i started off with something simple head bopping and within HOURS he was leaning into the begging phase i think hes really enjoying being rewarded for his favourite behaviors even if he doesnt quite understand why yet thankyou so much
Thank you for the free handout. Your freebies really show me how much you really care versus being in it just for profit.
Birds often duet. I trained my bird to say certain things by giving her my full attention and saying it back if it were a noise that reminded me of some words. Now, she says Good Baby first thing in the morning when she is hoping to be let out of the cage. She also says You're so Sweet, Yada yada yada, Cute Baby, achew (sneeze ; I didn't even notice she was picking it up), You're so Cute. She uses the phrase combinations n different contexts, clearly asking for different things OR indicating she is interested in something. I also can change her mind about what to do by saying a phrase that corresponds to a different behavior, and she will switch to something else like hiding and reappearing from behind a book. I have never used a food reward or a clicker because I do not need to train her for free flight, for example. Wouldn't do that because I might mess up, and she would pay the price. I just need her to play on her own sometimes and come sit with me sometimes and snuggle sometimes.
She lifts her foot when she expects me to pick her up, of course she trained me on that one. She was so cute, I just had to extend my finger. However, at this point, I have to get up and walk across the room to get her; she doesn't fly to me. So I am starting to work on training her to fly to me.
clicker training isn't limited to free flight. same with food rewards. it's a motivational tool: teach the bird that "click" = treat, and you get a click when you do the thing you were asked. it's the same as saying "good bird!" or such. but then again.. you know what works for you xD
I love how the crumbs accumulate on your shoulder as you train Lily (around 8:30). It reveals the time you spent with her!
I wait patiently for all your newest videos. I really enjoyed this video about”capturing “. Right now I’m watching your videos about ChiChi. Some are from 2 years ago. Thank you again for all your very hard work in making these videos for all our bird lovers out there. Hi Capri!🤗🐣🦇 Nana Janet❤️
Just discovered your channel. Love the work youre doing here. Thankyou for the free resources!!
That's how I taught my eclectus to wave! The standard way of asking for a step and clicking for the raised foot just got her frustrated, and during sessions she'd quit trying to step up at all
Thank you so much.
Lily is so cute omg, that sound is adorable! 🥺
Haha! Give the man his kisses. He totally helped. He deserves them, and they’re probably a high value reward for him. You know the drill, of you want to see a behavior again, you gotta click and reward. 🤣🥰
This is the real clicker training, as Karen Pryor started using it with dolphins and later dogs. Basically just catch the animal when it does a natural behavior that you like it to do and click, marking that you want that behavior and then reinforce it with the treat. Simple! This tells your animal that it should try offering you different behaviors, to test if they are wanted. That is when it gets real fun training, because you now have a language and means of communication. I just fell in love with his when I started using clicker training in 1998, after rescuing my first dog, who had bad anxiety. It was so obvious that this was the way! 👏😍😊
I love capturing behavior. My moustache parakeet would raise her wings and I would reward her and say wings and now she does it on command. My King Parrot has the cutest wave that was captured.
I just got a four-year-old Amazon parrot my 1st baby, I'm so glad I came across your videos very grateful I've had him for 4 days I've been bit twice, Where both learning each other he knows more than I do.. His super super smart and a lot of fun, It seems he only chooses to bite during step up so we're working on this. He flies over to me And loves to be on my shoulder By your videos have been a saving grace I feel like I have some good direction and a bright future with this guy, hes super smart ..
Love you guys and your birds ❤ because of you guys we got a couple of cockatiels to start with, we love those two. When we feel we are ready we want to adopt another slightly bigger bird. Please let the video's keep coming! 🥰
Thank you so much for everything you do on UA-cam.
I love how lilly shakes her wing when she does the kiss noise. To cute.
I really do love all of your awesome videos all very informative and you guys also have very beautiful birds
My TAG came to me already knowing multiple vocalizations, including kissy noises. So “give kisses” was the first thing I captured and put on cue. Now it is a really great way for him to let people know he wants to interact. If he is offering kisses then I know he wants to earn seeds and will train and interact 😊
I inherited two parrots, a Senegal parrot and a sun conure, I’ve learned a lot from these your videos, thank you very much!!!
Story of my Senegal parrot: he was hatched est. 1983 and he had three previous owners (including my grandfather of whom I inherited the birds from) the second owner mistreated him and now he was scared of people, but I’ve gotten him calmed down and is now OK with being around people, he still attempts to bite people but still making progress!
Story of my sun conure: hatched est. 1998 She is very calm, very vocal too, but we can’t seem to get her to step up, always bites, but as I said making progress, only two other owners (including my grandfather) anyways, thank you very very much for your videos and as always, stay awesome!! :)
Especially as a relatively new first-time bird owner, this is amazingly useful info to have! My two budgies have recently started finding interesting ways to play with some of their favourite toys, so I'd love to try and capture some of those things. Thank you!
Capturing is awesome! I captured the wave, shake, show me wings and rollover all during our daily playtime sessions on the bed. Had clicker in one hand and playing with him with the other. Super fast responses. Ie.. he playfully put hand on my finger, I clicked and rewarded. Put my finger BK in front of him.. he did it again. Bam, the shake was born. 3min..
This is how I trained spin and wave with my bestest boy Nicky the Lovebird. He really picked up training quickly with this 😊 such a big brain in such a small bird. My Amazon Esmeralda learnt to fist bump on queue as she did it all the time. It's so freaking cute
Whenever I click to capture a behavior, my bird goes into training mode and starts begging with her favorite tricks (usually saying "hi", waving, and spinning). Of course, once she starts doing this, she stops doing the behavior I want. It takes a while for her to understand what I want her to do, but she always gets it eventually!
Mine does the same. As soon as knows I have the clicker and treats just starts blowing Me kisses
Aw bless haha that's funny but must be frustrating. You could try capturing without a clicker maybe? I don't know if that would work faster in that case, replacing the clicker with something like "good!" perhaps. but if it works in the end .. 😂 funny bird!
Awesome video thank you! And what an eye opener... It makes you pay attention to your bird's behaviour which means you notice more opportunities for great and unique behaviours from your bird without making your bird feel that it is working or training hard.
This video is really helpful
The African Gray named Einstein on youtube has an incredibly funny wave. Also I just adopted a Catalina Macaw earlier today! Whoo! Shes a rescue type situation and is completely terrified of everything and pretty aggressive but I’m up for the challenge.
My Sun Conure does this adorable lifting of her leggy and a flap of her wing. I would love to capture that!
I would love to see a free download of a chop recipe because I always feel like I doing stuff wrong or that I could do something better or different. It’s. Even tough lately so I haven’t been able to buy your cool books.
Hi Dave and Jamie not sure if you'll get this messege but your videos have been a god send I've had to budgies for about three weeks now and they were terrified and did not want human interaction I've been watching your videos for about 2 days now and in two days they both come to me and perch on my hand whilst eating a treat cant thank you enough for the advise you publish I'm alot wiser in training and nutrition tha is to you both
Celebrating! Thanks again ❤
okay, you might not see this but i my little sister knows nothing about birds but my parents got her one anyway, so we housed them together (cus they are parakeets) and she never held him right, wouldnt let me train him and now he has a brokwn foot, and possibly a liver disease, i am not sure on how to handle either, but this is also a warning to parents and other new bird owners, RESARCH UR BIRDS AND DONT CLIP THEM, AND DONT LET A CHILD HAVE CONTROL OVER ONE..
M0CH!_ C4T 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Me tooo my little brothers wanted a bird my dad got him one and he nearly killed the poor bird he threw and it died no parent needs to buy their kid a bird😭
Ana Saldarriaga parents dont understand the time it takes to care for a bird, and that its not just some $20 toy, its a life that is now ur responsibility
I would get my kid 100 plants to take care and not see any plant that died than I’ll get him a bird no maybe 100 isn’t enough so 1000
This goes with ANY ANIMAL really.
My Senegal Parrot will blow a kiss when You say 'Kiss' which He was doing in response to this video for about 5 repetitions until He realised it wasn't Me and therefore wasn't getting treats.He will also whistle when I say 'whistle' and its the come here whistle used with dogs.He also wolf whistles so that is next on the list.He has a few other noises He makes which I have yet to figure out a que for and He doesn't do Them as often so bit harder to capture
Omg the conures are way too cute🥰 capturing is such a genius way to train birds! I’ve used it myself too :).
Oh my gosh thank you so much for this video!!! Love you!
Here at the hospital, watching your video. Haha good distraction while waiting for my surgery.
Hope surgery went well. Happy healing! 💞
Love you guys, I love all your birds, how do you move a bird over to a greener diet, I have tried many times with my pigeon, but Scooter doesn’t like greens but loves fruits? My pigeon today I got home and he was flying around and flew out the front door, luckily he is a ex racer pigeon and he flew for a bit and came back😳😤🤨🤪
He probably likes fruit because that's also high in sugar and is more of a "treat" than healthy vegetables are. Maybe if you make a fine chop with fruit and veg, and mix it up with mushed up sweet potato or some other "binding" squishy food (so the different foods stick together and get stuck on the beak a little) that way the bird has to try the vegetables if they want the tasty fruit they enjoy. Then eventually they realise they like vegetables as well, or at least some of them :) they have quite a lot of videos and resources in converting to a healthy diet though, be sure to check them out!
Mimthyss S he has no problem with sweet potato it’s just green vegetables he hates, but he also love his eggs so I might try your theory out.
This is awesome! Thank you!🙏
Thanks for sharing your knowledge I will surely use this techo👍👍🇵🇷
I love your videos. I’m in Australia and have a 5 month eclectus. I hoping to use your videos to assist me with my Stan.
My late budgie used to flap his wings vigorously when he was excited. I taught him to do it on command which was completely adorable. Funnily enough though if my dad asked him to flap his wings, he'd instead do really cute happy tweets! This wasn't through clicker/treat training - just a lot of enthusiasm when he got it right.
Most of my training is done with capturing with Rocky the Alexandrine parakeet. I have trained him to whistle when I say whistle it off and to make a galah noise that he already made when I say cocky boy as well as to make a kiss noise when I say give me a kiss and a few other little things. It tends to work better for me than the other things because I use words rather than visual aids like with most of the other formal training.
I just got a couple of Lori's and I used this video to train them to 'boop' my nose. Since the female tried to play with my glasses she often accidentally touched my nose. So I used that. Now both of them can boop our noses on cue.
What does that sticker say below the Pelican label in the upper right corner of the screen at 3:12 - 3:16 ?
So many beautiful birds 🌹🌹🌹
Their so beautiful and I love your video’s I watch them all the time and I use your techniques on my babies what and where can I buy treats for them I have yellow sided conure’s and they are biters thank you stay sweet and please keep making videos Thank U
Hey I have a question so I want an African gray but ima 13 year old so obviously I'd have to deal with school and I read an article where they don't like being left in a cage by themselves and id worry it'd get lonely and start plucking feathers but all other times I would be able to have it out and socializing. Would that be fine and if not how can I fix this issue
Your videos r So helpfull thank you❤️
I just got my first parrot, a cockatiel. It has been i think 23 days, she is aviary raised and i am her first human interaction. She can already step up, step down, wave, and recall. I have tamed her in 20 days. And this is my first bird. We aren't quite bonded, but we are getting close.
You’re off to a great start! Keep up the hard work 😎
Hey team. I just got a Rainbow Lorikeet and I'm wondering what program of yours is best suited for her.
She was hand raised but is scared of the hand until she gets on it.
Hi I love ur channel
Soooooooooo much you inspired me to start feeding fresh vegetables to my birds and they laid eggs love ya ♡♡♡♡
Gyro has his work cut out for him!..
He "clicks" so far. 🍎👏❤
You keep clickers and treat pouches all around? I'm sure those treat pouches don't go unnoticed! LOL ;) Great video as always. I learn so much from all of them.
Don’t forget to 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😁
My severe macaw does this thing whenever I’m replacing her food/water bowls, the hoop where the bowls go into are left empty and she perches on them then flips through them I was so surprised when I first saw it I never thought of being able to have her do it on cue, will definitely try this 🙌
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I capture taught my ringneck to raise and flap her wings with capturing! Whenever I had treats and I would start walking away she’d flap her wings to get my attention so I used that and now she does it on cue 😊
Great tips, thank you 💞
Stunning
These tricks are so cute
Little angry kisses 😂
I love Lily’s little wing flap when she kisses!! I see she does that a lot, what is that about?
I love when birds use their wings for emphasis when they talk! If I had a bird, I would totally try to train that :)
its when they get exicted!
My conures do it when they're excited. So adorable 😍
Love this!!!!
Question my bird does the lawn mower trick already because she copied us wiping & dusting. We say "Oh, your cleaning". But we never cued it. Am I missing an opportunity? It might be easy to capture now? Or is to best to leave it without treats?
I guess what i want to know is should I capture everything or just useful things?
You can capture whatever you want to! Its never too late to capture either. It's just a fun opportunity to encourage a unique trait in your bird, and get them to do it on cue :) but yeah, it doesn't have to be useful, it can just be cute. Like lily making kissing sounds in this video!
Maybe don't capture EVERYTHING your bird does though. Definitely not all at once, that'd be confusing xD
I can't wait to use this method for my sun conure, Tango. She was taught how to give a single kiss on cue, but that was just from mimicking the noise at first until I added the cue word. I can say "gimme kiss" or just "kiss". Sometimes she's so quiet though it sounds like a sneeze. She knows how to say "hey baby", "I'll bite you", and "stop it". Problem is, she only does it when she sees someone she doesn't like. Right now that includes everyone in my household except me. She's my little guard bird apparently. Her saying these phrases is also paired with aggression. Her neck and head feathers go out to make herself look bigger and she does a little sway motion. I want to teach her to say the phrases on cue, but also not have the aggression paired with it. Does anyone have any advice for this? I'm sure capturing will be the first step I need to take.
Do you not have regular training sessions when capture training? Plus can you cature train more than one thing?
Yyeeesss!!! My favorite trick in training!!!!!
I’ve captured my GCC Yoyo to do the wave and also to grab my glasses (when i used to wear them). Now i have my Fiancé do the glasses trick with Yoyo. My sister captured him to do his “Macho dance” (as we call it) because he sees my sister and she starts slowly moving back and forth, stretches his neck out and mirrors her. After the dance, he’s usually makes a kiss sound to her 😁
I’m planning on getting a alexandrine parakeet in December do you have any advice??
:edit, and also I’ve kept parakeets before
G'day Mate - Weekly This is my advice specific to alexandrine parrots (having owned parakeets im assuming you know all the basic parrot stuff about toys and pellets and all that). I’ve had an alexandrine parrot for one year now, and it has been a difficult but amazing journey. I got my bird when he was just under a year old and just reaching sexual maturity. From around age one to one and a half, they go through an intense bluffing phase where they attack you constantly. This phase is very difficult to get through, but mainly just be patient with your bird and read it’s body language. When the aggression passes, it should be tamer than before. Another thing about alexes. They almost never tolerate petting or touching, and will respond with a bite if you fail to read their body language. Probably the biggest alexandrine body language is that if it narrows its eyes until it’s pupils are very small means that it is going to attack. If you recognise this and move away, then you will gain your birds trust quicker. Alexandrines are great at picking up new tricks and are very smart. They have massive beaks and can’t have any toys made of plastic or rope as they will eat the pieces. They make an adorable happy squeak when they see you. Also I definitely recommend keeping them in a male female pair to avoid hormonal behaviour or plucking. Keeping them in a pair can almost entirely eliminate the risk of them plucking, and as long as you socialise them regularly then they will still be just as tame. Good luck with you bird, I hope this helps.
@@dragonflamess0154 thank u so much for the advice and all parrots are hard to keep but thanks again
Would you recommend a all pellet diet or pellet and seed diet cuz My vet recommends pellet for my pineapple conure but I’m not sure
Alysha Dahya seeds are quite fatty, so they are best used for training and treats. BirdTricks recommend a diet of fresh veggie chop and pellets. They have lots of videos and resources on their birds diet
@@annapettit8045 exactly! It shouldn't be 100% of one thing only anyways, no matter what @ op. So yeah mostly veggies and some pellets, then fruit and seeds given in much smaller portions for foraging and training to keep their brain stimulated and their body healthy!
@@annapettit8045 thank you
dave : you are using me
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those sun conures
One day I was walking a section of the block in Hollywood, CA and there was a reward sign for a cockatoo. I thought if I have wings I can find that bird for her. Just sharing. Lisa
Help needed! I have a Quaker parrot and he is very territorial and doesn’t step up, I’ve had him for a minute now so he is comfortable around me, he isn’t too scared but he just won’t step up. I want to try target training, I’ve ordered the stick and the clicker on amazon! But I have no idea where to start. All the videos I search up are only showing parrots that are already trained. What treats should I use as a rewards since he is a medium sized bird? Please help! All replies are appreciated.
How do I download it do I have to completely check out? Clicking the button isn’t working for me on my iPhone
My cockatiel has always naturally waved when I come in and he's trying to get my attention. As soon as I try putting it on cue with a treat he acts all confused and rarely does it 😆🤦♀️
Hey girlie,, question have you ever had to deal with bird mites since I have got them before from my old bird and it was such an horrible experience. I have a major fear now even tho I’m getting a new bird and I just want to know if you have had them and if so how did you deal with them !
OMG I LOVE YOU! ❤️
Jinx voice sounds just like a person.
My GC conure Cricket would always do 1 quick spin all the way around whenever she knew she was getting a trick.. so now she will do it on command when I ask her to..she also showed her boyfriend Zion ( my male GC) how to do the same .
i’ve been having biting and not stepping up issues with my black capped conure and no matter what i try she won’t stop... anything that might help ?
Yes. I captured big wings with my young conure because she did the big wings every time she pooped. So as soon as the wings went out, before the poop, I clicked and gave it a name. I have a new brown head parrot whose owner couldn’t afford to keep her, and I asked he what tricks she knew. She said she had tried in vain to teach her big wings, but she was doing them for me but I didn’t have a clicker.
One of my linnies does a super cute move when she polishies her feathers just below the beak. How can I capture that? She looks like she ’s imitating a seahorse when doing that 😁
I love your BIRDS😍
I have also trained Rocky to toilet on command when I say the word toilet. It is very handy if we are out somewhere because he does not like wearing a suit.
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Can you give a video that gives good alternatives to the food that you sell? I live in norway, and cant order your food that you always recommend...