I was introducing a new trick to Kiki, the Toss Ring Trick. It’s no easy task. Kiki was extremely scared of the props for the first time. Whenever i tried to bring props near her, she starts to drift far away from the props. She showed no curiosity about the new items. I spent the whole morning coaxing (yeah again with her favourite “candy” – Millets) her to touch the new props. From this I can forsee she will take definitely more than 2 weeks again to master this new trick. Oh gosh. Definitely hard work for her and also hard time for me. Haha.
After couples of short sessions of 10-15mins, Kiki is now able to lift and bring the ring near to the stem prop. That’s something encouraging and a big improvement for her. But here comes a big problem, she hardly managed to toss the ring onto the stem prop, instead she drop outside the stem prop. Every time, I’ve to assist her and guide the ring onto the stem prop and that’s when she complete the trick successfully. Whenever it’s only her to do it, the ring is always out of the stem prop (and this means no “candy” for her, seems a little demoralizing for her). I have to let her know, that only successful tries onto the stem prop, she then can get her favourite “candy”.
Unexpectedly during my last session of the day during the evening, she started to show frustration after failing to bring the ring onto the stem prop for nearly 5 times. She start to walk away from the prop and scream. Whenever I asked “Ring”, she started screaming. She started behaving like naughty little kids, she’s giving up. No choice, I’ve got to terminate the session immediately. I’ve got to do the “pampering” procedures to calm her down. Got to cuddle her, give her scratches on the neck and head, it’s when she stop the screaming for time being. And her favourite pastime, cuddling on Mum’s shoulder and under Mum’s hair (perhaps she likes the warmth). That’s my girl, my beloved Kiki with weird needs.
Over this few months, Kiki had learned quite a number of tricks. I’ve decided to conduct a mini revision test to cover the tricks that she had learned. I got my brother to capture the video of Kiki doing her tricks collection. The collection consists of tricks and commands like:
1. Up / Down Command
2. Turn A Round Command
3. Nod Command (Nodding Head)
4. Fetch Command (Fetching/Retrieving)
5. Wing Command (Wing Flapping)
The test is a major success and Kiki passed my standards with flying colors. She’s definitely done me proud.
I’ve managed to upload another video to YouTube today. Thanks Brother for helping me to capture Kiki doing the Fetching Trick. I have to admit this is one of Kiki’s favourite trick. Whenever she sees this Yellow Lego Brick on my desk when doing work, she will go over pick the Brick and bring over to my hand. She never fails to do that.
I must admit that Kiki’s favourite toy is gonna be this Yellow Lego brick, and it’s also my favourite toy during my childhood day. It’s definitely lot of childhood memories ,when seeing Kiki plays with it.
Bro’s on leave today, so got him to capture this video when I get Kiki to perform the trick. It is a fairly simple trick that any parrot can master within a day (I taught Kiki this trick on 20th October 2007, and she mastered the trick within half-a day). But again PATIENCE please, don’t push your parrot too hard when teaching the trick.
This morning when I woke up, I checked out the cage lining. I can see quite a number of non-moving red dots. I think the mite spray is taking effect. I guess I just have to repeat the process a couple of times.
During the afternoon Kiki helped herself at teabreak with her Sluis Seed Mix. She loves the dried fruits, raisins in the mix. I went pouring her some fresh water for her. In the end she dunked herself into the fresh water happily bathing and playing the water. So happy to see her doing this again. *Smile*
See how wet the surrounding. Oh mind. That’s my Kiki.
Have to end up wiping the table dry myself. *Mad* *Haha*
