On my previous post, I shared about Kermit uttered the word “Peek-a-Boo”. Till now Kermit has been trying very hard to learn new words, and he has been constantly mumbling.
Yesterday when I was giving Kermit some nice head rub and massage, he mimics some funny sound. Below is the sound clip that I captured:
He does sound like a human baby uttering some noise. At one part of the sound clip, my mum thought it was a human baby giggling away! Well done Kermit!
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Tags: Bird, Companion Parrot, Kermit, Mimicry, Parrot, Parrot Talking, Pet Bird, Poicephalus, Senegal Parrot, Talking Bird
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Are Punishments Accepted in Parrot Training
Most of us including myself, regard our parrots as our kids. Like any other kids, they sometimes get nasty and cranky at times and many resorted to punishments to stop the unwanted or negative behaviors immediately.
Are these punishments accepted in parrot training? Are they really that effective?
I’ve identified some common punishments adopted by majority of parrot owners (including myself in the past) whenever their parrots misbehaved:
- Jail the parrot into a cage with no toys and isolate him whenever he/she misbehave.
- Squirt water on his/her face.
- Whenever the parrot misbehave (like biting your finger) while perching on your hand, giving him/her a strong firm shake also known as earthquake to stop the negative behavior.
- Yelling back at the parrot.
- Throwing things at the parrot.
Some owners might see effectiveness in the beginning but in actual fact it’s not going to help in the long run. Why is it so? Punishment is a form of negative reinforcement, and taking note that negative reinforcement is never recommended in parrot training.
No one likes to be punished, including ourselves we never like to be punished by others. Not only it may affect us physically, but the damage done emotionally can be difficult to remedy then after. Emotional damage are usually permanent, especially parrots are highly intelligent animals they can clear remember the negative punishment conducted on them, thus affecting the parrot and owner’s bond and relationship.
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Tags: Barbara Heidenreich, Good Bird Inc, Positive Reinforcement
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First Glimpse at Kermit’s Retrieval Trick
Finally got to showcase Kermit, my Senegal Parrot’s first prop trick, the Kermit’s Retrieval Trick. Compared to Kiki, Kermit took a longer time to understand and master the trick, but he didn’t disappoint me in the end.
Tags: Bird, Bird Training, Bird Tricks, Bird Video, Clicker, Clicker Training, Companion Parrot, Kermit, Parrot, Parrot Training, Parrot Tricks, Pet Bird, Poicephalus, Senegal Parrot, Target Training
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Many people who have never own a parrot or have very little knowledge on parrots will misunderstand the concept of Wing Clipping. Some even mistook as deliberately clipping the wings with cloth pegs or any foreign object so that the parrot will not be able to fly!
This might sound funny, how could someone come out with such crazy senseless explanation? But it’s true, that crazy senseless explanation actually came from a friend of mine. He had great misunderstanding about the concept of wing clipping and rating it as an immoral act.
Misunderstandings happen because of ignorants or little knowledge in parrots. So overall, we can’t blame people for labelling wing clipping as an unmoral ethic.
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