After 2 weeks of training, with a 5 minutes short training session daily, I managed to get Kermit to perform the Basketball Trick. I’m really glad that Kermit finally made it, despite he took a long while to understand and meeting the objective.

I’ve edited a short clip of the performance and uploaded to YouTube, hope everyone will enjoy the video:

Months back, I stopped all Kermit’s training routines due to health issues and facing some minor behavioral problems. I wanted to resolve all the outstanding issues first, and also not to stress Kermit further.

Just weeks ago when Kermit received a clean bill from his medical review, it’s when I decided to resume with the trick training session for Kermit.

It wasn’t easy to train Kermit to perform any tricks. He is a slow learner and a reluctant performer. Kermit, a Senegal Parrot is totally different from any other outgoing and bold species like Caique, Conures and Lovebirds. The training methods and training pace that was once used on Kiki can never be enforced on Kermit.

I need to be extremely patience and be extra sensitive when dealing the training on Kermit. Any wrong move can affect training progress, even worst causing frustration resulting in aggression.Thus, I had to be extremely careful on how I execute the training.

With lots of patience, consistency in training and determination, nothing is impossible!

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