My cockatiel is a rescue & clearly had a poor diet in her past life. I've found giving her choices with fresh foods makes her transition to eating healthy, more fun and rewarding for both of us 😊
Same here. I adopted a rescue who was outdoors for an extended time period and was severely malnourished so I give him lots of choices of fresh foods including sprouted seeds, veggies, muffins made with ground bird pellets, etc. Everyday is a different menu and I place treats in several spots around my apartment for him to forage (he's free to fly around all day). After one year of this I really saw a difference in his behaviour, he now actively seeks me out for interactions even if I have no food on me, and stays on me for longer periods of time than before.
Fun fact: a bird can learn choice at any point in their life, even if they never had it before. Choice is a MUST in parrot care. It's a foundation of communitation between you and your birds. It also builds trust and confidence in them. I had an untame conure who went from being afraid of EVERYTHING to being calm and confident in almost every situation now. She's completely hand tame, knows she won't be hurt, and knows how to ask for help. When you give your bird respect, they reward you with companionship.
Respect and choice are so important! Choice is considered a primary reinforcer (something essential to wellbeing!) So its awesome you provide it to yours!
@TheParrotTeacher it should be a common concept in bird taming and training. What you talked about in this video is honestly rare as a topic. So glad I saw this! You're doing a great job.
@TheParrotTeacher I believe your experience that choice is becoming more common in discussion/promoted-practice of animal husbandry. I'm a limited viewer of animal training/companionship discourse these days, so I trust your experience in the topic better than mine. And I see a recent narrative that people haven't given "enough credit" to other animals' emotions and conscious experiences. It's heartwarming to see the empathy people have for critters these days in common forums (even toward invertebrates, known as "creepy crawlies"). You are certainly one of those people spreading empathy for our fellow critters. You're doing a great job!
Thank you and Ill continue to try to do so! Theres still such a long way to go but me/ others will continue promoting it! I also have an invert channel called spooderpods if you like that kind of content too!
I always struggle to find more ways to provide more choices. Choice in interactions with me is no problem, but when it comes to choices in the environment, boi I could use inspiration there
I find any video of theirs where David or Sophie review toys very inspiring as far as choices in the environment are concerned. I discovered so many types of toys that give them choices to pick between toys, but also choices within the toy itself (shredding/ choosing which seed to pick out, etc). :)
Hello! I have a question. I have a budgie that... well, poops everywhere. We didn't have it since he was a baby, but from a bird store. Is there a way i can train him about it? Also, i need some toy for him because i'm trying to "unnadict" him from the mirror. What can i do or get for my little budgie
I have a video on parrot potty training Id recommend watching! As for toys i have lots of videos on those too! Mirrors arent ideal for them as they can lead to frustration too!
In one word: Respect.
Very true! Respect is a great one word summary
My cockatiel is a rescue & clearly had a poor diet in her past life. I've found giving her choices with fresh foods makes her transition to eating healthy, more fun and rewarding for both of us 😊
Thats awesome!
Same here. I adopted a rescue who was outdoors for an extended time period and was severely malnourished so I give him lots of choices of fresh foods including sprouted seeds, veggies, muffins made with ground bird pellets, etc. Everyday is a different menu and I place treats in several spots around my apartment for him to forage (he's free to fly around all day). After one year of this I really saw a difference in his behaviour, he now actively seeks me out for interactions even if I have no food on me, and stays on me for longer periods of time than before.
@@dumoulin11 sounds like these birds were divinely guided to excellent homes, after what they went through ✨️🤍✨️
Fun fact: a bird can learn choice at any point in their life, even if they never had it before.
Choice is a MUST in parrot care. It's a foundation of communitation between you and your birds. It also builds trust and confidence in them.
I had an untame conure who went from being afraid of EVERYTHING to being calm and confident in almost every situation now. She's completely hand tame, knows she won't be hurt, and knows how to ask for help.
When you give your bird respect, they reward you with companionship.
Respect and choice are so important!
Choice is considered a primary reinforcer (something essential to wellbeing!)
So its awesome you provide it to yours!
@TheParrotTeacher it should be a common concept in bird taming and training. What you talked about in this video is honestly rare as a topic. So glad I saw this! You're doing a great job.
Its becoming more common in animal training in general! But sadly change is slow!
@TheParrotTeacher I believe your experience that choice is becoming more common in discussion/promoted-practice of animal husbandry. I'm a limited viewer of animal training/companionship discourse these days, so I trust your experience in the topic better than mine.
And I see a recent narrative that people haven't given "enough credit" to other animals' emotions and conscious experiences. It's heartwarming to see the empathy people have for critters these days in common forums (even toward invertebrates, known as "creepy crawlies").
You are certainly one of those people spreading empathy for our fellow critters. You're doing a great job!
Thank you and Ill continue to try to do so!
Theres still such a long way to go but me/ others will continue promoting it!
I also have an invert channel called spooderpods if you like that kind of content too!
I have neither children nor birds but I find a lot of overlap in the responsible raising and husbandry of them lol
Its true!
There is often overlap in how we look after and teach our kids and how we look after and teach animals!
I always struggle to find more ways to provide more choices. Choice in interactions with me is no problem, but when it comes to choices in the environment, boi I could use inspiration there
I find any video of theirs where David or Sophie review toys very inspiring as far as choices in the environment are concerned. I discovered so many types of toys that give them choices to pick between toys, but also choices within the toy itself (shredding/ choosing which seed to pick out, etc). :)
Bart has some good inspiration there! Toys can provide lots of choices!
As can perch placements, “activity stations”, foraging options!
Please recommend treat for cockatiel
Check out my importance of treats video as well as bird treat taste test videos!
Although for many millet is popular!
awww. what happened to the one conures leg? It's missing. Poor thing.
It happened before we got the little guy!
But he does fine with just the one!
Hello! I have a question. I have a budgie that... well, poops everywhere. We didn't have it since he was a baby, but from a bird store. Is there a way i can train him about it? Also, i need some toy for him because i'm trying to "unnadict" him from the mirror. What can i do or get for my little budgie
I have a video on parrot potty training Id recommend watching!
As for toys i have lots of videos on those too! Mirrors arent ideal for them as they can lead to frustration too!
@@TheParrotTeacher thank you for answering. I'll probably buy some of your toys from amazon, at least the wood perch
Dont just rely on amazon! There are loads of great toys for budgies depending on where you are in the world!
Easily shreddable is best!