New Bird Taking Treats | Training Progress
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2020
- This is CJ, our newly rescued Goffin Cockatoo. It's day 11 and he's settled in enough to take treats from my hand through the cage bars. Every morning before I let him out of the cage for the day, I sit quietly next to his cage holding treats through the bars for about 10 minutes. This is one of the first days that he took them!
Offering treats through the bars at first is a great way to help your bird feel safe and secure accepting the food. They will feel protected by the bars which will help them be brave enough to take the treats. Once your bird is taking treats from you through the bars without hesitation you can try offering treats outside the cage.
As a fun side note- you can actually begin clicker training your bird before they're even taking treats from your hand! All you need is a designated spot you can drop treats into. Clicker training is another great way to build trust with a new bird and help get them used to you- it teaches them that you're safe, rewarding, consistent, and fun to be around.
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Aww CJ is so cute! I'm watching this with my cockatoo max :D and my fully yellow cockatiel, lemon! They love watching your videos :D
OMGG FIRST ILY SO MUCH
Hello. Hope I can get some help. I have cockatiels. I just want to ask how can I wash the fruits and vegetables we give to birds to get rid of pesticides and other stuff. Can I use vinegar, white or apple cider, for this purpose? If so, what are the proportions to use of vinegar to water? This is for non-organic produce. Does it matter if the vinegar is organic, distilled? At least apple cider vinegar, that is. Since I read birds are sensitive to pesticides and want to know how to clean them best as possible.
I'm actually not sure if vinegar washes pesticides off any better than plain cold water would, but I DO know that small amounts of apple cider vinegar is healthy for birds so it certainly wouldn't hurt to rinse them using diluted apple cider vinegar 💖
Check out Jason Crean with C4AW when you get a chance. I'm sure he probably has an article about that. He specializes in all things hookbill nutrition and is incredibly knowledgeable. I'm sure he's got tips for washing produce 💖
These days I actually just feed my birds things I've grown organically in my own garden or bits of our rinsed/cooked produce I made for dinner. I feel like the plain water rinsing and cooking would work well enough to make pesticides a non-issue but who knows! I know the produce that we feed our animals at work (I work with primates, many many species of bird, and a variety of other exotic animals such as porcupines, skunks, capybaras, ant eaters, etc.) is not organic and it's always been out practice to simply rinse everything very well. We have several animals that have incredibly sensitive digestion (like out sloths) so I would imagine if it was a huge concern for their day to day health we would make the investment in organic produce.
Sorry I couldn't be more help!
@@takithetiel6854 No, actually thank you for the information! So my birds might just be okay if I give them conventionally grown produce but rinsing it well without vinegar, right?
I would think so 😊 Many people offer their birds conventionally grown produce and all they do is rinse well. I haven't noticed any anecdotal stories about those birds having a shorter lifespan or being more prone to health issues.