Ok, I just realized how great you guys are at editing these. One of my favorite things about you guys who are my favorite bird people to watch is that you give the written screens with very clear communication - which you always stress over and over. I just love it, it's so good. Am really missing Nemo and hope she comes home soon. Much love to Jamie Leigh, Capri, and Dave, and thank you bird owner and you cute sun conures.
I had to stop just to say how impressed I am with Dave knowing about babies & object permanence! I learned the different stages of child development in nursing school. Might comment more after I’m finished watching! Edit to say you had some nice, cooperative hoomans to teach!
This is super helpful! I am birdsitting right now for a friend's velcro bird who is even stickier than my bird. He's such a smart bird who has responded pretty quickly to the training we have done in other areas so far. I'm definitely going to try this with him. Otherwise, even though I love his company, it is hard for me to leave the room without having to lock his cage since he is a great flyer to boot and I prefer for him to have a larger play area while I'm not in the room rather than just be limited to his cage.
Thanks for all the amazing information. I use a lot of your training technique's on my 2 lil parrotlets and newly adopted green cheek conure. Even tho you guys usually deal with bigger parrots these technique's still work for my little ones. Learning their body language and being more aware of it has really helped a TON too. I really appreciate all the hard work you put into educating us all. You guys are doing a great job. Thanks!! I'm sending you all of my best wishes!!
Ditto!!!! Isn't it nice to know before investing in a bird and them bonding with you when you were doomed to fail just because of your personality? I think it's nice.
This couple seem like phenomenal people. I just want to be friends w them and visit their fun home. You can see a huge difference with people who listen well and show respect for animals and people like they do.
Oh my word, thank you for this video... This is exactly what my bird does ALL THE TIME and because of that she gets anxious to be any where else when she is not in her cage, so THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH
I would LOVE another updated version to this video. This is honestly the only one I can find on TH-cam about this topic. Everything else is people who WANT their birds to be on them more lol
same!! they’re so lovely! except the screaming lol, it’s kinda ear splitting. i have a scarlet, a hyacinth, and a blue and gold and oh my god they’re loud.
It is nice to see smaller birds, I've problems getting my plet to step up do recall etc. I had no problems training my last p'let to hang out, fetch, recall from anywhere in the house, spin, tumble this one generally doesn't like hands and keeps distance when out, he was a bit velcro though if I was doing ANYTHING. This one Will touch a stick or finger tip if it's close enough, but I can't seem to increase the distance.
Love learning more and more about birds. And thank you for dropping all the waiting in the sessions. Pls take care, stay safe and may God protect all of you.
Sweet little birds and very colourful. I found your channel through Tyler Nolan channel and I’m enjoying your content as very informative and very helpful
I love your videos and can't stop watching them. Don't have a bird, don't know anyone that does, and I know that a bird would not be a good fit for me. But it looks so so cool.
My green cheek conure attacks me everyday , he only does it when I walk into my bedroom where he likes to hang out. I have wounds all over my shoulders and neck . Lately he's been flying at my face, really becoming a problem for me . He can be sweet but in my bedroom he's a monster
@@jordanflores6248 Yeah that's what i think too, he hasn't been doing it as much now. I have been ignoring him when he's in my bed room and he has calmed down a lot. It was a routine for me to go in there and vacuum and whistle at same time, he would always fluff up and get excited than fly at my face or bite my shoulder. i think he thought it was a game or something ? He loves the vacuum and always gets excited when i use it, i think he thinks it's his aswell lol. Now i no longer even look at him when i am in there with him. And i no longer let him play in my dresser drawer. He's still a little shit at times but he's better than he has been .
That's not okay Put him in timeout when he does that and don't give him any treats if he does so He will then with time understand that's it's not okay to bite!
I have a 5 years old sun conure, I bought him from a pet store he was 5 months old all wean, I spend so much time with him, I have same problem he constantly want to be on my shoulder, is ok I like it.
We used to have a sun conure that would velcro to us as well, and refused to be in the cage. I wish we found this channel before we rehomed him to someone with more experience.
One thing I'd love to see someone try with a bird is stationing by training the release first. It sounds odd but Susan Garret does it with dogs where she reenforces lightly the station area but actually only builds the cue for leaving the station. If the dog leaves before the cue they get nothing but are lured back on the station. It builds the waiting and anticipation be cued from a station.
The blessing and curse of sun conures. They love their human to an obsessional degree. Have a Velcro sunny myself love him to bits but stationing is hit or miss sometimes.
Ive been using some targets and trying to watch your videos and now my little parakeet lets me pet her! All your ideas make sense so now i have a bird that loves me so much
My African Gray is so independent when I’m at home but super clingy whenever I take her to new places. Sometimes I wish that she were a little more clingy and cuddly at home. My Senegal is a little more clingy but can spend time in her cage by herself without issue.
I know it’s probably bad manners.... but I love my Velcro bird cockateil 🤣 (he/she will fly off to poop/eat/stretch wings, but otherwise it will just want to hang out with me. It’s favorite thing to do is follow me around the house while I travel from room to room. It’ll start flying as soon as I pass a door and kind of “hover” to give me a head start then will “station” on my shoulder when I get to the middle of the room)
Have you heard of hidden cookies? AntsCanada often provides "extended footage" as a hidden cookie so that you can provide the shorter video and still offer the longer video. This I think would be an excellent video for a hidden cookie on a longer video.
What was it about the covers etc that they were doing that was wrong? I cover Missy in her cage at bedtime and she has a tent like bed/thingo hanging on her tree, she's been in it and out and isn't phased by it. I just figured that if she felt like it was too noisy or whatever, she would find going in the tent a bit comforting to go in?
@juliebycott The huts and cage covers mimick a nest and the accompanying behaviors such as territorial biting, regurgitating, poor general behavior and aggression toward people and other birds. (I’m not a professional but these are my birds - and me - in this video and these are all things that have reduced or stopped completely.)
@@bestflockingfriends I thought cage covers helped the birds sleep at night? I cover my birds cages so they can get 12-14 hours of sleep. They go right to sleep when their covers go on. This helps them NOT be hormonal. I totally understand the happy hut thing, but the cage cover thing makes zero sense
@@doctoroclock7732 it does make sense, with a cover the cage becomes shielded from the environment like if it was the inside of a hollow tree, which encourages nesting behavior (not only with birds but also with arboricole mammals). In that respect, darkening the whole room helps them sleep as much, and does not have the same nesting effect as they can still see the whole environment outside of their cage.
I've found that I have to go for give and take with my bird. Sometimes I am really busy at my job (home office), so I can't actually pay attention to her. She'll do anything to get my attention. Sometimes bad stuff, and never relenting. Eventually I found that if I just stopped and gave her four or five minutes of the attention she wanted (kisses, petting, clicking, tasting), then she would happily go off after that and amuse herself for about 20-30 minutes before she needed to check in again.
Did I miss the part about the cage covers? Should we not cover their cage? I JUST bought an actual cover to replace sheets I was using. I thought they needed to get 12-14 hours of sleep. Right now she would only be getting 10.
Quoting a previous comment from Jamie: "cage cover issues stem from birds being covered yet action still happening around them so they’re still not receiving adequate sleep. They also make some birds nesty and territorial because they often chew on the cover (safety hazard as well as allowing them to make nesting material) Sleeper cages or separate rooms for sleeping usually do better for most birds. "
Hannah thanks i was wondering the same thing because it wasn’t clarified in the video. I guess I’ll stop covering the bird cage. I took away the sleeper huts forever ago, try to make sure he gets 12 hrs of sleep, etc. even changed up the diet only thing left is the cage cover I suppose although a veterinarian suggested melatonin to decrease hormonal behavior Ill see how taking away the cage cover helps/not.
On the other hand , my 8 months old sun conure , Ringo. I keep the door of his cage open for hours , and he will peek out , shake his head and then go inside. His door is open right now , since morning and I am waiting for him to come out...
Can you put out a video on how to tame smaller birds like budgies? I have a baby budgie that I’m having trouble gaining his trust. He’s only just now letting me put my hands in his cage without freaking out and will eat millet if I offer a stick.
I had trouble taming my baby budgie at first too. It was about a year before he fully gained my trust, now he acts almost exactly like the sun conure in this video. XD Though mine's a little better at listening when I ask him to step down however. That being said it sounds like you are on the right track if they are accepting food and not as scared. Just keep calm and be gentle with the little budgie.
Hi Bird Tricks! Loved the video, as usual, very useful stuff in there! I was just a little confused at the end, I've never heard that overnight cage covers can trigger hormonal episodes! I thought they were used in order to make it dark for birds so they get enough sleep and so that they DON'T get hormonal. It kind of makes sense since it makes the cage a big 'hide hut' essentially. But what are we supposed to do for the birds in order to get them enough rest? I put mine in a separate bedroom with a cover over their cage because it doesn't get 100% dark in that room with the lights off.
Yes, please give us more info about covering the cages at night! My birds are covered for 12 hours in their bird room. Should I eliminate the blankets?
so i was listening along and towards the end I heard "take the cage covers off". this wasn't specifically directed towards the birds when they sleep right? I thought they were suppose to be covered just at night when they sleep? We don't have a dedicated room so they are in the household at night,
My sister's bird is like this. She'll go fly up to me and I'll try to take her off with my finger and she just ignores it, or she'll just run away onto my other shoulder
I have two cockatiels and they don't go on me except if I have millet. How can I get them to trust/like me enough to sit on my shoulder voluntarily? They both grew up together, are two boys are are not clipped.
Great video, and thanks, much appreciated with the edit cuts of the not so fun bits ;) Its odd that in my own country, I don't see this at all with bird owners, seeing them be taught like this or even free flighters… That has to change. Im so training my bird when I get them so they can be stimulated and fly around.
Questions.... what is a birdie hut, I am assuming it's not good for them? and you said covers? Also I am very interested in getting a bird but what about the "poop" when they are on your shoulders, or flying about the house, can you train them to poop in just a certain area? also in a couple of videos you both talked about hormonal issues, Thank you!!
Hi we have gotten an African grey off someone and probably isn't on the best diet we are going to try putting him with his normal diet with some pellets soon but I'm worried if he's been on this so long he won't take to it we have already tried him on some fruit and veg and he hasn't touched it is there anyway I can descise that he's eating pellets when I try to mix his normal diet as well? Also I was wondering with target training is it better to have disposable chopsticks or are reusable OK? Also I was wondering what would the best treat for him be when training when his old diet has a lot of sunflower seeds and seems to be reluctant to do anything? Also he only steps up when he wants or bites
I got a sun about three weeks ago... she will come out of her cage, but won’t leave her door. She sits on her door. She will eat out of our hand, but if we don’t have food, she’s tries to bite. Any advice? I need a Velcro bird, I want to be this lady, lol.
Hi I'm new here I was just wondering is it possible to train a green cheek conure. I believe it's a girl and she's not yet a year old. I got her last year on 21st may and the guy in the pet shop said she's around 12 weeks old and was hand reared. She is such a sweet bird and my children all love her. I think it would be really nice to train her.
I have a set of conures they are 4 months, they won’t let me get near them, they don’t bite but sure do get my finger for trying to let them any suggestions?
Loved this video and will be starting this training today with my male eclectus that will not stay off of me. I don't mind, but there's certain cases where I want him to be out of his cage without needing to be on me. I work from home and my green cheek stays out all day (unfortunately her wings are clipped, we got her that way) and I'd love for him to be able to be out as well while I work. My question though is about cage covers. What is the issue with using a cage cover? I might have missed it somewhere. I currently cover my birds at night because my office is in my living room and that's where I spend all of my time so my birds are there too.
Shauna Wesloskie cage cover issues stem from birds being covered yet action still happening around them so they’re still not receiving adequate sleep. They also make some birds nesty and territorial because they often chew on the cover (safety hazard as well as allowing them to make nesting material) Sleeper cages or separate rooms for sleeping usually do better for most birds.
Shauna Wesloskie we did (move cages into their own bedroom for night quiet) and it’s been a life changing experience! They are so much more pleasant during the day and we enjoy their affection more now than ever.
Interesting, are you guys advocates for zero cage covers? Because Australian (Queensland) houses are quite breezy so often used them to keep them warmer in the winter as the house would get down to 7-12 inside.
NV PhD cage covers can increase hormone behaviors. I'm pretty sure that they mentioned this in a video or blog post, but they advocate that birds should have a cage that they can sleep in that is in a quiet, dark room for their 12 hours of sleep. It's better to have the room dark rather than just make the cage dark by throwing a cover on it.
While she’s complaining I WISH my bird loved me this much. My last bird was really calm but my current bird isn’t as friendly. She bites my fingers quite hard but doesn’t mind my hands in her cage or stepping up. She bites my hands AFTER stepping up. I was wondering if you guys had any advice for this?
Jenni Kaeder Thanks for your advice although I would still like to hold my bird without her biting me but I will definitely make a basket station for sure
Thank fucking god for this video. My conure is new, and it’s definitely his most irritating habit. I love him so much, but he’s constantly wanting to be on my shoulder or my sisters shoulder, and he’s always chewing our jewellery or earrings or whatever her can get his little mouth on. Which is all fair and fine, but he throws little tantrums when he doesn’t get to chew on what he wants, or if something in the room startled him. And that turns into a heightened energy, and he won’t listen or step up after that point. And then just climbs all over you throwing a fit. And I need him to learn to get off of me when he’s feeling like that, and that he can’t CONSTANTLY be a part of eeeeverything I’m doing.
Sis I have been a subscriber to ur channel from some months, also want to say that Sunconure🦜 is one of my favourite🧡❤ birds🦜 thanks😊 for making this vid
there's lots. vetafarm has well balanced nutritional pellets that come in different sorts depending on your bird type. I think it's an Australian company too. not sponsored or connected in any way 😉
I have a Ghala cockatoo and I live in Cyprus and we are such a small island we have not even one doctor for birds only vets for cats and dogs and I don’t know where to ger advice from.... In the morning I found in her food and also in the box of the food that I have for her some black insects walking so I emptied all and threw them away and washed all of her cage.... in the past a vet who is the only one who knows little about birds in the island gave me a Tubernil spray and told me that I need to spray here once per month for health purposes and I was doing that. After I cleaned the cage I sprayed her on her back like doctor told me but some hours later I saw the expiry date of the spray was 1 year ago.... 😞😞😞 She never accepted water or bathing but I took water and sprayed her so the medicine maybe will be removed because it was expired.... will anything happen to her from the expired spray????? She now scratching her feathers all the time.... is it from water bathing? Is it from the expired spray?
Try putting Bragg's apple cider vinegar with the mother. (a drop or two) into the water bowl your bird drinks from. This helps to kill bacterial infections. April from Parrot Playhouse on u tube puts this in her all her parrots water bowls every day to keep from bacterial things starting up. The vinegar has to have The Mother in it. Bragg's vinegar should be able to be found in most grocery stores. Prayers for your bird!❤🐦🙏
judith weymark cage covers can increase hormone behaviors. Ideally, birds should have a cage that they can sleep in that is in a quiet, dark room for their 12 hours of sleep. It's better to have the room dark rather than just make the cage dark by throwing a cover on it.
What do you do if your bird has ADHD and won't sit still long enough to get anything accomplished? Lol My Quaker will do stuff for treats but is so treat focused that getting him to sit and "get bored" is next to impossible
Hi...my new freind how s life goin on Im mario...a fiipino citizen here in our coutry phiippines i wanted to ask for more information regarding that sun conure of yours....i really likes them also so i want you to help me find for my owned....sun conure will you helps me too....please ??
I can’t stop watching your videos! I don’t even have a bird 😐
Donna Brooks same lol I have 2 dogs 🤣
Samee
LOL - Yeah, me too. Absolutely fascinating - and SO logical. The training method makes perfect sense!
Donna Brooks me too!
We have 2 dogs and a Guinea Pig and I'm obsessed with this channel
It's great to see a video with a smaller bird!
Smart bird with that bread grab. 😂 "Silly human, I can get my own treats."
Ok, I just realized how great you guys are at editing these. One of my favorite things about you guys who are my favorite bird people to watch is that you give the written screens with very clear communication - which you always stress over and over. I just love it, it's so good. Am really missing Nemo and hope she comes home soon. Much love to Jamie Leigh, Capri, and Dave, and thank you bird owner and you cute sun conures.
That lady has such a positive, wonderful aura, I wish all bird owners cared for their bids as much as these two!
🤗 how did I miss this amazing comment!! Thanks so much
@@bestflockingfriends aww you're welcome! I just subbed to your channel ❤️
The parront is such a mood. She seems like a cool lady.
ii Marquise ii ii Marquise ii 💁🏼♀️
I had to stop just to say how impressed I am with Dave knowing about babies & object permanence! I learned the different stages of child development in nursing school. Might comment more after I’m finished watching!
Edit to say you had some nice, cooperative hoomans to teach!
Haha “Velcro birds”😆 once again this video is so great! I love learning with you guys😊
This is super helpful! I am birdsitting right now for a friend's velcro bird who is even stickier than my bird. He's such a smart bird who has responded pretty quickly to the training we have done in other areas so far. I'm definitely going to try this with him. Otherwise, even though I love his company, it is hard for me to leave the room without having to lock his cage since he is a great flyer to boot and I prefer for him to have a larger play area while I'm not in the room rather than just be limited to his cage.
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I have a velcro cockatoo. What an awesome way to train. I will be trying this method! Thank you for the lesson.
Thanks for all the amazing information. I use a lot of your training technique's on my 2 lil parrotlets and newly adopted green cheek conure. Even tho you guys usually deal with bigger parrots these technique's still work for my little ones. Learning their body language and being more aware of it has really helped a TON too. I really appreciate all the hard work you put into educating us all. You guys are doing a great job. Thanks!! I'm sending you all of my best wishes!!
NLP This is gold ❤ thanks guys you’re so cool to share
I love birds and your channel has shown me that I wouldn't be able to keep one, so I'll just live vicariously through your channel.
Same here.
Ditto!!!! Isn't it nice to know before investing in a bird and them bonding with you when you were doomed to fail just because of your personality? I think it's nice.
Same here!
It's kinda like you guys are magicians 😉
Right? It's like they are full of tricks 😉
What a pretty bright colored bird. One of my favorites I've seen.
Great job Jamie! I love that I can keep looking back on the advice you guys gave us and remind myself what I need to do (and not do!).
This couple seem like phenomenal people. I just want to be friends w them and visit their fun home. You can see a huge difference with people who listen well and show respect for animals and people like they do.
Oh my word, thank you for this video... This is exactly what my bird does ALL THE TIME and because of that she gets anxious to be any where else when she is not in her cage, so THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH
I would LOVE another updated version to this video. This is honestly the only one I can find on TH-cam about this topic. Everything else is people who WANT their birds to be on them more lol
I love the little noises macaws make lol
same!! they’re so lovely! except the screaming lol, it’s kinda ear splitting. i have a scarlet, a hyacinth, and a blue and gold and oh my god they’re loud.
Yes their "grumbling" haha
It is nice to see smaller birds, I've problems getting my plet to step up do recall etc. I had no problems training my last p'let to hang out, fetch, recall from anywhere in the house, spin, tumble this one generally doesn't like hands and keeps distance when out, he was a bit velcro though if I was doing ANYTHING.
This one Will touch a stick or finger tip if it's close enough, but I can't seem to increase the distance.
Love learning more and more about birds. And thank you for dropping all the waiting in the sessions. Pls take care, stay safe and may God protect all of you.
Sweet little birds and very colourful. I found your channel through Tyler Nolan channel and I’m enjoying your content as very informative and very helpful
Would love to see a before and after maybe like a compilation of clients. Think that would be fun to see.
I love your videos and can't stop watching them. Don't have a bird, don't know anyone that does, and I know that a bird would not be a good fit for me. But it looks so so cool.
My green cheek conure attacks me everyday , he only does it when I walk into my bedroom where he likes to hang out. I have wounds all over my shoulders and neck . Lately he's been flying at my face, really becoming a problem for me . He can be sweet but in my bedroom he's a monster
He might be getting territorial, I'm not a professional but that is what it is sounding like :)
@@jordanflores6248 Yeah that's what i think too, he hasn't been doing it as much now. I have been ignoring him when he's in my bed room and he has calmed down a lot. It was a routine for me to go in there and vacuum and whistle at same time, he would always fluff up and get excited than fly at my face or bite my shoulder. i think he thought it was a game or something ? He loves the vacuum and always gets excited when i use it, i think he thinks it's his aswell lol. Now i no longer even look at him when i am in there with him. And i no longer let him play in my dresser drawer. He's still a little shit at times but he's better than he has been .
That's not okay
Put him in timeout when he does that and don't give him any treats if he does so
He will then with time understand that's it's not okay to bite!
Kelly Suzanne I’m glad that there’s been improvement:))
Sun Conure is always the beloved friend of man
I have a 5 years old sun conure, I bought him from a pet store he was 5 months old all wean, I spend so much time with him, I have same problem he constantly want to be on my shoulder, is ok I like it.
We used to have a sun conure that would velcro to us as well, and refused to be in the cage. I wish we found this channel before we rehomed him to someone with more experience.
Graylord - That’s so sad. I hope the new owners bonded with your conure, and lets it out of the cage and gives it attention.
Glad you didn't, this so called trainer has no idea
I have been around birds before he was born!
Everybody is so adorable 🥰🥰 Peach catches on quick!
One thing I'd love to see someone try with a bird is stationing by training the release first. It sounds odd but Susan Garret does it with dogs where she reenforces lightly the station area but actually only builds the cue for leaving the station. If the dog leaves before the cue they get nothing but are lured back on the station. It builds the waiting and anticipation be cued from a station.
I died when the bird was like " Screw you dude I aint waiting there some Pumpkin bread right down here hooman!"
Really enjoyed the video, so educational! I just wonder what it was about the covers that made the birds hormonal?
Can possibly create a cave-like nesting environment. Nesting turns birds hormonal.
Wow. This video was very good. Y'all really got all the little details down and these one on one's look amazingly beneficial. 🐦
Nice rolling shutter examples in the under cabinet lighting. :) It looks neat.
The blessing and curse of sun conures. They love their human to an obsessional degree. Have a Velcro sunny myself love him to bits but stationing is hit or miss sometimes.
seriously these vdeos are great to help people learn about bird behavior
My black capped conure is definitely a Velcro birb. It can be frustrating but I wouldn't trade him for anything 😊
Him: this is more of a two person training job
Me, with a yardstick and some duct tape: *you fool*
Ive been using some targets and trying to watch your videos and now my little parakeet lets me pet her! All your ideas make sense so now i have a bird that loves me so much
I had the same problem, my bird would never leave me alone, my budgie... RIP my little girl... 💚❤️💙💜
My African Gray is so independent when I’m at home but super clingy whenever I take her to new places. Sometimes I wish that she were a little more clingy and cuddly at home. My Senegal is a little more clingy but can spend time in her cage by herself without issue.
I know it’s probably bad manners.... but I love my Velcro bird cockateil 🤣 (he/she will fly off to poop/eat/stretch wings, but otherwise it will just want to hang out with me. It’s favorite thing to do is follow me around the house while I travel from room to room. It’ll start flying as soon as I pass a door and kind of “hover” to give me a head start then will “station” on my shoulder when I get to the middle of the room)
💜🐦 Awesome how 🐦s have their own personalities 😀
🐦 One of my GCCs always wanted to be on me 💜😀
🐦 My other GCC is Mr. Independent! Love them!💜💜
Haha same here! My sun conure won’t let me out of his sight. He’s getting paranoid every time I leave him 😪 I have 1 video of him uploaded so clingy😂
Have you heard of hidden cookies? AntsCanada often provides "extended footage" as a hidden cookie so that you can provide the shorter video and still offer the longer video. This I think would be an excellent video for a hidden cookie on a longer video.
What was it about the covers etc that they were doing that was wrong? I cover Missy in her cage at bedtime and she has a tent like bed/thingo hanging on her tree, she's been in it and out and isn't phased by it. I just figured that if she felt like it was too noisy or whatever, she would find going in the tent a bit comforting to go in?
"merry christmas, you're probably watching this in march" June acctually but thanks and happy holidays to you too!
Great video as always! This is the first I’m hearing about not covering cages and removing any Happy Huts. Can you elaborate on this? 😘
Julie Bycott they can get stuck in blankets and huts, and can break their feet or even die.
@juliebycott The huts and cage covers mimick a nest and the accompanying behaviors such as territorial biting, regurgitating, poor general behavior and aggression toward people and other birds. (I’m not a professional but these are my birds - and me - in this video and these are all things that have reduced or stopped completely.)
shugajumpa Thanks so much! You guys must’ve had a blast with Dave & Jamie getting your birds to understand what you want them to do! 😘
@@bestflockingfriends I thought cage covers helped the birds sleep at night? I cover my birds cages so they can get 12-14 hours of sleep. They go right to sleep when their covers go on. This helps them NOT be hormonal. I totally understand the happy hut thing, but the cage cover thing makes zero sense
@@doctoroclock7732 it does make sense, with a cover the cage becomes shielded from the environment like if it was the inside of a hollow tree, which encourages nesting behavior (not only with birds but also with arboricole mammals). In that respect, darkening the whole room helps them sleep as much, and does not have the same nesting effect as they can still see the whole environment outside of their cage.
Thanks for the video. I was just telling my daughter our bird Spanky is a boomerang bird. We will definitely work on this issue.
I've found that I have to go for give and take with my bird. Sometimes I am really busy at my job (home office), so I can't actually pay attention to her. She'll do anything to get my attention. Sometimes bad stuff, and never relenting. Eventually I found that if I just stopped and gave her four or five minutes of the attention she wanted (kisses, petting, clicking, tasting), then she would happily go off after that and amuse herself for about 20-30 minutes before she needed to check in again.
This video is so helpful. Please can you guys make MORE like this?!!!
Did I miss the part about the cage covers? Should we not cover their cage? I JUST bought an actual cover to replace sheets I was using. I thought they needed to get 12-14 hours of sleep. Right now she would only be getting 10.
Wondering the same. I cover my Baby bird.
Quoting a previous comment from Jamie:
"cage cover issues stem from birds being covered yet action still happening around them so they’re still not receiving adequate sleep. They also make some birds nesty and territorial because they often chew on the cover (safety hazard as well as allowing them to make nesting material)
Sleeper cages or separate rooms for sleeping usually do better for most birds.
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Hannah thanks i was wondering the same thing because it wasn’t clarified in the video. I guess I’ll stop covering the bird cage. I took away the sleeper huts forever ago, try to make sure he gets 12 hrs of sleep, etc. even changed up the diet only thing left is the cage cover I suppose although a veterinarian suggested melatonin to decrease hormonal behavior Ill see how taking away the cage cover helps/not.
Watching your videos has actually improved my dog training skills!
I love what you guys do. 💚
On the other hand , my 8 months old sun conure , Ringo.
I keep the door of his cage open for hours , and he will peek out , shake his head and then go inside.
His door is open right now , since morning and I am waiting for him to come out...
Can you put out a video on how to tame smaller birds like budgies? I have a baby budgie that I’m having trouble gaining his trust. He’s only just now letting me put my hands in his cage without freaking out and will eat millet if I offer a stick.
I had trouble taming my baby budgie at first too. It was about a year before he fully gained my trust, now he acts almost exactly like the sun conure in this video. XD Though mine's a little better at listening when I ask him to step down however.
That being said it sounds like you are on the right track if they are accepting food and not as scared. Just keep calm and be gentle with the little budgie.
Its a very niceand so amazing pet...you can bonding him all the time you ve gonna makes it.
This video is so helpful. My green cheek conure refuses to be anywhere but my shoulder or his cage
Hi Bird Tricks! Loved the video, as usual, very useful stuff in there! I was just a little confused at the end, I've never heard that overnight cage covers can trigger hormonal episodes! I thought they were used in order to make it dark for birds so they get enough sleep and so that they DON'T get hormonal. It kind of makes sense since it makes the cage a big 'hide hut' essentially. But what are we supposed to do for the birds in order to get them enough rest? I put mine in a separate bedroom with a cover over their cage because it doesn't get 100% dark in that room with the lights off.
Yes, please give us more info about covering the cages at night! My birds are covered for 12 hours in their bird room. Should I eliminate the blankets?
so i was listening along and towards the end I heard "take the cage covers off". this wasn't specifically directed towards the birds when they sleep right? I thought they were suppose to be covered just at night when they sleep? We don't have a dedicated room so they are in the household at night,
I just watched a few yt videos about sun conures and they are ALL called mango.😀
My sister's bird is like this. She'll go fly up to me and I'll try to take her off with my finger and she just ignores it, or she'll just run away onto my other shoulder
I have two cockatiels and they don't go on me except if I have millet. How can I get them to trust/like me enough to sit on my shoulder voluntarily? They both grew up together, are two boys are are not clipped.
8:24- "approximations " should be "intervals"? :) good vid btw
Great video, and thanks, much appreciated with the edit cuts of the not so fun bits ;) Its odd that in my own country, I don't see this at all with bird owners, seeing them be taught like this or even free flighters… That has to change. Im so training my bird when I get them so they can be stimulated and fly around.
Great tips, my Sun Conure is getting to be like this!
Merry Christmas, watching in May
This so exciting, I have a Sun Conure named Peaches!
I’m not sure if I missed it or not, but around 18:45 they mentioned that the cage covers they made weren’t ideal, what was wrong with them?
Awesome and helpful! Thanks for sharing :)
May I know the brand of pellets you feed your sun conure?
I wish I had this problem
Questions.... what is a birdie hut, I am assuming it's not good for them? and you said covers? Also I am very interested in getting a bird but what about the "poop" when they are on your shoulders, or flying about the house, can you train them to poop in just a certain area? also in a couple of videos you both talked about hormonal issues, Thank you!!
Hi we have gotten an African grey off someone and probably isn't on the best diet we are going to try putting him with his normal diet with some pellets soon but I'm worried if he's been on this so long he won't take to it we have already tried him on some fruit and veg and he hasn't touched it is there anyway I can descise that he's eating pellets when I try to mix his normal diet as well? Also I was wondering with target training is it better to have disposable chopsticks or are reusable OK? Also I was wondering what would the best treat for him be when training when his old diet has a lot of sunflower seeds and seems to be reluctant to do anything? Also he only steps up when he wants or bites
How can I train Tickford the blue and gold macaw? He is still weaning and therefore I can’t give him treats yet as he can’t eat any trays.
my macaw is exactly like this, god damn.
I got a sun about three weeks ago... she will come out of her cage, but won’t leave her door. She sits on her door. She will eat out of our hand, but if we don’t have food, she’s tries to bite. Any advice? I need a Velcro bird, I want to be this lady, lol.
Hi I'm new here I was just wondering is it possible to train a green cheek conure. I believe it's a girl and she's not yet a year old. I got her last year on 21st may and the guy in the pet shop said she's around 12 weeks old and was hand reared. She is such a sweet bird and my children all love her. I think it would be really nice to train her.
I have a set of conures they are 4 months, they won’t let me get near them, they don’t bite but sure do get my finger for trying to let them any suggestions?
What did you guys use as a treat? I have a Conure but he’s not into sunflower seeds, and I want to switch it up, I’m constantly using Millet
What treats do you use? Missy, my IRN, isn't overly fussed with seeds.
Loved this video and will be starting this training today with my male eclectus that will not stay off of me. I don't mind, but there's certain cases where I want him to be out of his cage without needing to be on me. I work from home and my green cheek stays out all day (unfortunately her wings are clipped, we got her that way) and I'd love for him to be able to be out as well while I work. My question though is about cage covers. What is the issue with using a cage cover? I might have missed it somewhere. I currently cover my birds at night because my office is in my living room and that's where I spend all of my time so my birds are there too.
Shauna Wesloskie cage cover issues stem from birds being covered yet action still happening around them so they’re still not receiving adequate sleep. They also make some birds nesty and territorial because they often chew on the cover (safety hazard as well as allowing them to make nesting material)
Sleeper cages or separate rooms for sleeping usually do better for most birds.
@@BirdTricks Thank you! I will definitely see about moving ours to another room and eliminate cage covers.
Shauna Wesloskie we did (move cages into their own bedroom for night quiet) and it’s been a life changing experience! They are so much more pleasant during the day and we enjoy their affection more now than ever.
I am addicted to you guys. Yes, I did watch this video in March, but it is 2021. I'm on the fence of getting a budgie or another small bird.
Interesting, are you guys advocates for zero cage covers? Because Australian (Queensland) houses are quite breezy so often used them to keep them warmer in the winter as the house would get down to 7-12 inside.
NV PhD cage covers can increase hormone behaviors. I'm pretty sure that they mentioned this in a video or blog post, but they advocate that birds should have a cage that they can sleep in that is in a quiet, dark room for their 12 hours of sleep. It's better to have the room dark rather than just make the cage dark by throwing a cover on it.
what happens if you go on a 1 or 2 weeks vacation?
While she’s complaining I WISH my bird loved me this much. My last bird was really calm but my current bird isn’t as friendly. She bites my fingers quite hard but doesn’t mind my hands in her cage or stepping up. She bites my hands AFTER stepping up. I was wondering if you guys had any advice for this?
Jenni Kaeder Thanks for your advice although I would still like to hold my bird without her biting me but I will definitely make a basket station for sure
@yurt yeet I believe they have a video on this. Step up should be treated as a trick. Praise your bird or give it a treat after stepping up.
Jocelyn Huerta I started treating step up as a trick and restarted target training and my bird has already becoming a lot nicer! Thanks so much
Thank fucking god for this video.
My conure is new, and it’s definitely his most irritating habit. I love him so much, but he’s constantly wanting to be on my shoulder or my sisters shoulder, and he’s always chewing our jewellery or earrings or whatever her can get his little mouth on. Which is all fair and fine, but he throws little tantrums when he doesn’t get to chew on what he wants, or if something in the room startled him. And that turns into a heightened energy, and he won’t listen or step up after that point. And then just climbs all over you throwing a fit. And I need him to learn to get off of me when he’s feeling like that, and that he can’t CONSTANTLY be a part of eeeeverything I’m doing.
Sis I have been a subscriber to ur channel from some months, also want to say that Sunconure🦜 is one of my favourite🧡❤ birds🦜 thanks😊 for making this vid
What pellet would you recommend that you can get here in Australia?
there's lots. vetafarm has well balanced nutritional pellets that come in different sorts depending on your bird type. I think it's an Australian company too. not sponsored or connected in any way 😉
TOPS is a great pellet that is very similar to the BirdTricks pellets
I have a Ghala cockatoo and I live in Cyprus and we are such a small island we have not even one doctor for birds only vets for cats and dogs and I don’t know where to ger advice from.... In the morning I found in her food and also in the box of the food that I have for her some black insects walking so I emptied all and threw them away and washed all of her cage.... in the past a vet who is the only one who knows little about birds in the island gave me a Tubernil spray and told me that I need to spray here once per month for health purposes and I was doing that. After I cleaned the cage I sprayed her on her back like doctor told me but some hours later I saw the expiry date of the spray was 1 year ago.... 😞😞😞 She never accepted water or bathing but I took water and sprayed her so the medicine maybe will be removed because it was expired.... will anything happen to her from the expired spray????? She now scratching her feathers all the time.... is it from water bathing? Is it from the expired spray?
I know that after a water bath birds groom their feathers. I wasn't sure if you mean your bird is now plucking its feathers?
Try putting Bragg's apple cider vinegar with the mother. (a drop or two) into the water bowl your bird drinks from. This helps to kill bacterial infections. April from Parrot Playhouse on u tube puts this in her all her parrots water bowls every day to keep from bacterial things starting up. The vinegar has to have The Mother in it. Bragg's vinegar should be able to be found in most grocery stores. Prayers for your bird!❤🐦🙏
Same thing with my conure
So cute! How can you determine the gender of a Sun Conure without blood work?
Well done!
Could someone please clarify about the covers? Should they not be covered at night? Super video, will watch more than once to absorb all the nuances.
judith weymark cage covers can increase hormone behaviors. Ideally, birds should have a cage that they can sleep in that is in a quiet, dark room for their 12 hours of sleep. It's better to have the room dark rather than just make the cage dark by throwing a cover on it.
What do you do if your bird has ADHD and won't sit still long enough to get anything accomplished? Lol My Quaker will do stuff for treats but is so treat focused that getting him to sit and "get bored" is next to impossible
You should do one with cockatoo birds pliz 🙏🏼 i love love watching your videos ❣️
Which treats did you use for this training?
Hi...my new freind how s life goin on
Im mario...a fiipino citizen here in our coutry phiippines i wanted to ask for more information regarding that sun conure of yours....i really likes them also so i want you to help me find for my owned....sun conure will you helps me too....please ??
I might adopt a sunconure