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Re: Cage Hopping
Yipes!
Scary! Short of wing-clipping, I have no idea. The Rb is also flighted and fearless. It's a JOB to keep up with him...
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Well obviously there is the dreaded wing clip but before we go there, if he is a little booger and courts trouble you should be supervising his out of cage time. It isnt only the birds that can be the cause of an injury to him, there are many other household things that may catch his eye and cause injury. Is he just going to the tops of their cages or sides as well? If just the tops you could place a cover as a barrier or you could just take him to where ever you are, make sure you have activities and a playstand or tree for him to hang on. But why not use this one on one as precious bonding time?
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My new cockatoo was a cage hopper. I used short time outs every time he went to another cage. It took three days, but he learned if he hopped on anybody's cage I'd shut him in his and leave the room for five minutes. I just had to be really consistent with doing it every time.
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My new cockatoo was a cage hopper. I used short time outs every time he went to another cage. It took three days, but he learned if he hopped on anybody's cage I'd shut him in his and leave the room for five minutes. I just had to be really consistent with doing it every time.
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Out of the 5, Raven and Griffin can be out together since they're bonded best friends, although Griffin will still attack him at times so I have to supervise. I absolutely have to keep Robin in with the top covered (or be holding him close at all times) when the other 2 parrots are out since he's permanenly removed 2 of Griffin's toenails and one of Raven's. Then I have to be vigilant about Griffin landing on the budgie cage. It's covered, but he likes to land on the sides. He knows it's wrong, and I had put him in consistent time outs every single time for months on end (until it drove ME nuts) yet even knowing it's bad, he doesn't care. He'll do it regardless of consequence. I wish my birds had more out of cage time, but short of having an aviary (which isn't possible now) you can see what a pain it is when you happen to have birds who don't all get along as a flock.
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I feel your pain in this statement.
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Out of the 5, Raven and Griffin can be out together since they're bonded best friends, although Griffin will still attack him at times so I have to supervise. I absolutely have to keep Robin in with the top covered (or be holding him close at all times) when the other 2 parrots are out since he's permanenly removed 2 of Griffin's toenails and one of Raven's. Then I have to be vigilant about Griffin landing on the budgie cage. It's covered, but he likes to land on the sides. He knows it's wrong, and I had put him in consistent time outs every single time for months on end (until it drove ME nuts) yet even knowing it's bad, he doesn't care. He'll do it regardless of consequence. I wish my birds had more out of cage time, but short of having an aviary (which isn't possible now) you can see what a pain it is when you happen to have birds who don't all get along as a flock.
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Speaking of cage-hopping and time-outs, I wonder if I am missing something obvious.
Is it pretty much a necesssity to wing-clip to some extent in order to do time-outs? Or are some parrots good-natured enough to cooperate? If we head anyplace the Rb doesn't want to go, it's FLAPFLAPFLAPflapFLAPflapFLAP!!!!!
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Re: Cage Hopping
My new cockatoo was a cage hopper. I used short time outs every time he went to another cage. It took three days, but he learned if he hopped on anybody's cage I'd shut him in his and leave the room for five minutes. I just had to be really consistent with doing it every time.
![]() Speaking of cage-hopping and time-outs, I wonder if I am missing something obvious.
Is it pretty much a necesssity to wing-clip to some extent in order to do time-outs? Or are some parrots good-natured enough to cooperate? If we head anyplace the Rb doesn't want to go, it's FLAPFLAPFLAPflapFLAPflapFLAP!!!!! |
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