Flighted landings

Jcusano

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Black Headed Caique
My caiques are recently flighted, and doing very well. Does anyone have advice on keeping them off certain areas, like the hanging lights, TV, etc. ? I have aluminum foil on them now, but visitors think I'm a bit crazy lol.


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plumsmum2005

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Nov 18, 2015
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Lou, Ruby, and Sonu.
Fly free Plum, my gorgeous boy.
I have chased Plum off with something he doesn't think too highly of, ie purple feather duster (who is that purple parrot?) or a towel and he will vacate the spot readily. He has learnt by this and now doesnt bother really. You have to give and take some with parrots and it helps if they have their own landing spots/equipment.
 

Dinosrawr

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Avery, a GCC born on March 5th, 2013 & Shiko, a blue IRN born on February 25th, 2014
Yep. A lot of it is just teaching them "off". My parrots now know the word. While it's not the best method, I do basically "swipe" them off the object I don't wish for them to be on. I'm not saying swing at them or physically harm them, but slowly and lightly bring your arm towards them, pushing them off until they fly off or step up onto you. When you pair that with a verbal cue, eventually they get the message.

It took about 3-4 months before Shiko stopped landing on the TV or on the bed, for example. Now he knows not to, and if he lands somewhere undesirable I simply say "Off" and he'll fly away. I couldn't use positive reinforcement with this one because Shiko was too smart... he'd land on something, wait for me to say "Off", and then fly to me saying, "Want a treat?"!
 

plumsmum2005

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Lou, Ruby, and Sonu.
Fly free Plum, my gorgeous boy.
Ha ha, Plum shouts "come on then" to me as in I am not moving so come and get me thus the intro to the purple parrot LOL.
 

Rival_of_the_Rickeybird

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None. My wife has one too many. Kidding!
Well in the Rickeybird's kingdom, only perchable things are available. Those things that are not perchable (circulating ceiling fans, turned on floor lamps, etc.) are turned OFF when His Majesty is loose. It's a perfected liturgy by now.
 

KrisandPenelope

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Penelope Primrose: Crimson bellied conure
I'm short and P thinks it's great to perch on things I can't reach, so I use a clean swifter duster that has an extendable stick and used the word off anytime I used it... now I just have to hold the stick and say off and she gets off and flies to an appropriate perch. I never had to physical touch her just bringing it near her was enough for her to fly down.
 

texsize

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I have chased Plum off with something he doesn't think too highly of, ie purple feather duster (who is that purple parrot?) or a towel and he will vacate the spot readily. He has learnt by this and now doesnt bother really. You have to give and take some with parrots and it helps if they have their own landing spots/equipment.

I have vaulted ceilings in my house. My cockatiels always want to get as high as they can.
We also use a "duster" with an extendable rod.
Of course I have the opposite problem with my Tiels, landing on the floor. They are small and I would not want to step on one.
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