Birdman666
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- Sep 18, 2013
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Presently have six Greenwing Macaw (17 yo), Red Fronted Macaw (12 yo), Red Lored Amazon (17 y.o.), Lilac Crowned Amazon (about 43 y.o.) and a Congo African Grey (11 y.o.)
Panama Amazon (1 Y.O.)
There is a socialization game we used to play down at the rescue with rehabs once we got them to stop biting...
A group of people sit around on the floor in a circle, and we play a game of "pass the birdie." Each person in the circle then takes a turn with feeding, touching, and playing with foot toys. Then passes the bird on to the next person. When the bird ends up back with the first person, the game is over.
After awhile, once that game got old to the bird, we set the bird down in the center of the circle, and instead of passing the birdie, we CALLED the birdie...
(This second one, of course, is a precursor to recall training, and makes recalling all that much easier.)
THIS WORKS WONDERS!!!
A group of people sit around on the floor in a circle, and we play a game of "pass the birdie." Each person in the circle then takes a turn with feeding, touching, and playing with foot toys. Then passes the bird on to the next person. When the bird ends up back with the first person, the game is over.
After awhile, once that game got old to the bird, we set the bird down in the center of the circle, and instead of passing the birdie, we CALLED the birdie...
(This second one, of course, is a precursor to recall training, and makes recalling all that much easier.)
THIS WORKS WONDERS!!!
