How to play with a large Parrot

[antoinette]

Have to share this with you all.......

Came across a fantastic link, giving great tips and advise when playing with a parrot.

How to Play with a Large Parrot - wikiHow

So much to still learn....

 

[Spiritbird]

Good ideas for play. I will try the towel over head one.

 

[antoinette]

Good ideas for play. I will try the towel over head one.

Sorry must explain this in detail.....

Mishka hates a towel at the best of times.

Earlier today, she sat on my lap, (always with a towel beneath her)
I kept saying pickaboo for a while, lifting the corner of the towel, above her head. I placed the towel over her head, and said pickaboo. At first, she was hesitant. When the towel was placed over her head, she fought, to get it free. Every time she surfaced, I said pickaboo.

NOW we have a new game, she just loves it. When she gets her head free, she now says pickaboo.

This only took about 15 minutes for her to learn, what a pleasure.

 

[antoinette]

How quickly they learn to play.
Earlier today, I taught Mishka how to play pickaboo with a towel. She already knew the word.
Normally after her dinner, she plays on her playpen for a while, then I train her.
Tonight, as she stepped onto the playpen she said picklaboo pickaboo.....
Placed her on my lap, on top of her towel, she grabbed the towel, and started pulling it.... saying pickaboo pickaboo.
Needless to say, no training took place tonight, only pickaboo with a towel.
If only our "human kids" would learn to fast LoL