Flyte
New member
- Jun 18, 2007
- 354
- 3
- Parrots
- Blue & Gold Macaw, Madison;
Yellow Naped Amazon, Rocky;
Timneh African Grey, Tyler
Well. Tyler has found a new way of communicating with me. So far it works pretty good. He climbs to the bottom of his cage, hops inside and SLAMS his beak on the floor repeatedly until I figure out what the heck he wants. Not a very pleasant noise... metal hitting beak.. so I didn't even think about the fact that I was playing right into him by giving him what he wanted. (in this case, a Cheez-it, one of his favorite treats)
I was randomly picking up objects off my desk holding them up asking, 'this?' until he finally stopped and bobbed his head yes.
He used to only do this when he lived upstairs and REALLY wanted me to come see him. I allowed that because he did it very rarely and only when he, or someone else up there, really needed me. I will not allow it for a stinkin' cheese snack! lol
I am going to try to ignore him next time but its difficult.. people hear it and come running into the room asking if I'm ok because I'm sick.. not realizing they are rewarding a naughty bird with attention
***On a side note- is there anything more frustrating than telling your bird 'NO!' and then hearing him or her make 'raspberries' ?
I was randomly picking up objects off my desk holding them up asking, 'this?' until he finally stopped and bobbed his head yes.
He used to only do this when he lived upstairs and REALLY wanted me to come see him. I allowed that because he did it very rarely and only when he, or someone else up there, really needed me. I will not allow it for a stinkin' cheese snack! lol
I am going to try to ignore him next time but its difficult.. people hear it and come running into the room asking if I'm ok because I'm sick.. not realizing they are rewarding a naughty bird with attention
***On a side note- is there anything more frustrating than telling your bird 'NO!' and then hearing him or her make 'raspberries' ?
