henpecked
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 67
Location : NC/Fla
My Birds : Jake hen YN (his)
Stacy hen YN (hers)
Kia male Panama
Kong hen Panama
Nitro male YN
Micky male Red Lored
Binkie hen YN
Many other Amazons
Posts : 1372
 |  Subject: Parrot Aggression  Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:52 am | |
| Just read a great article..."How to tame your wild or aggressive parrot" by a Ron Hines DVM PhD from somewhere in Texas, A must read IMO I tried to contact him for permission but was unsuccessful, hope he doesn't mind. http://www.2ndchance.info/tameparrot.htm | |
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ScooterNScotty
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-24
Age : 63
Location : Southern California
My Birds : Scooter
* "Normal" male Green-cheeked Conure
* (hatched 3/2010)
Scotty
*male Cape Parrot
*(HD unk ~2008)
Blanco (Caballo Blanco)
*Whitefaced male cockatiel
*(HD unk, found 4/2012)
Posts : 2248
| | Subject: Re: Parrot Aggression Sun Dec 11, 2011 4:45 pm | |
| It's a pretty good article. I could pick a couple of nits... Reward training relies on cause and effect just as much as punishment does, for example. But overall some interesting things to think about. | |
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patdbunny
Hyacinth Macaw
Join date : 2011-05-18
Age : 53
Location : San Diego County, California
Posts : 2083
| | Subject: Re: Parrot Aggression Sun Dec 11, 2011 4:49 pm | |
| Agree w/ SnS. I like the article for the most part. Don't agree about human parenting techniques don't work. Keep in mind, a lot of humans don't properly parent their children. For me, though, treating birds like I treated EC when she was 2 (basically - no impulse control, purely emotional, limited intelligence, able to learn limited/simple lessons, a lot of environmental manipulation) works for me.
Also liked that he had lots of links. | |
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