dl
Baby Bird
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 17
Pets: Bob the Grey, Bob the Snake (they came with those names...we thought about renaming one of them, but never did), Raina the Greenwing, Zulu the Swainson's Toucan, Herman the Yellow-naped Amazon, Jo the Crow, George the Tortoise, Miracle and Oreo the hens, Blackberry the Bunny, Mason and Super the horses
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Post by dl on May 3, 2014 8:34:21 GMT -7
Herman, the YNA, has a routine that we go through before he gets his breakfast. First he says, "Wanna come out?" and then we open the door and he flies to me, does a somersault, plays "dead bird", plays "Upside down CRAZY green bird, and then plays "Peek-a-boo". Usually after accomplishing each "trick," he says "What a good bird you are!"
Today, he flew to me and said "Somersault" but he didn't actually do a somersault. Then he said "What a good bird you are!" I shook my head to let him know that I was NOT going to tell him he was a good bird. So he responded by saying, "What EVeerrrrrrr!"
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Post by Adele on May 3, 2014 15:08:56 GMT -7
That's cute. Both my guys will play dead. I haven't taught them to somersault. Is that going forward around your hand?
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dl
Baby Bird
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 17
Pets: Bob the Grey, Bob the Snake (they came with those names...we thought about renaming one of them, but never did), Raina the Greenwing, Zulu the Swainson's Toucan, Herman the Yellow-naped Amazon, Jo the Crow, George the Tortoise, Miracle and Oreo the hens, Blackberry the Bunny, Mason and Super the horses
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Post by dl on May 4, 2014 5:56:27 GMT -7
For the somersault, he puts one foot on each index finger and goes forward and flaps to come up on the other side. Since he is a male amazon, I needed a routine that would get him out of "killer male amazon" mode when it came up. He is one of my babies (I have his parents), so we started this right off the bat. The routine is rote, at this point, and he (usually) does it automatically. The routine ends with him against my chest and my hand over his head/back, so I am in control of the situation and can do something with him at that point. It's a great routine for educational programs and it's great for around the house when he gets into a bad mood while he is out of the cage. Usually, though, he lets us know that he is feeling like a male amazon while he is still in his cage. We will approach and, instead of saying "Wanna come out" or "Want some" or "Come here," he pins his eyes and flares his tail and says (in a deep gravelly voice with an evil inflection), "What?  " Then we walk away and don't ask him to do anything! |
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Post by stef on May 5, 2014 5:21:46 GMT -7
That's pretty clear! Hector uses a deep gravelly voice when he's scared. My daughter walked in the house one night and he said Hello in this deep gravelly voice and she was so freaked out she backed out of the house. She made the boy next door come in the house with her.
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Post by Adele on May 5, 2014 7:43:10 GMT -7
Stef, that's hilarious. Once Manzi scared my sister-in-law when she didn't know he was in the house and Manzi was quietly talking in a male voice. She thought someone else was in the house.
DL, do you have photos of your crow? Does he talk (I've seen that some talk)? I used to have a crow as a child. I loved it, but my mother, not so much. He was an injured baby (cat got him). I exercised him regularly and after a few months he was able to rejoin his flock. When I took him outside to exercise, he would call and the flock would come quickly and begin dive bombing me.
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" Then we walk away and don't ask him to do anything!
