In our efforts to protect birds from infectious diseases, drafts, and other environmental factors, it is easy to put our birds into plastic bubbles. To sentence the bird to spend its entire life in a single room is not fair.
They are intelligent, sensitive animals that deserve better.
Have fun with them and they'll have more fun too.
It is advisable to have more than one area where the bird spends time. Get an extra cage for a different part of the house.
Alternatively, a T-stand will suffice. If your employer allows, take the bird to work.
Birds make excellent greeters for businesses and many customers get to know them well.
Of course be careful that the bird is kept where he/she cannot get into trouble or nip customers fingers! Take your bird for car rides. Many of them really love it.
Bring them into the shower with you (there are perches made for the purpose).
The enjoyment you get from your parrots depends on how much
you are willing to put into socializing them. Have fun and you and your parrot will both be happier.
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Becoming A Parrot Behavior Consultant
Parrot behavior consultants try to teach people how to deal with the problem behaviors
that they encounter in their parrots, educating these owners about the normal behaviors and motivations of these intelligent and complex creatures in their care. We do this one-on-one through house calls and phone consultations, or with large groups through lectures, seminars and publications.
There is no actual program, that I know of, that gives you all the training you need to become a parrot behavior consultant. However, a variety of approaches might help you find the knowledge you seek.
Knowledge is Power I would suggest that you read every book and magazine you can find that contains information on parrot behavior. Also, attend parrot conferences and lectures whenever possible. You will see advertisements for them in the back of this magazine, and will be able to tell via name recognition when a parrot behavior consultant is lecturing somewhere near you. Also, there are college-based community and online courses that teach some fundamentals such as learning theory, a general understanding of animal behavior and interviewing techniques. In my opinion, the best news regarding becoming a parrot behavior consultant is the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC). The IAABC was founded in 2003 by a Pittsburgh family therapist and dog behavior expert Lynn Hoover, and it offers continuing education, resources, ethics and practical guidelines and certification to experienced
practitioners and trainees in the cat, dog, parrot and horse behavior fields.
As Ms. Hoover said: “The IAABC is dedicated to helping interested applicants develop the knowledge, skill and ethics base they need to help families with parrots. We trust that when parrot owners are able to find qualified help in their communities, they will seek help rather than inappropriately punish or abandon their parrots with issues.” The parrot division of the IAABC is quite new, but we are working on setting up training programs, mentoring and tutorials for those who are interested in learning how to become professional companion parrot behavior consultants. We have already provided certification for parrot behavior consultants who are experienced enough to be grandfathered in. Anyone who is truly interested in starting the process of becoming trained (and hopefully certified) as a parrot behavior consultant should contact the IAABC about what you might need to do to become accepted as an associate member.
An important piece of advice regarding becoming a parrot behavior consultant is: Don’t quit your day job. Few people are working full time as professional parrot behavior consultants, because the field is not yet lucrative enough for most of us to “make a living” at it. That said, this does not mean you cannot learn to help people learn to live happily with their pet parrots – just don’t bet your mortgage on generating enough income to be able to support yourself on it.
that they encounter in their parrots, educating these owners about the normal behaviors and motivations of these intelligent and complex creatures in their care. We do this one-on-one through house calls and phone consultations, or with large groups through lectures, seminars and publications.
There is no actual program, that I know of, that gives you all the training you need to become a parrot behavior consultant. However, a variety of approaches might help you find the knowledge you seek.
Knowledge is Power I would suggest that you read every book and magazine you can find that contains information on parrot behavior. Also, attend parrot conferences and lectures whenever possible. You will see advertisements for them in the back of this magazine, and will be able to tell via name recognition when a parrot behavior consultant is lecturing somewhere near you. Also, there are college-based community and online courses that teach some fundamentals such as learning theory, a general understanding of animal behavior and interviewing techniques. In my opinion, the best news regarding becoming a parrot behavior consultant is the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC). The IAABC was founded in 2003 by a Pittsburgh family therapist and dog behavior expert Lynn Hoover, and it offers continuing education, resources, ethics and practical guidelines and certification to experienced
practitioners and trainees in the cat, dog, parrot and horse behavior fields.
As Ms. Hoover said: “The IAABC is dedicated to helping interested applicants develop the knowledge, skill and ethics base they need to help families with parrots. We trust that when parrot owners are able to find qualified help in their communities, they will seek help rather than inappropriately punish or abandon their parrots with issues.” The parrot division of the IAABC is quite new, but we are working on setting up training programs, mentoring and tutorials for those who are interested in learning how to become professional companion parrot behavior consultants. We have already provided certification for parrot behavior consultants who are experienced enough to be grandfathered in. Anyone who is truly interested in starting the process of becoming trained (and hopefully certified) as a parrot behavior consultant should contact the IAABC about what you might need to do to become accepted as an associate member.
An important piece of advice regarding becoming a parrot behavior consultant is: Don’t quit your day job. Few people are working full time as professional parrot behavior consultants, because the field is not yet lucrative enough for most of us to “make a living” at it. That said, this does not mean you cannot learn to help people learn to live happily with their pet parrots – just don’t bet your mortgage on generating enough income to be able to support yourself on it.
Sunday, 26 September 2010
Parrot intelligence
Parrots are not counted as having nonhuman intelligence. There is some data about psittacids are among the more intelligent animal species. During the 1950, for example,some scirntists from England http://tararadam.com/England demonstrated that Grey parrots can be tought to some communicative skills .
There is a story about a doctor who had a gray parrot. Doctor has tought the parrot when someone is outside the door, to say: "Open the door and call the doctor". But the parrot often reverses the order, and shouts out: "Open the doctor and call the door". http://tararadam.com/alarmsystem_portal
There is a story about a doctor who had a gray parrot. Doctor has tought the parrot when someone is outside the door, to say: "Open the door and call the doctor". But the parrot often reverses the order, and shouts out: "Open the doctor and call the door". http://tararadam.com/alarmsystem_portal
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