I feel a HUGE need to post here. I adopted an incredibly aggressive amazon parrot that I can not handle at all. Carlos is 22 yo and must have come from an abusive situation. I did a consult with Dave and have been target training with Carlos through the cage. Yesterday I had a huge moment with him. I was taking a dish holder out of his cage. I was able to put my hand in and unscrew the last screw WITHOUT him charging. He sat on the same perch and calmly watched the whole process. Happy happy!!! It's a small step and there might be charging again, but it was an awesome thing to see/experience!! Target training works!!
I have a blue front crested Amazon parrot and it's very aggressive my other bird is a umbrella cockatoo the parrot is a female and has never laid eggs since I've had it for 10 years but it laid eggs before
I had a very similar situation, we inherited (rescued really) an orange winged Amazon from this wealthy family who had 3 or 4 young boys who just completely abused and traumatized the poor guy. I mean these kids were the definition of entitled snobs and were bullies too so who knows what the did to the poor bird. They got him as a gift and within a year didn't want him anymore (who does that or let's their kids do that? You should teach responsibility and if you start something and take responsibility for it you need to fi is it out). But honestly it was best for him due to the abuse he was getting. Anyway he was very aggressive and would only step up maybe one out of five times. Unless he had flown down to the floor and needed to get back up, then he would always step up. But if he didn't want to step up he would go for your finger HARD and I mean like could probably take your finger off. I have tons and tons of blood drawn injuries from trying to work with him, man it hurt like hell. I wish I had seen these videos back when he was alive cause I tried for years to build a bond with him and he still would bite and be aggressive to me. I eventually kind of gave up and assumed he was forever aggressive toward males because of his abuse, but now i wonder if he might have responded better to clicker training. His name was Cromwell, I miss the little guy.
Wow, Dave looks so young and different then what I'm used to seeing. I figured this has to be in the earlier days. I think I heard Bandit Boy in the background.
@@oscar8975 Depends on how hard they bite! They can prune small branches off trees! But I think toucanet and toucan bites are the worst because the ends of their beaks are serrated like steak knives. 🩸
He is actually well behaived, he just needs attention like all bluefronts seem to need and require. If you don't give them alot of attention they will hold a grudge. Very smart birds...
Wow, this is an old video. Storm eventually received free flight training and had great rapor with Jamie. I wonder how Storm is doing today? Oh, my account avatar photo is of my Stormy ;)
Please, tell me how better to hold as a pet, one or one pair of blue fronted amazon? I have a boy (near 4 years old ) and recent i got a 8 mounths old girl for him. In the last few weeks he's become aggressive towards me. Will it be permanent or shortly? What am I supposed to do to keep him on my side? Thanks!
I took in a 40 year old MEAN Amazon. I have had him for 3 years, and i just dont put my hands near him. the problem is, i can not get close enough to put him in a cage to bring him to the vet for a beak and nail trim. I put on gloves and he FREAKED. he also was kept in a very small cage and he cant open his wings. So when he falls off the cage, he goes down like a ton of bricks. I really really want to make him feel better. any thoughts?
31yrs old male rescue with serious issues from abuse. Had him 2yrs. Just rescued what I believe is a female 29yrs old, again, years of abuse! Starting at the beginning with both of them
I took in a 50yr old mean parrot. Only because he saw my 8yr old daughter and instantly came alive. He instantly started calling her over to the cage, and when she leaves the room, he is mute and won’t interact with anyone else. He puts his head down for my daughter so I had her give him a head rub. Then she filed his nails, he is sooo gentle with my daughter, but if anyone else goes near him he lunges and attacks them. So now my daughter has a best friend and the rest of us have to stay away from him. I have a video on my channel of how cute he is with my daughter
What would you recommend to give a Black Cap Conure for a treat that it could eat quickly should I just give him sunflower seeds or safflower seeds as those are his favorite? I can feed my Conure seeds by hand and I don’t get bit, but when I’m handling him that’s when he tries to bit me I’ve done step up and step down but that doesn’t work well looking for tips and training advice on what to do to get him to not nip and bite thanks for your efforts MashaAllah
My parrotlet doesn’t bite my face when I brush up against her but does so whenever I want to pet her with my hand. In the beginning I would reprimand her biting my hand by pointing my finger at her beak and pushing it away. I’ve never hit her but I realize that this behavior may have attributed to her distrust with my hands in general. She flies to me and stays on my hand all day without issues but when I bring my other hand up to touch her she snaps. Most times she won’t bite hard but there’s been very few times where she’s occasionally bit me very hard. Can any one help with advice?
Hi I bought a Amazon blue fronted 10 days ago the pet shop did not provide me with hatch certificate nor a feet band he said he was 15weeks old, within these 10 days I taught him how to step up, step down and to give me a kiss, he even learnt to whistle from my African grey the only problem I have is his poop is yellow, under his feet too are yellow, I took him to the avain hospital in London, they said over all his condition was very good but couldn't tell me why his poop is yellow, they said he cud have liver problem but not 100% sure so I have to make another appointment and take his poop sample, it's costing a lot for the test, what do you think is it because of sunflower seed that I use to train him? Please let me know what you think thanks 🙏
Hi I have a 19 old.amazon who attacks me I rescued him about 12 years ago n all of a sudden his attacked me twice this week biting through my ear n my hands are a absolute mess of bites he just bit me for no reason he flew to me he was on my shoulder for about 15 mins I sat down next to his perch n after a couple.of minutes he attacked me n wouldn't let go I had to pull him off me pls what would maybe cause this bad behaviour thank u
Ya this didn’t work on my aggressive umbrella mad max that passed away Labor Day 2023 from old age , but I tried stick training he would grab the chop stick like a spoiled 3 year old grabbing candy and turn it into tooth picks 😆
BirdTricks thank you! I love seeing y’all w your African Grey by the way. ❤️ my grey is 28. I grew up w her... and she loves to bite! Hoping to use this advice to help curb the behavior.
I did something terrible! My bird didn’t bite until I did target training!!!!!! Now he learned that biting the end of the stick gets him a reward. I must have trained him that because now he’s biting EVERYTHING!
Where are you located? Can you please help? We have a blue-front. He is way more vicious than this bird. He lunges and grabs my jugular and shakes back and forth trying to kill me. He never forgave me for having children. He is now 27. I am at the end of my rope. Is there any hope? I don’t want him locked up. I want him happy.
I used to have a Hans McCaw (I'm not even sure if I'm spelling that correctly) he never bit me or my daughter ever but my husband had a fit because he liked my husband and he would start yelling when my husband came home so unfortunately I had to find him a new home and to this day my daughter and I really regret that he was a really cool bird he talked he sang and I think my favorite was when he would stick his head in his food bowl and talk to himself just so he could hear his own voice echo. It was really hysterical and the more we laugh the more he would talk into his bowl and then he would laugh. I really regret giving him up I should have fought him more on it. I'll tell you one thing if I ever find another one I will not even hesitate to buy it. That and a Senegal parrot should I find another.
As well as holding it further away (because it's hard to bite whilst leaning forward.) you could also hold it up higher so it pointing down towards him.
Video is a couple yrs old but the training session is good , Haaa, mad max my pyscho U-2 just snatched the chop stick out of my hand like a spoiled 3 yr old and bit it in half ! Good thing the wife is Asian we got a whole bag of stix there birdie buddy .😏. 6/5/19
I got my Amazon parrot a while ago, he's like 10 years old and never got petted, his old owner moved and gave him to me, he's not THAT aggressive, but he won't let me touch him
What are you feeding him it looks wrong that you give but why please why always use dollars and bucks we use pound and pennies not what that is please have one with I understand how much they cost please that could cost twenty pound in are money
My Amazon has trained me well. Biting is one of favorite activities. Loves to chew on shoe. Never bring my hand or face too close too quick. Almond in hand is sign of friendship. Only comes on shoulder and allows head rubs when it wants to. Wards off evil with beak. Ieave cage door open. Sleeps on branch. Helps not having carpeting. Never blanket over cage or punishment. Not it's fault that it's captive. If it does bite, just let it know u were hurt but no punishment for being themselves. Soon it will stop biting and you will be more careful about approaching advance when it's not ready. Would you do that to a lady? Be extra careful around guests and shoes, gloves, hats you want to keep wearing, but don't wear them when parrot is on shoulder. Even with my shoes I am extra careful. Sure has trained me well
@@gabrieleghut1344 , demands attention! Or else it'll get loud. If u tell it to be quiet, gets louder! Likes to be in charge! If u appease it, like a bell boy, it'll fly back if i step outside! High maintenance though. Calms down at night or when you are napping. Favorite activity is to hide in it's cubby hole while you are standing there out of reach, preferably with an almond. Gets excited!
Target training works to develop a positive association between you and the bird. It establishes a basic language and clear way of communicating. And, if you need to reach into the cage or get the bird to go somewhere, you can get them there safely without them getting stressed or biting you.
@@JawadKhan-dn8ip it can be used for almost any animal! I've actually seen it used with snakes, which is just super cool to me. It's a very basic/foundational behavior, so I can be used on everything from a mouse to an elephant. I know that the Copenhagen Zoo actually used a target behavior to train their tigers for voluntary blood draws!
I use the diving method to get my parrots to stop biting- dunk them in a bucket of water for 10 seconds and......wala’ no more biting! Best advice I EVER got! Unreal!
Clearly you haven't watched enough of these videos! Lol. He's building a rapport/friendship with the bird. Over time, the bird will look forward to seeing him and he'll be able to feed from his fingers and touch him with fingers, rather than a stick. It doesn't happen instantly. Training a bird, especially one that doesn't trust you, takes time and patience.
@@juliejenkins2376 he said "lure the bird" not that bird at content, that content bird is super bonding bird, ,you can see how the bird biting the stick with carefully,. that not solution for bonding bird, buy "accidentally" hard biting.
Agreed. Even Dave wouldn’t use his hands. How was this a video to get your bird to stop biting when he couldn’t do it with Stormy? Those sideburns tho.. 🙈
Let the parrot starving for 12 hours Give him sun seed by ur hand Do it again and again After a while give him sun seed but you have to cover 50% of it with your finger Last step give him sunseed and cover it all with your fingers, now he will try to search with the tongue instead biting your fingers Don't forget to encourage the parrot after feeding him and keep saying things like good boy, clicker sound or a kiss!
I feel a HUGE need to post here. I adopted an incredibly aggressive amazon parrot that I can not handle at all. Carlos is 22 yo and must have come from an abusive situation. I did a consult with Dave and have been target training with Carlos through the cage.
Yesterday I had a huge moment with him. I was taking a dish holder out of his cage. I was able to put my hand in and unscrew the last screw WITHOUT him charging. He sat on the same perch and calmly watched the whole process. Happy happy!!! It's a small step and there might be charging again, but it was an awesome thing to see/experience!!
Target training works!!
how is your bird doing now?
excellent!
I have a blue front crested Amazon parrot and it's very aggressive my other bird is a umbrella cockatoo the parrot is a female and has never laid eggs since I've had it for 10 years but it laid eggs before
Is there a reason why a bird wouldn't lay an egg when they laid him before
I had a very similar situation, we inherited (rescued really) an orange winged Amazon from this wealthy family who had 3 or 4 young boys who just completely abused and traumatized the poor guy. I mean these kids were the definition of entitled snobs and were bullies too so who knows what the did to the poor bird.
They got him as a gift and within a year didn't want him anymore (who does that or let's their kids do that? You should teach responsibility and if you start something and take responsibility for it you need to fi is it out). But honestly it was best for him due to the abuse he was getting.
Anyway he was very aggressive and would only step up maybe one out of five times. Unless he had flown down to the floor and needed to get back up, then he would always step up. But if he didn't want to step up he would go for your finger HARD and I mean like could probably take your finger off. I have tons and tons of blood drawn injuries from trying to work with him, man it hurt like hell.
I wish I had seen these videos back when he was alive cause I tried for years to build a bond with him and he still would bite and be aggressive to me. I eventually kind of gave up and assumed he was forever aggressive toward males because of his abuse, but now i wonder if he might have responded better to clicker training.
His name was Cromwell, I miss the little guy.
I like it, “the problem is he speaks parrot and I speak English” lol perfect
Wow, Dave looks so young and different then what I'm used to seeing.
I figured this has to be in the earlier days.
I think I heard Bandit Boy in the background.
Parrots bites only on days of the week that end with a "y."
does it hurt alot?
Oscar ! yes
All days end with y
@@oscar8975 Depends on how hard they bite! They can prune small branches off trees! But I think toucanet and toucan bites are the worst because the ends of their beaks are serrated like steak knives. 🩸
@@huntsmen8987 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️?
He is actually well behaived, he just needs attention like all bluefronts seem to need and require. If you don't give them alot of attention they will hold a grudge. Very smart birds...
Wow, this is an old video. Storm eventually received free flight training and had great rapor with Jamie. I wonder how Storm is doing today? Oh, my account avatar photo is of my Stormy ;)
We followed up with his owners a few times and he had stopped man-hating and was doing awesome last we checked :)
Thanks for the success story update!
Amazing. The parrots are very Smart.
I can feed it with my hand but it bites me if I try to hold it
Please, tell me how better to hold as a pet, one or one pair of blue fronted amazon? I have a boy (near 4 years old ) and recent i got a 8 mounths old girl for him. In the last few weeks he's become aggressive towards me. Will it be permanent or shortly? What am I supposed to do to keep him on my side? Thanks!
I took in a 40 year old MEAN Amazon. I have had him for 3 years, and i just dont put my hands near him. the problem is, i can not get close enough to put him in a cage to bring him to the vet for a beak and nail trim. I put on gloves and he FREAKED. he also was kept in a very small cage and he cant open his wings. So when he falls off the cage, he goes down like a ton of bricks. I really really want to make him feel better. any thoughts?
31yrs old male rescue with serious issues from abuse. Had him 2yrs. Just rescued what I believe is a female 29yrs old, again, years of abuse!
Starting at the beginning with both of them
I took in a 50yr old mean parrot. Only because he saw my 8yr old daughter and instantly came alive. He instantly started calling her over to the cage, and when she leaves the room, he is mute and won’t interact with anyone else. He puts his head down for my daughter so I had her give him a head rub. Then she filed his nails, he is sooo gentle with my daughter, but if anyone else goes near him he lunges and attacks them. So now my daughter has a best friend and the rest of us have to stay away from him. I have a video on my channel of how cute he is with my daughter
What would you recommend to give a Black Cap Conure for a treat that it could eat quickly should I just give him sunflower seeds or safflower seeds as those are his favorite? I can feed my Conure seeds by hand and I don’t get bit, but when I’m handling him that’s when he tries to bit me I’ve done step up and step down but that doesn’t work well looking for tips and training advice on what to do to get him to not nip and bite thanks for your efforts MashaAllah
lmao the way he just did a second take and just left it in there
My parrotlet doesn’t bite my face when I brush up against her but does so whenever I want to pet her with my hand. In the beginning I would reprimand her biting my hand by pointing my finger at her beak and pushing it away. I’ve never hit her but I realize that this behavior may have attributed to her distrust with my hands in general. She flies to me and stays on my hand all day without issues but when I bring my other hand up to touch her she snaps. Most times she won’t bite hard but there’s been very few times where she’s occasionally bit me very hard. Can any one help with advice?
Hi I bought a Amazon blue fronted 10 days ago the pet shop did not provide me with hatch certificate nor a feet band he said he was 15weeks old, within these 10 days I taught him how to step up, step down and to give me a kiss, he even learnt to whistle from my African grey the only problem I have is his poop is yellow, under his feet too are yellow, I took him to the avain hospital in London, they said over all his condition was very good but couldn't tell me why his poop is yellow, they said he cud have liver problem but not 100% sure so I have to make another appointment and take his poop sample, it's costing a lot for the test, what do you think is it because of sunflower seed that I use to train him? Please let me know what you think thanks 🙏
Is this also with kakariki's ?
What is the treat you're giving him?
bandit boy every video background. awwww
What you feeding bird sir
What’s the treat your using in this video?
Tortellini Alfredo
why is it always the blue fronts that are biters. my blue front oscar had this same issue when i adopted him.
Mine is a yellow crowned and he’s a biter too 😣
Is this site still active? I tried your website and it doesn’t seem to exist
Old school Dave/Birdtricks. Lol
Heya can’t find ur website can u help me out my partner got a new blue front parrot and need some advice with biting please help me
It's actually Birdtricks.com this is a very old video.
Hi I have a 19 old.amazon who attacks me I rescued him about 12 years ago n all of a sudden his attacked me twice this week biting through my ear n my hands are a absolute mess of bites he just bit me for no reason he flew to me he was on my shoulder for about 15 mins I sat down next to his perch n after a couple.of minutes he attacked me n wouldn't let go I had to pull him off me pls what would maybe cause this bad behaviour thank u
Ya this didn’t work on my aggressive umbrella mad max that passed away Labor Day 2023 from old age , but I tried stick training he would grab the chop stick like a spoiled 3 year old grabbing candy and turn it into tooth picks 😆
That treat is that?
What reward treat are you using?
We like to use pine nuts mostly.
BirdTricks thank you! I love seeing y’all w your African Grey by the way. ❤️ my grey is 28. I grew up w her... and she loves to bite! Hoping to use this advice to help curb the behavior.
I did something terrible! My bird didn’t bite until I did target training!!!!!! Now he learned that biting the end of the stick gets him a reward. I must have trained him that because now he’s biting EVERYTHING!
Where are you located? Can you please help? We have a blue-front. He is way more vicious than this bird. He lunges and grabs my jugular and shakes back and forth trying to kill me. He never forgave me for having children. He is now 27. I am at the end of my rope. Is there any hope? I don’t want him locked up. I want him happy.
Thank you I’ll try this. I have a mini macaw who adores my husband but bites me .
I used to have a Hans McCaw (I'm not even sure if I'm spelling that correctly) he never bit me or my daughter ever but my husband had a fit because he liked my husband and he would start yelling when my husband came home so unfortunately I had to find him a new home and to this day my daughter and I really regret that he was a really cool bird he talked he sang and I think my favorite was when he would stick his head in his food bowl and talk to himself just so he could hear his own voice echo. It was really hysterical and the more we laugh the more he would talk into his bowl and then he would laugh. I really regret giving him up I should have fought him more on it. I'll tell you one thing if I ever find another one I will not even hesitate to buy it. That and a Senegal parrot should I find another.
But mine bites the stick immediately hw won’t just we touch it and gat then?
Jmiah 79 NFK hold it further away so he can only just touch it
Alexandra Duffin ok. He’s gotten better but I will try and remember this. Thank u so much for ur kindness and God bless
As well as holding it further away (because it's hard to bite whilst leaning forward.) you could also hold it up higher so it pointing down towards him.
Their website is now Birdtricks.com as this is a very old video.
I have a parakeet so I’m going to use my hands soon
Video is a couple yrs old but the training session is good , Haaa, mad max my pyscho U-2 just snatched the chop stick out of my hand like a spoiled 3 yr old and bit it in half ! Good thing the wife is Asian we got a whole bag of stix there birdie buddy .😏. 6/5/19
What if mine destroys the chopstick.
Hey all
You click only for gentley Touch?
This is my question
Thank You for responding 😘
You should click for Any peck or touch, the second his beak touches the chopstick
Stormmmmmy
I got my Amazon parrot a while ago, he's like 10 years old and never got petted, his old owner moved and gave him to me, he's not THAT aggressive, but he won't let me touch him
Try target training!
@@spiritmatter1553 don't you worry, he let's me pet him now, sometimes :)
His sideburns are throwing me off
So where not gonna talk about his beard
My parrot still bites me
What are you feeding him it looks wrong that you give but why please why always use dollars and bucks we use pound and pennies not what that is please have one with I understand how much they cost please that could cost twenty pound in are money
My Amazon has trained me well. Biting is one of favorite activities. Loves to chew on shoe. Never bring my hand or face too close too quick. Almond in hand is sign of friendship. Only comes on shoulder and allows head rubs when it wants to. Wards off evil with beak. Ieave cage door open. Sleeps on branch. Helps not having carpeting. Never blanket over cage or punishment. Not it's fault that it's captive. If it does bite, just let it know u were hurt but no punishment for being themselves. Soon it will stop biting and you will be more careful about approaching advance when it's not ready. Would you do that to a lady? Be extra careful around guests and shoes, gloves, hats you want to keep wearing, but don't wear them when parrot is on shoulder. Even with my shoes I am extra careful. Sure has trained me well
🤣🤣🤣
i like you man. youre hilarious
🤣🤣🤣 I know what you are talking about. Amazon's can be demanding as a spoiled two year old.
@@gabrieleghut1344 , demands attention! Or else it'll get loud. If u tell it to be quiet, gets louder! Likes to be in charge! If u appease it, like a bell boy, it'll fly back if i step outside! High maintenance though. Calms down at night or when you are napping. Favorite activity is to hide in it's cubby hole while you are standing there out of reach, preferably with an almond. Gets excited!
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I dont see how this works to let your parrot not biting you. instead he will think that as long as he reaches you,there is reward
Target training works to develop a positive association between you and the bird. It establishes a basic language and clear way of communicating. And, if you need to reach into the cage or get the bird to go somewhere, you can get them there safely without them getting stressed or biting you.
@@esoteric9333 cool is target training only used for parrot or do other animal get trained like this ?
@@JawadKhan-dn8ip it can be used for almost any animal! I've actually seen it used with snakes, which is just super cool to me. It's a very basic/foundational behavior, so I can be used on everything from a mouse to an elephant. I know that the Copenhagen Zoo actually used a target behavior to train their tigers for voluntary blood draws!
@@esoteric9333 amazing im wondering can i tame my canaries with this they will eat food from my hand through cage bars but that about it ?
I use the diving method to get my parrots to stop biting- dunk them in a bucket of water for 10 seconds and......wala’ no more biting! Best advice I EVER got! Unreal!
He just lure the birds come to u, not to stop biting, i just wasting my time watching these
Clearly you haven't watched enough of these videos! Lol. He's building a rapport/friendship with the bird. Over time, the bird will look forward to seeing him and he'll be able to feed from his fingers and touch him with fingers, rather than a stick. It doesn't happen instantly. Training a bird, especially one that doesn't trust you, takes time and patience.
@@juliejenkins2376 he said "lure the bird" not that bird at content, that content bird is super bonding bird, ,you can see how the bird biting the stick with carefully,. that not solution for bonding bird, buy "accidentally" hard biting.
You didn't show us anything
Agreed. Even Dave wouldn’t use his hands. How was this a video to get your bird to stop biting when he couldn’t do it with Stormy?
Those sideburns tho.. 🙈
He showed how to communicate effectively. When this is trained you can use these basics to perch train, hand train, train to place etc etc
Let the parrot starving for 12 hours
Give him sun seed by ur hand
Do it again and again
After a while give him sun seed but you have to cover 50% of it with your finger
Last step give him sunseed and cover it all with your fingers, now he will try to search with the tongue instead biting your fingers
Don't forget to encourage the parrot after feeding him and keep saying things like good boy, clicker sound or a kiss!
Don’t starve birds.