WONDERFUL VIDEO on the TRUTH about TOOS. I have a few of these loved ones to. They are fun and act like little nut jobs but it all happens so fast just like yous aid Jamie. Could be the HAT he is wearing. It's interesting to TOOS and some of them not only get heightened but eventually get mad and mean and down right bite. I know a couple of them that love hats but then go right to biting cuz it makes them super heightened. We did the same thing Zupreem colored diet was what ours were on when we bought them then we changed to the natural Zupreem and then to your pellets. It was slow going at first but eventually they did take it with the help of your birdy muffins you showed us how to make. THANK YOU BIG time for that. SWEET! You got the 2nd video here. Thank you! You had me laughing so hard Jamie with that face you made in the end when Dave asked you... LOL
What gives me hope is how friendly he is! He’s such a sweet little bird and his diet is majorly contributing to his hyperactivity. I personally think that taking his mom out of the picture and changing his whole environment for a while will also help him accept the change in food. I think a lot of it is psychological. These birds are so smart!!! Jamie I will pray for you. 🤣🤣🤣
I would love to see blizz as a project bird because I’m at a loss on how you would train an animal like that. It would be a real challenge, for you and him
I would too! It would be REALLY weird to see Jamie interact with a cockatoo though 😂😂 one that was actually up close and in her space. Gods, Godspeed Jamie, for years I've heard "I'm afraid of umbrella cockatoos, SPECIFICALLY umbrellas....THEYRE JUST TOO UNPREDICTABLE!"
Being able to see a transformation with an Umbrella Cockatoo would help me and SO many others I'm sure!! I do believe U2's are the most rehomed. I was my U2's 3rd home in just 4 short years. It's heartbreaking 💔
I think she is waaaay to hung up on food as a reward right at this point. (personal issues? Or just pushing sales?) (b.t.w.I absolutely despise zupreme, way too high sugarpercentage: my rescue macaw was on nothing else: her feathers were a brittle mess. They were rock hard and disintegrated in needle sharp fragments the moment some stress was applied on them. My vet assumed those pellets were some kind of low-grade human breakfast cereal, not propper birdfood and was shocked!) If your bird is willing to steal *your* food (or even taste it) there is an opportunity to get them to try and eat new things. (and almost all birds will ;) ) I got lucky that my 'completely unwilling to try anything' african grey got competitive with the other one: so if one of them flatly refuses one type of food, but the other is binging on it... that is half the battle won already. They will try it sooner or later. (Ditto if you happen to be 'the other bird.') Anyway... if food is not interesting, find out what is... usually it is interaction (not just scritches) or just let them chill out. Right now, nobody relaxed around this bird, so he got hyped up along with them. So maybe what he needs is "chilllllled human!" to help him 'get down from being hyped up'. My macaw also got bitey/defensive/offensive when she gets overexcited (and she never learned how to play, so that was also very scary for her), but then she got an empty plastic bottle to throw around and shake as a stress-relief-item. The moment she learned she could 'safely blow off some steam' she lost a lot of 'going into the red' behaviour. Now we play together (and yes throwing that bottle around got from redirected aggression, to fun, to funtime with the human as well, and we no longer need the bottle as a go between, fingers are safe and she learned to relax all by herself after getting a bit tense.) She normally trains fine with just a few pine-nuts as a reward, but if I ask her to really stretch boundaries, and she gets tense again....back to the bottle! (She ignores its existence for weeks, but she will start looking for it when she gets uncomfortable.) She just had to find the safety valve to grow into a confident bird.** Now she controls the way to get rid of the 'not nice feeling' ... she is a sweetheart, lots of trust. I am not a professional trainer, and she was/is my first macaw (I am a CAG-person), so it probably took me a lot longer to figure out what made her tick ;) **Her wings got ruined somewhere in her past, so she cannot fly away to escape scary/ nasty situations. That also is a source of stress to a prey-animal. She would just incidentally lose her balance and crash to the floor (no wing or tail to help balance her or catch her fall). Never take away a bird's option to fly! (It is one of the things I love about this channel.)
Honestly my cockatoo hates any woman but me and my mom (who she rarely sees). She gets excitable and i end up having to cave her and cover her then put soft classical music on. Now she rarely gets that way with me and when she escalates now, I hag her and talk quietly and she mellows out. But she’s a rare one. And Blizz is HUGE!!
He clearly picked Dave as his favorite treat. 🤣 I know cockatoos aren’t for everyone but I can’t help but love them. They are my ADHD sons spirit animal. 😉🥰
I love cockatoos.. On CZcams 😂 I think they are awesome and entertaining, at someone else's house. When I was deciding on a new bird (have always had small / med birds and wanted a larger one) I researched and then Googled cockatoo screaming and macaw screaming because worst case scenario should be taken into account. I listened at full volume and decided that I was right to get a macaw. Well so far she isn't a screamer but the sound an unhappy macaw makes vs an unhappy cockatoo is way different. Of course everyone is different and I have huge respect anyone who owns one.
Lol I have ADHD (Dx’d as an adult but has been suspected as a child) and I’ve always been a cockatoo person. Husband calls me the Moluccan whisperer because everytime we’ve met one and been told “… doesn’t like women/people, never been friendly…” the come right over and I can typically calm them down too. I always laugh watching all my Bird Tricks videos when Jamie gets nervous about them because that’s exactly how I feel with Macaws… but cockatoos have always been my “spirit animal.” Of course I was a hard core attention whore as a kid/teen/young adult so 🤷🏻♀️🥴
I was shocked at how much diet change affected our rescue macaw. He was 7yrs old. Only had zupreem fruity pebbles and sunflower seeds. I have him on Roudybush and fresh mash. ( 50% mash/50% roudybush ) He switched over in a period of 6 months, his colors improved as well as his attitude. Although I think the attitude had a lot to do with being handled and happy as he was very ignored before. He is 13 now and doing amazing.
I feel like there's a lot of hope for Blizz! He's not plucking and he's extremely interactive and people-oriented. Isn't there a way to exploit his preference for people in terms of training? I would really like to see you take him as a project bird and adjust your method of treat-oriented training to attention-oriented?!
When I was a kid my mom got an umbrella cockatoo. The first bird I even interacted with. We loved her so much! She was alot like Bliz! So funny! She would play with us on the floor in the dirt outside and also loved to cuddle under blankets! I miss her so much. I really hope you do take him on as a project bird. I've been hoping you do a cockatoo forever now. I know how you feel about them but maybe it will be good for both you and Bliz!
I necer laughed so much during one of your videos. Blizz is just so precious! Even when he gets overly exciteds, he's not mean or aggressive, he's just excited and doesn't know how to deal with all that energy. I'm really curious, if and how his diet will be changed in the future. I would love to see him as one of your project birds and get regular updates on his health. And it's really refreshing to see a cockatoo that hasn't ripped out all of his breast feathers, so he seems to be mentally "stable" and happy.
Naturally bird should fly,so when one doesn't do it,all that excess energy is just piling up.flying requires lot of muscle energy and attention.i think u should train this bird to fly first as form of exercise.
Having worked and owned a variety of smaller birds, I now have Bobo my Umbrella Cockatoo given to me from a parrot charity. As no one knew his history,age etc and being the largest bird I’ve ever had I was going into the unknown. I’ve learned a great deal now about him and his species. Yes, they are easily excited and I’ve found the best way to calm Bo down is to be calm, less talking to him and only low quiet words. Remove the toy or whatever is exciting him. In the case of your video with Blizzard it may be all the people around and particularly if he senses anxiety with someone. Think of a two year old child with a knife, all these emotions and not knowing how to properly keep them in check. The times Bo has bitten: When I had a Fitbit watch on and he must have thought it was a snake, so he was protecting me - when his hormones were raging and I wouldn’t let him masturbate on me holding him , he flew at me and attacked - when I’m playing with him with his toys and he gets way too wound up - when I’ve introduced a new toy just before bedtime ( huge mistake ! ) - when there’s a change in routine - when touching his favourite ‘bankies ’ (blankets) to take away to wash them. So yes, he has toddler emotions and the hormones of a teenage boy. I found that to let him know what’s happening next in our day I’ve added a song to it especially at bedtime. I have always in the 5 years together with Bo, stayed mostly to routine, had at least 5 hours off and on of cuddle time as well as keeping the diet varied but simple. Sugarsnap peas, bananas, peas, rice, sweet potatoes, scrambled and hard boiled eggs, apples, potatoes, plain cooked pasta noodles, oranges etc., and always have the other dish full of varied nuts and seeds. He has his favorites in nuts and seeds and in fruit and likes fresh fruit hand fed . Anyway, there’s lots more I can say and if I can help in anyway let me know. A great deal is based on trust which does take a lot of time which most people don’t have the patience or time. If you want me to post a video of me and Bo I can do that. I will need help with flight trading, I have a harness but only used once as I lost confidence after floffing about trying to get it on him and was ready to move on to something else. Great video everyone❣️❣️ Love from 🏴
Have you seen Mr. Max? He loves a stuffed Snoopy and gets frisky with it and seems embarrassed when the camera or owner is watching and he can tell the difference between his favorite Snoopy and another one.
I adopted a 30 yr old African grey. She has been on cheap Walmart feed her entire life. It's week 3 of working to change her diet to healthy pellets and today she finally is sampling them. It will be tough but I'll stick it out because she is worth it.
I worked for a bird specialist vet a long time ago, who would demonstrate for the new Umbrella Cockatoo owners how easily and angrily their bird could snap a wooden tongue depressor.
There's a great video of Onni the cockatoo on YT where it shows Onni going from calm to playfully screaming to completely absolutely flipping the F out screaming at the top of lungs in rage (scary!)... and all of this over the course of about 3 minutes.
Not a bird keeper but it just seems like these birds should never b pets. They seem as unable to adjust as say... a big cat. Yes, we can keep them alive fine but they r shadows of what they actually should b...😞 I've educated myself a good bit & seems like all large birds r just too delicate mentally & emotionally to live well alongside humans 🤔 Seems like truly happy, healthy, & well adjusted birds r the exception, not the rule... That's just my experience/opinion tho
@@animeaunty That is correct, they do not belong in captivity, however, you cannot prevent people from capturing or breeding those birds for profit. Sadly, they cannot go back to the wild, so someone must take on the responsibility that is a highly intelligent avian.
Thank you for constantly reminding us all how important our parrots diet is. It is so true and every time you repeat that message it compels me to take time to really ask myself what more can I do to help my parrots get more nutritious meals in everyday. Your sentiments are so appreciated and so many parrots must be so grateful for you repeating that message and making sure the facts are heard and listened to.
I converted my two cockatiels to your seasonal feeding system, cold-pressed pellets, and Jamie's seed mix for small birds. all I had to do was mix Jamie's seed mix with the chop and my birds went crazy and their faces were covered. It was really easy for them it seemed, as they were on Kaytee seed mix, the homemade food was so much more interesting to them, to my surprise they immediately started molting after converting to their new diet with shiny new feathers. Now they love cashew bits and peanut bits for treats and will station for them.
I wonder if she could break up his pellets into smaller pieces and feed that to him, then gradually make the pieces smaller, then turn them into powder and mix them with a tiny bit of good stuff, then gradually increase the amount of good stuff? 🤔
I like this idea, even powdering it and still mixing some small amounts of the pellets to soften in the other goodness so maybe the texture change would turn the bird off from them? no bird expert or even an owner but I still think it's a good idea lol
When I switched my U2's food...he started throwing up the second he smelled it. Refused to eat for like 3 days so I had no choice but to give him the crap food again and had to gradually add the good stuff back in. If my U2 doesn't like his food he will grab his food by the foot-full, look at me and scream....and just drop it. Dogs love it but it's incredibly frustrating for this human burb momma 🤦♀️ Cockatoo life 😆 🤷♀️
yeh, powder was what I was thinking too & then VERY gradually add a little of something different, not necessarily even healthy, maybe fruit or molasses or other sugars at first, just to get him used to the idea of eating something slightly different to what he normally does. The other thing that worked well with my lorikeets was popcorn. They wouldn't touch paper or cardboard or anything to make any foraging toys, so I used popcorn instead, putting cut up fruit at the bottom of little baskets & then covering with popcorn, that they were at least willing to touch in their beaks, unlike the paper etc. One of them in particular got very good at emptying the popcorn with mass flicking out of it to get to the fruit, but then somewhere along the way, they actually decided they liked the popcorn & started eating it too & eventually ended up liking it more than even the fruit! It's still one of their highest ranked treats (yoghurt's about the only one higher), they love the texture of popcorn in their mouths after dipping into their water dish. I think stuff like using foods as foraging fillers that they have to touch in their mouths can be a great way of getting them used to the tastes & textures, ready for later eating, so lots of bowls full of various foods, with the one food he'll eat hidden at the bottom under them, so he has to move all the others to get to what he wants
Throughout watching this episode ...I will be honest...I kept thinking he needs to go home with the two of you and taken on as a project bird. I'll start the ball rolling and say I'll give to that fund so that you can take him on as a project bird.
Umbrella birds love Dave! That's like cats who love my husband. We were at a stranger's place, by the third day their cat was asking hubby to carry him upstairs for the meals he is trained to eat up there! Hubby complied. Babies love him, dogs love him... the only thing we didn't try him with at the strangers place was their little pet crocodile!
Gosh the anxiety I had when watch Blizz dance around during the first training session- This is exactly why I love Umbrella Cockatoos, but only behind a screen!
@@akrebs74 Maybe you're 100% able to take care of an Umbrella Too, and that's great for you! It's just that I probably wouldn't be able to properly take care of them, so I'd prefer to watch others do so instead.
@@akrebs74 That, and they're very easy to accidentally overstimulate. They're very loud, energetic, and I'd just be better at taking care of a slightly more toned down bird.
Bliz is so adorable and funny. He makes me laugh. Cockatoos are everywhere in Sydney, Australia. Once people were crossing the streets when the red lights were on, a cockatoo that was perching on the lights was so angry. He was barking at the people who did not follow traffic rules. They are so smart and entertaining. I am sure they are lots of work. Jaime should take him in as a project bird. You are good at this Jaime.
A unique personality requires a unique reward. What if Blizz is in need of an enriching environment (to include interactions) so much so that his focus is communicating this to us rather than being distracted by food treats.
Lmao - this is hilarious! I thought my Amazon was a bit much but now I appreciate him more haha … dang! On the bright side his thirst for a good shoulder to sit on can be motivation to fly lollolll .. funny / scary
So umbrellas have a special place in my heart they are not something that I could ever add to my flock but I can love them from afar but Jamie I think this would be perfect for you I know they're not your favorite but as a temporary in-home friend I think it might help you get over your fear and fix this poor baby
i would love to see him more and his evolution ! he have a lots of behaviors issues, also he is very friendly and seems to really enjoy life haha ! I think that with diet and training he would be an amazing bird companion
You have to be able to understand cockatoos they are so so different than other birds. It seems like Gallahs can be really crazy too but they seem easier to train. Cockatoos just wanna have fun. Mckaws scare me more than cockatoos they have huge beaks. Cockatoos love music and it seems he has a need to fly and get out that energy.
Well, if this was a failure at training, it sure was an extrememly entertaining one! I love Umbrella Cockatoos, but they're a bit too much for me. Total drama on steroids birds! They can be pretty sweet...but can turn on ya quick!
As you know these are very intelligent and sensitive life forms. They sense things that are beyond our senses. Clearly, Blizz likes David more. Blizz is only 14 years old and that's a very young age for them. I'm sure Blizz will quickly learn things that are in harmony with his nature rather than for our entertainment.
This cockatoo is so patient. If I handled my bird like that he'd be screaming at me and be biting as a last resort. He might not be cooperative but he's a very polite bird. I love how he keeps bugging your partner to say pretty bird. Pretty bird!
I'm very lucky. My Umbrella Cockatoo eats anything I give him. He just loves breakfast. Yesterday I awoke in the morning to find him in the kitchen, making pancakes. Sadly, they weren't very good. He completely forgot the blueberries. 😁
He's a beautiful bird.Made me laugh with his 'Hello'🤣 Great video and educational.I love Cockatoos but the more videos I watch on them I realise they are not the bird for me . I have 2 budgies, 1 conure ,1 quaker and a Red Lored Amazon but had all from babies so have been easy for me to train 😃
Y'all, skip to @2:34 -- even if it's on 1.25 speed, it STILL took forever...and, YES, cockatoos can be like having a one-man band on two feet wandering into a circus (2-for-1 special? And it's what ya sign up for when you go cockatoo...… (#guilty) The way I see it is like the better of two worlds---kinda like having a cuddly, confused, fluffy, cat-like 3 year old *toddler* FOR-EVER.....Same mess...same loud noises...same inappropriate words being repeated at inopportune times but there IS a bright side--Ya won't have to pay for braces or collage & [BONUS!] nobody can call CPS when ya put 'em behind bars and go to dinner....win-win!!! #CockatooLife
Wow, from how she holds him, I can totally understand why the bird has a hard time getting settled on a stand. I'm sure you have great tips for her on this. I have found that when I have people come to my house, and my Cockatoo doesn't know them, it takes a while for my bird to calm down. This bird is just so happy to have people around and enjoying the interaction. Training him when he's so alert seems to be too much. Best time to train a bird like this is when he's calm, and when no other animals are around. He is the center of your focus, which he likes to be that anyway. What I do is feed my bird his pellets in the morning. In the evening, I take away the pellets and put in a cup full of many kinds of small chopped vegetables, beans, and noodles. I don't serve any fruit other than apples. My Too doesn't like anything else. After a while, he will know this is the daily pattern. Since birds eat before going to bed, this helps him know this is his dinner. If he ends up crying after giving him ample of time to eat (1 hour for example), I then add some pellets and a 1 or two nuts (walnut/cashew/etc). I've also noticed that my bird has totally stopped chewing his feathers since I started this and ensure he is getting enough food. This has been the key to his destructive behavior. I've also really listened/watched when he does cry - there is usually a reason why he's unhappy. Sometimes when he's super happy he'll be loud, but that's not the kind of unhappy, loud crying I'm talking about. One last thing, I celebrate my birds feathers with him. I talk about his pretty feathers all the time and expand his wings and praise him for his pretty feathers almost every other day. He likes this and I do think he understands. Not sure if it helps him know that I want his feather they way they are, but he understands when I don't want him to chew. Hope this info helps someone with a cockatoo or any other problematic parrot. One last thing, I also stopped giving my Too a shower so often. I think it was contributing by making his skin itchy....I could be wrong. Now, I only spray him with the Birdtricks feather spray occasionally. His feathers now have the oily feel and with food, he no longer chews or plucks his feathers. I hope this helps someone.
What's Dave thinking,lol, but in all honesty you might be able to convince this cockatoo "Variety is the spice of life". Let us know your decision, and good luck.
Same 😂 we fostered a cockatoo for a couple months. She was adorable but between the screaming and the surprise bites i wont lie i was pretty relieved when she went to her new home. And so were the rest of my birds 😂
I have a question. What strikes me first & foremost is the fact that Blizz is so playful- energetic but I don’t see anyone engaging with him in reciprocity, why not? He obviously has an over abundance of energy and to play (interact) to burn off the state of excitement may go a long way to retrain him. Is he need for interaction being met?
Beautiful, beautiful bird. Crazy - yes but that's almost normal for these guys. Makes my galah look calm and collected - considering his name's chainsaw that's pretty good. I hope Blizz can change the diet even a little - go from Blizz to Bliss maybe. Worth the time and effort, such a stunning creature - all the very best wishes to all involved. I'll try and find a good chainmail retailer for you Jaime.
As far as training videos go this has to be the funniest. He's a character for sure, thry love a reaction qmd the more you engage the more excited they get lol. I think a group setting made him worse, more ppl to entertain for him lol. I def think taking away his food at night and training first thing before food may help and 1 on 1 with no Interruptions from anyone big or small lol. He's a challenge for sure but a very very jolly fella. Good luck if you take him on lol.
You guys are AWESOME. I have had birds for thirty-seven years and learn something new every single day. Cockatoos are the one bird that constantly challenge me. It is like one day we are on the same vibe, and then BAM, I am BIT! I wish you the best with Bliz and hope his owner can make headway on his diet. Keep up your great work. Peace and blessings!
I don’t have a bird myself but It would be interesting if you can successfully fix Bilzz’s diet alone, without any additional behavioral training. Once he’s on a stable healthy diet bring him back for training and (hopefully) showcase what a good diet alone can do for a bird..
I had one picky eater almost like this bird. What I did was take the pellets and mix it with like a teaspoon of the good stuff. This way the pellets would get a little bit of the taste but not too much, but just a tiny bit. Then slowly add more and more untill he was transferred to a healthy meal. Now he eats TSF without any problem :)
I know you guys could work with him. He's adorable, endearing, and a huge challenge to break the Blizz code and help others working with high-energy species. Push yourselves to take him on if your schedule permits ~ I'd love to see the difference you'd make, and I'm sure heaps of others would, too. With such a challenge brings the chance of a massive payoff! ❤🐦
You guys will do just fine! I'm sure even you are already done with this little guy because the solution seems obvious to me...because you guys have adressed these issues in the past even. Blizz is an extremly social and very energetic bird. So the reward is probably that interaction, scritches and excitement are a great way to reward the bird for eating different foods. And for his energetic attitude, he clearly needs toys. So what I think you guys will do is introduce toys and hide some treats in them, so he learns that getting to the treat is putting a higher value on the treat itself and he'll give it a try. Another thing I learned with my own parrots is, that it's easier to convert them to fruits rather than vegetables. So my parrot will want to eat an apple when I eat an apple, and apples have a similar consistency to cucumbers, so the way I introduced cucumbers was by giving them apples first. I got them interested in apples by occasionally let them check out apple juice mixed with water(they decided to shower in it, which was a fail, but then they still got to taste it from their sticky feathers, we had to take a second shower for that day). Another thing that they really learned to love is corn on the cob, because they could just play with it and pick it apart, they started to like the texture by playing with them, same goes for carrots, basically and food they can playfully pick apart is also food they eventually loved to eat in the chop. It's like with little kids, they eat whatever they play with, they eat sand when they play with sand, so before we get to a healthy diet, we have to have positive association with healthy food by playing with it. Maybe I'm completly wrong, but at the very least I refuse to believe a social bird like that is untrainable by BirdTricks.
Watching Bliz reminds me of how I was as a kid with ADHD. If food isn't a motivator, maybe there are other ways? Birds seem highly observant of sounds, so maybe finding a favorite sound to reward certain behaviors would be a good option? As for why umbrella cockatoos like your hubby, I think it has to do with the hat. When he bobs his head up and down, the bill of the baseball cap makes the movement seem a tad more exaggerated.
Jamie's face palm at 13:45 is so genuine it's so funny. She's reached the training an emotional bird phase where it's just funny cus you can't help it they do what they want. Edit: Also Jamie yess please take on blizz! They aren't impossible I promise. You helped me with mine the time line just changes because your encouragement and play is their best reinforcement so you can only get very small reps of training in. But over a long time it adds up and it's very possible! Also would be a great new experience for you and the rest of us plus I think Dave wants to take him home anyway 🤣
Lol so true on all counts (including Dave wanting to take him home!) with cockatoos. On a serious note though, I have a daughter on the spectrum but atypical behavior in that she’s SUPER social and lacks spacial boundaries. I felt guilty and struggled because my older 2 boys were gifted (& super fast/easy learners) because I’m not patient like my husband… but that worked in my favor because that’s exactly how learning went with her. Small “bite-sized”sessions that include play and music. The tough cockatoos I’ve been around were similar and it’s a “dance” in that they want and need the play to stay engaged, but knowing that line where they’re suddenly too heightened (& hard to see unless you just know, like Jamie talks about). I want to just hang out with these guys, soak it all in and be her cockatoo helper!
Our female umbrella is same age. They’re a different breed for sure. I love Charlotte but she’s a handful. That little nip was nothing. When Charlotte is aggressive, she’s all in. The plumage on that bird needs attention.
Sometimes my Umbie will let me get his pin feathers, sometimes not, it's OK but when he falls off the table you can see his feathers are ragged looking. Mine is the same, not plucking or barbering but some are ragged which is likely diet (I'm still trying to get him to try better food) and I don't know about Bliz but my boy refuses to bathe as well.
We have some of the same problems with our 20 year old rescue, Kiwi, who is also an umbrella. She will at least take the natural pellets and some fruits and vegetables now after six years in our home. She was an abused bird and has many other issues we have been working to correct, but with a lack of food motivation she has been a very difficult yet amazingly wonderful bird. We were lucky to have the chance to save her and add her to our small flock!
I love Blizz. I love him so much. I also have to ask, I know Blizz is largely so overactive because of his diet and so will get better as it improves, but if he's so amped up and just wants to run around when it's time to train, why not just play with him and wear him out so he's tired and therefor more calm, like when you have a young child "get the wiggles out"?
you have to be careful though, cause if you do that, they can associate the person with the heightened state & only ever react to them with that extreme ADHD attitude. These birds don't tend to "tire" & calm, they go from totally hyperactive to overtired & moody & bity because of that. I personally stick my lorikeets cage outside with the wild birds for a few hours to use up their energy, or if it's too cold, stick them in front of the tv with a bunch of videos of hyped up lorikeets. When hyped up, one of mine will actually come out of his cage & sit on his tv watching perch & start screeching at me/the tv until I turn it on, then he screams with the tv birds until tired & then he's ready to more calmly interact with me
It seems like for Blizz being around Dave is a reward. If you could use interaction with Dave as a reinforcement for training. I believe you guys did that for a master class with a military macaw, where the reinforcement was being with the owner. Also Blizz could be Daves project bird with the help of Jamie. Although i cant really see Jamie being the main caretaker of Blizz. Hilarity ensue.
Haha, I love Bliz! But wow, that’s a lot of cray cray in a little white feather ball! He’s like my lil Quaker but with a lot bigger beak. I’m so thankful my Ivy loves veg and fruit chop. I’m wondering if Bliz has a good size aviary for exercise, maybe encourage him to burn off some of that energy, making him hungry, and possibly learn to fly a bit?
Although Bliz has never flown I would still strongly suggest clipping a few flight feathers. If you don't a day will inevitably come when the bird will realize it can fly. What is important to understand is the bird doesn't know it can fly until it does. I've seen it happen. It's similar to watching a kid riding a bike for the first time. Consider the fact It usually takes kids at least a couple painful lessons of experience to master the art of stopping a bike. The same anology can be applied to landing for a bird that has begun to fly for the first time. It's not uncommon for pet birds to fly away. If a bird has no flight experience it's navigational skills are just as limited. Things like the ability to make turns, control rate of speed & elevation are compromised. Even more so for a full grown bird like Bliz who has never before found it's wings. Flight is a very effective mode of travel. Great distances can be spanned in a short period of time. The sad truth about pet birds that fly away is that they get lost & don't know how to get home. Very tragic. The first ten feathers beginning from the wing tip are "flight feathers." If every other flight feather (#'s 9,7,5 & 3) are regularly clipped it will limit flight distance capibility significantly & prevent the bird's ability to gain altitude altogether. The technique of maintaining gaps between wing feathers as opposed to clipping them all assures the bird's ability for short distances of controlled flight is intact. If a bird owner truly wants their bird to fly outdoors, controlled feather clipping routines can be conducted to allow a bird slow access to a full set of flight feathers. The number & lengths of those feathers can be monitored & maintained throughout it's molting cycles. It's like putting training wheels on a kids first bike.
This!!! This right here are my issues with training my U2. My Sydney doesn't even get over heightened he just doesn't care then it's total bipolar flip and I can get nailed.
That is exactly what my Catalina macaw does. I will just be scratching her head and 2 seconds later a switch in her head flips and she latches onto my finger/arm/etc and won’t let go.
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WONDERFUL VIDEO on the TRUTH about TOOS. I have a few of these loved ones to. They are fun and act like little nut jobs but it all happens so fast just like yous aid Jamie.
Could be the HAT he is wearing. It's interesting to TOOS and some of them not only get heightened but eventually get mad and mean and down right bite. I know a couple of them that love hats but then go right to biting cuz it makes them super heightened.
We did the same thing Zupreem colored diet was what ours were on when we bought them then we changed to the natural Zupreem and then to your pellets. It was slow going at first but eventually they did take it with the help of your birdy muffins you showed us how to make. THANK YOU BIG time for that.
SWEET! You got the 2nd video here. Thank you! You had me laughing so hard Jamie with that face you made in the end when Dave asked you... LOL
I had birds all my life but never learned more about them, than have learned from you . Thank you for making these they really help people.
What if it just has brain damage and is retarded ??? Many humans who are retarded act violently for no reason .
That bird has ADHD
Is being "VOLENTOLD" To Take on a Cockatoo grounds for Divorce..)
What gives me hope is how friendly he is! He’s such a sweet little bird and his diet is majorly contributing to his hyperactivity. I personally think that taking his mom out of the picture and changing his whole environment for a while will also help him accept the change in food. I think a lot of it is psychological. These birds are so smart!!!
Jamie I will pray for you. 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks! 😂
He is little?
Are you kidding?
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So glad everybody is helping Blizz. Sweet lil guy seems to be doing the best he can and putting some party in it all too 😁🤘🏼❤️
I would love to see blizz as a project bird because I’m at a loss on how you would train an animal like that. It would be a real challenge, for you and him
I would too! It would be REALLY weird to see Jamie interact with a cockatoo though 😂😂 one that was actually up close and in her space. Gods, Godspeed Jamie, for years I've heard "I'm afraid of umbrella cockatoos, SPECIFICALLY umbrellas....THEYRE JUST TOO UNPREDICTABLE!"
Being able to see a transformation with an Umbrella Cockatoo would help me and SO many others I'm sure!! I do believe U2's are the most rehomed. I was my U2's 3rd home in just 4 short years. It's heartbreaking 💔
I think she is waaaay to hung up on food as a reward right at this point. (personal issues? Or just pushing sales?)
(b.t.w.I absolutely despise zupreme, way too high sugarpercentage: my rescue macaw was on nothing else: her feathers were a brittle mess. They were rock hard and disintegrated in needle sharp fragments the moment some stress was applied on them. My vet assumed those pellets were some kind of low-grade human breakfast cereal, not propper birdfood and was shocked!)
If your bird is willing to steal *your* food (or even taste it) there is an opportunity to get them to try and eat new things.
(and almost all birds will ;) )
I got lucky that my 'completely unwilling to try anything' african grey got competitive with the other one: so if one of them flatly refuses one type of food, but the other is binging on it... that is half the battle won already. They will try it sooner or later.
(Ditto if you happen to be 'the other bird.')
Anyway... if food is not interesting, find out what is... usually it is interaction (not just scritches) or just let them chill out.
Right now, nobody relaxed around this bird, so he got hyped up along with them.
So maybe what he needs is "chilllllled human!" to help him 'get down from being hyped up'.
My macaw also got bitey/defensive/offensive when she gets overexcited (and she never learned how to play, so that was also very scary for her), but then she got an empty plastic bottle to throw around and shake as a stress-relief-item.
The moment she learned she could 'safely blow off some steam' she lost a lot of 'going into the red' behaviour.
Now we play together (and yes throwing that bottle around got from redirected aggression, to fun, to funtime with the human as well, and we no longer need the bottle as a go between, fingers are safe and she learned to relax all by herself after getting a bit tense.)
She normally trains fine with just a few pine-nuts as a reward, but if I ask her to really stretch boundaries, and she gets tense again....back to the bottle! (She ignores its existence for weeks, but she will start looking for it when she gets uncomfortable.)
She just had to find the safety valve to grow into a confident bird.**
Now she controls the way to get rid of the 'not nice feeling' ... she is a sweetheart, lots of trust.
I am not a professional trainer, and she was/is my first macaw (I am a CAG-person), so it probably took me a lot longer to figure out what made her tick ;)
**Her wings got ruined somewhere in her past, so she cannot fly away to escape scary/ nasty situations. That also is a source of stress to a prey-animal. She would just incidentally lose her balance and crash to the floor (no wing or tail to help balance her or catch her fall). Never take away a bird's option to fly! (It is one of the things I love about this channel.)
Hopefully he'll settle just a bit around Dave. 😅😂🤣
Honestly my cockatoo hates any woman but me and my mom (who she rarely sees). She gets excitable and i end up having to cave her and cover her then put soft classical music on. Now she rarely gets that way with me and when she escalates now, I hag her and talk quietly and she mellows out. But she’s a rare one. And Blizz is HUGE!!
He clearly picked Dave as his favorite treat. 🤣
I know cockatoos aren’t for everyone but I can’t help but love them. They are my ADHD sons spirit animal. 😉🥰
I love cockatoos.. On CZcams 😂 I think they are awesome and entertaining, at someone else's house. When I was deciding on a new bird (have always had small / med birds and wanted a larger one) I researched and then Googled cockatoo screaming and macaw screaming because worst case scenario should be taken into account. I listened at full volume and decided that I was right to get a macaw. Well so far she isn't a screamer but the sound an unhappy macaw makes vs an unhappy cockatoo is way different. Of course everyone is different and I have huge respect anyone who owns one.
Lol I have ADHD (Dx’d as an adult but has been suspected as a child) and I’ve always been a cockatoo person. Husband calls me the Moluccan whisperer because everytime we’ve met one and been told “… doesn’t like women/people, never been friendly…” the come right over and I can typically calm them down too. I always laugh watching all my Bird Tricks videos when Jamie gets nervous about them because that’s exactly how I feel with Macaws… but cockatoos have always been my “spirit animal.” Of course I was a hard core attention whore as a kid/teen/young adult so 🤷🏻♀️🥴
@@skittlesrainbowprincess that's the exact reason I own stock in earplugs 😂🤣
My ADHD son loves crazy cockatoos!! He's caring for someone else's right now. She's his best friend!
@@dedemaycen9112 awww that’s so wonderful!! 🥰
I was shocked at how much diet change affected our rescue macaw. He was 7yrs old. Only had zupreem fruity pebbles and sunflower seeds. I have him on Roudybush and fresh mash. ( 50% mash/50% roudybush ) He switched over in a period of 6 months, his colors improved as well as his attitude. Although I think the attitude had a lot to do with being handled and happy as he was very ignored before. He is 13 now and doing amazing.
LOL, I was talking abut mine just above your remark (Mina's response), same story here.
Supreme and macaws should not mix!
The feathers are soooo bad!
Zupreem Fruity Pebbles. LMFAO!
Food changes human kids too. Kids are more irritated etc if they eat just fast food.
Thank you for explaining everything I was so confused since I'm a newbie to this subject ❤
@@ihanakaunotar2741 Yup! If only more people would realize we are all affected by what we consume.
I feel like there's a lot of hope for Blizz! He's not plucking and he's extremely interactive and people-oriented. Isn't there a way to exploit his preference for people in terms of training? I would really like to see you take him as a project bird and adjust your method of treat-oriented training to attention-oriented?!
When I was a kid my mom got an umbrella cockatoo. The first bird I even interacted with. We loved her so much! She was alot like Bliz! So funny! She would play with us on the floor in the dirt outside and also loved to cuddle under blankets! I miss her so much. I really hope you do take him on as a project bird. I've been hoping you do a cockatoo forever now. I know how you feel about them but maybe it will be good for both you and Bliz!
This bird is hysterical, what a personality.
That bird is super heightened! Adorable and intimidating... My macaw would have hoovered those treats in 2 seconds 😂 🤣 🤪 🦜
I necer laughed so much during one of your videos. Blizz is just so precious! Even when he gets overly exciteds, he's not mean or aggressive, he's just excited and doesn't know how to deal with all that energy. I'm really curious, if and how his diet will be changed in the future. I would love to see him as one of your project birds and get regular updates on his health. And it's really refreshing to see a cockatoo that hasn't ripped out all of his breast feathers, so he seems to be mentally "stable" and happy.
Naturally bird should fly,so when one doesn't do it,all that excess energy is just piling up.flying requires lot of muscle energy and attention.i think u should train this bird to fly first as form of exercise.
I could never take proper care of an umbrella cockatoo lmao I would bounce with them all day and get them way too excited hahaha
Yes😂😂 me too hahaha
same. itd be an infinite feedback loop where im hyping the bird and the bird is hyping me until we both lose our minds
Having worked and owned a variety of smaller birds, I now have Bobo my Umbrella Cockatoo given to me from a parrot charity. As no one knew his history,age etc and being the largest bird I’ve ever had I was going into the unknown. I’ve learned a great deal now about him and his species. Yes, they are easily excited and I’ve found the best way to calm Bo down is to be calm, less talking to him and only low quiet words. Remove the toy or whatever is exciting him. In the case of your video with Blizzard it may be all the people around and particularly if he senses anxiety with someone. Think of a two year old child with a knife, all these emotions and not knowing how to properly keep them in check. The times Bo has bitten: When I had a Fitbit watch on and he must have thought it was a snake, so he was protecting me - when his hormones were raging and I wouldn’t let him masturbate on me holding him , he flew at me and attacked - when I’m playing with him with his toys and he gets way too wound up - when I’ve introduced a new toy just before bedtime ( huge mistake ! ) - when there’s a change in routine - when touching his favourite ‘bankies ’ (blankets) to take away to wash them. So yes, he has toddler emotions and the hormones of a teenage boy. I found that to let him know what’s happening next in our day I’ve added a song to it especially at bedtime. I have always in the 5 years together with Bo, stayed mostly to routine, had at least 5 hours off and on of cuddle time as well as keeping the diet varied but simple. Sugarsnap peas, bananas, peas, rice, sweet potatoes, scrambled and hard boiled eggs, apples, potatoes, plain cooked pasta noodles, oranges etc., and always have the other dish full of varied nuts and seeds. He has his favorites in nuts and seeds and in fruit and likes fresh fruit hand fed . Anyway, there’s lots more I can say and if I can help in anyway let me know. A great deal is based on trust which does take a lot of time which most people don’t have the patience or time. If you want me to post a video of me and Bo I can do that. I will need help with flight trading, I have a harness but only used once as I lost confidence after floffing about trying to get it on him and was ready to move on to something else.
Great video everyone❣️❣️ Love from 🏴
Pls post a video about ur parrot 🦜
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Wow!!!! Thanks for sharing, really interesting.
Id love to hear more of ur xperience,where can i contact you?
Have you seen Mr. Max? He loves a stuffed Snoopy and gets frisky with it and seems embarrassed when the camera or owner is watching and he can tell the difference between his favorite Snoopy and another one.
Cockatoos are so funny first 5 min i can't stop laughing one thing is for sure he a really good dancer!! ☝🤣
This is a great video to show someone who is thinking about getting a cockatoo for a pet.
What a kind and wonderful personality he has though, despite when being hyper.
Oh my god blizz is hilarious, I'm glad I voted to see him on your CZcams poll 😂
Lol, I get the circus music :D It was a whole show trying to get him outta cage and on to a stand :D
Every time I think my caiques are too wild, I see cockatoos and realize how good I have it.
Umbrella cockatoos always look like toddlers after eating too much sugar and artificial colours to me. Adorable but out of control.
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Artificial colors don’t do anything
😂😂perfect analysis 👌
This is hilarious😅😂
great pets for the right person
I adopted a 30 yr old African grey. She has been on cheap Walmart feed her entire life. It's week 3 of working to change her diet to healthy pellets and today she finally is sampling them. It will be tough but I'll stick it out because she is worth it.
Omg he is a character 😂
Videos of him are exactly what I would show someone who wants an umbrella cockatoo.
I worked for a bird specialist vet a long time ago, who would demonstrate for the new Umbrella Cockatoo owners how easily and angrily their bird could snap a wooden tongue depressor.
There's a great video of Onni the cockatoo on YT where it shows Onni going from calm to playfully screaming to completely absolutely flipping the F out screaming at the top of lungs in rage (scary!)... and all of this over the course of about 3 minutes.
every cockatoo needs an exorcism at some point in their lifetime 😂
Not a bird keeper but it just seems like these birds should never b pets. They seem as unable to adjust as say... a big cat. Yes, we can keep them alive fine but they r shadows of what they actually should b...😞
I've educated myself a good bit & seems like all large birds r just too delicate mentally & emotionally to live well alongside humans 🤔
Seems like truly happy, healthy, & well adjusted birds r the exception, not the rule...
That's just my experience/opinion tho
@@animeaunty That is correct, they do not belong in captivity, however, you cannot prevent people from capturing or breeding those birds for profit. Sadly, they cannot go back to the wild, so someone must take on the responsibility that is a highly intelligent avian.
Oh man an umbrella cockatoo, good luck Jamie! 😰
I love umbrella cockatoos, when owned by other people with more time and patience than me.
Yes!!!!!
Thank you for constantly reminding us all how important our parrots diet is. It is so true and every time you repeat that message it compels me to take time to really ask myself what more can I do to help my parrots get more nutritious meals in everyday.
Your sentiments are so appreciated and so many parrots must be so grateful for you repeating that message and making sure the facts are heard and listened to.
I converted my two cockatiels to your seasonal feeding system, cold-pressed pellets, and Jamie's seed mix for small birds. all I had to do was mix Jamie's seed mix with the chop and my birds went crazy and their faces were covered. It was really easy for them it seemed, as they were on Kaytee seed mix, the homemade food was so much more interesting to them, to my surprise they immediately started molting after converting to their new diet with shiny new feathers. Now they love cashew bits and peanut bits for treats and will station for them.
You do realize the ingredients are exactly the same, right?
Name the first ingredient in JamieLeighs pellets. Exactly its not the same.
Absolutely hilarious. Yes Jamie, take on Bliz as a project bird. It will be epic.
I wonder if she could break up his pellets into smaller pieces and feed that to him, then gradually make the pieces smaller, then turn them into powder and mix them with a tiny bit of good stuff, then gradually increase the amount of good stuff? 🤔
I like this idea, even powdering it and still mixing some small amounts of the pellets to soften in the other goodness so maybe the texture change would turn the bird off from them? no bird expert or even an owner but I still think it's a good idea lol
I agree. Get him used to eating it in powder form and mix this powder with BirdTricks powder?
When I switched my U2's food...he started throwing up the second he smelled it. Refused to eat for like 3 days so I had no choice but to give him the crap food again and had to gradually add the good stuff back in. If my U2 doesn't like his food he will grab his food by the foot-full, look at me and scream....and just drop it. Dogs love it but it's incredibly frustrating for this human burb momma 🤦♀️ Cockatoo life 😆 🤷♀️
yeh, powder was what I was thinking too & then VERY gradually add a little of something different, not necessarily even healthy, maybe fruit or molasses or other sugars at first, just to get him used to the idea of eating something slightly different to what he normally does.
The other thing that worked well with my lorikeets was popcorn. They wouldn't touch paper or cardboard or anything to make any foraging toys, so I used popcorn instead, putting cut up fruit at the bottom of little baskets & then covering with popcorn, that they were at least willing to touch in their beaks, unlike the paper etc. One of them in particular got very good at emptying the popcorn with mass flicking out of it to get to the fruit, but then somewhere along the way, they actually decided they liked the popcorn & started eating it too & eventually ended up liking it more than even the fruit! It's still one of their highest ranked treats (yoghurt's about the only one higher), they love the texture of popcorn in their mouths after dipping into their water dish. I think stuff like using foods as foraging fillers that they have to touch in their mouths can be a great way of getting them used to the tastes & textures, ready for later eating, so lots of bowls full of various foods, with the one food he'll eat hidden at the bottom under them, so he has to move all the others to get to what he wants
I think this might work too - probably the best bet.
When you play this back at half speed you start to understand the cockatoo's perspective
Throughout watching this episode ...I will be honest...I kept thinking he needs to go home with the two of you and taken on as a project bird. I'll start the ball rolling and say I'll give to that fund so that you can take him on as a project bird.
I loved Jamie’s reaction was like “what????” When Dave said I think you’d be really good at it 😂
Oh dear, oh Cockatoo! 😄 It is apparent that he is difficult to work with but he is also hilarious and very cute! 💫 That beak tho! 👀
LOVE this! Watching you guys getting trained by an umbrella cockatoo... LOL!!! That bird is hilarious :)) Hope you'll find a way to change his diet ..
We will!
As frustrating as I can imagine this was, it was also extremely entertaining & hilarious 😂. Thank you ‼️
Umbrella birds love Dave! That's like cats who love my husband. We were at a stranger's place, by the third day their cat was asking hubby to carry him upstairs for the meals he is trained to eat up there! Hubby complied. Babies love him, dogs love him... the only thing we didn't try him with at the strangers place was their little pet crocodile!
He looks like he needs lots of close bonding and energetic person to chat with and do stuff with.
Ooo you're working with an umbrella. Good for you. Overcoming your fears! Good job!
Gosh the anxiety I had when watch Blizz dance around during the first training session-
This is exactly why I love Umbrella Cockatoos, but only behind a screen!
Why only behind a screen? I'm considering one. I give a ton of attention so that's not a problem.
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Maybe you're 100% able to take care of an Umbrella Too, and that's great for you! It's just that I probably wouldn't be able to properly take care of them, so I'd prefer to watch others do so instead.
@@chansfeet2500 is it because they need too much attention? Just wondering why you say that.
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That, and they're very easy to accidentally overstimulate. They're very loud, energetic, and I'd just be better at taking care of a slightly more toned down bird.
Bliz is so adorable and funny. He makes me laugh. Cockatoos are everywhere in Sydney, Australia. Once people were crossing the streets when the red lights were on, a cockatoo that was perching on the lights was so angry. He was barking at the people who did not follow traffic rules. They are so smart and entertaining. I am sure they are lots of work. Jaime should take him in as a project bird. You are good at this Jaime.
A unique personality requires a unique reward. What if Blizz is in need of an enriching environment (to include interactions) so much so that his focus is communicating this to us rather than being distracted by food treats.
Bliz is infectious with his bobbing 😂
Lmao - this is hilarious! I thought my Amazon was a bit much but now I appreciate him more haha … dang!
On the bright side his thirst for a good shoulder to sit on can be motivation to fly lollolll .. funny / scary
So umbrellas have a special place in my heart they are not something that I could ever add to my flock but I can love them from afar but Jamie I think this would be perfect for you I know they're not your favorite but as a temporary in-home friend I think it might help you get over your fear and fix this poor baby
i would love to see him more and his evolution ! he have a lots of behaviors issues, also he is very friendly and seems to really enjoy life haha ! I think that with diet and training he would be an amazing bird companion
God I loved that realisation in Jamie's face when it sunk in what Dave had said. 😂
You have to be able to understand cockatoos they are so so different than other birds. It seems like Gallahs can be really crazy too but they seem easier to train. Cockatoos just wanna have fun. Mckaws scare me more than cockatoos they have huge beaks. Cockatoos love music and it seems he has a need to fly and get out that energy.
Exactly
Yes, the energy has to get used up first. If he could fly that would help tremendously!
Mine loves when my husband plays the harpsichord, she sings along and puts her whole heart and soul into it 🥰
Well, if this was a failure at training, it sure was an extrememly entertaining one! I love Umbrella Cockatoos, but they're a bit too much for me. Total drama on steroids birds! They can be pretty sweet...but can turn on ya quick!
As you know these are very intelligent and sensitive life forms. They sense things that are beyond our senses. Clearly, Blizz likes David more. Blizz is only 14 years old and that's a very young age for them. I'm sure Blizz will quickly learn things that are in harmony with his nature rather than for our entertainment.
He is quite a loveable character. So much fun to watch.
This cockatoo is so patient. If I handled my bird like that he'd be screaming at me and be biting as a last resort. He might not be cooperative but he's a very polite bird. I love how he keeps bugging your partner to say pretty bird. Pretty bird!
It was also Dave handling him. I think the results would've been different if Jamie tried handling him, with her fear of them.
Please take him as your project bird, you would be helping sooo many owners❤️
That was absolutely hilarious! It's hard to believe that anyone could change this bird's mind.
I'm very lucky. My Umbrella Cockatoo eats anything I give him. He just loves breakfast. Yesterday I awoke in the morning to find him in the kitchen, making pancakes. Sadly, they weren't very good. He completely forgot the blueberries. 😁
Blizz as a project bird would be hilarious and very much a new challenge! I think it would be a worthy experience!
Haha he's hilarious 🥰 I think the circus song is going through his head 24/7 🤣 he's having to much fun to learn
He's a beautiful bird.Made me laugh with his 'Hello'🤣 Great video and educational.I love Cockatoos but the more videos I watch on them I realise they are not the bird for me . I have 2 budgies, 1 conure ,1 quaker and a Red Lored Amazon but had all from babies so have been easy for me to train 😃
I think he was "heightened" because of the new place, lots of people, the laughter. Hard for him to suddenly focus, and do what you like.
Y'all, skip to @2:34 -- even if it's on 1.25 speed, it STILL took forever...and, YES, cockatoos can be like having a one-man band on two feet wandering into a circus (2-for-1 special? And it's what ya sign up for when you go cockatoo...… (#guilty)
The way I see it is like the better of two worlds---kinda like having a cuddly, confused, fluffy, cat-like 3 year old *toddler* FOR-EVER.....Same mess...same loud noises...same inappropriate words being repeated at inopportune times but there IS a bright side--Ya won't have to pay for braces or collage & [BONUS!] nobody can call CPS when ya put 'em behind bars and go to dinner....win-win!!! #CockatooLife
Oh please take him as a project youd both learn so much and help each other. Also hes so much fun
Tempting! ;)
Wow, from how she holds him, I can totally understand why the bird has a hard time getting settled on a stand. I'm sure you have great tips for her on this. I have found that when I have people come to my house, and my Cockatoo doesn't know them, it takes a while for my bird to calm down. This bird is just so happy to have people around and enjoying the interaction. Training him when he's so alert seems to be too much. Best time to train a bird like this is when he's calm, and when no other animals are around. He is the center of your focus, which he likes to be that anyway. What I do is feed my bird his pellets in the morning. In the evening, I take away the pellets and put in a cup full of many kinds of small chopped vegetables, beans, and noodles. I don't serve any fruit other than apples. My Too doesn't like anything else. After a while, he will know this is the daily pattern. Since birds eat before going to bed, this helps him know this is his dinner. If he ends up crying after giving him ample of time to eat (1 hour for example), I then add some pellets and a 1 or two nuts (walnut/cashew/etc). I've also noticed that my bird has totally stopped chewing his feathers since I started this and ensure he is getting enough food. This has been the key to his destructive behavior. I've also really listened/watched when he does cry - there is usually a reason why he's unhappy. Sometimes when he's super happy he'll be loud, but that's not the kind of unhappy, loud crying I'm talking about. One last thing, I celebrate my birds feathers with him. I talk about his pretty feathers all the time and expand his wings and praise him for his pretty feathers almost every other day. He likes this and I do think he understands. Not sure if it helps him know that I want his feather they way they are, but he understands when I don't want him to chew. Hope this info helps someone with a cockatoo or any other problematic parrot. One last thing, I also stopped giving my Too a shower so often. I think it was contributing by making his skin itchy....I could be wrong. Now, I only spray him with the Birdtricks feather spray occasionally. His feathers now have the oily feel and with food, he no longer chews or plucks his feathers. I hope this helps someone.
Yes, I agree. The way she holds him. I would have never held my cockatoo that way, it was disturbing to watch.
I laughed so hard when he said hello to the camera
What's Dave thinking,lol, but in all honesty you might be able to convince this cockatoo "Variety is the spice of life". Let us know your decision, and good luck.
He's like a teen girl opening the basement door in a horror movie... 'Hello..?'
I can’t wait to watch this! I love umbrella cockatoos! (From afar in someone else’s house lol🤣)
I think aawww an umbrella cockatoo, don’t let them near me
@@Silly_worm1029 lol yeah. I can be in the same room as them but I’ve heard so many things about them biting so I’m pretty scared to let them near me.
Same 😂 we fostered a cockatoo for a couple months. She was adorable but between the screaming and the surprise bites i wont lie i was pretty relieved when she went to her new home. And so were the rest of my birds 😂
Girl I don't know HOW u would train Blizz. Definitely a project.
I have a question. What strikes me first & foremost is the fact that Blizz is so playful- energetic but I don’t see anyone engaging with him in reciprocity, why not? He obviously has an over abundance of energy and to play (interact) to burn off the state of excitement may go a long way to retrain him. Is he need for interaction being met?
Blizz is a whole new level of insanity! I can’t wait to see what kind of videos come out with him. 🤣🤣
Beautiful, beautiful bird. Crazy - yes but that's almost normal for these guys. Makes my galah look calm and collected - considering his name's chainsaw that's pretty good.
I hope Blizz can change the diet even a little - go from Blizz to Bliss maybe. Worth the time and effort, such a stunning creature - all the very best wishes to all involved. I'll try and find a good chainmail retailer for you Jaime.
They are very affectionate AND SMART!!
As far as training videos go this has to be the funniest. He's a character for sure, thry love a reaction qmd the more you engage the more excited they get lol.
I think a group setting made him worse, more ppl to entertain for him lol. I def think taking away his food at night and training first thing before food may help and 1 on 1 with no Interruptions from anyone big or small lol. He's a challenge for sure but a very very jolly fella.
Good luck if you take him on lol.
Well, at least he seems happy! Haha. Good luck - I’m totally staying tuned 😂
Blizz is utterly a-dorable though...so much personality.💗
He isnt motivated by food or doing tricks, he wants to hangout and be on you :D
uugghhh! the cliffhanger!! will you take Blizz as your project bird, Jamie???
🤷♀️ stay tuned... 😬🤪😂
I think it would be a good opportunity for you to train with praise rather than treats.
Umbrella is my first choice when I get to rescue one. Or two ha! They have the most tender eyes when they allow you to get close with them. ❤️❤️❤️
Bliz's carrier looks like it was meant for Hannibal Lecter :P
Bliz acts like Hannibal Lecter
Bliz acts like Hannibal Lecter
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🤣 that's funny!!
You guys are AWESOME. I have had birds for thirty-seven years and learn something new every single day. Cockatoos are the one bird that constantly challenge me. It is like one day we are on the same vibe, and then BAM, I am BIT! I wish you the best with Bliz and hope his owner can make headway on his diet. Keep up your great work. Peace and blessings!
I don’t have a bird myself but It would be interesting if you can successfully fix Bilzz’s diet alone, without any additional behavioral training. Once he’s on a stable healthy diet bring him back for training and (hopefully) showcase what a good diet alone can do for a bird..
I had one picky eater almost like this bird.
What I did was take the pellets and mix it with like a teaspoon of the good stuff. This way the pellets would get a little bit of the taste but not too much, but just a tiny bit.
Then slowly add more and more untill he was transferred to a healthy meal. Now he eats TSF without any problem :)
This was very entertaining. I hope she does take him on as a project bird!
I know you guys could work with him. He's adorable, endearing, and a huge challenge to break the Blizz code and help others working with high-energy species. Push yourselves to take him on if your schedule permits ~ I'd love to see the difference you'd make, and I'm sure heaps of others would, too. With such a challenge brings the chance of a massive payoff! ❤🐦
You guys will do just fine!
I'm sure even you are already done with this little guy because the solution seems obvious to me...because you guys have adressed these issues in the past even.
Blizz is an extremly social and very energetic bird. So the reward is probably that interaction, scritches and excitement are a great way to reward the bird for eating different foods.
And for his energetic attitude, he clearly needs toys.
So what I think you guys will do is introduce toys and hide some treats in them, so he learns that getting to the treat is putting a higher value on the treat itself and he'll give it a try.
Another thing I learned with my own parrots is, that it's easier to convert them to fruits rather than vegetables.
So my parrot will want to eat an apple when I eat an apple, and apples have a similar consistency to cucumbers, so the way I introduced cucumbers was by giving them apples first. I got them interested in apples by occasionally let them check out apple juice mixed with water(they decided to shower in it, which was a fail, but then they still got to taste it from their sticky feathers, we had to take a second shower for that day). Another thing that they really learned to love is corn on the cob, because they could just play with it and pick it apart, they started to like the texture by playing with them, same goes for carrots, basically and food they can playfully pick apart is also food they eventually loved to eat in the chop.
It's like with little kids, they eat whatever they play with, they eat sand when they play with sand, so before we get to a healthy diet, we have to have positive association with healthy food by playing with it.
Maybe I'm completly wrong, but at the very least I refuse to believe a social bird like that is untrainable by BirdTricks.
He is hysterical! so cute. And I think he has a crush on Dave 😂
Watching Bliz reminds me of how I was as a kid with ADHD. If food isn't a motivator, maybe there are other ways? Birds seem highly observant of sounds, so maybe finding a favorite sound to reward certain behaviors would be a good option? As for why umbrella cockatoos like your hubby, I think it has to do with the hat. When he bobs his head up and down, the bill of the baseball cap makes the movement seem a tad more exaggerated.
Lol can we apreciate how funny and cute he is though?
Jamie's face palm at 13:45 is so genuine it's so funny. She's reached the training an emotional bird phase where it's just funny cus you can't help it they do what they want.
Edit: Also Jamie yess please take on blizz! They aren't impossible I promise. You helped me with mine the time line just changes because your encouragement and play is their best reinforcement so you can only get very small reps of training in. But over a long time it adds up and it's very possible! Also would be a great new experience for you and the rest of us plus I think Dave wants to take him home anyway 🤣
Lol so true on all counts (including Dave wanting to take him home!) with cockatoos. On a serious note though, I have a daughter on the spectrum but atypical behavior in that she’s SUPER social and lacks spacial boundaries. I felt guilty and struggled because my older 2 boys were gifted (& super fast/easy learners) because I’m not patient like my husband… but that worked in my favor because that’s exactly how learning went with her. Small “bite-sized”sessions that include play and music. The tough cockatoos I’ve been around were similar and it’s a “dance” in that they want and need the play to stay engaged, but knowing that line where they’re suddenly too heightened (& hard to see unless you just know, like Jamie talks about).
I want to just hang out with these guys, soak it all in and be her cockatoo helper!
He is so adorable! I hope you can get his diet on track.
Our female umbrella is same age. They’re a different breed for sure. I love Charlotte but she’s a handful. That little nip was nothing. When Charlotte is aggressive, she’s all in. The plumage on that bird needs attention.
Plumage condition probably due to diet.
@@pixie706 There are sheaths that the feathers emerge from. The bird needs assistance with grooming to remove them.
Sometimes my Umbie will let me get his pin feathers, sometimes not, it's OK but when he falls off the table you can see his feathers are ragged looking. Mine is the same, not plucking or barbering but some are ragged which is likely diet (I'm still trying to get him to try better food) and I don't know about Bliz but my boy refuses to bathe as well.
Oh he's gourgous 💙🥰🤗
Love watching yall with crazy birds!!❤️❤️🤣🤣
We have some of the same problems with our 20 year old rescue, Kiwi, who is also an umbrella. She will at least take the natural pellets and some fruits and vegetables now after six years in our home. She was an abused bird and has many other issues we have been working to correct, but with a lack of food motivation she has been a very difficult yet amazingly wonderful bird. We were lucky to have the chance to save her and add her to our small flock!
I love Blizz. I love him so much. I also have to ask, I know Blizz is largely so overactive because of his diet and so will get better as it improves, but if he's so amped up and just wants to run around when it's time to train, why not just play with him and wear him out so he's tired and therefor more calm, like when you have a young child "get the wiggles out"?
you have to be careful though, cause if you do that, they can associate the person with the heightened state & only ever react to them with that extreme ADHD attitude. These birds don't tend to "tire" & calm, they go from totally hyperactive to overtired & moody & bity because of that.
I personally stick my lorikeets cage outside with the wild birds for a few hours to use up their energy, or if it's too cold, stick them in front of the tv with a bunch of videos of hyped up lorikeets. When hyped up, one of mine will actually come out of his cage & sit on his tv watching perch & start screeching at me/the tv until I turn it on, then he screams with the tv birds until tired & then he's ready to more calmly interact with me
@@mehere8038 thank you for your reply! that's something I've always wondered and your answer explains a lot
Dave just wants to see Blizz more .. 😂
It seems like for Blizz being around Dave is a reward. If you could use interaction with Dave as a reinforcement for training.
I believe you guys did that for a master class with a military macaw, where the reinforcement was being with the owner.
Also Blizz could be Daves project bird with the help of Jamie. Although i cant really see Jamie being the main caretaker of Blizz. Hilarity ensue.
I wonder if you could dip his pellets in a a liquid like a fruit juice or puree just so it still looks the same
Just to add a hint of a different flavor
Take on Blizz! If anyone can do it, it's you! Give this hyper man a new leash on life!
His little dance in his travel carrier is adorable.
Haha, I love Bliz! But wow, that’s a lot of cray cray in a little white feather ball! He’s like my lil Quaker but with a lot bigger beak. I’m so thankful my Ivy loves veg and fruit chop. I’m wondering if Bliz has a good size aviary for exercise, maybe encourage him to burn off some of that energy, making him hungry, and possibly learn to fly a bit?
cockatoo: "Nope happy with birdie moshpit thanks"
That would indeed be one hugely interesting project bird! I really wonder if he could be helped
Although Bliz has never flown I would still strongly suggest clipping a few flight feathers. If you don't a day will inevitably come when the bird will realize it can fly. What is important to understand is the bird doesn't know it can fly until it does. I've seen it happen. It's similar to watching a kid riding a bike for the first time. Consider the fact It usually takes kids at least a couple painful lessons of experience to master the art of stopping a bike. The same anology can be applied to landing for a bird that has begun to fly for the first time. It's not uncommon for pet birds to fly away. If a bird has no flight experience it's navigational skills are just as limited. Things like the ability to make turns, control rate of speed & elevation are compromised. Even more so for a full grown bird like Bliz who has never before found it's wings. Flight is a very effective mode of travel. Great distances can be spanned in a short period of time. The sad truth about pet birds that fly away is that they get lost & don't know how to get home. Very tragic.
The first ten feathers beginning from the wing tip are "flight feathers." If every other flight feather (#'s 9,7,5 & 3) are regularly clipped it will limit flight distance capibility significantly & prevent the bird's ability to gain altitude altogether. The technique of maintaining gaps between wing feathers as opposed to clipping them all assures the bird's ability for short distances of controlled flight is intact.
If a bird owner truly wants their bird to fly outdoors, controlled feather clipping routines can be conducted to allow a bird slow access to a full set of flight feathers. The number & lengths of those feathers can be monitored & maintained throughout it's molting cycles. It's like putting training wheels on a kids first bike.
This!!! This right here are my issues with training my U2. My Sydney doesn't even get over heightened he just doesn't care then it's total bipolar flip and I can get nailed.
Right! I feel like I'm watching my boy too. Its crazy.
That is exactly what my Catalina macaw does. I will just be scratching her head and 2 seconds later a switch in her head flips and she latches onto my finger/arm/etc and won’t let go.
Nice to know i am not the only one with a bird (Goffin), who is like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.