How to Train a Parrot

Domestication and education of any domestic animal - even a puppy, even a kitten, even a hamster - requires in the first place great patience. Very rarely the animal immediately recognizes a newowner - you may be required not one week to make friends with the pet. So if you want to tame a parrot, be prepared to wait and do not try to force events.

The successful taming of a parrot depends on age of the bird. It's much easier to tame a very young parrot,than a bird that has already turned four or more months old. The longer the parrot remains with the parents or in a flock of other birds, the more "wild" it will be. The fact is that such a parrot has become accustomed to living in a pack, and all his behavior is oriented to life in the environment of his own kind. Therefore, it is only natural that a parrot will be afraid or be bewildered when he has to live alone, and only people will be next. If it takes weeks to tame very young birds, in the case of older parrots, the account goes for months.

Do not try to tame the parrot immediately. Like any pet, he first needs to settle in a new dwelling. It is very important that the cage for the parrot beconvenient. If the bird is tight or uncomfortable, if it can not spread its wings properly, it will slow down the process of taming the parrot. At first, after buying a cage with a parrot put or hung at the level of the eyes of the owner. In a cell that is too low, you are most likely to look from above. The parrot will be frightened of the fact that someone "hangs over" it, and the taming of the parrot eventually takes much more time than you expected. If the cage is too high, it will be difficult for you to keep in touch with the pet and this, again, will slow the adaptation. Take care that the cage is not in a draft.

Transplant a parrot into a new cage is not forcibly worth it. He must move himself to a permanent home from a parrot carrier, yourIt's up to you to make sure that it does not fly away. It takes at least a week to get used to the new situation. At this time, it is better not to bother the parrot with your excessive attention - he should feel safe. Do not clean the cage - in the first week, it still does not have time to get too dirty, and you will save your nerves. Do not touch the bird with your hands, if you need to pour a pet food or pour fresh water, do not make any sudden movements. To tame a parrot, with any manipulation in the immediate vicinity of him, it is necessary to speak tenderly to the bird in order to calm it.

When the parrot is accustomed to a new home, you can gradually continue to tame the parrot. Now you need to teach a parrot to go to your advantage. Do this, again, do not immediately. You can not put your hand in a cage and grab a bird - it will only get even more frightened. First, wait until the parrot does not stop being afraid to eat in your presence. First you can just be near the cage when the parrot eats feed without producing loud noises and making sudden movements. You can gradually begin to hold your hand next to the feeder.

When the pet gets used to being near, you can try to tame the parrot. Begin yourself to give him food. Parrots are more gullible in the evening, at dusk,therefore, it is better to start feeding them from the hand at this time of day. If the parrot is still afraid of your hands, try to give him his favorite treat on a long spoon. Then you can gently push your hand into the cage, holding the food between your index finger or your thumb. The main difficulty is that the parrot is scared to step on your fingers - and without this, it will not be possible to take the food. Be patient if the pet still decided to take a treat and stepped on your finger with at least one paw, which is good.

If you do it regularly, then graduallythe parrot starts to climb behind the stern to the open palm and sit on your fingers. This can take about a month. Giving the parrot a feed from his hand, constantly speak to him with a gentle and soothing tone, call him by name. A hungry bird will more readily take food from his hand, but in no case should the parrot be specially starved! In general, if you want to tame a parrot, forget about violence - it is absolutely unacceptable. Parrots are very vindictive and offendedare able to remember for a long time. You should become for the bird not an authoritarian master, but rather a fellow in appearance - the only way to tame the parrot without causing him injuries.

When the bird gets used to sitting on his hand, you can try to pull his hand out of the cage. First, the parrot will immediately return tocell, and then gradually get used to the open space and begin to travel around the room. Do not forget to ensure the safety of the parrot: close the windows, isolate other pets. If the parakeet fly away - most likely, it is waiting for death.

To tame a parrot is not difficult, it would be patience. But the problematic or even almost impossible is the domestication of a parrot of a respectable age (several years) or a bird, which was previously cruelly used.