How to train a parrot for beginn

Basically, a parrot training plan needs to be as individual as the bird you brought into your home. Each parrot has a unique personality which requires a combination of technique, patience, friendship and dedication in order to train effectively. There are some ideas that in most cases will help you prepare to train and learn some useful basics and skills.

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Preparing for success

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   Create an appropriate environment for training. Think about how to train a young child. If he feels safe, calm, relaxed and active, he can carry out your instructions efficiently. This also applies to your parrot.

   • Find a quiet place where you and your parrot can focus on the task. Choose a place that your parrot is familiar with, so that he or she is comfortable before beginning to train. ^[1]
   • Do not attempt to train a budgie when it is agitated. Wait a while. However, food reward training is effective when the budgie is hungry. So training before eating time is the best way. ^[2]
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   be ready. Although parrots are sometimes quiet friends, they are not always patient. Delays and errors during training sessions can make training fail. Therefore, preparation for training is essential.

   • Bring all the supplies you will need for the type of training you will be doing. Supplies can include items such as a portable perch, towel, pecker (during tap training), sticks, target stick, chain (in case of outdoor training), bitter spray (to make places unattractive to a parrot's beak) and of course food. ^[3]
   • Choose food that the parrot prefers, and also that he eats easily such as thin apple slices, which serve as a good reward for the parrot. ^[4]
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   Start training early, but don't continue with it too hard. We all know that older dogs have a hard time learning new tricks. This principle applies to all kinds of animals, including parrots (and people as well).

   • Begin the process of training your parrot as soon as possible. If you skip the budgie training blister to eat food from your hand, you can start training it. ^[5]
   • Do a double workout during the day, ideally in even hours each day. But training is important when the budgie is at rest.
   • However, you should shorten the training period to no more than fifteen minutes at a time. If the bird begins to lose interest, it is best to stop the training and do it at a later time. ^[6]
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   Feed him from your hand. Rewarding your parrot with hand-feeding is essential to all types of training. It also helps build a bond between you and your parrot. ^[7]

   • Do this process when the bird is inside its cage. Slowly approach the cage and offer food. Be calm and only give him another food as encouragement when he is feeding.
   • Thin apple slices are a good reward for the bird if you're worried about your parrot pecking your hand. You can also wear gloves. If you are afraid, choose something that will attract the bird to peck.

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Use basic training methods

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   Encourage the desired behavior. Cheerleading is a training ideology that focuses on rewarding the bird for the final, intentional actions of the steps required to complete training. ^[8]

   • Encouragement is also known as giving value to behaviors by positively reinforcing them.
   • For example, if you are training your bird to bathe, you should reward him when he looks at the tank, goes towards the basin, moves into the basin, tests the water, enters the tank, and finally takes a bath in it.
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   Use the clicker. Pets from cats to birds benefit from clicking training, in which a clicked device is used to indicate a desired behavior to be rewarded. ^[9]

   • The clicking sound is an audible signal to express acceptance of the parrot's behavior. It should occur automatically in response to the behavior and immediately be followed by a reward. You have to associate the click clause with the reward to describe the basis for that maneuver.
   • For example, if you are using the clicker while training the parrot to climb on your finger as described in part of this article, the click and reward should occur as soon as the parrot climbs onto your finger or hand. You can incorporate the use of clicking into practically any parrot training program.
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   Focus on the goal. There is another training method that you can combine with the use of the percussion if you wish. You know Target Focus Training. It uses the bird's inquisitive nature to achieve new things to build an effective response. ^[10]

   • The basic theory of target focus training is to use the target stick to point at an area next to the parrot, and if any response comes from the parrot, it should be rewarded immediately. Over time, the parrot will learn to follow the target inside the cage or in the room in the process of learning to respond immediately to simple commands. ^[11]
   • Target training creates a core skill, so it opens up room for other types of training.

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Practicing different climbing techniques

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   Use early rise training. As the name indicates, this skill involves training the parrot to climb or move from one perch to another as directed, usually with your finger, your hand, or the portable perch.

   • Ascent training is an essential skill to learn early for the following reasons: ^[12]
     • It is relatively easy for both the pupil and the teacher.
     • It promotes normal parrot behaviour, the desire to move from one perch to another.
     • Practically speaking, training a parrot to climb on your hand makes everything from playtime to cage cleaning easy.
     • It opens up room for other skills as a base stage.
   • While climbing training is a simple skill, there are many exercises of varying difficulty, from which you can choose what you want by following the steps below.
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   Test the primary method of training. If your new bird has some training experience or still has natural inclinations, a simple method of training is more effective. ^[13]

   • Offer your hand or wrist to the parrot (depending on the size of the parrot and your desire) and place it in front of the bird at chest level. Many birds will naturally climb onto the new roost without the need for training.
   • Give this behavior a signal, either by saying "go up" or clicking the click to prompt the budgie to make the movement. Reward him immediately.
   • If the budgie does not ascend spontaneously, estimate gradual behaviors such as touching the perch with its beak, placing one foot on the perch, etc.
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   Use the reward food method as an alternative to training. In this method, food is used to motivate the bird to perform the desired behavior. But it is similar to the basic training principles. ^[14]

   • Put the food on one hand and place your other hand or finger at the level of the parrot's chest. Point your hand so that the easiest way for the parrot to get to food is to climb onto the existing perch.
   • If the parrot does not climb onto the perch, reward it for any contact with the perch at first and then reward it for the desired climbing behavior.
   • If you can use the flick while your hands are engaged, you can combine this with going up and also saying "go up" while doing the going up.
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   Go to the goal-focused approach in your climb training. If other methods have not worked or you are already using the target method. You can train the parrot to climb by applying the familiar target and reward system. ^[15]

   • For example, hold the target stick in one hand and your favorite perch in the other hand. If you have the manual dexterity to get the job done, you can do both with one hand until you leave the other hand to catch the food or the paw.
   • Position the target stick in a specific direction so that it points the bird toward the new perch, which should be just in front of the bird's chest level.
   • Reward positive behavior right away and use tap or verbal cue if desired. Ultimately, you don't need to aim for the parrot to perform the behavior.

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Teaching your parrot to speak

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   Don't expect your parrot to talk or not to talk. Especially for people who are new to owning a parrot, speech training is usually the first skill they seek to train or think it is the most skill a parrot can learn.

   • The fact of the matter is that every parrot is different, so you shouldn't have a bird of a breed known to talk because you assume it can talk. ^[16]
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   Be aware of your words. Some birds need little or no training and can in fact pick up words and phrases they don't want the bird to repeat.

   • Exciting words, such as when you are watching a sports game, are easier for a parrot to pick up, and it will listen to you more than you might expect. So be careful what you say about parrots ^[17]
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   Start early and be calm. A parrot talks to the rest of its flock and it is easy to make you part of the flock at an early age. So if you start training with a young bird, you will succeed. ^[18]

   • Use a clear, calm, happy voice to chant a simple word as you practice. Think about how to teach a young child to say the word "mama."
   • At the beginning of the training process, reward any sound, then gradually the exact sound and finally reward the sound known to provide food on the spot.
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   Repeat. Repetition is a way to train a parrot to speak. Repeat the number of times you say the sentence in front of the bird, and the parrot will pick it up and repeat it.

   • Train it to your liking. Your parrot won't mind including others in the herd, but you might.
   • Some experts advise that you record your voice and play it for the parrot to listen to. ^[19] Of course, by using this method, you will lose contact.

Helpful ideas

• be patient.
• Make quiet, slow gestures when you are near the parrot.
• Keep the training area clear of clashes if possible.
• Food is an effective reward, but you have to offer good food. Banana slices are good food for parrots.
• Using a pecker can help you train your parrot.