HOW TO TRAIN A MEAN MACAW (PART 1) 

Hey 👋, how are you doing today; hope it was a blessed day for you Catherine?

I hope things are better now.

wow, that's intense. i hope you get a reply, i would be interested in the analysis.

It was so hard to work with when it came to filming and editing so yeah, sorry about that... we don't really know the locations we are getting into when it comes to people booking classes like this but definitely won't be using that space again!

@@BirdTricks I just wanted to make sure you guys were aware of it. Still an awesome and educational video none the less.

So glad to hear you are making progress already! Pellets are a great place to start, also make sure the 12 hours of uninterrupted sleep is there as well. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FFW6pVK3TFc.html

Oh dear..must get her in a breeder formula food,oyster shell, crush egg shells into scrambled eggs with exact baby parrot powder formula warm. It's hormones not you touching her. Caution is egg bound . Adjust her light so she thinks it's summer. Use full spectrum lights. Macaws are rainforest not intended for a home, TV, etc. Try to make her life happy. Or, find her a mate, interview about 500 she might find one sweetheart. Amazon they fly in thousands . Miami's Parrot jungle may trade her for another bird so she can mate.

Does this snake trainer have a youtube channel? I'm desperate for more reptile training education, since I feel they're underrepresented, especially for how different training can be for them!

He is not a "little bird" if he was things wouldn't be nearly so serious. A macaw is perfectly capable of doing serious damage, both to it's environment and to humans. Yes he's been in a bad situation and that's awful, but it doesn't make him a helpless little budgie. He's a large, strong and potentially dangerous bird.

Part two is out today!

Oh love this comment I have dogs too and my first thought seeing parrots all fluffed up was that they’re not content lol - I learned something 👍

Rousing, when they fluff and shake is contentment. The raising of the feathers around the head and neck are what Dave called the f you feathers and they denote a heightened and potentially aggressive state.

hmm that would be interesting! I have no idea & you're going to miss a lot, but I suspect it's possible for the bird to learn alternatives, cause they're smart and, at least with mine (lorikeets) they are definitely hearing focused more than sight focused in communication. I mean they give a LOT of signals with their eyes & feathers & visual in general, but when I tried the mirror test with mine, curious if they were smart & self aware enough to pass, they failed miserably, however, when they heard themselves on video, they immediately gave a REALLY strong response, very clearly recognising that it was their own voice on the video & quite bemused by it. Mine clearly recognise their own voices, their mate/friend's voice & the voices of local lorikeets & at least one local cockatoo. I found this out when watching an outdoor covid briefing video & suddenly both my birds, together say "hello" & climb out of their cage & look to the tv. I replayed it & heard a cockatoo in the background in the video, that sounded to me like a local one, but I really couldn't tell for sure, but I later found out the briefings were being held just 3kms from my home, so it pretty clearly was the local cockatoo that my neighbour feeds, who arrives & says "hello" everytime he does & that my lorikeets like to call to & see as their friend. I've tested them since on other videos of local birds & there's a definite difference in reaction compared to random video birds, so all in all, I do think their communication is more focused on audio than visual, so I suspect what you're wanting to do is possible, as long as the bird is co-operative & wanting to participate. I don't know, but that's my feeling, even though on the surface there's HUGE amounts of info you'd be missing without visual input. I think starting out by learning to identify your bird's call & differentiate different bird calls from birds of the same species would probably be good & once you can do that, you can probably pick up little nuances in communication tones etc. Rewarding your bird/s for vocalising to communicate with you would probably be good too There's no doubt touch related signals too & location/how close they get to you at different times that could help too. My girl loves preening my eyebrow & when I'm in close to her while she's doing it/before/after, I find I'm getting a lot of info from her & know what she'd doing & feeling, even if I have to close my eyes to stop her licking them & keep them closed for a period of time, I can still tell what she's doing & thinking when I'm in that close to her

@@mehere8038 Oh wow! That's so cool! And sweet that your bird interacts with you like that.

I have the same question as well. That seems like something they would’ve put up on their channel, which leads me to wonder if they have not worked with blind people at all.

We use nature's spirit pure oils, different scents in each corner of Cage, different scent under food bowl, water bowl different. Eyes are liver issue, vet check liver panel, we use life extension liver efficiency & organic milk thistle into wet foods, tea of organic nettle. Kidney controls hearing. Never give cold water or cold foods never allow in cold,or cold wind. We use black rice cooked with carrots sesame chia flaxseed parsley chopped all warm. Fresh foods never pellets as stress kidney,liver and not natural in the wild. Fresh organic small chopped vegatable fruits Harrison pellets can be ground . We mix warmed exact parrot powder formula warm into scrambled eggs sesame seeds chopped walnuts almonds seperate bowl. Almond butter on spoon or syringe with avian missing link. Especially when molting and we add to that "feather fixer" pellets crushed totally into the almond butter. Water as warm tea of Bai hua she she cao tea or warm water apple cider vinegar 2 TBL in gallon spring water. Music pacobel with whale song cricket CD Frequencies utube on low Dr.seplow DVM Calif natural alternative medicine next day Chinese medicine herb homophathic. Really reasonable $.

I have a cocktail that is blind in one eye. If the good eye is not looking at me, walk slowly to it and I say hi very softly as not to startle, and wait for it to look at the pointer and finish eating before continuing with training. A blind one I would imagine is going to bite if startled even a little out of pure self defense.

i hope you can get help for your troubled adopted bird. You have a kind spirit and understand his behavior is caused from past abuse. good luck.

It’s both, you’re not very bright are you?

FU is an anacronym(?) for a profane statement (F**k You) and the FU feathers are just a few feathers that stand up.

@@lamashtu3449 be nicer

Looks like a regular green-winged macaw. No hybrid.

I'd love to know too, mine does this, and I always thought it was hormonal behavior because he does it when he's trying to nest in something like a blanket/couch too

@@magickman152 yeh 11:58, I was surprised they continued training & didn't comment on what it was. I think the same as you, but would also like it confirmed. I always stop training/interacting until it stops & behaviours return to what I think is non-hormonal with mine. My boy does this, then puts his head right down & shakes his body & that's about as hormonal as his behaviour gets at it's peak. When I was new with them, he probably did this & I missed it, not sure, but got him to step up & then he started doing a shaking thing as he walked all along my arm & seemed to be pretty obviously in the process of mating with my arm. I ignored completely/didn't react & eventually he got off my arm & got the message not to do it again, BUT I think he still associates stepping up & being on me with being stimulating, so kinda good he sort of refuses to do it. Anyway, other than sleep, I would have been REALLY interested in other options to respond to this sort of behaviour. I find sleep does help btw. If mine's doing it badly, I usually find it's cause the neighbour's been at it with his music, impacting my bird's sleep, or there's been construction/tree chopping noise around that's woken them early, so I extend their sleep time & give them naps, sometimes I'll give them up to 16 hours straight at night if they don't nap & are like that & I find that largely stops it (although not 100%) but yeh, like you, I think it's hormonal, but with Dave ignoring it & continuing training, I would love confirmation & info on what to do with that behaviour!

@@magickman152 interesting! I don’t even have a bird. But I adore all birds (wild or not) and I love watching them interact and teach about their behavior. I’m really curious about it!

@@mehere8038 They have an bit on handling birds at (birdtricksstore.com/blogs/birdtricks-blog/handling-hormonal-birds) and also offer a course that goes more in depth that I'm interested in called "Horror-Moans" (birdtricksstore.com/products/spring-hormones) I'd love to check it out, but I'm starting with a sleep schedule and making baby steps

Hi, I've just been watching everything! What type of parrot?

@@michellecraig6136 an African grey

@@michellecraig6136 an African grey

I don't know if it's recent, but the subtitles on this video are very good! There's only a couple spots that aren't written, and they're not important spots.

Hey 👋, how are you doing today; hope it was a blessed day for you Vane?

Yep agree one thousand percent man. This overly sensitive pandering to the non majority has got to go.

@@LookUpTheKalergiPlanWhitePeeps Watch Europa the Last Battle for a real eye opener.

@@shitvalancheofdivercity14-.-88 what is that, a movie? I am interested, thanks!

I don’t have birds and know very little about their care; this video came up on my recommend and I decided to watch it. I am wondering if what the trainer meant was it is important to change things up a bit so your bird does not get stuck in a rut which then might then bring problematic behaviors. So, changing the food bowl or placement of it every so often, or maybe changing cages or location of the cage or trying different healthy treats keeps them from getting bored or unhappy due to being in a rut. I know humans do this- buying new clothes, rearranging furniture or redecorating, trying a new hairstyle etc. It can invigorate. Maybe birds are similar since they are used to flying all over the wild. I don’t know...maybe they can further elaborate?

@@byzantineladybug9471 Yep, your interpretation is spot on. It's really changing it up because once you fall into a consistent routine it becomes an expectation and when that expectation isn't met (because hey, we are human!) the bird or animal in general, can throw a fit over it since it has become used to expecting things to be the exact same. It makes them less adaptable and unable to deal with change (change actually becomes a stressor) so it's super important to vary things like when you feed, where you feed, how you feed, etc... and alll the other things.

@@BirdTricks Thank you for elaborating! 🥰❤ I have learned so much from watching only a few of your videos. The compassion you exhibit towards these feathery little (and not so little) beings is heart warming! 🦜❤

Clearly, they seem like smart people with good heads on their shoulders. It’s pretty stupid to hate someone just because of their political affiliation , you don’t know what their personal beliefs are and not everyone fits into a box.

Oh shut up