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  1. Bonding and Training
    We have had our boy Blue since December 2020 (he was a baby when we got him). We have tried all the taming tricks in the book but he’s still not interested in spending any time with us. He has zero interest in us (me, my husband and our daughter). He just keeps his distance and then goes in to...
  2. Bonding and Training
    Hello all. I am birdsitting a very young male Parrotlet. He is my son's and was allowed outside it's cage to fly around his room. The wings have not been clipped and I have no idea how to do that. I'm afraid of harming the young bird's wing growth. My son has a conure that was injured and...
  3. Bonding and Training
    Hello, I am new here so please bear with me. I bought a Parrotlet 8 days ago he is only 4 month old. I watch almost 10 hours and research more then week before buying it as I want to ensure that he has the best care and life possible . He currently eats from my hands however, he only see my...
  4. Parrotlet Talk
    Hi all, I'm a previous owner of a parakeet who's decided to step up into the world of parrots. I got my young parrotlet, Griffin, three days ago, and already have a few questions. Apologies for sounding like a total noob. 😂 I understand all parrotlets are individuals, but how long does it...
  5. Parrotlet Talk
    Tofu the ever complicated little menace has stepped up for the first time! Poor Tofu has been through quite the schedule change over the last couple of months- I had surgery and had to be away and then was moved to a different hospital shift so she's been struggling with that but shes been...
  6. Parrotlet Talk
    I think it's been a while since I've posted an update of Tofu but I just wanted to let you all know this forum is great and I've received so much help! We got Tofu end of October/Beginning of November in 2020 at around five months old. I had talked to the breeder before getting her regularly...
  7. New Member Introductions
    Hello! I go by Sammy, and I have a new Parrotlet named Cotton. He has been with us for two-three weeks. I do not know how to train him to be on your hand, or not bite when you pick him up. I have read about the gentle beak thing, and I will happily use that. But I still have questions: How do...
  8. Bonding and Training
    So I posted a while ago what I was doing with Tofu to help her overcome her fear of humans but since I I've been doing some more research and realized I've been doing somethings wrong and just want to share what I've learned: Here is the video I started with and she is doing well with that...
  9. Bonding and Training
    Hi, I brought home my parrotlet 6 weeks ago. Since bringing him home, ive had no progress bonding with him. He becomes afraid when I near him. I can't give him treats because if I get too close, he flies or scoots away. Never bites me, though. He is otherwise happy, chirping and eating lots of...
  10. Off Topic Chit Chat Lounge
    I saw this article in my local paper, and I went out of my way to find it on the web. It just talks about bird adoption in Vancouver, B.C. and some of the things to consider when looking for a bird. It's nothing particularly new to us avian friends. Exotic birds live a long time, even our tiny...
  11. Parrotlet Talk
    Today marks day 9 with Kuro. I've been having bad headaches recently due to the abrupt temperature changes here in Ontario, so I haven't been playing with my birds as much as I should. My schedule has also changed so I've been working later than normal. Anyways, I get home and I open Kuro's...
  12. Bonding and Training
    Hello fellow parrotlet lovers! I am a new parrotlet owner (and a first time bird owner) and I would love to chat with some that are well experienced with dealing with parrotlets. My baby is four months old and she is amazing! So acrobatic and intelligent. I am madly in love. However, she bites...
  13. New Member Introductions
    I have two spectacled parrotlets -- Jeannie & Woodrow. I got them at different times from different breeders. Jeannie is 2.5 yrs old and Woodrow is 1.5 years old. Both are parent reared, and hand tamed by me. I won their trust easily and now both step up, and both allow head scratches...
  14. Bonding and Training
    So, I am happy to say that my boys are slowly starting to eat more veggies! So far they seem to like bell pepper, carrots and rocket lettuce. I also decided to order some Versele-Laga Nutribird pellets at my local pet shop (they didn't have it in stock, but could order it for me, thankfully!)...
  15. Bonding and Training
    So, I clipped my boys' flight feathers just now. I'm hoping this will help me with bonding with them, although my main reason for deciding to clip their wings after all, is that today another one of them flew into the window. This is the second time it happened, and I am just scared that they...
  16. Bonding and Training
    I recently taught my baby a first few trick, which brought me a lot of happiness, because it confirmed that I can communicate with her and that she understands me. Hurrah! Lilly learned to do the turn around and somersault around a branch and she does them consistently in different locations...
  17. Bonding and Training
    I am trying to teach Sweetie to let me pet her or tickle her while she's perched on my finger but every time i go to tickle or pet her she thinks i am putting my finger up to her so she can perch on my other finger. What are some techinques i can use?
  18. Bonding and Training
    i have a few questions about training and getting Sweetie to play. Sweetie is skittish of my hands when i move them around she ducks and she lunges at my hand. it's mainly when she's in her cage and i am not even near her cage or trying to do something in her cage. it's kind of funny because i...
  19. Bonding and Training
    So some back story: Gwen is my first bird. She is just over a year old, and I've had her for almost 11 months now. She's a little female parrotlet and when I got her she was sweet and gentle and snuggly. Now she's not. Lately she's intolerable. She bites anything that moves, she won't eat her...
  20. Bonding and Training
    Sasha was purchased with a male as 7 week old babies a year & 3 months ago from a Florida breeder who sent them via Delta airlines as potential breeding mates. They were supposedly hand fed but were definitely not hand tame. We kept them together and they were frightened of our hands any time we...
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