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Archive for September, 2009

No environmental examination when you train your parrot, can be complete without an evaluation of accessories-chewing, ringing, holding, climbing, swinging, preening, and “bopping” toys. The easiest, least expensive, and most accessible of these are tree branches with bark. Branches with bark help keep beak and toenails appropriately worn and help prevent foot problems and numerous behavioral problems. I like ailanthus or sumac branches. Loro Parque in the Canary Islands provides fresh pine branches weekly. I think most taller trees are probably safe.

Every bird should have several choices of commonly favored bird activities when you train your parrot, such as ringing a bell, preening a fuzzy pseudo-friend, climbing both fixed and swinging objects, and “bopping” a fleeting, shiny reflection. Sometimes a particular toy will hang in the cage for quite some time before the bird learns how to play with it. Sometimes a toy will be ignored for long periods only to be discovered as a favorite buddy. A well rounded hook bill should probably have at least a half dozen toys, some of which are routinely withheld and returned to reinforce good behavior or distract from anticipated bad behavior.

A happy hook bill needs many opportunities for good behavior and few opportunities for bad behavior. For example, a bird sitting on the shoulder has several choices of things to do-chew on buttons, moles, jewelry, eyeglasses, or ear-lobes; make holes in fabric or preen hair. For various reasons, none of these choices is perceived by humans as appropriate behavior.

Many people have pets, and most of these people adore their pets. But what happens when you need to go out for a weekend, do you leave your pets at home? This can be done, there are time release food containers and the suchlike that can help you in your endeavors. Then there are also appropriate kitty litter trays that will deal with the whole mess and odor problem without a fuss. Or for a dog you could always have a dog flap installed, especially if you have a fenced in garden.

If you’ve got birds then it’s not such a problem leaving these pets at home as they’ll be quite alright as long as you top up their feed and water. If it’s for longer than a day or two though, you might want to consider releasing them into a ventilated room from which they can’t escape. This will give them the chance to stretch their wings and will be greatly beneficial to their state of mind.

Most animals are highly sensitive and will react adversely if you leave your pets at home for too long. They might even become ill through various conditions that prevail while you’re not in the house to oversee their needs. There are other ways to deal with this and if you know that you’ll only be gone for a short while, then you could always ask a friend or neighbor to come and check up on the pets at home.