Parrots on your shoulder

[ParrotsForLife]

Rio can't bite a stretched palm. You also show the palm well before it gets to him. Rambo would poop himself if I did it to him. Myrtle knows it means "get the flock out of there".
There are times she defies me just to do it so she actually needs a push.

He could if he bites near the top near my fingers.

[Pajarita]

You need to use an alternative/redirection technique with positive reinforcement instead of negative as you are using now. This is the primer for parrot training...

I dont get what u mean.

Which part is it that you don't get? How do you train parrots without redirection or positive reinforcement? The only other methods are negative reinforcement and flooding which nobody uses anymore because everybody figured out they don't really work in the long run.

[ParrotsForLife]

You need to use an alternative/redirection technique with positive reinforcement instead of negative as you are using now. This is the primer for parrot training...

I dont get what u mean.

Which part is it that you don't get? How do you train parrots without redirection or positive reinforcement? The only other methods are negative reinforcement and flooding which nobody uses anymore because everybody figured out they don't really work in the long run.

The positive reinforcing how is it done.

[liz]

Praise and reward the good.

Myrtle is going through a faze right now that she gets into something she is not suppose to. If I don't notice she will make a noise so I will pay attention. I tell her to stop or get out of it and she does right away just so I will tell her "good girl".

[Pajarita]

Yep, like Liz said. You redirect the bad and reward the good behavior. It's the only way you can properly train a parrot.

[ParrotsForLife]

Yep, like Liz said. You redirect the bad and reward the good behavior. It's the only way you can properly train a parrot.

I have been doing that and rewarding him with watermelon he dosent bite at all anymore.