by DustyTheGrey » Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:16 am
hey there, I have an African Grey and I have been following the guide posts on Michael's Trained Parrot blog.
I get a chop stick, a clicker and some treats, and about 5-10 mins each day is spent on focussed trick training.
The reason I think trick training is so important because it not only provides stimulation for him but it also greatly improves my relationship with Dusty, he is always so much more co-operative on the days I do trick training, and if I for some reason skip a day then he when he sees me again he will try and start a "session" by using his body language to show me that he wants to do tricks.
great beginner tricks for my african grey were:
Target (touching the end of a chop stick with his beak)
Wave
"Kiss" (making a kissing sound and touching me with his upper beak)
Wings
Turn-around
Upside down flip
Dusty "She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person who keeps a parrot." - Mark Twain