by Pajarita » Sat Dec 31, 2016 11:06 am
What I do with the birds (and the dogs but not the cats, they are on a category by themselves, cats are) is, whenever I have to make them do something they don't want to do (like leave a place they like, as in Nigel's case), I make it seem like it's something good. For example, in Nigel's case, I would approach him dancing and singing and saying all the good things he is used to, offer the stick for him to perch on -praise praise praise- give him a treat and spend a bit of time with him (not long, just a few minutes) doing something he likes (this is different for each bird, of course, but, with Freddy Too, for example, it's doing the Papapapa he loves so much). When it comes to parrots, I have found that honey is the way to go, never vinegar.