We're reinventing the way you think about birds.
To be an active flock member all you have to do is visit often to take in our parrot knowledge and share yours. It's that easy.
Spreading the message on how to love, empathize, and care for your feathered friends.
Through communication and sharing our birds will lead happier lives.
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Transcript of my presentation at The Oasis Sanctuary May 4th, 2019
Chaos is a perception not properly appreciated to my way of thinking.
Having someone tell you a parrot is loud, messy and expensive is helpful, but it comes as close to explaining a parrot as the word wet explains water. It's deeper and wider than one can imagine, and to sincerely know it is to live it.
Watching a parrot go through a molt yields feathers to collect, and a bit of wonderment. Because watching a feather fall, and it's replacement grow in is literal magic.
Hello Kathy. I hope you are doing well! This is an older post, so not sure if you are still responding to queries. We just adopted a green cheek conure (it has been 5 days), and he has taken to screaming incessantly (maybe 2 seconds between calls) for anywhere from 10 - 30 minutes each time one of us enters or leaves the living room. We are working to adopt your guidance, but I have a question on the overall approach. When I leave the room, I am to wait a minute while he calms down to issue the new "flock call"... we are using "Hi Jade". What if I have waited 5 minutes and he is still screaming every 2 seconds? Also, when I issue the new "flock call", if he isn't screaming, he immediately picks back up again, and so I take this as an answer and go to his home and quietly say "hi Jade" again. In some cases he will respond with quiet speech, but in other cases he picks right back up screaming as soon as I say the first "hi Jade", so much that it is difficult for him to even hear the second, quieter "hi Jade". How long should I continue to talk to him quietly if he is screaming non-stop back at me? Am I reinforcing bad behavior, instead of building a new flock call and different habits? FYI, I am quite sure some of this is frustration, as he is not hand-tamed and so is not coming out of his cage, though it is very large. I also think his toys are overcrowded, which I will rectify this evening. I am working with him daily, for a few minutes at a time on "step up" using a perch, as he tries to bite hands, so that we can get him out with the "flock" and maybe let him burn some of his nervousness off. That being said, I am being careful not to push to hard in this early trust-building phase. I also imagine the sudden change in homes / flock members is having a big impact as well. Any thoughts you might have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
