What’s That Noise?
Are You Inadvertently Encouraging Annoying Sounds and Screaming A man wrote to me about an annoying sound his black masked lovebird had been making recently. The sound was not “natural” to the bird and...
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Up! Up! Teaching the Step Up Command
Inca steps up If there is one thing you can train your parrot to do that will improve and help maintain your relationship, it is to step up on command. This can be done with a simple verbal command...
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My Lovebird Is Biting
Ouch! You know exactly what I’m talking about if you have a parrot that has started biting. We feel betrayed, shocked, dismayed. What did I do wrong? I am going to deal specifically with biting...
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Teaching Parrots to Talk
Inca calls me by my name One of the reasons humans love parrots is their ability to talk. We love their vocalizations (well, maybe not the screaming they are sometimes prone to), and we enjoy the...
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The Hormonal Hen: Ouch!
Sweet little lovebirds can turn nasty when hormones kick in Sometimes you just get a hen who is determined to mate. The hen chooses you to be this “mate.” You are now the recipient of nasty bites...
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