Comments for Parrot Training http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog Turn A Bad Parrot Into A Good Parrot Fast Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:11:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on How can I convince my parents to let me get a macaw? by dana http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/macaw/how-can-i-convince-my-parents-to-let-me-get-a-macaw/comment-page-1#comment-8690 dana Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:11:20 +0000 http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/macaw/how-can-i-convince-my-parents-to-let-me-get-a-macaw#comment-8690 i have 2 bird a cockatiela and an indian ringneck im thirteen , i convinced my mum to get me an indain ringneck first by telling her that i loved animals (which is true ) and i am responsible enough , two months later i told her that its a little boring to have one bird at home so i talked her to get me a cockatiel and now two months after i have my cockatiel i want to get a mate for my cockatiel coz when i bought it , it had a mate there and started shouting to go back to his mate i want him to be happy , how can i convince my mum to get the third bird , dun tell me to use my birthday coz it passed by when i got the second cockatiel and i got an ipad , my marks are high so i cant make them better , just for ur information my aunt is comin next month maybee i can tell her to talk my mum into gettin me a third bird, any tips ?????? i have 2 bird a cockatiela and an indian ringneck im thirteen , i convinced my mum to get me an indain ringneck first by telling her that i loved animals (which is true ) and i am responsible enough , two months later i told her that its a little boring to have one bird at home so i talked her to get me a cockatiel and now two months after i have my cockatiel i want to get a mate for my cockatiel coz when i bought it , it had a mate there and started shouting to go back to his mate i want him to be happy , how can i convince my mum to get the third bird , dun tell me to use my birthday coz it passed by when i got the second cockatiel and i got an ipad , my marks are high so i cant make them better , just for ur information my aunt is comin next month maybee i can tell her to talk my mum into gettin me a third bird, any tips ??????

]]> Comment on How long does a Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) parrot lives? by gail http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/macaw/how-long-does-a-hyacinth-macaw-anodorhynchus-hyacinthinus-parrot-lives/comment-page-1#comment-8675 gail Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:37:59 +0000 http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/macaw/how-long-does-a-hyacinth-macaw-anodorhynchus-hyacinthinus-parrot-lives#comment-8675 The exact answer is that there is no exact answer. In captivity it's possible for these birds to easily live at least 50 years depending on the care they receive. There are reports of birds that may have lived beyond that age but until the past 30 years I would be suspicious re many of the anecdotal stories of these large birds living to 80-90-100 years old. You see, someone could have proved they owned a Hyacinth for 60 years but they usually couldn't prove if it was a year old or 10 yeas old when they first acquired it. Until the 1970s or '80s you seldom heard the term avian vet or avian/medicine. Avian medicine, at least when it came to pet birds, was in it's embryonic stage. A person who owned a large parrot could assign any age they wanted to their bird, the majority of which were wild-caught imports. They usually came w adult plumage so their age was just a guess. I'm not suggesting owners or breeders (esp zoos) lied---it was just too hard to tell---a semi-educated guess was the best you could get, even by avian biologists. That's over now thanks to so much captive breeding success we know the hatch dates of the birds & can accurately track their age. This is due to great strides in the field of avian medicine. Bird nutrition is better understood, owners take sick birds to the vet. That wasn't so much the case before. If you or someone you know wants one of these birds (or even a smaller parrot) be prepared for it to live 50 years. Very likely longer. At my age (50+) I wouldn't expect to outlive a newborn macaw of any species LOL. If you just have to have a specific answer it would be 50 years easy, potentially more. Bird longevity is like human longevity. Allot of people live into their 90's---most don't. A very, very few live to over 100. Same w these macaws, potential exists but is determined by many unknown factors. I've had a blue & gold macaw for 30 years but I don't know if she's 35, 40 or 32. My trusted vet takes an "educated" guess at closer to 40. My bird was a wild-caught import w adult plumage/eye color. Same w the blue fronted amazon I've had for 30 years. Sorry, you prob weren't exactly looking for this much info but it was the best way I knew to get across why we don't yet know exactly how long these birds will live but it's a very long time!! Thanks for reading my answer.<br><b>References : </b><br>30 years w my parrots The exact answer is that there is no exact answer. In captivity it’s possible for these birds to easily live at least 50 years depending on the care they receive. There are reports of birds that may have lived beyond that age but until the past 30 years I would be suspicious re many of the anecdotal stories of these large birds living to 80-90-100 years old. You see, someone could have proved they owned a Hyacinth for 60 years but they usually couldn’t prove if it was a year old or 10 yeas old when they first acquired it.

Until the 1970s or ’80s you seldom heard the term avian vet or avian/medicine. Avian medicine, at least when it came to pet birds, was in it’s embryonic stage. A person who owned a large parrot could assign any age they wanted to their bird, the majority of which were wild-caught imports. They usually came w adult plumage so their age was just a guess. I’m not suggesting owners or breeders (esp zoos) lied—it was just too hard to tell—a semi-educated guess was the best you could get, even by avian biologists. That’s over now thanks to so much captive breeding success we know the hatch dates of the birds & can accurately track their age.

This is due to great strides in the field of avian medicine. Bird nutrition is better understood, owners take sick birds to the vet. That wasn’t so much the case before. If you or someone you know wants one of these birds (or even a smaller parrot) be prepared for it to live 50 years. Very likely longer. At my age (50+) I wouldn’t expect to outlive a newborn macaw of any species LOL.

If you just have to have a specific answer it would be 50 years easy, potentially more. Bird longevity is like human longevity. Allot of people live into their 90′s—most don’t. A very, very few live to over 100. Same w these macaws, potential exists but is determined by many unknown factors.

I’ve had a blue & gold macaw for 30 years but I don’t know if she’s 35, 40 or 32. My trusted vet takes an "educated" guess at closer to 40. My bird was a wild-caught import w adult plumage/eye color. Same w the blue fronted amazon I’ve had for 30 years. Sorry, you prob weren’t exactly looking for this much info but it was the best way I knew to get across why we don’t yet know exactly how long these birds will live but it’s a very long time!! Thanks for reading my answer.
References :
30 years w my parrots

]]> Comment on How long does a Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) parrot lives? by gail http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/macaw/how-long-does-a-hyacinth-macaw-anodorhynchus-hyacinthinus-parrot-lives-2/comment-page-1#comment-8677 gail Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:27:59 +0000 http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/macaw/how-long-does-a-hyacinth-macaw-anodorhynchus-hyacinthinus-parrot-lives-2#comment-8677 The exact answer is that there is no exact answer. In captivity it's possible for these birds to easily live at least 50 years depending on the care they receive. There are reports of birds that may have lived beyond that age but until the past 30 years I would be suspicious re many of the anecdotal stories of these large birds living to 80-90-100 years old. You see, someone could have proved they owned a Hyacinth for 60 years but they usually couldn't prove if it was a year old or 10 yeas old when they first acquired it. Until the 1970s or '80s you seldom heard the term avian vet or avian/medicine. Avian medicine, at least when it came to pet birds, was in it's embryonic stage. A person who owned a large parrot could assign any age they wanted to their bird, the majority of which were wild-caught imports. They usually came w adult plumage so their age was just a guess. I'm not suggesting owners or breeders (esp zoos) lied---it was just too hard to tell---a semi-educated guess was the best you could get, even by avian biologists. That's over now thanks to so much captive breeding success we know the hatch dates of the birds & can accurately track their age. This is due to great strides in the field of avian medicine. Bird nutrition is better understood, owners take sick birds to the vet. That wasn't so much the case before. If you or someone you know wants one of these birds (or even a smaller parrot) be prepared for it to live 50 years. Very likely longer. At my age (50+) I wouldn't expect to outlive a newborn macaw of any species LOL. If you just have to have a specific answer it would be 50 years easy, potentially more. Bird longevity is like human longevity. Allot of people live into their 90's---most don't. A very, very few live to over 100. Same w these macaws, potential exists but is determined by many unknown factors. I've had a blue & gold macaw for 30 years but I don't know if she's 35, 40 or 32. My trusted vet takes an "educated" guess at closer to 40. My bird was a wild-caught import w adult plumage/eye color. Same w the blue fronted amazon I've had for 30 years. Sorry, you prob weren't exactly looking for this much info but it was the best way I knew to get across why we don't yet know exactly how long these birds will live but it's a very long time!! Thanks for reading my answer.<br><b>References : </b><br>30 years w my parrots The exact answer is that there is no exact answer. In captivity it’s possible for these birds to easily live at least 50 years depending on the care they receive. There are reports of birds that may have lived beyond that age but until the past 30 years I would be suspicious re many of the anecdotal stories of these large birds living to 80-90-100 years old. You see, someone could have proved they owned a Hyacinth for 60 years but they usually couldn’t prove if it was a year old or 10 yeas old when they first acquired it.

Until the 1970s or ’80s you seldom heard the term avian vet or avian/medicine. Avian medicine, at least when it came to pet birds, was in it’s embryonic stage. A person who owned a large parrot could assign any age they wanted to their bird, the majority of which were wild-caught imports. They usually came w adult plumage so their age was just a guess. I’m not suggesting owners or breeders (esp zoos) lied—it was just too hard to tell—a semi-educated guess was the best you could get, even by avian biologists. That’s over now thanks to so much captive breeding success we know the hatch dates of the birds & can accurately track their age.

This is due to great strides in the field of avian medicine. Bird nutrition is better understood, owners take sick birds to the vet. That wasn’t so much the case before. If you or someone you know wants one of these birds (or even a smaller parrot) be prepared for it to live 50 years. Very likely longer. At my age (50+) I wouldn’t expect to outlive a newborn macaw of any species LOL.

If you just have to have a specific answer it would be 50 years easy, potentially more. Bird longevity is like human longevity. Allot of people live into their 90′s—most don’t. A very, very few live to over 100. Same w these macaws, potential exists but is determined by many unknown factors.

I’ve had a blue & gold macaw for 30 years but I don’t know if she’s 35, 40 or 32. My trusted vet takes an "educated" guess at closer to 40. My bird was a wild-caught import w adult plumage/eye color. Same w the blue fronted amazon I’ve had for 30 years. Sorry, you prob weren’t exactly looking for this much info but it was the best way I knew to get across why we don’t yet know exactly how long these birds will live but it’s a very long time!! Thanks for reading my answer.
References :
30 years w my parrots

]]> Comment on How long does a Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) parrot lives? by Fridays http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/macaw/how-long-does-a-hyacinth-macaw-anodorhynchus-hyacinthinus-parrot-lives/comment-page-1#comment-8674 Fridays Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:25:59 +0000 http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/macaw/how-long-does-a-hyacinth-macaw-anodorhynchus-hyacinthinus-parrot-lives#comment-8674 Sites I have checked all seem to vary. Some say 60 years, other state between 70 - 90 years, and anything in between. I guess a lot of it would depend on genetics (if the bird has any medical conditions), and how it's taken care of. Suffice to say, they live for a very long time. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-macaw.html http://www.birdieboutique.com/hyacinthmacaw.html http://www.philadelphiazoo.org/zoo/Meet-Our-Animals/Birds/Penguins/Hyacinth-Macaw.htm<br><b>References : </b><br> Sites I have checked all seem to vary.

Some say 60 years, other state between 70 – 90 years, and anything in between. I guess a lot of it would depend on genetics (if the bird has any medical conditions), and how it’s taken care of.

Suffice to say, they live for a very long time.

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-macaw.html
http://www.birdieboutique.com/hyacinthmacaw.html
http://www.philadelphiazoo.org/zoo/Meet-Our-Animals/Birds/Penguins/Hyacinth-Macaw.htm
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]]> Comment on How long does a Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) parrot lives? by Fridays http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/macaw/how-long-does-a-hyacinth-macaw-anodorhynchus-hyacinthinus-parrot-lives-2/comment-page-1#comment-8676 Fridays Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:08:59 +0000 http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/macaw/how-long-does-a-hyacinth-macaw-anodorhynchus-hyacinthinus-parrot-lives-2#comment-8676 Sites I have checked all seem to vary. Some say 60 years, other state between 70 - 90 years, and anything in between. I guess a lot of it would depend on genetics (if the bird has any medical conditions), and how it's taken care of. Suffice to say, they live for a very long time. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-macaw.html http://www.birdieboutique.com/hyacinthmacaw.html http://www.philadelphiazoo.org/zoo/Meet-Our-Animals/Birds/Penguins/Hyacinth-Macaw.htm<br><b>References : </b><br> Sites I have checked all seem to vary.

Some say 60 years, other state between 70 – 90 years, and anything in between. I guess a lot of it would depend on genetics (if the bird has any medical conditions), and how it’s taken care of.

Suffice to say, they live for a very long time.

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-macaw.html
http://www.birdieboutique.com/hyacinthmacaw.html
http://www.philadelphiazoo.org/zoo/Meet-Our-Animals/Birds/Penguins/Hyacinth-Macaw.htm
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]]> Comment on What Types Of Fruits And Veggies Can An African grey Parrot Eat? by Humz http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/african-parrot/what-types-of-fruits-and-veggies-can-an-african-grey-parrot-eat/comment-page-1#comment-8672 Humz Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:13:26 +0000 http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/african-parrot/what-types-of-fruits-and-veggies-can-an-african-grey-parrot-eat#comment-8672 Are chocolate biscuits okay to give occassionally to any general parrot? Are chocolate biscuits okay to give occassionally to any general parrot?

]]> Comment on Should I get a African Grey Parrot or a Blue And Gold Macaw? by Charlie http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/macaw/should-i-get-a-african-grey-parrot-or-a-blue-and-gold-macaw/comment-page-1#comment-8671 Charlie Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:25:32 +0000 http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/macaw/should-i-get-a-african-grey-parrot-or-a-blue-and-gold-macaw#comment-8671 The blue and gold macaw is the best . The African grey talks and everything but they are really aggressive and in 5 years get bold around it's neck . I'm only 14 and I love my macaw it's been with me for 2 years and yeah these 2 birds get in that stage when then bit and don't wanna play but all parrots do The blue and gold macaw is the best . The African grey talks and everything but they are really aggressive and in 5 years get bold around it’s neck . I’m only 14 and I love my macaw it’s been with me for 2 years and yeah these 2 birds get in that stage when then bit and don’t wanna play but all parrots do

]]> Comment on What is the healthiest meal routine for your cockatiel? by kim http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/cockatiel/what-is-the-healthiest-meal-routine-for-your-cockatiel/comment-page-1#comment-8670 kim Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:37:59 +0000 http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/cockatiel/what-is-the-healthiest-meal-routine-for-your-cockatiel#comment-8670 This is what I feed my cockatiel: sprouts Herbs Eucalyptus Veg (rich dark leafy greens, grasses, general greens, red, yellow & orange veggies) Safe flowers Seeds Pellets In the wild they eat the above types of foods, minus the pellets. I try to keep it as close to their natural diet as possible & seed is a very part of their natural diets. Fruit should only be a treat. The fruit we eat is not natural to them & is extremely high in sugar, very unhealthy for cockatiels. Pellets are on the side.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://eclectusparrots.net/cockatiels.html This is what I feed my cockatiel:

sprouts
Herbs
Eucalyptus
Veg (rich dark leafy greens, grasses, general greens, red, yellow & orange veggies)
Safe flowers
Seeds
Pellets

In the wild they eat the above types of foods, minus the pellets.

I try to keep it as close to their natural diet as possible & seed is a very part of their natural diets.

Fruit should only be a treat. The fruit we eat is not natural to them & is extremely high in sugar, very unhealthy for cockatiels. Pellets are on the side.
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http://eclectusparrots.net/cockatiels.html

]]> Comment on What plants are safe for my pet cockatiel to play in? by Gord Wheeler http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/cockatiel/what-plants-are-safe-for-my-pet-cockatiel-to-play-in/comment-page-1#comment-8667 Gord Wheeler Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:25:59 +0000 http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/cockatiel/what-plants-are-safe-for-my-pet-cockatiel-to-play-in#comment-8667 The planks which will have the running metabolism from its digestion system from the metablism in the strike known its own cycles :www.steroids.com<br><b>References : </b><br> The planks which will have the running metabolism from its digestion system from the metablism in the strike known its own cycles :www.steroids.com
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]]> Comment on What is the healthiest meal routine for your cockatiel? by Raindrop http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/cockatiel/what-is-the-healthiest-meal-routine-for-your-cockatiel/comment-page-1#comment-8669 Raindrop Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:01:59 +0000 http://www.parrotuniversity.net/blog/cockatiel/what-is-the-healthiest-meal-routine-for-your-cockatiel#comment-8669 Contrary to other answers, you should feed your cockatiel PELLETS instead of seeds. Seeds are fatty and unhealthy- "junk food" for birds. Pellets should be given twice a day, about two teaspoons each. If you fill the food bowl up to the brim everyday, your cockatiel will overeat. Also, the food becomes stale. In addition to pellets, fruits and vegetables should be given. Kale, celery, carrots, apples, bananas, etc. For treats, pasta, cornflakes, bread, noodles, and spray millet work well. If, for any reason, your cockatiel does not like the pellets, it works well if you hide it in a treat, pretend to eat it yourself (birds like to do whatever the rest of the flock - you- is doing), or rattle it to attract your bird. If you want you bird to eat eggs, try pretending to eat it yourself, mix it in birdie bread, or mix it with other treats.<br><b>References : </b><br>I have my own cockatiel Contrary to other answers, you should feed your cockatiel PELLETS instead of seeds. Seeds are fatty and unhealthy- "junk food" for birds.

Pellets should be given twice a day, about two teaspoons each. If you fill the food bowl up to the brim everyday, your cockatiel will overeat. Also, the food becomes stale.

In addition to pellets, fruits and vegetables should be given. Kale, celery, carrots, apples, bananas, etc.

For treats, pasta, cornflakes, bread, noodles, and spray millet work well.

If, for any reason, your cockatiel does not like the pellets, it works well if you hide it in a treat, pretend to eat it yourself (birds like to do whatever the rest of the flock – you- is doing), or rattle it to attract your bird.

If you want you bird to eat eggs, try pretending to eat it yourself, mix it in birdie bread, or mix it with other treats.
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I have my own cockatiel

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