Pet birds with behavioural problems usually have social problems too. There would be times when behaviour issues with birds may be brought about by absence of interaction with owners, conflict with other animals or just as a result of complaint. It is important to name the factors why birds are showing negative behaviour. By identifying the stressors you may take it out of the birds’ system.
Positive reinforcement is an effective method which can be employed to train and tame birds. Positive reinforcement concentrates on what birds want like food, a scratch, verbal praise, comfort and other similar things. Negative reinforcement, obviously, is the opposite of this and is rarely successful in the long term.
Penalization never resolves the birds’ behaviour issues. To address negative attitude of birds, here are some simple tips you can remember:
• Show your dissatisfaction with your bird’s behaviour by facial expressions. Frown. Birds can pick up facial gestures and body movements. The best way of showing dissatisfaction towards your pet bird is by your system movements. Maintain eye contact when doing this.
• There are bed owners who also suggest turning your back behind your birds or dismissing them. This would discourage them into doing bad acts.
• Some bird owners say that it can be effective to chat with birds with low but not loud voice. Tell them what they did was wrong. But be concise and short as possible. Too much negative attention may have negative effects on your pet.
• Never hit a bird. Birds have fragile bones, physical force may injure them fatally. Also, bird abuse can likewise result to aggressiveness and viciousness.
• When disciplining your pet, never compromise their health. Examples would be insufficient food and water supply, neglecting the cage and even bathing them. This can result into deep emotional and physical injuries.
• When giving birds food as rewards for their good behaviour, opt for some food which they would enjoy but seldom eat. It is in addition good to pet, scratch them as positive reinforcements. But be mindful of offering treats with too much sugar and fat.
There would be instances when severe aggression and viciousness is treated with mood-modifying drugs. When having problems with your birds you can consult your avian behaviourist or your veterinarian. But any remedy is useless resulting in the bad behaviour.
Actually, it is significant to analyse if the bad behaviour is produced by medical problem. So if you have seen anything with your bird it would be best to bring them first to a vet to make certain that medical issues are eliminated.
Attitude cannot change overnight. So don’t be upset if your birds are not showing improvements immediately after employing the mentioned tips. Identical to when disciplining children, consistency is the cornerstone when training your birds. Birds would know what you wish to happen when you set about being according to your method and ways.
When disciplining your pet birds, it is significant to balance things. Of course you wanted to correct bad behaviour, but it is as essential to reinforce of indicate the good behaviour also. Birds respond to training better when focusing on the treats, not the bad things.
This method may require hard work, patience and love. It may take a long time, however when you look at your happy pet bird, I think its going to be worthwhile.
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