on 6/15/2007
Wow! What a great way to either teach a parrot how to become far more aggressive - bite harder and for longer periods of time. OR, to overwhelm the poor thing so much that it no longer wants to interact with the world around it. That's called Learned Helplessness if you have any desire to know.
It amazes me that people have so little respect for other species but can sure bring out coercive, and aversive, strategies rather than addressing behavior in a more humane way by trying to understand why the behavior is occurring in the first place. Parrots bit for a reason and THAT is more often than not to escape something in the environment.
Sad to say that it people like you who provide fodder for Peta
on 6/15/2007
are you for real? this is no way to train a parrot,its negative behaviour on the owners part,and may also get you a pierced lip,there are better ways to train a parrot,because they do not bite just to be biting
on 6/15/2007
While this may allow the owner to feel like they're doing something to change behavior, they are intimidating and controlling the parrot, rather than teaching the parrot new ways of interacting. To a prey animal, we're either a predator or a friend; holding the bird down and blowing at it isn't friendly behavior and will do nothing to foster a trusting companionship, and everything to lead to further issues in the bird's future.
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Tiki said
on 12/28/2007 This has been removed since the animal activists did not agree with my methods.
Even though it works.
They offered no other solution
^ That, right there, makes you sound immature.
Criqet said
on 6/15/2007 You really need to do some research before you offer advice on something you are clearly clueless about!!!
This is an outrageous way to treat a bird!
MaxieBird said
on 6/15/2007 Wow! What a great way to either teach a parrot how to become far more aggressive - bite harder and for longer periods of time. OR, to overwhelm the poor thing so much that it no longer wants to interact with the world around it. That's called Learned Helplessness if you have any desire to know.
It amazes me that people have so little respect for other species but can sure bring out coercive, and aversive, strategies rather than addressing behavior in a more humane way by trying to understand why the behavior is occurring in the first place. Parrots bit for a reason and THAT is more often than not to escape something in the environment.
Sad to say that it people like you who provide fodder for Peta
brdmom22 said
on 6/15/2007 are you for real? this is no way to train a parrot,its negative behaviour on the owners part,and may also get you a pierced lip,there are better ways to train a parrot,because they do not bite just to be biting
chiaowl said
on 6/15/2007 While this may allow the owner to feel like they're doing something to change behavior, they are intimidating and controlling the parrot, rather than teaching the parrot new ways of interacting. To a prey animal, we're either a predator or a friend; holding the bird down and blowing at it isn't friendly behavior and will do nothing to foster a trusting companionship, and everything to lead to further issues in the bird's future.