This Red Fronted Macaw is STRESSED OUT | Anxiety in Parrots
Life happens and it can really affect not only us as humans, but the animals who have to live with us, too. Ricochet, this red fronted macaw, went through some pretty stressful events following Covid, emergency fire evacuations in his area and the loss of another animal in the home (just to name a few!) and it really began effecting his anxiety level and his ability to cope with new things. Freeflight birds are raised in a way that encourages them to have coping abilities for future events but sometimes life just gets the best of us and we have to regroup and retrain. In this video I show what behavior it is I m trying to minimize or even extinguish: hunkered down tight wing flaps (this behavior has gone on for HOURS at a time whether his owner is present or not) While a lot of the times we say "ignore the behaviors you don t want, reward the behavior you do" ignoring this behavior was actually causing an escalation in it. So we had to really take the time to analyze the specifics about it. Although me coming close got the behavior we wanted, it is not the ideal long term solution for Ricochet s recall. He was moreso fleeing from me rather than coming to Kim (though a freeflight s bird scared response should always be to seek out the owner, so yay!) Let me know in the comments what makes your bird stressed out, and what makes YOU stressed out! Be aware of how your energy effects your bird s. Disclaimer: I do not specialize in anxiety with birds. ЁЯУЮBOOK A CONSULTATION тЦ╢ https://birdtricksstore.com/pages/consultations ЁЯМ┐ALL NATURAL PARROT TOYS тЦ╢ https://birdtricksstore.com/collections/premium-parrot-toys ЁЯМ▒WHAT TO FEED A PARROT тЦ╢ https://birdtricksstore.com/collections/health-and-diet ЁЯРжDIY PARROT TRAINING тЦ╢ https://birdtricksstore.com/collections/main-store ЁЯжЬMERCH: https://birdtricksstore.com/pages/birdtricks-merchandise JOIN ME тмЗ WEBSITE ЁЯТ╗ http://www.birdtricksstore.com INSTAGRAM ЁЯУ╖ http://www.instagram.com/birdtricksofficial TWITTER ЁЯРж http://www.twitter.com/birdtricks FACEBOOK ЁЯУЦ http://www.facebook.com/birdtricks PATREON ЁЯУ╣ http://www.patreon.com/birdtricks AMAZON ЁЯЫН http://www.amazon.com/shop/birdtricks PODCAST ЁЯОд http://parrottrainingpodcast.com/ STITCHER ЁЯОз https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/parrot-training-podcast?refid=stpr ITUNES ЁЯО╡ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parrot-training-podcast/id1458574601 SPOTIFY ЁЯФК https://open.spotify.com/show/6GRJhNmEEMKBpjLVg0iLeD GOOGLE PLAY тЦ╢ https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ihw6sumhjcrs3j6bbozy5glrcmu AVIAN FORUMЁЯРд https://avianforums.com/ TO SEND MAIL ЁЯУм 217 CEDAR STREET #401 SANDPOINT, ID 83864 MY BIRDS (Oldest to Youngest) ЁЯРжтЭд BONDI ЁЯТЧ Galah | hatched 2005 CRESSI ЁЯТЧ Congo African Grey | hatched 2007 BANDIT ЁЯТЩ Galah | hatched 2008-2019 ЁЯТФ JINX ЁЯТЩ Blue Throat Macaw | hatched 2008 COMET ЁЯТЩ Yellow-Dominant Camelot Macaw | hatched 2008 TUSA ЁЯТЩ Blue-Green Dominant Camelot Macaw | hatched 2008 ROCKO ЁЯТЩ Toco Toucan | hatched 2011 LILY & PHOEBE & DETKA ЁЯТЧ Sun Conures | hatched 2011 BLUEBERRY ЁЯТЧ Budgie | hatched June 2019 ЁЯШН ABOUT US ЁЯШН BirdTricks is a husband-wife team; Dave and Jamieleigh Womach specialize in parrot training and companionship. #birdtricks #birdtraining #parrottraining
