Re: Looking for good book
Posted by GreyLady on 7/16/08

Books are okay but only as very basic guidelines. The
problem with books is that the parrots have not read them.
They are all so much individuals, it's better to just have
her continue to work with your bird, making special efforts
to learn his body language, be able to spot an impending bite
and avoid it. There is no such thing as true "dicipline"
that will work with any parrot. The only way we can properly
deal with unacceptable behavior is to ignore it, showing the
bird that when that particular behavior happens, we will turn
our backs and totally ignore it for a few minutes. I work as
a behaviorist and I can tell you for sure, that it's much
better to work with the individual bird that to try to make
it fit into the generalities of most books. However, I do
have a lot of respect for anything written by Mattie Sue
Athan and/or Dianalee Deter. If you can find anything by
them either about Macaws specifically or about working with
unwanted behaviors, it may be helpful. But it can never be
stressed too much just how important it is for each of us to
learn our own bird's body language and always, always,
approach the bird with confidence. The more hesitant she is
and the more nervousness she shows, the more likely she is to
get bit until she learns the body language that indicates a
possible impending bite. Good luck. GL

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Looking for good book, 7/15/08, by Mike.
• Re: Looking for good book, 7/16/08, by GreyLady.
• Re: Looking for good book, 7/19/08, by Isaac.
• Re: Looking for good book, 7/20/08, by GreyLady.
• Re: Looking for good book, 7/20/08, by Mike.
• Re: Looking for good book, 7/20/08, by Mike.