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  1. #1
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    Mango, 2yo Male Sun Conure

    Training Questions

    Okay. So Mango has begun to scream when he wants me to come get him. I want to break him of this habit and try to make another signal to replace this scream.

    Any ideas?

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    TAG: Spirit, Senegal: Damon, Blue & Gold: Paris, Parrotlet: Opal, CAG :Boomer, Quaker: Widget and at a foster parents RLA: Danny. :D
    When I first got Spirit he would do the Grey contact call....loud! Drove me nuts, I think I would have liked screaming better. (it can make you feel like you have lost your hearing if you are any where close when they do it) Anyways I started to whistle a set of tunes (short 3 notes) every time he would contact call. It did not take long for him to pick it up and now its our call to each other.
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    I agree with Shelly. Work on teaching him a contact call you like. Praise a lot when he does it.

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    Lineated Parakeet named Kobe (M) and (F) named Tango Maine Coon Kitty named Christine
    Give him positive reinforcement when he is not screaming and ignore him when he is. That way he will learn.

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  7. #5
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    Mango, 2yo Male Sun Conure
    I'm working on this but he is very stubborn lol

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    Lineated Parakeet named Kobe (M) and (F) named Tango Maine Coon Kitty named Christine
    Sally Blanchard wrote an article once I read. She said birds will do something if they know there is a reward for them otherwise forget it! She did not have a cure for stubbornness. Good luck and he will come around.



    https://companionparrotonline.com/Parrot_Articles.html
    Last edited by spiritbird; 07-08-2013 at 03:59 PM.

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    Sassy Goffin's girl, she IS Sassy Amigo, male umbrella cockatoo Chip! The cockatiel! The sweet, sweet Jellybean!
    Amigo will contact call from his room. If I can't go to him, at the moment, I don't. I found, over the years, that if I don't jump every time he calls, (which I use too), he's learned not to beg for it.

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    Quincy CAG Hatched 03/2000 Gotcha @ 3 months old ~ Savannah GW Macaw Hatched 06/1993 Gotcha 4/2013 ~ Coqui B&G Macaw Hatched 09/2003 Gotcha 10/2013 ~ Sidney Blue Crown Conure Gotcha Day 06/2015 Hatch Date Guess 06/2010.
    Good advice Mare! I try to do that with Savannah. If she calls I will call back to her. But if she really is yelling, I will walk in the room past her into the kitchen as if I'm doing something else, just to check on her and make sure she is ok. Being new to the house still, I at least want to check and see if she is doing ok. Once she calms down and is quiet, I will go up to her and give her attention to reinforce quiet is good!

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    Illiger Macaw (Primolius maracana)
    I know this thread is dated but I wanted to mention that the article is no longer available.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady View Post
    I know this thread is dated but I wanted to mention that the article is no longer available.
    Which article? I see plenty of active links to articles written by Sally Blanchard at: https://companionparrotonline.com/Parrot_Articles.html
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