Kirby Cleans House

[kirbulous]

Kirby Cleans House (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74BamsqqMxM)

[xxxSpikexxx]

What a cute and smart boy Kirby is :)

[roxy culver]

AWESOME!!!!:love:

[kirbulous]

Thanks! :tiel1:

[Siobhan]

Oh, my goodness. :D How cute is that? How'd you teach him?

[Cassie]

What a smart little bird. :) My birds do the exact opposite of that trick and take stuff out of their toy box and throw it on the floor for me to clean up. :rolleyes:

[kirbulous]

Siobhan: I used these videos (https://birdtricks.infusionsoft.com/go/trial/tersha68/TalkCockatielsForum) to train him.
But if you have your birds clicker trained just start with some toys.
First teach them to touch/take the toy.
Then hold the toy over a metal bowl (the sound of the toy hitting the bowl is significant) and have the bird knock the toy out of your hand and into the bowl.
Then try to get them to pick the toy up off the table and put the toy into the bowl. To help with this step when Kirby picked up a piece I held the bowl under it so he would put it in. And eventually he just started doing it on his own.

If your bird is not yet clicker trained I would recommend starting with something easier like targeting or the wave and nodding yes or shaking head no. Once they understand that clicks mean treats then it's easier to get them to do the more complex things.

[kab0116]

This is awesome! I wish my bird would pick up some tricks.

[Ezzie]

omg thats amazing!!

I had this pretty good book on training birds, gave it a go and the guys just didnt "get it" infact, they just hated it all together! haha so i gave up :p

what an amazing little guy you have there

[kirbulous]

This is awesome!

what an amazing little guy you have there

Thanks! I was very skeptical that he would catch on and when he did I was ecstatic!! :tiel1:
I think it's really helped us to bond. Just tonight I noticed his weight was low and he seemed sad so I ran through his tricks with him and he cheered right up. It's so cute that he's so eager to perform.

[Asha0430]

That just totally cheered me up :)

Kirby is amazing!

[Velvet]

They need a lot of mental stimulation too, so this is very good for them. I might buy a clicker and try some games. I like the serving tray you used. Good idea!

[Dave & Tito]

He's very clever!

I love teaching my tiel tricks and currently he's learnt "come" (flies on command) "go" (returns to his cage on command), plays basketball with a miny ball and hoop, plays tick-tack-toe on a little board (no strategy, I win most of the time), fetch, ring on a peg, and we're currently learning to put coins in piggy bank.

Coctaiels are soooo smart and can learn limitless tricks it seems, I bought training DVDs wrom www.birdtricks.com and props for the tricks from www.parrotprots.net

Check out both sites, they're great! Especially birdtricks.com

[tielmom]

Very cute...I will have to show my daughter this video in the morning...she loves teaching our tiels tricks.:)

[lperry82]

how very smart he is