Ways To Discipline Your Pet Bird
It has been observed that pet birds with behavioural problems usually have social problems too. There would be times when behaviour issues with birds can be brought about by lack of interaction with owners, conflict with other animals or just because of sickness. It is important to identify the reasons why birds are showing negative behaviour. By identifying the stressors you can take it out of the birds’ system.
The most effective method is positive reinforcement by which birds can be trained and tamed. Positive reinforcement focuses on what birds want like food, a scratch, verbal praise, comfort and other similar things. Negative reinforcement, of course, is the opposite of this and is rarely successful in the long run.
Punishment never resolves the birds’ behaviour issues. To address negative attitude of birds, here are some simple tips you can keep in mind:
• Show your dissatisfaction with your bird’s behaviour by facial expressions. Frown. Birds can pick up facial expressions and body movements. The best method of showing dissatisfaction towards your pet bird is by your body movements. Maintain eye contact when doing this.
• There are bed owners who also suggest turning your back behind your birds or ignoring them.This would not encourage them to go for doing bad acts.
• Some bird owners say that it is effective to speak to birds with low but not loud voice. Tell them what they did was wrong. But be concise and short as possible. Too much negative attention can have negative effects on your pet.
Refrain from hitting a bird. Birds have fragile bones, physical force may injure them fatally. Also, bird abuse can also result to aggressiveness and viciousness.
The health of your pet should not be compromised at the cost of disciplining them. Examples would be insufficient food and water supply, neglecting the cage and even bathing them. This can result into deep emotional and physical injuries.
• When giving birds food as rewards for their good behaviour, choose some food which they would enjoy but rarely eat. It is also good to pet, scratch them as positive reinforcements. But be cautious of offering treats with too much sugar and fat.
There would be instances when severe aggression and viciousness is treated with mood-modifying drugs. When having problems with your birds you can consult your avian behaviourist or your vet. But any treatment is useless without addressing the issues causing the bad behaviour.
Actually, it is important to determine if the bad behaviour is brought about by medical condition. So if you have noticed anything with your bird it would be best to bring them first to a vet to make sure that medical issues are ruled out.
Attitude cannot change overnight. So do not be disappointed if your birds are not showing improvements immediately after employing the mentioned tips. Just like when disciplining children, consistency is the key when training your birds. Birds would understand what you would like to happen when you start being consistent with your method and ways.
When disciplining your pet birds, it is important to balance things. Of course you wanted to correct bad behaviour, but it is as important to reinforce of point out the good behaviour also. Birds respond to training better when focusing on the good things, not the bad things.
This method may require hard work, patience and love. It may take a long time, but when you look at your happy pet bird, I think its going to be worth it.
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