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| Teaching your Bird to Play |
Every bird like every human is an individual with individual likes and dislikes.
When teaching my birds to play, I provide them with an assortment of different
parrot toys consisting of different textures like soft wood, soft chewable plastic,
and leather. Over the years, my flock has varied in playing activity. My Double
Yellow Headed Amazon, Kiwi, is what I have termed the “Player”. You can give
Kiwi any toy and he will dive right in and play. However, my Cockatoo
Marshmellow is what I have called the “Non Player”. Marshmellow was always
disinterested in playing with her bird toys. Marshmellow was my first challenge
in learning to teach my birds to play.
I have found the best way to teach a bird to play is to demonstrate how much fun
their new parrot toy is to play with by playing with it yourself. Birds are flock
animals and in a human home you are their flock. Birds love to play with things
that you are using like your pen or the telephone. Birds think that a human nose
is equivalent to a bird beak, so what you want to do is “beak” their new bird toy
with your nose. Laugh and have fun while you are playing with it. If you have
another family member that is willing to help you with this then you can have them
beak the toy with their nose as well.
I created FunTime Birdy’s Senior Spinning Molecule Bird Toy especially for
Marshmellow. This bird toy has what I call large round Molecules that spin. I
showed Marshmellow how much fun it is to take my nose and make the Molecule
spin on the acrylic rod. I would laugh and twirl the molecule. Within minutes
Marshmellow came over to me to see why I was having so much fun.
Marshmellow then tried it for herself. She spun the molecule and ran away and
them came back and spun it again. I encouraged her by laughing and in the
moments that she walked away, I would spin it again myself. It then became a
game that we could both play.
Be patient and never give up hope. Never say my bird will never play. Keep
trying my suggestions above and vary the parrot toys. Use soft wood, soft
plastic, leather, even interactive bird toys like the FunTime Birdy Spinning
Molecule Parrot Toy. Eventually your bird will come around and never stop
playing.
FunTime Birdy has a wide variety of parrot toys for your bird to experiment with.
Whether your bird is a “Player” or a “Non Player”, FunTime Birdy has the perfect
bird toy for your feathered friend. Give us a call if you have a question about
teaching your bird to play at 973-316-0879. Check out line of playgyms with our
patent pending toy bar and toy bar stand.
When teaching my birds to play, I provide them with an assortment of different
parrot toys consisting of different textures like soft wood, soft chewable plastic,
and leather. Over the years, my flock has varied in playing activity. My Double
Yellow Headed Amazon, Kiwi, is what I have termed the “Player”. You can give
Kiwi any toy and he will dive right in and play. However, my Cockatoo
Marshmellow is what I have called the “Non Player”. Marshmellow was always
disinterested in playing with her bird toys. Marshmellow was my first challenge
in learning to teach my birds to play.
I have found the best way to teach a bird to play is to demonstrate how much fun
their new parrot toy is to play with by playing with it yourself. Birds are flock
animals and in a human home you are their flock. Birds love to play with things
that you are using like your pen or the telephone. Birds think that a human nose
is equivalent to a bird beak, so what you want to do is “beak” their new bird toy
with your nose. Laugh and have fun while you are playing with it. If you have
another family member that is willing to help you with this then you can have them
beak the toy with their nose as well.
I created FunTime Birdy’s Senior Spinning Molecule Bird Toy especially for
Marshmellow. This bird toy has what I call large round Molecules that spin. I
showed Marshmellow how much fun it is to take my nose and make the Molecule
spin on the acrylic rod. I would laugh and twirl the molecule. Within minutes
Marshmellow came over to me to see why I was having so much fun.
Marshmellow then tried it for herself. She spun the molecule and ran away and
them came back and spun it again. I encouraged her by laughing and in the
moments that she walked away, I would spin it again myself. It then became a
game that we could both play.
Be patient and never give up hope. Never say my bird will never play. Keep
trying my suggestions above and vary the parrot toys. Use soft wood, soft
plastic, leather, even interactive bird toys like the FunTime Birdy Spinning
Molecule Parrot Toy. Eventually your bird will come around and never stop
playing.
FunTime Birdy has a wide variety of parrot toys for your bird to experiment with.
Whether your bird is a “Player” or a “Non Player”, FunTime Birdy has the perfect
bird toy for your feathered friend. Give us a call if you have a question about
teaching your bird to play at 973-316-0879. Check out line of playgyms with our
patent pending toy bar and toy bar stand.
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