Bringing Home a New Bird | What Day One With a New Bird Looks Like!!!

Hi, I'm Jamie Lee with the calm

bird

Trix and I'm a parrot trainer and one of the things I often hear or read on blogs is people asking,

what

should I do with my

bird

? I just brought it

home

,

what

's the first one? What you should do is leave it in the cage to settle in and almost always 100% of the time people will say yes let your bird settle in for a few days before you even go near it just give it plenty of food and water and Let him get used to his new surroundings and I 100 probably 500 percent disagree with that and I'll show you why I brought

home

a camel in Makka that was about seven years old.

He had never met me before. This was his first time. time she came to my house or something and I immediately interacted with her and she had an amazing first day with me and I will share it all with you and the reasons why I did what I did, one of the reasons I immediately spend time with a bird that I bring home for the first time it is because everything is new, including you, and I like to establish that I am a trustworthy person. I am a person of interest and I want the bird to immediately bond with it. with me and I want to spend time with me I also want to do it by creating a language that we can both speak I want the bird to understand that I understand the bird and we create our own language in the bonding process and I'm really interested in reading body language and picking up on those signals of that you should never be bitten by a bird because they show you a zillion signs that lead to a sting that you can read or choose to ignore and then act on, so I'm going to share all of this. is with you I waited for Morgan to get out of her cage her travel carrier I didn't want to take her out force her out lure her I definitely offered her breakfast but she could also reach it while she was inside the cage I wanted her to come out alone, the other thing I did was introduce her to my birds so she knew there were other birds like her in the area oh she got mad at you I didn't want to overwhelm her but at least she met my three macaws which went really well so I think it's really awesome Note that it only took Morgan eight minutes to get out of her travel transporter alone.

It seemed like a long time, but it was actually nice. extraordinary and I went about my normal routine and put away her carrier and then made myself breakfast so I could enjoy it with her just so she would feel a little more comfortable with me and we could do something that was It's kind of bonding, but it turned out that she was much more interested in my breakfast than hers. Also, you're about to notice that when Morgan walks, you'll see her butt with her left foot and that's a challenge we're going to take on. deal with it all the time because that's here to stay.

He had a toe amputated and the rest of his foot is somewhat functional to the extent that he can move his toes, but yeah, the foot is pretty much like that and there was nothing they could really do, well Morgan is getting an idea. the morning routine. It was very important to me to show Morgan my routine with my own birds and let her learn some observation there, so I let her hang out on a perch while I took care of my own birds in the morning and didn't do anything different for her to would get used to She used the vacuum cleaner when she vacuumed.

She used the broom when she swept. She did everything identically and she really did it. Well, she actually flew, which is exciting because my goal is to fly freely. I eventually trained her for the outdoors, but obviously I started indoors first, so I was very excited about this. She stepped up very well for me and everything worked out very well as far as her shoulder habit was concerned. we had a break I forgot my tea it's probably ringing, shows you how Morgan, she goes there very easily. I felt like Morgan had a really exciting morning from most of everything I exposed her to, so she wanted me to go through something.

In my downtime I did some live videos with her on Instagram and Facebook and then I let her relax in my chair while I worked and she got very happy and started grooming herself and hanging out super calmly and I was really very excited and then an incredible moment happened and she let me pet her for the first time, which I didn't expect on the first day. She asked me: what are you doing with that camera? I was so excited, look at this, I was obviously very excited that Morgan let me pet her, but I want to make sure that it wasn't just a fluke or something isolated, so this clip really shows the signal that I give her that my intention is to pet her and then she can respond by telling me the same body language: yes. or not, and so I was really excited that we basically did our first form of communication where I could say hey, this is my intention and she would say yes, I want that intention or not, I'd rather not do it, so this was really It's really. an exciting development for us, so my main goal with Morgan is to train her in flight and my first step in doing that is to create a bond where she wants to be with me, so that was my goal all day, the first day.

So I just encouraged her to fly to me as often as possible and she really resisted. I think the main culprit is her crooked foot. You know, she can't balance very well on her own and that's why she doesn't really trust anyone. I could do that more for her, so I needed to establish that, hey, I understand how to work with this foot and I understood you all well from day one and I've been trying to convince Morgan to fly to me because she wants to be with me. She flew into my back the first time, I think, because she doesn't trust me to catch her with my back foot.

Wow, she just sends shivers down my spine because it's like touching the back of my neck, um, she's just playing with my ponytail, so I literally tried to convince her to take a short flight and she wouldn't do it. I moved away from her and heard her and saw that she was trying to fly towards me so I lifted her arm as I caught her in the middle of her. my elbow on my shoulder and her reward because she doesn't seem to be doing this whole treat thing, her reward is playing with my ponytail so literally this is the reward. with my hair, which is okay, you can use it as a reward, but yeah, I'm so excited that it's already flying on the first day, this is amazing, so I'll keep trying, okay, so we have a major shoulder bird, this one It's probably going to be the biggest waste of time in the whole workout, it's a lot harder to get her down because she only has one good foot so she doesn't trust other things to help her balance, so the right chair I'll try to land on.

I try and will try to keep it on the video screen. Wait, it's this sprained foot. I can't tell which side. I still don't really know which side the twisted foot is on. Okay, so the good foot is on this side. That's why. This is so hard, I wish she was on my other shoulder, so I have to keep that in mind. Excuse me, excuse me Morgan, here we go, is she doing it? Oh, I see my sweater was actually tangled in that other foot, that's what was happening. You were very nice about it, it's not a good sweater to wear.

I need to change my sweaters, really try it, let's see if this helps with the whole shoulder problem because I think part of the reason was that she had like her feet, we're actually stuck on my. sweater Thank you well it's the same color put that back oh yeah oh yeah she ruined it here so excited yeah I forgot I was filming what a good girl I'm so proud of you I'm so proud of you, you are doing it. I can hang out for a while, but not on my shoulder, so we'll use praise on that instead of playing with my hair because I really don't want her on my shoulder, so our next breakthrough came when Morgan agreed. my husband Dave and all of this so far has happened before noon on the first day, so it's just amazing.

I'm a little impressed by my own progress on this first day with Morgan. I kept trying to get her to fly to me, but unless my back was turned, she wasn't likely to do it, actually, it probably didn't mean at all, so she wouldn't fly to me if I just asked her, but she would fly if I wasn't paying attention and my back was turned to her. so she could land on my shoulder, which was a problem, so I'll walk you through the next phases of training where I had my biggest gains. I don't know, but I think I might have found a gift that Morgan likes.

I made myself some toast with peanut butter, okay, you jump, you get everything, you jump, come on, tell me, tell me, you can do it or eat, do you want to excite her and come this way?, you turn around, turn around and come this way. . I know, I know you want to step up, but I want you to fly girl, look, you can have it all, I'll give it all to you, just jump, come on, you can do it, I'll catch you, I promise. I promise you, come on, you can do it, come on, Morgan, Morgan, come on, it won't happen, it won't happen, it won't happen, it can happen, cut it, Shriner age, jump, jump, you can do it, you can do it, promise, okay, let's do that , it's okay, I got you, I got you. look how firm I have you I have you so firm I have you so firm come back okay why do I still have you I still have to see you I can't just firm let's learn to use this foot super okay let's go I'll understand this, we're here now, if you come back, I'll give you another piece, yes, I'll give you another piece, you just have to step on me here, you can do it, come on, you can do it, step up with your good foot. good foot first you understood it come on oh you're going up aren't you okay? good girl good girl good job that's what I wanted that was so good that was so good easy right you got it we have to go be first that's the trick Okay, I can do that, I can help you do that, my reward, hmm , so I think one of the most important things with Morgan and her is she needs to trust that I'm not going to let her down or make her fall, so we're going to work on that.

It's like coming to me and returning to something. I don't want to be first. I want foot first. You want this? Okay, so can we work a step? I don't want the peak first. I want your foot first. Well, good girl, that's right. what I want, okay, now I totally understand you and move on to another object. You can use your pickaxe first. Well, good girl, I see you use your pickaxe first on other objects, but first on me. It's okay, I'm very proud of you. It will be the key for us. that kind of communication I need to communicate clearly to her that she can use her beak first on other things, but I want her foot up for me, so foot first for me, no, I want foot first, give me your foot first, I know it's hard , Well. girl, good girl, that was so good, okay, pick first, good girl Morgan, you have crumbs on my chair.

I hope you can see that very well. I consider this a total breakthrough in communication, but first, good girl, I got you, good girl, good girl. Can we go down? good girl, don't take it, put it first, well, I've got your foot, okay, I've got you, you can balance, good job, what do you talk about first to help?, good job, so I'll leave it at that for our training session. It seems crazy. short, but we're both excited and it's very compelling to want to continue until she stops, but I really don't want the session to end.

I want her to be eager to do it again, so stopping there was amazing, well move on, thanks. for wiping your face all over my chair, one of the main reasons why it can be so difficult to fly by train to Paris is because they don't yet understand that flying is a means of transportation, so one of the things I really like inculcate a parrot. What I'm trying to teach is also observational learning to see other birds use their feathers as a means to get where they want to go and also the other birds get more attention to fly and just learn that, hey, that's a better way to get you from point A to point B when the birds understand this and start using flight as a means of transportation, that's really the key, you don't want them crawling on something and walking to get there, you want them to learn to fly is much more effective.

So one of the interesting things I learned from this, although using Tusa didn't provoke or convince Morgan to take flight, is her body language during this. If you really pay attention, she is so excited by the prospect of flying, I can tell that she wants to do it so badly, but she just has no confidence, confidence in herself and confidence in me are not enough for her to take that leap and take a chance on us, so I can't wait to get there with this bird. I know we'll do it during that, yeah, I wasn't ready either.

I tried to catch her with my hand, but she caught me that time.