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daYna
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| I'M OVER HEERE DONNOT IGNOOOOOORE PLLLLZ (A)(A) |
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Hiiii  I'm neew here I have a sulphur crested cockatoo named "dorY" She's around a year old  . I HOPE SOMEBODY NOTICES ME IT'S SOO CROUDED HERE  aaaanyway,, i just wanna know how i can make her step up and how and when she's gonna talk  ?? She lets me pet her and she loooves it.. So thats a start! 
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Monday April 24, 2006 4:34 pm |
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fionam
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Hi Dayna and Dory,
Your very welcome here... Hope you enjoy the site..
I do not have a Cockatoo, so cannot be much help with the training...
I am sure that the other cockatoo owners will able to help...
Regards
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Monday April 24, 2006 5:00 pm |
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Fluffy Sue
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Hi Dayna and Dory,
welcome at fluffies! 
Cockatoos aren't known for their talking ability, usually when they talk it is not that clear like African grey parrots.. (Master talkers, but also no guarantee here!) |
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Monday April 24, 2006 5:26 pm |
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Cheeta
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Hi
Welcome to Fluffies.
How long have you had Dory for? Have you been trying to train it to step up? Just curious. Like Sue had mentioned, cockatoos aren't known talkers, but can to some degree. This depends on the bird. The best way to teach them to talk is just keep repeating words, but generally do it in context to what's happening at the time. Like saying 'good morning' when you wake him up. Or Hello when you see her. People do just sit there for a period of time just repeating words over and over again. I find that that hasn't helped my cockatoo's speech at all. So far he's only picked up words that I regularly use during our daily life, like 'hello', 'good boy' and cuddle cuddle.
Will she step up on a dowel? or does she run the other way as soon as she sees the stick? it would probably be easier to train is she's still not sure about hands and arm. Take her out of her cage into a neutral territory like a bathroom or somewhere, then train here there with no distraction. |
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Monday April 24, 2006 6:06 pm |
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daYna
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Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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Location: Saudi Arbia |
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Hiii,, thanx 4 ur help.. I've had dorY 4 about 4 or 5 months now, yaa i try 2 train her 2 step up onto my hand. I use2 let her sit on top of her cage everyday but then she started gettins bad and making yucky messes all over the floooor.. I don't try 2 get her onto a a perch, only my hand and when i put my hand against her chest she's acts like she's gonna bight me soo i don't know what 2 do  She's starting 2 make wierd sounds she sounds kina like she's crying, has ur cockatoo done that??
~~daYna~~dorY~~
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 2:19 pm |
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Cheeta
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are her wings clipped? I would suggest try training her to step up from scratch. Start with using the dowel to get to step up then progress to your arm. Gently nudge her with the stick dowel and say 'up' what whatever you like to say.. and then when she's used to that and is consistantly doing that, then progress to your arm. My cockatoo used to do that when he first came to me. He was a baby back then, and he'd cry for food. |
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 2:26 pm |
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daYna
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Location: Saudi Arbia |
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Yup her wings r clipped, thanx 4 the help i'll try that. |
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 2:52 pm |
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Cathy
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Joined: 02 Apr 2005
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Awwww, the messiness just seems to go along with the parronting. Is she allowed out of her cage at all? I do think out of cage time is necessary for any birds well being.
I agree with Bih on the stepping up exercises. Pick a certain time of day, or even a couple times a day if possible, to work with her for about 10 min each time, in a small room with not much to distract her. It's best if you have some kind of standing perch, or T-perch for training purposes.
Use short words like "up" or "step up" to get her on your arm, & "down" "step down" to put her back on the perch, & repeat that routine for as long as you can hold her attention. When she obeys the command, lavish her with lots of praise (at first anyway), or even a small treat.
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 3:00 pm |
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daYna
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She used 2 be out of her cage most of the day and sometimes during the night but she started getting realllly bad makin yuuuucky messes soo she doesn't get out anymore but she has a pretty big cage so she ain't dyin in there.. |
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 3:07 pm |
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shirin
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Joined: 27 Apr 2005
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Hi Dayna
what do you mean by yucky messes? You mean she poops on the floor? Can't you just put some newspaper down while she's out of her cage? Unless she lives in an aviary, any cage is too small for a bird to spend 24/7 in it. She may not be dying, but I bet soon enough she'll be bored and depressed and start having behavioural problems such as feather plucking. |
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 3:27 pm |
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daYna
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Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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Location: Saudi Arbia |
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Yup every second and everytime somebody just passes by she poops AGAIN. Ok i tink i shallllll do thaaaat i guess she probably is bored in her cage poor baby |
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 3:45 pm |
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Cheeta
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Location: Australia |
Yeah I agree, out of cage time is good for the bird as it stimulates their brain... and this also help her to become a more happy bird since she's not stuck in her cage being depress and stuff. This in turn will help you in training her to step up more willingly, and she's more likely to want to talk more when she's a happy camper. good luck. |
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 3:50 pm |
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daYna
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Location: Saudi Arbia |
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There was another problem with her coming out and it's that she's good most of the time but when it gets 2 be around 5 or 6 the crazyness starts,, she startes screamins really loud and theres a big mirror hanging on the wall across from her aaand she flies across the roooom 2 get 2 the mirror and then she just nocks into the wall. I'm just afraid she'll get hurt  |
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 4:29 pm |
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Cheeta
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Location: Australia |
Oh tht's around roosting time, cockatoos gets really noisy and playful during this time.. Is there a way that you can get her to an avian vet to trim her wings, either a full trim or a partial trim? so that she can't hurt herself when she's out and about?? |
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 4:42 pm |
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Cathy
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I can understand you not wanting her to hurt herself. And I'm sure the mirror does cause her to re-act, she sees it as another bird. If I were you, I would either cover the mirror, at least temorarily, & gradually, over time, uncover it. OR move either the cage or the mirror, as that's probably not the best of set ups.
Eve time, before the sun starts to set, seems to be the time when all birds are at their "peak" wildest, or their most natural state (hope I'm saying that right). But, that's OK, they need some "natural time" too.
I'm very glad that you'll be providing some "out of cage time" again. I do understand your concern with the messiness, but it goes hand in hand with parrots, so does the ocaisional loudness, & we all have had to learn to adapt & live with it, to an extent anyway. And I'm sure everything will fall into place with time |
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Tuesday April 25, 2006 4:48 pm |
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