My copy of Good Bird magazine for Summer 2008 just came - and there was an article by ME!
Parrots
Training Parrots with Aggression Pt. 1
By Kelly Ballance on 11/08/2007A good place to start with lunging birds...
Brad from San Jose Writes: "Dear Blue Hair Bob, I heard that parrots need a lot of interaction or they develop behavior problems
By BlueHairBob on 09/26/2007Brad, These are great questions - ones I wish every potential exotic bird owner would ask before getting a bird. Some of these are a bit controversial as well. There is the "old school" answer and then there is the "latest available data" answer. I will give you what I think is the latest data answer.
Why not just use a bite-proof glove when handling parrots?
By BlueHairBob on 02/27/2007That is (basically) exactly the very first question I asked on a parrot training forum (BirdClick) hosted by Melinda Johnson when I got my first parrot. I got the same answer from her and several other professional (positive reinforcement) bird trainers.
