Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Musha Cay, Bahamas During a shower: Blue and gold macaw "Jersey"
Lately I've received a lot of emails and questions on the topic of bathing your bird and how to go about it without forcing, yet safely.
I've found a lot of popular articles (like on ehow) that advice people to use a towel to dry their bird, and a ...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Shown: Hyacinth Macaw "Hymie" & Nephew "Jimmy"
I've never trained a bird with a 15 month old around...
And while my nephew Jimmy was visiting, it was VERY hard to train Hymie, the hyacinth macaw I am working with for a client for 6 or so weeks. I had no idea how distracting Jimmy would be for Hy...
Photo by Jamieleigh Location: Orlando, FL Wet Bird: Hyacinth Macaw "Hymie"
Hymie took his first shower with me within the first week of his stay. I was super happy because it is so hot here in Florida during the summer months and I was thinking he really needed one to cool down. I tried 2 times unsuccessfully before this. I approached Hymie ...
Hymie is finally stepping up very nicely and letting both Dave and I hold his feet to transport him short distances (from one room to the other) and we're getting to the point of placing him on our shoulders for a reward rather than having him put himself up there.
He is almost settling in nicely and becoming super comfortable with how things g...
I don't quite think people understand what it means to respect your bird, but it is so so so so SO so so... important. Honestly, if you simply show your bird some respect, he will respect you right back and start to like you.
To prove this, I am going to show you a video of Dave and a Hyacinth Macaw (the same one we decided to take on for 6 wee...
Photo by Dave Location: Orlando, FL Flying: Hyacinth "Hymie"
It has been getting easier and easier to ask Hymie to fly and here's why:
When he was younger, he used to fly around his owner's house with a green wing macaw in tow. So he has had experience flying before and enjoyed it enough to want to experience it again.
I've been spending ...
