Sally Blanchard's Parrots Made E-Z: Stuff You Need to Know About Screaming Behavior in Companion Parrots
WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY INTERNATIONALLY-KNOWN PARROT EXPERT SALLY BLANCHARD
.pdf 31 pages
Topics include:
- Understanding Why Parrots Scream,
- Screaming is NOT the Problem - Parrots Can Naturally be Loud,
- Manipulative Screaming for Attention and Self-stimulating Screams are the Problem
- Teaching Positive Behaviors to Distract Screaming,
- Easy to Prevent Harder to Solve,
- Parrot Vocalization is Communication,
- Noise Tolerance, The Human Element,
- Raucous Good Time Parrots,
- Anticipating Noise Patterns,
- Immediate Cause and Effect,
- Understanding Contact Calls,
- Anticipation of Need,
- Changing the Person's Behavior First,
- Bad Advice Creates More Problems than it Solves,
- Trying "Everything" Just Adds Confusion, A Trade-off,
- Greetings and Farewells,
- The "Primal Psitta-Scream",
- Repatterning a Parrot Not to Scream,
- On the Street Where He Lived,
- Unspoiling a Cockatoo,
- Noisy Playtime is Important,
- The Technique of Noise Substitution,
- Changing Negative to Positive,
- Instructional Interaction,
- Self-soothing and Comfort Behaviors,
- Quick Disapproval - NOT Punishment,
- An Emotionally Secure "Bappyhood",
- Dependent Independence,
- Permanent Changes are Not Easy,
- Screaming Basics: Unacceptable Screaming,
- Screaming Basics: Acceptable Screaming