Training & Behavior · Birds
Amazon Parrot Care
Body Language, Hormones, and Safe Handling
An amazon goes from head scratch to bite in a heartbeat, and reading the signs is the whole job. 10 lessons on the bold, quick-tempered amazon temperament, eye pinning, tail flaring and the silent freeze, the springtime monster and how to cool it with sleep and diet, preventing obesity with pellets, chop and a weekly weigh-in, the juvenile bluffing phase, channeling their talking and singing, preventing the one-person bird, target training to move a hormonal bird without a bite, vitamin A and respiratory health, and shredding toys built for a powerful beak.
About this course
Amazons are the bold extroverts of the parrot world, and Lesson 1 starts with the trait that defines them: arousal that flips from blissful to irritated in a fraction of a second. Lesson 2 teaches the warnings that come before a bite, eye pinning, a fanned tail and stiff strut, and the quiet freeze with dropped wings that most people miss. Lesson 3 is the springtime monster, and the sleep, cavity removal and diet changes that calm it. Lesson 4 builds a diet that keeps a fat-prone bird lean, half pellets and nearly half vegetable chop, with nuts only for training and a weekly weigh-in on a gram scale. Lesson 5 explains the juvenile bluffing phase and why retreating teaches a young bird that lunging works. Lesson 6 channels an amazon's talent for talking and singing into useful phrases and whisper training. Lesson 7 keeps your bird from locking onto one person by sharing feeding and handling across the household. Lesson 8 shows you how to move a hormonal bird with a target stick and never a bare hand in the cage. Lesson 9 covers vitamin A and the respiratory signs of a seed-only diet, and Lesson 10 finishes with hardwood shredding toys on hardware a big beak cannot break.
What you'll learn
- The bold, quick-tempered amazon temperament, and the eye, tail and posture signals before a bite
- Calming the springtime monster with 12 to 14 hours of darkness, no cavities, leaner food
- Preventing obesity with pellets, vegetable chop, nuts only for training and weekly weigh-ins
- The juvenile bluffing phase, and turning talking and singing into useful phrases and whisper training
- Preventing the one-person bird, and target training to move a hormonal amazon without a bite
- Vitamin A and respiratory health, and hardwood shredding toys on marine-grade stainless hardware
Who this is for
New amazon owners who have been bitten once and want to know what they missed; families whose bird loves one person and attacks everyone else; and keepers of a young amazon that has started hissing and lunging at hands.
Course outline (10 modules)
Quiz & Certificate
Knowledge quiz
After completing all lessons, take a short quiz to test your understanding.
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$9.99 · Lifetime access · 10 lessons