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Teaching Jinx to stick out his tongue! 👅
🕑 Added 2024-09-03 15:00:03 +0000 UTCIn today's training session I decided to teach Jinx to stick his tongue out!
The training technique I am using for this is called "capturing". Capturing just means to wait for a behavior to happen, and then capture it by rewarding it with a treat soon after the behavior happened so the bird begins to offer that behavior more, realizing every time I do "this" I get "that". This = behavior, that = treat.
Often times it's best to use a clicker to capture behaviors to really get your bird's attention. It can take birds different amounts of time to figure out what they're being rewarded for, but as they begin to offer it more you will know they're understanding. In order to use this technique, your bird has to offer a behavior you want naturally.
A bird sticking its tongue out is a natural behavior but doesn't occur that often. So often times with capturing we are seeking ways to elicit these behaviors. For me, it was giving a spray bath and letting Jinx lick the water on his beak or in the air. When I saw he did this, I immediately told him "good" and rewarded, then ran and grabbed the camera to film the rest! Hope this was fun to watch and gives you some ideas on how to train cute things to your bird.
Comments
Jane
Priceless love it x
Sofiana Kusuma
I was literally laughing watching the ending of the video. Going to put this on cue for my afgrey. He's been sticking out his tounge sideway for a long time.
Meg Geddes
Who thinks of training a bird to stick out its tongue! I guess you do. It's definitely super cute. I always wonder with these super smart birds if they ever wonder *why* though. Also - because I've never trained one myself - how do you go from them doing it for a treat to doing it on cue (presumably with no treat)? I mean, I myself would probably happily stick out my tongue for a treat, but sorry - no treat, no tongue. (Those doves in the background were *insane*)
