jessupsmom

i have looked at this book and consider bobbi brinker inconsistent. anyone who claims we must adapt our world to our birds and then advises on clipping wings does not get credit for making glaring a poor behavior modification tool. i have no problem with wing clipping. jessups wings are clipped. i am just amazed at the people that have problems with time out but no problem with wing clipping. maybe some of you dont consider your bird your pet, but i do. jessup is a well trained grey. she even has a cameo in an upcoming episode of a pretty famous television show. i am not allowed to say which one due to contractual agreements for the time being, but lets just say it is one involving 'desperate' women so i guess i said all of that to say thanks, but no thanks. i dont know about bobbi brinkers birds or any of your birds, but my bird is well trained and doesnt bite or pluck and isnt nervous or aggressive.

i just signed on yesterday. after reading through most of the posts i decided to jump in on this one. i have a 3 year old cag, jessup that i have had since she was 3 months and i find the information here very confusing and contradictory. some of you say dont allow on shoulder others say do. some say never use time out others say do. i was told by my breeder in the beginning to think that anytime my bird bites it is my fault for allowing it to happen. i believed her. i haven't had a bite in over two years. what did i do? well, the very first time jessup bit me i put her in a small acrylic carrier and put her in the closet with the lights out for 4 hours. the next time i did the same. after 4 times doing this jessup quit biting me. i read a lot that punishment doesn't work on parrots, but i have found, at least for me and jessup, that it works.