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but if you think this is mybe biting please: Relax:Many birds, including parrots, can feel that you are nervous or anxious around them. This will actually make your parrot feel nervous as well. Before you give your parrot some attention make sure you are calm and confident. Take a few minutes to relax and do some deep breathing before you interact with your parrot. A nervous parrot is more likely to bite. If you are calm and confident your parrot is less likely to bite. Observe:You must first figure out what is causing your parrot to bite by observation. Do not make eye contact or show any emotion while interacting with your parrot. Simply observe your parrot's behavior and body language and take note of the particular behavior and body language before your parrot bites. There should be something that you will notice that your parrot does before she bites. Walk Away:There is no need to show your parrot how hurt you are, physically or emotionally, as it can make the biting even worse. If you are hurt remove yourself from the room and take care of it before you go back to your parrot. It's important to stay calm so you can figure out what is causing the biting. Just walk away. Leave Your Parrot Alone:Most of the time parrots bite because they want to be left alone. If your parrot bites you after trying to take her out of her cage, it is probably because your parrot simply wants to be left alone. When your parrot bites you while you are playing her could be because your parrot got too excited and got carried away. When your parrot bites immediately return her to her cage and shut the door. Do this every time so your parrot can see that you are leaving her alone when she bites. Be Patient:Use these tips and tricks with your parrot and there should be no more biting within days or weeks. Every parrot learns at a different pace, so be patient and be consistent.

Tehran<br><br>Post edited by: timotian, at: 2009/05/30 05:48

Great Persia(Iran)

The genus Poicephalus comprises nine species of parrots native to various regions of the Afrotropic ecozone, including Sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Senegal in the west, Ethiopia in the east, and to Cape Horn in the south. Several of the species exist in slightly different forms (or subspecies). They are stocky birds with short broad tails and relatively large heads and beaks for their size. (Poicephalus, from the Greek, literally means made of head). Several of the species show marked sexual dimorphism, where the adult male and female birds can be easily identified from variations in feather colouration, but in other species there is no sexual dimorphism or the differences are not so marked. They feed primarily on seeds, fruits, nuts, and leafy matter. The Senegal Parrot, Meyer's Parrot, Jardine's Parrot and the Brown-headed Parrot are popular as pets because they are easier to keep in apartments, being generally quieter and smaller, than most other companion parrots. Some Poicephalus parrot species are rare and not known or rare in captivity.

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thanks for your attention. yes the persianpet is only persian. I think you can use online dictionary persian to english.<br><br>Post edited by: timotian, at: 2009/05/27 08:00

I am Timotian from Iran.<br><br>Post edited by: timotian, at: 2009/06/28 18:31

thanks

this is not bitting this is only touch

oddly enough the term BITTING needs to be clarified. Bitting does not include a human being touched by a birds beak. A good judgmenat of the true severity of a bite is encompasses in the question "How much did you bleed?"

what do you think about normal feather plucking? I would like to know your Idea about normal feather plucking!

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Brainy Parrot Dies, Emotive to the End Alex, a 31-year-old African gray parrot, knew more than 100 words and could count and recognize colors and shapes He knew his colors and shapes, he learned more than 100 English words, and with his own brand of one-liners he established himself in television shows, scientific reports and news articles as perhaps the world’s most famous talking bird. But last week Alex, an African gray parrot, died, apparently of natural causes, said Dr. Irene Pepperberg, a comparative psychologist at Brandeis University and Harvard who studied and worked with the parrot for most of his life and published reports of his progress in scientific journals. The parrot was 31. Scientists have long debated whether any other species can develop the ability to learn human language. Alex’s language facility was, in some ways, more surprising than the feats of primates that have been taught American Sign Language, like Koko the gorilla, trained by Penny Patterson at the Gorilla Foundation/Koko.org in Woodside, Calif., or Washoe the chimpanzee, studied by R. Allen and Beatrice Gardner at the University of Nevada in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1977, when Dr. Pepperberg, then a doctoral student in chemistry at Harvard, bought Alex from a pet store, scientists had little expectation that any bird could learn to communicate with humans, as opposed to just mimicking words and sounds. Research in other birds had been not promising. But by using novel methods of teaching, Dr. Pepperberg prompted Alex to learn scores of words, which he could put into categories, and to count small numbers of items, as well as recognize colors and shapes. “The work revolutionized the way we think of bird brains,” said Diana Reiss, a psychologist at Hunter College who works with dolphins and elephants. “That used to be a pejorative, but now we look at those brains — at least Alex’s — with some awe.” Other scientists, while praising the research, cautioned against characterizing Alex’s abilities as human. The parrot learned to communicate in basic expressions — but he did not show the sort of logic and ability to generalize that children acquire at an early age, they said. “There’s no evidence of recursive logic, and without that you can’t work with digital numbers or more complex human grammar,” said David Premack, emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Pepperberg used an innovative approach to teach Alex. African grays are social birds, and quickly pick up some group dynamics. In experiments, Dr. Pepperberg would employ one trainer to, in effect, compete with Alex for a small reward, like a grape. Alex learned to ask for the grape by observing what the trainer was doing to get it; the researchers then worked with the bird to help shape the pronunciation of the words. Alex showed surprising facility. For example, when shown a blue paper triangle, he could tell an experimenter what color the paper was, what shape it was, and — after touching it — what it was made of. He demonstrated some of his skills on nature shows, including programs on PBS and the BBC. He shared scenes with the actor Alan Alda on the PBS series “Look Who’s Talking.” As parrots can, he also picked up one-liners from hanging around the lab, like “calm down” and “good morning.” He could express frustration, or apparent boredom, and his cognitive and language skills appeared to be about as competent as those in trained primates. His accomplishments have also inspired further work with African gray parrots; two others, named Griffin and Arthur, are a part of Dr. Pepperberg’s continuing research program. Even up through last week, Alex was working with Dr. Pepperberg on compound words and hard-to-pronounce words. As she put him into his cage for the night last Thursday, she recalled, Alex looked at her and said: “You be good, see you tomorrow. I love you.” He was found dead in his cage the next morning, Dr. Pepperberg said.