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birdgirl089	May 6 2009, 03:07 AM
Member Posts: 227 Group: Full Members Member #3,001 Joined: February 4, 2009 How many Parrotlets do you have 1 What types Pacific What colours Green Other Birds ? Kakariki I live in Canada My name is Traci	As sweet as Mochi can be he is really territorial and it seems to be getting worse. (Maybe because of the season and his moulting) I've been trying to make him less territorial but I'm somewhat worried about making things worse. I know it's really important to spend time with your p-lets but he doesn't really like to come out of his cage unless it's about 6 in the morning and he's not really awake- he loves coming out and being pet then! Anyways I'm not sure if I don't think I should be forcing my attention to him if he seems happy alone in his cage. I've tried different things, but I'm really not sure what should work. I try to spend time with him every day until he tries to get back to his cage. I've been using almonds to lure him on top of his cage towards me and I eventually want him to have to come onto my hand to get almonds. Also Mochi knows how to step up but unless he is half asleep he prefers to bite-down, or his patented step up-step off technique. One thing I've wanted to try but not sure if it would be ethical/get results is when he bites to take toys out of his cage, because it seems the cornerstone of bird training is negative punishment. (taking away something good to punish). Another thing I want to try is to rearrange his cage to make it like a new home to make him less attached to it but I get worried he will think that whenever I go near his cage I move his stuff. One last thing, this is only somewhat related that I read giving p-let's more than one toy makes them more prone to being territorial (Mochi has two in his cage, 4 all together). And I've heard that if you only give you P-let one toy at once, and then rotate them it makes it so the p-let won't get bored with their toys but also not territorial over all their toys. Also I'm going to get him a proper chewing toy, because I think he might be afraid of his cuttlebone (he has a mineral block too don't worry!) Also I think Mochi likes people watching, he often chirps loudly throughout the day and gets happy when I come into the room with him, and will watch me happily if I just sit there talking to him, watching him or reading. Edited by birdgirl089, May 6 2009, 03:11 AM.


Terriotoriality · Parrotlet Behavior and facts