{"id":10011,"date":"2018-09-19T16:19:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T21:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windycityparrot.com\/blog\/?p=10011"},"modified":"2018-09-19T16:19:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T21:19:50","slug":"a-better-bird-ep-15-migrating-new-ringneck-to-new-home-bird-cage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/?p=10011","title":{"rendered":"A Better Bird Ep 15 Migrating Recent Ringneck Rescue To New Home Bird Cage &#8211; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"v-WyYwEiTW-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1140' height='641' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/WyYwEiTW?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write; presentation'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">I can&#8217;t count the number of times people inquire about the best way to migrate a bird from an older cage to a new birdcage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.windycityparrot.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/27\/lets-start-with-forgetting-that-birds-do-not-like-change\/\">The first thing I like to remind people is that the more you provide change for your bird the more your bird is likely to accept change.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><em>A bird who has had the same bird cage, toys and accessories for 10 or 20 years is a phobic bird that you created.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">I&#8217;m not sure where the information came from that new birds should be allowed to <em>settle in for a couple weeks<\/em> <em>and disturb them very little.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Looking at how bird brains work we know (by science) that many species of birds process thought three times faster than mammals (using the speed of neurons as a benchmark)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Birds generally have a standing heart rate of 200 bpm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Thus we have is incredibly effective performance animal who can fly at speed of wind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Flap their wings so fast we can&#8217;t see the movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">And we let them settle in, by doing nothing<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">We let our birds sit and stare outside and wonder why my bird won&#8217;t socialize with me?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">To overcome a parrots phobias, change on a daily and weekly basis must occur for the bird&#8217;s mind to be stimulated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Almost 2 years after rescuing Peaches our (Senegal who was thrust into I think seven cages were first week with us, did just fine) we rescued a 15-year-old male African ringneck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">When I picked up the bird he was in a cage which was not his own but necessary for him to travel back to Chicago with me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">He spent two or three days in a cage until he got his new permanent home page organized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Three days later he was traveling in a travel carrier and then would move into his camp cage and are permanently parked travel trailer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">We do this regularly with birds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">We don&#8217;t give the birds a chance to refuse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">We don&#8217;t allow birds to control us, we control the birds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">This lack of control is one of many high level reasons people fail at captive bird care which leads to overflowing bird rescues around the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">In answer to questions like, why does my bird bite me?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Why won&#8217;t my bird play with his toys?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Why does my bird scream?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Whining to the Internet will not solve your captive bird problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Listening and understanding how your bird thinks and predicting reactions at the speed of light should be your goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Peaches was rather demure when we got her after spending seven years of her 7 1\/2 year-old life in a rescue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">She immediately bonded with me and I was able to move her anywhere on my hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">The only time she bit me was when Catherine came close because I was her new mate and she was very jealous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">To solve the problem I never have Peaches anywhere on my body when Catherine is closer than 3 feet away &#8211; biting problem solved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">With Keto, Catherine discovered early on that Keto would do anything to be near his bell toys.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">She uses this for what we call a redirection, taking total control over the animal who no longer thought about lunging or biting &#8211; as long as the bell toy was reachable by him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Using his bell toys she is able to move him in and out of the cages and play with him on her lap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">This is a 15-year-old bird was been our home three weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt\">Probably the third home 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