Parrot training tips

[Rivera]

My parrot, Napoleon (mexican white forehead) has quite a bit of a temper. A person that used to work at our house until recently had him spoiled to death, and it was easier to make a rock understand anything, than make her. So now that she´s no loger at the house I decided to try to "civilize" my parrot.
I just found a series of videos that give some tips and that have been helpful. Today I stuck my hand into his cage and I still have all my fingers, so it´s good.
The first video and stuff I´m trying is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkI9PvOsjS0
The second series of videos I found is:
http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/4706_train-parrot.htm

I´ve only tried the stuff on the youtube video for one day, and so far I can say that I do think like it´s gonna help, at least up to a point, with my parrot´s agression. I think I´ll add some of the tips from the second series too.
I´ve never had such an agressive parrot, but I´ve never gotten an adult parrot either (got him at age1 or 2) and always had raised them since they were chicks.

Just in case this helps anyone.
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[Florence]

Rivera thank you very much for the tip. Do you have a photo of Napoleon? (I think it's the name that makes him aggressive :P )

[Rivera]

Sure... I´ll post it.
Today I tried some possitive reinforcement to get him out of his cage to trim his wings (which I´ve never done before out of fear of losing a digit) since that was adviced on the second video. It took a while but eventually he got out on his own. This allowed me to grab him with a towel, trim his wings a bit, and pet his beak (he doesn´t like his head scratched, just his beak). Then lots of praise and treats.
He does seem to be accepting my contact a bit more, though it´s only been a couple of days. I do hope in a month or so (I´m patient) I can get him to trust me to touch him without losing a digit. :P
Here he is:
http://www.birdscentral.net/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,0/page,view/catid,1/key,22/hit,1/
Or you can just got to my profile (Rivera) and see his picture.
Hugs.
G<br><br>Post edited by: Rivera, at: 2008/04/03 21:06

[Rivera]

Ascetic feces! I´ve been working with Nap all morning. Just now I was able to stick my hand in his cage and he was relaxed enough to let me scratch his beak!!! No blood! No bruises!!! 10 digitis intact!!!:woohoo:
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[Florence]

Ahhhh he looks so sweet. Hard to imagine he is aggressive
He's all fluffy on the chest, adorable!

So, you are making progress I see Rivera That's a good sign.