bittybirds: the blog

Valerie snapped this picture of me holding Piper (left) and Petrie (right). Notice the red-eye effect on Petrie!

I’ve just started out an effort to clicker train the boys. It should be very interesting!

Tonight I just started with getting them used to the concept that “[click] = goodies”. So I started with Piper on top of the cage (since both of them enjoy hanging out there) and clicking, then letting him take a bit of millet from a clump in my hand. Piper seemed to enjoy this, but it had a really noticeable effect on Petrie–he wanted a piece of the action!! After a few minutes the boys traded places. Piper was even more aggressive about trying to horn in on the action. He crawled around the roof of the cage upside down, hoping to snag some dropped millet on its way down I guess. Petrie was not amused. It looks like we’ll need some other area for the “serious” training, but for now it was a fun start.

Here’s one of Petrie, Piccolo, and Piper.

Here’s a photo of Piper and Petrie. (Petrie is Piper’s “big brother” but is not one of the Reggie-Charlie offspring.)

I have so many cute pictures of the hatchlings. Here’s a picture of the first clutch of babies.

Clockwise from left: Piccolo, Piper, Toby, and Lily.