Okay my animals..?

I have a teeny, tiny, parakeet. My 150 pound lab/newfoundland is TERRIFIED of him, and my domestic long hair kitty is just as afraid…if not AS afraid then more. I don’t know why this happens. My parakeet happens to be tiny, but he bites like heck. If you walk even 10 feet away from the cage he hisses like crazy. My dog sniffs the cage every now and then. But when he’s smelling the cage, the bird attempts to bite his nose. Well the dogs nose is WAY bigger then the birds beak, and my dog yelps. Its not even hurting him, if anything it’s tickleing him! It just makes no sense. And my cat is just as bad..when I take the bird out, she puts her back up and looks like a halloween cat. If the bird flys, then she ducks and puts her ears back. Its really sad! Why are my animals doing this?!

This is actually a good thing seeing how small your keet is compared to your cat and dog! I think your animals are just nervous of this new creature with wings and a furious bite. They don’t know what to expect from him so it makes them scared.

My cat is scared of most of my flock except my parakeets! Here are some of the members of my flock;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davewomach

If you’re looking to tame your parakeet, here are some great methods;

The Power Pause;

Target Training;

http://jamiesparrothelp.wordpress.com/category/training/

More training on parakeets;

http://www.birdtricks.com/parakeets

The Bird Watch Show Episode 8

Investigating Bird Beak Adaptations Lab Activity Much like Darwin’s research with finches, this activity demonstrates that birds have adapted specific physical structures in relation to their food supply. Students will first predict how well different “beaks” will work and then they will use various tools to simulate the effectiveness of different shaped bird beaks in obtaining food from four different environments. The kit includes enough mater…