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| Question about Pets:Cockatiel shakes his head vigorously every time I whistle or talk in a high voice.? |
If you don't want to see him head shaking, you're going to have to stop doing the things that cause him to do so, like whistle or talk in a high voice around him. There is no way that I know of to un-train this head shaking.
You trained him to do this behavior when you blew on him and whistled on him, even with the cloth in between the two of you.
He's now in full blown protection mode, trying to ensure that he's not going to undergo the discomfort he was put through by your actions. Granted, you didn't mean to cause discomfort, you were playing with your new fid (feathered kid), but you need to remember, cockatiels are a bird that gets scared very easily. That's why the reaction even when you're across the room and do your behaviors that cause the head shaking.
You get to find a new way to play with your baby fid. Find things the two of you can do together and toys he likes. For ex. some birds love to beak things. A napkin given can be a joy forever to some birds (or until it's beaked into the smallest pieces of paper). Personally, I've found that tiels enjoy playing with a wooden toothpick. To them there is no greater happiness, and they blissfully run the pick back and forth until they've destoryed it. Or until, they've tossed it and wait for you to return it to them.
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