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First Real Walk | Harness Training Progress
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This is our 7 month old Lutino cockatiel, Taki. Taki is most likely female but we stubbornly call him a "he" anyways.
If you recently got an aviator harness or are trying to train your bird to wear an aviator harness, I STRONGLY suggest you watch the full 1 hour tutorial about harness training by the manufacturer. A copy should've come with your harness but it is also posted on youtube by the manufacturer.
It took Taki around 10-12 harness training sessions (10-15 minutes each, 1-2 sessions per day spread out by a few hours) to work up to wearing the harness for a full walk outside. He was taken into our backyard for a quick 3-5 minute tour of the outside several times before this walk. Once he got comfortable being outside, we took him on a walk around the block for about 10-15 minutes.
I did end up tightening the harness for future walks (and making a new mark to show me where to tighten it to) because the harness was juuuuust loose enough in this video that around the end of the walk he actually got his foot caught in the extra space. I had left "one finger" of room between his body and the harness as the aviator harness manufacturer tutorial instructed, but as it turns out, this is actually too much extra room for a small bird like a cockatiel. Instead, because Taki is "chubby" and ideally shouldn't gain any weight, I decided in the future it would be as tight as it could go while still easily "turning" around his body so the leash can adjust positions if he flies. Please NEVER adjust a bird's harness while they're outside and always bring a small carrier cage with you as well as an umbrella if you have predatory birds where you live.
I opted not to film taking the harness off because it seemed a little unnecessary (self-explanatory, and possibly boring) but if you guys would like to see me demonstrating the way I take the harness off I'll film it for you!
ON THE NOTE OF DOGS/CATS AND BIRDS *long rant ahead*-
We keep our dog, Banjo, and our birds separate AT. ALL. TIMES. when they are in the house UNLESS both my husband and I are present and the bird is on me while my husband is sitting a good distance away from us with the dog by his side.
I work from home doing embroidery and seamstress work. Taki stays with me in my office behind a closed door during the day while Banjo has free roam of the rest of the house. In the evenings when my husband comes home from the office, he and I both keep an eye on the animals and we keep Taki in a different room from Banjo unless we are both present and close to both of them to prevent any accidents. We've also done some work with Banjo to make sure she's "bored" with the birds and pays virtually no attention to them in the first place. She pays zero attention to the birds and has no interest in them, but regardless we still keep them separate and don't allow them to interact with each other.
Dog (and cat) saliva is toxic to birds and can give your birds serious infections. Your bird simply standing on your dog or cat exposes them to germs on the dog or cat's fur that could be harmful. We wash our hands after handling the dog before we handle the bird.
A playful paw from a dog or cat is enough to break a bird's bones (they are very thin and hollow). Even if you're 1,000% positive that your dog or cat would never purposefully harm your bird, it is still unwise to allow them to play together or interact with each other. Birds who get licked by a cat or a dog will generally develop, and pass away from, a bacterial infection within 24-48 hours. For cat saliva it's generally closer to 24 hours if not less. If your cat or dog very gently paws at your bird, it is possible for them to get extremely small abrasions that aren't visible to us and they could get an infection from that as well. PLEASE be responsible with your animals and do everything you can to prevent accidents, no matter how unlikely the accident may be or may seem. We DO NOT recommend that you have both dogs/cats and birds at the same time unless you live in a house or an apartment with a room you can dedicate to the bird and deem "off limits" to the dogs/cats.
*end long rant*
If you recently got an aviator harness or are trying to train your bird to wear an aviator harness, I STRONGLY suggest you watch the full 1 hour tutorial about harness training by the manufacturer. A copy should've come with your harness but it is also posted on youtube by the manufacturer.
It took Taki around 10-12 harness training sessions (10-15 minutes each, 1-2 sessions per day spread out by a few hours) to work up to wearing the harness for a full walk outside. He was taken into our backyard for a quick 3-5 minute tour of the outside several times before this walk. Once he got comfortable being outside, we took him on a walk around the block for about 10-15 minutes.
I did end up tightening the harness for future walks (and making a new mark to show me where to tighten it to) because the harness was juuuuust loose enough in this video that around the end of the walk he actually got his foot caught in the extra space. I had left "one finger" of room between his body and the harness as the aviator harness manufacturer tutorial instructed, but as it turns out, this is actually too much extra room for a small bird like a cockatiel. Instead, because Taki is "chubby" and ideally shouldn't gain any weight, I decided in the future it would be as tight as it could go while still easily "turning" around his body so the leash can adjust positions if he flies. Please NEVER adjust a bird's harness while they're outside and always bring a small carrier cage with you as well as an umbrella if you have predatory birds where you live.
I opted not to film taking the harness off because it seemed a little unnecessary (self-explanatory, and possibly boring) but if you guys would like to see me demonstrating the way I take the harness off I'll film it for you!
ON THE NOTE OF DOGS/CATS AND BIRDS *long rant ahead*-
We keep our dog, Banjo, and our birds separate AT. ALL. TIMES. when they are in the house UNLESS both my husband and I are present and the bird is on me while my husband is sitting a good distance away from us with the dog by his side.
I work from home doing embroidery and seamstress work. Taki stays with me in my office behind a closed door during the day while Banjo has free roam of the rest of the house. In the evenings when my husband comes home from the office, he and I both keep an eye on the animals and we keep Taki in a different room from Banjo unless we are both present and close to both of them to prevent any accidents. We've also done some work with Banjo to make sure she's "bored" with the birds and pays virtually no attention to them in the first place. She pays zero attention to the birds and has no interest in them, but regardless we still keep them separate and don't allow them to interact with each other.
Dog (and cat) saliva is toxic to birds and can give your birds serious infections. Your bird simply standing on your dog or cat exposes them to germs on the dog or cat's fur that could be harmful. We wash our hands after handling the dog before we handle the bird.
A playful paw from a dog or cat is enough to break a bird's bones (they are very thin and hollow). Even if you're 1,000% positive that your dog or cat would never purposefully harm your bird, it is still unwise to allow them to play together or interact with each other. Birds who get licked by a cat or a dog will generally develop, and pass away from, a bacterial infection within 24-48 hours. For cat saliva it's generally closer to 24 hours if not less. If your cat or dog very gently paws at your bird, it is possible for them to get extremely small abrasions that aren't visible to us and they could get an infection from that as well. PLEASE be responsible with your animals and do everything you can to prevent accidents, no matter how unlikely the accident may be or may seem. We DO NOT recommend that you have both dogs/cats and birds at the same time unless you live in a house or an apartment with a room you can dedicate to the bird and deem "off limits" to the dogs/cats.
*end long rant*
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