27/03/2025
It's a bold move training a macaw to target their bolt cutters of a beak to your face/lips but it stopped him from snatching my glasses off my face and tossing them to the ground (and frequently breaking them!) and saved me some money replacing my frames over the years. He will be 10 next month, too young to drive, but I'm sure he's already got his pilots license!
This is what is called reinforcement of an incompatible behavior. He gets a pistachio for this and I don't even have to ask for this behavior. He flies to my arm and does it of his own accord, instead of snatching my glasses! ;)
