In Aviary Classes

Parrot Training Foundations

Cost: 190.97$ (HST included)

Duration: 4 Weeks (One 2-hour session per week).

Location: 25 Industrial Avenue, Carleton Place, ON.

Class Size: Limited to 4 students to ensure personalized instruction.

Format: Hands-on training with parrots, instructor demonstrations, interactive Q&A.

Prerequisites: No prior experience required; open to all levels of bird enthusiasts.

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What Will You Learn?

✔️ Body language - How to effectively listen to what a parrot is saying.
✔️ How to modify behaviour through husbandry and humane training.
✔️ Medication Administration – Train parrots to take medication from a syringe without stress.
✔️ Weigh-Ins – Facilitate cooperative weigh-ins for health monitoring.
✔️ Carrier Acclimation – Help parrots enter and exit cages and carriers with ease.
✔️ Stationing – Train parrots to stay in a designated area on cue.
✔️ Step-Up Training – Teach parrots to step onto T-perches.
✔️ Develop problem-solving skills for common training challenges.

More than just a training course.

It’s an opportunity to be part of a program that benefits you, our parrots, and future placements. Space is limited, so don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind learning experience.

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Benefits of our training program.

Learn by Doing.

This in-person, hands-on training lets you practice with a variety of parrots in a dynamic aviary environment.

Open to Everyone (16+)

You don’t need to own a parrot to participate! This class is also perfect for those who want to help prepare parrots for placement, spend quality time with them, and learn positive reinforcement animal training—skills that can be applied to other animals or even humans.

Win-Win-Win Learning Trifecta

✔️ You develop essential training skills.

✔️ Make a direct impact on the lives of displaced parrots through socialization and training. Increasing their chance to secure a home.

✔️ Your parrot at home benefits from your newfound expertise!

BIOSECURITY

Due to the local Avian Influenza risks and guidelines, we do require a few added biosecurity measures be met:

• Confirmation that no tour guests live on or work on a farm with poultry, fowl, or other captive birds kept outdoors or in barns (pet birds kept indoors is permitted).

• Confirmation that no tour guests have visited a farm with poultry, fowl, or other captive birds kept outdoors or in barns/outdoor housing within the last 10 days.

• Confirmation that no tour guests have handled wild birds or wildlife such as foxes, mink, skunks (either alive or deceased) or outdoor feeders within the last 10 days.

• Foot baths are used upon entry at our aviary, and booties are worn over shoes

• Hand sanitizer is used upon entry at our aviary (or wash hands).

*Unfortunately, guests that are unable to adhere to these guidelines are asked to either contact us for details/potential provisions or visit us at an alternate time when Avian Influenza is not a local risk.

*More information on avian influenza can be found here:
https://www.ontario.ca/document/animal-health-updates-and-veterinary-advisories/avian-influenza-february-17-2023

https://inspection.canada.ca/animal-health/terrestrial-animals/diseases/reportable/avian-influenza/fact-sheet/eng/1356193731667/1356193918453

Please refrain from wearing open-toed shoes, loose jewelry, and heavy scents/perfumes.
Parrots are quite loud and may cause discomfort for those with extreme noise sensitivity (earplugs and earmuffs can be provided).
Parrots produce dust from their feathers, and this may irritate those with allergies.
We are NOT a nut-free facility.

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