The first thing owners should know about their birds when teaching them parrot tricks is that it is an immensely fun activity for both parties. Many people who are inexperienced at this and are doing it for the first time are surprised at how enjoyable it is. In fact, teaching parrots tricks is actually part of proper parrot care because, by nature, these birds are social animals and they love to be cared for by their owners.
However, it should be noted that it is very important to first determine if your parrot is docile before attempting to teach it tricks. You will get nowhere if your parrot has not been trained to obey and acts violently in your training attempts.
A good first trick to training parrots is one that doesn’t require you to remove it from its cage. This will prevent you and your precious bird from getting hurt if you are not yet used to being let out.
The game of hide and seek is one of the funniest parrot tricks that you can teach your adorable pet. Putting a towel (slowly and carefully) over part of his cage and moving away from his line of sight will give fun results. Soon, your parrot will peek through the covered part and when it does, it will say “sneakily!” and repeat the process. Your parrot will love this game because they naturally hide behind things like leaves and branches in nature, so it is part of their nature to peek behind objects. You can also try this by alternating covering the parrot’s cage with covering its head and exposing its face while saying “Peek-a-boo!”
Proper parrot care involves training your parrot to avoid injury. If you plan to let him out of his cage at times and have no plans to clip his wings, window training is extremely important. Taking Polly out of her cage regularly and hitting the glass in all the windows with her beak will teach her to be aware that flying through windows can be deadly.
Owning a parrot without teaching it to talk would be ridiculous. Speech training is an inherent part of the wide range of parrot tricks that you can teach your pet. Remember two things when teaching a parrot to talk: repetition and consistency. Say the words clearly and louder than normal and do it consistently every day until he learns them. Only then can you teach him one more word.