Post by exile on Jan 8, 2009 17:30:23 GMT -5
I thought that I would post this technique, and also ask if anyone else has done it, or heard of it.
My sponsor recommended that i get a strobe light, with a veritable speed control on it, turn the speed way down, and use it in a completely blacked out room. I was told to use it for hooding, and initial feeding from the fist. What my sponsor told me, is that the strobe kind of puts them in a trance like state, making it easier for you to handle and hood the bird.
I've used this method for both hood training, and my initial feeding, and either I lucked out, and got a bird that is accepting things rather easily, or it's been working for me.
I would say that at the very least, it works for hooding, or at least getting her used to being hooded. Because the first few times I tried in even low light, trying to hood was rather difficult. But go back into the strobe and it was once again easier to hood her.
This is my theory. With the strobe flashing at a slow rate of speed, it's like trying to watch a stop animation film, where you only a couple images a second. This does two things. 1, doesn't allow the time bird to focus on anything, while allowing you to see. and 2 doesn't allow the bird to see any motions, which I'm finding is a major part of her getting upset. Every thing is fine, as long as nothing is moving. And with the strobe, all you see is just a fraction, if any movement at all.
So with those two factors, the bird remains rather calm, just as if she were hooded, allowing you freedom to handle her, and move your hand about without irritating her.
thoughts, comments, experiences, questions. Please post them, I would really like feedback on this subject. Thank you!
My sponsor recommended that i get a strobe light, with a veritable speed control on it, turn the speed way down, and use it in a completely blacked out room. I was told to use it for hooding, and initial feeding from the fist. What my sponsor told me, is that the strobe kind of puts them in a trance like state, making it easier for you to handle and hood the bird.
I've used this method for both hood training, and my initial feeding, and either I lucked out, and got a bird that is accepting things rather easily, or it's been working for me.
I would say that at the very least, it works for hooding, or at least getting her used to being hooded. Because the first few times I tried in even low light, trying to hood was rather difficult. But go back into the strobe and it was once again easier to hood her.
This is my theory. With the strobe flashing at a slow rate of speed, it's like trying to watch a stop animation film, where you only a couple images a second. This does two things. 1, doesn't allow the time bird to focus on anything, while allowing you to see. and 2 doesn't allow the bird to see any motions, which I'm finding is a major part of her getting upset. Every thing is fine, as long as nothing is moving. And with the strobe, all you see is just a fraction, if any movement at all.
So with those two factors, the bird remains rather calm, just as if she were hooded, allowing you freedom to handle her, and move your hand about without irritating her.
thoughts, comments, experiences, questions. Please post them, I would really like feedback on this subject. Thank you!