Zach trained his bird to accept the hood. The problem is, after you put the hood on her she pulls it off. Zach stepped back and stood still, then watch the bird Monday. She simply takes a foot, reaches behind the braces, pulls them up and shakes her head. The hood hits the ground. Anybody have any remedies for this?
Post by Falcon Boy on Feb 18, 2004 13:59:17 GMT -5
My bird did the same thing, so i simply stopped hooding her. I honestly didnt know what else to do, becuase everytime i put it on, within 30sec, it was back off.
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can't put one on my bird either. One of my our senior falconers thinks it might be becvause as a rehab bird with an eye infection she associates the hood with getting ointments in the eye. Rts are great they are so easy going that you can easily do with out. Although there are times a hood would be handy. Have you tried slowly increasing the amount of time she wears the hood taking it off before she tries to. Or try reading up on late stage hooding for accipitrine they might have some good ideas. Best of luck Chris Foster
Actually she was wearing the hood for several hours at a time when she was initially trained to it. She just started taking it off with in the last week or so. How strange is that?
I tried that and got footed when she desided that it was easier to take the hood from me and eat the tidbit. It hurt like Heell and I've only tried it a few times since all that negative reinforcement trianing. But hay i've got free health care although that was months ago and I'm still waiting for my appointment. ;D Chris
My brand new, hand made, custom designed, leather falconry bag, filled with 1 glove and FIVE hoods was stolen from my car. Some idiot must have thought it was a purse. Any way, over $800.00 dollars worth of nice equipment gone. Does any one have any hoods that they are wanting to sell. I'm looking for Female and Male RT hoods. The real pisser is that the thieves got down the road, saw what was inside, said "what the f**k is all of this! Where are the credit cards!!", then probably tossed it in a ditch somewhere. d**n!!
Damn!!! That's low!!! I'd love to catch the little prick that did that!!!!! If I had and hoods to sell I'd send them your way. Good luck in recovering the goods
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines "Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day; give him a religion................ and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish."
I keep thinking that perhaps the thief had a girl friend. Since the bag was a really nice peice of leather goods, maybe he gave it to her as a gift. Then, one sunny day while the blue birds chirped and the butterflies fluttered, i see the unsuspecting woman walking thru the Mall with my bag on her shoulder! I asked the officer who took my theft report, if i ever saw anybody sporting my bag around, would it be ok to strangle her with the shoulder strap? He shrugged and said, "why the hell not!" So, i pounce! They call security. The security man asks me why i did such a thing. I merely point to the bloody woman on the floor and say, "pregnant dog! Theif!!" He says, "oh... OK." She gets carted off. And i get my bag back ;D
Last Edit: Apr 29, 2004 16:24:44 GMT -5 by Bob Dale
Forget the dead ones!!! Ask her where the live ones went! ;D
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines "Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day; give him a religion................ and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish."