So many people are running their air conditioners on the highest cooling setting in order to keep their homes tolerably cool - even in areas where air conditioning is seldom required. This condition is expected to continue during this summer.

Those who live in the Southern Hemisphere are predicted to experience these same conditions once spring and summer arrive.

Climate control units in homes fail and must be repaired. Often, the repair company can be very busy and be unable to repair the problem for a day or two - or longer. Electricity may go out for any of a number of reasons, making air conditioning in the home become unavailable.

Even in extremely hot weather, there are times we need to transport our parrot in the car to see a vet or when relocating their residence. Even if a person is bringing a new parrot from a breeder or qualified, reliable source, the bird must be safely transported. At times, the air conditioning in a car may fail or be unable to cool a vehicle enough to safely transport a parrot.

Extreme heat can cause a parrot to suddenly die if exposed to this heat for even a short time. So, what can be done to save a beloved companion parrot when climate control becomes unavailable for any reason? Unfortunately, you cannot control every situation where a parrot is exposed to extremely high temperatures.

Signs of heat stress in parrots include holding the wings away from the body. Opening the beak and breathing with is also a signal of heat stress. If you are perspiring difficulty (sweating) heavily in the heat, yet not doing work to cause the perspiration (sweat), due to the heat, you can be certain your parrot is also too hot.

Parrots cannot perspire to control their body temperature. Once they begin experiencing heat stress, death can occur within minutes. Action must be taken right away. Here are the tested and personally-proven steps you must take in an extreme heat situation in order to keep your parrot from over-heating and possibly dying due to heat stress:

Step 1: Spray Bottle Bath

During hot weather, always have a clean plastic spray bottle available. Place water in the bottle which is tepid. Tepid means the water should not be very cold but should also not be hot. Usually you can turn on the cool knob of any of your home faucets and the water will be tepid.

Lightly spray your parrot with the water. If your parrot enjoys the spray, you can simply continue spraying, but make certain he is not in a draft when drying off. If it is outdoors or inside the home, even with windows open, it should be fine, but don’t place it where a fan is blowing directly on it.

Step 2: Cover with Damp Towel

If you are transporting your parrot or the bird hates being sprayed, you can wet a nice thick bath towel. If you have the super-sized bath sheets, this would work best. Cover the top of the cage with the towel. This method is great to use in the car if the air conditioning should break down during a trip. Combine with the spray bottle if needed until you can get the house or car cool again.

Step 3: Chill the Water

When a parrot is hot but not yet suffering from extreme heat stress, such as traveling in a vehicle that is warm but not extremely hot, it will drink more water than on an average day.

Place some ice chips in the water dish so that the water the bird drinks is cooler than usual. Just as humans crave a drink of ice cold water when hot, the ice in the water will make the water cold and help cool the parrot because its body temperature will actually drop a slight amount when drinking the water, helping prevent any serious heat stress.

If you follow these simple steps you can transport your parrot in extreme heat safely. You can use these tips
indoors temporarily should your air conditioning fail.

Just remember, if the parrot has its wings extended away from its body, but not spread out as if mantling, and its beak is open and it seems to have difficulty breathing, the bird MUST be cooled in order to prevent heat stress and possibly even death.It can happen within minutes if you allow the parrot to become badly overheated.

Warmest Regards,

Nora Caterino
EliteParrotsClub.com

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About the Author: Nora Caterino, known as the Mississippi Bird Lady, has trained, raised, and lived with birds for over 30 years. If you want to receive unlimited one-on-one coaching from her for ONE full year… and while you learn how to teach your parrot to talk and stop annoying bird behaviours like parrot biting, screaming and feather plucking, via the audios, articles and videos published inside the Elite Parrots Club, then visit this page now:

==>http://www.eliteparrotsclub.com/talking.php

==> http://www.eliteparrotsclub.com/recommends/flock-talk/

Because the web site requires that you watch a 10 minutes video, then I’ve decided to create a TEXT based version with the most important key aspects of this brand-new program. This way you can save TIME in your day!

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What’s so special about this new program?
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Basically, this program consists of 1 audio and 1 DVD which can help you teach your parrot to talk new words - even if your bird already talks you can teach new ones!

A couple of reasons why I feel this is a special and unique program:

1) “Flock Talk” uses a special type of VISUAL that can put your bird in a “heighten state” of emotion and so you can get faster parrot talking results.

Basically, if you can put your bird into a “heighten state” of emotion you can increase the amount of WORDS your parrot can learn.

You see, most birds say the most common types of phrases like: “hello”, “good bye”, etc.

And these are words birds usually hear, for example, when you enter into the room where your bird is. At this point your bird is usually EXCITED… or AFRAID to see you.

Or this can also happen when you leave the room. This heighten state of emotion is also present.

The fact is, WHAT you say to your bird during these moments can dramatically increase your chances of getting your parrot to actually learn those words.

And “Flock Talk” brand-new parrot talking program uses this same training principle. It keeps your bird in that heighten state of emotion and by using a 2 hour long DVD. Simple and effective “longing learning”!

==> http://www.eliteparrotsclub.com/recommends/flock-talk/

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Here’s what makes “Flock Talk” program different from other audio CD’s on the market!
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The main problem with other audio CD’s on the market is that they repeat the words too many times… to the point where your parrot can get eventually bored… and this is not good!

NOTE: It does not happen with all programs. There are a few exceptions. So I say this as a “general rule” for you to consider.

The “Flock Talk” audio and DVD are pre-programmed to play every 5 minutes so your parrot won’t be bored with the learning… and while keeping the heighten state of emotion. This is the key factor #1!

2) The DVDs come with video footage of birds in their own wild and natural environment.

Meaning that when you combine the birds voices from the audio CD… with the video footage which is presented on the DVDs, then you get an exponential learning effect. In other words, you can MAXIMIZE the parrot talking results your bird can potentially get.

3) This system uses REAL BIRDS voices

“Flock Talk” does not use human voices. Rather, it uses birds REAL voices, so you can speed up the speech training results you can potentially get.

Plus, in this program you can receive 25 words which were picked in the Talking Annual Bird Context (which is held by Chet every year). So these words have been fully researched and tested.

Also, these are 25 BRAND NEW phrases which are NOT presented even on the first parrot speech training system Chet Womach released in the past years. Meaning you can not find these words packed into a single system anywhere else!

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I highly recommend that you check Flock Talk!
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Listen, if you want to get the best parrot talking results by combining the best from:

- Audio stimulation
- Video stimulation
- And parrot voices (instead of human ones)

… then I highly recommend that you try out this brand-new “Flock Talk” parrot speech training system:

==> http://www.eliteparrotsclub.com/recommends/flock-talk/

WARNING: The free bonus gift is only available through Friday, if Chet still has any left by that time.

And remember this. You simply need to plug in the audio and DVD and press start. The rest is simply “automated leaning” so to speak!

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Final Words!
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Just remember this. There are no guarantees your parrot will ever talk. The audio and DVD are TOOLS which can allow you to potentially get better results.

And at the end of the day the parrot talking results you can get will vary from species to species and from the amount of TIME you are dedicated into using this new program.

That’s it!

That’s all I have to say.

Now, it’s your call.

Warmest Regards,

Nora Caterino
EliteParrotsClub.com

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About the Author: Nora Caterino, known as the Mississippi Bird Lady,or just Bird Lady for short, has trained, raised, and lived with birds for over 30 years. You can subscribe to access videos, audios, articles and receive unlimited one-on-one advice via  email for one full year at:

==>  http://www.eliteparrotsclub.com/talking.php

“My bird loves me so much if he can’t see me he starts screaming. If I’m not around he will sit on dad’s shoulder very calmly, but as soon as I enter, he starts screaming and flapping and sometimes if I’m close by and my husband wants to take him out the cage, he just drop to the ground like a potato and starts screaming .”

Unfortunately, parrots don’t always like everyone in the home equally. In fact, they tend to bond to one person and it is not necessarily their caregiver. Optimally, you socialize the parrot when you first get him or her, but if you have not done that, you can still help reduce the over-bonding.

This can, to say the least, be a frustrating problem. Often the parrot will bite others in order to be with their favorite person. It thinks that if it runs all others away, their favorite person will be the only one that touches it.

The good news is that there is a solution. Here are the steps you can take to help reduce or resolve this problem:

Step 1: Reduce your time with the parrot: Parrots want attention. They will accept it wherever they get it. If the person who is over-bonded simply reduces the time spent with the parrot, over a period of time, the bird will adjust and become more social with others.

This can be a difficult thing to do because you want to be with your bird a lot. But it is an important step to take in order to reduce the screaming and potential nipping.

Step 2: Never reward, even unconsciously, any act of aggression or screaming when the bird is with others. Never take it back from the person; instead use a stick to make it step onto. Never laugh or be dramatic. Parrots just love drama and will repeat actions which provide drama.

Step 3: Have your parrot’s favorite foods and treats available to allow others to offer them. The over-bonded person should never provide treats during this training.

Step 4: Let others remove the parrot from the cage so that it gets the idea that other people are good and fun.

Step 5: During this training, any actions your parrot objects to but which must be done should be done by the over-bonded person. This will make the over-bonded person seem less fun. The idea is to get the parrot liking others more and the over-bonded person less, but it will still love everyone in the home in the end.

Step 6: When the parrot is interacting with the over-bonded person, keep the parrot BELOW eye level. This reinforces that the humans are the heads of the flock and is called “nurturing dominance”. In fact, ask everyone to keep the parrot below eye level.

Step 7: When the parrot screams for the over-bonded person, simply ignore it totally. Then, when it quiets down, have another person provide a treat. Make the period between becoming quiet and the treat become longer and longer as the parrot gets the idea that quiet = treat, noise = no attention. When the treat is given, the person should make a great, dramatic display of giving it and create lots of the well-loved drama.

If you practice this training for a period of time, the problem will improve and likely end. While parrots will use their voices to “contact call” their people, they should not endlessly scream. Any simple contact call should simply be ignored or, if you wish, answered once the training has worked. Until then, ignore all screaming.

Once you’ve solved the problem, be sure not to recreate it by going back to old habits. Keep the parrot interacting with the entire family and your friends. As soon as you go back to being the main person in the parrot’s life, it will return to its old habits too.

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About the Author: Nora Caterino, known as the Mississippi Bird Lady,or just Bird Lady for short, has trained, raised, and lived with birds for over 30 years. You can subscribe to access videos, audios, articles and receive unlimited one-on-one advice via  email for one full year at:

==>  http://www.eliteparrotsclub.com/talking.php

This is simply a short story, written from a cockatoo’s point of view. The actual words spoken by the cockatoo are in red.

Well, I just woke up and it’s still dark in here. I better let my humans know it’s time they got up and uncovered me!

“SQUAWK! Good morning! SQUAWK!”

I hear them now. There’s water running in that funny room they spend so much time in doing strange things.

But I like when they take me in there to play in the water that magically comes out of the wall.

“Good morning! Come here! I love you! Good morning!”

Here she comes now. The covers are coming off my cage and I can see the sunshine outside my window. Time to eat! Look, my human has these strange new feathers today.

Yesterday she was all green except for her heads and somehow she’s grown all new feathers that are blue and some funny color like sand. I do not understand how these humans grow different feathers every single day everywhere except on their heads.

Their heads look really funny because there are no feathers except on the top and those hang down. But I like to play with those head feathers. My humans play with my head feathers too and I love that.

“Mommy, I love  you. Come here. Come here.”

She’s coming! She’s opening my door! Yeah!! I can get out now. I want her to pick me up and tickle my head.

Wait, she’s going back into that funny room where water comes out of the wall sometimes. She’s doing something strange to her head feathers. She’s making them all fluffy on top and the longs ones she’s making stay all together somehow so they hang down her back in one place. I wonder why she does that? I’m glad I don’t have to do stuff like that with my head feathers!

“Come here! I love you, Mommy!”

Yes, here she comes. Maybe she will pick me up this time. Here comes her hand. I’ll step on her hand and walk up her arm to her shoulder if she’ll let me. I want to play with those funny head feathers that she tied back somehow into this long crest. But my crest stands up so pretty and her’s just hangs there straight down her back. Oh yes, she’s sitting down with me and going to tickle me. I love when she does that.

“Pretty bird, I’m a pretty bird. Scritches”

I hope she never stops tickling my head feathers. She’s standing up and taking me with her! Yes! Fun!

We’re going into that other room that has water that runs out of a shiny thing.  She’s opening that thing that is cold inside. I can feel the cold coming out and making me chilly. What’s she going to get for me?

“Apple! Peanut! Hungry birdie!”

She’s chopping up some nice veggies and fruits and I think they are going to be for me! Look, she’s got raw corn on the cob. I love to pick those yellow things off that hard inside. What’s that yellow thing? Ooooh, it’s  a melon. I like that too. I don’t see any peanuts or walnut or pecans or even peanut butter though and I want those too.

“Peanut! Butternut! Cracker! Give me some! Yum Yum!”

There’s that round thing that got the yummy creamy peanuts in it. There’s the cracker. She’s making me a cracker corner with soft peanut stuff.

“Peanutbutter! Yummy! Give me some. Come on”

Oh yes, she’s handing me the cracker. Yummy. I can lick the bit of peanut butter off the cracker. I wish she’d give me lots more of it but she says something about it is fattening.

Now she’s taking my dish and putting those goodies into it. I am going to get breakfast now! Yes!

She’s taking me back to my house and putting my breakfast in there. I’m going back in and eat! I can play with her later. I’m hungry right now.

I’m going to walk down to her hand so I can step on my house easily. Look at that shiny stuff on her finger with that pretty sparkling stone in it. I want to get that sparkling thing!

“No, no, Baby, you can’t play with Mommy’s rings“, she says to me. I don’t know why I can’t have that sparkling thing on her hand for MY toy.

The very ends of her fingers have this strange red stuff on them. It looks like blood by my Mommy doesn’t seem to be hurt at all. If my toes were red like that, they’d hurt really bad and I’d scream. Why are her fingers bleeding, and why doesn’t the blood drip off? I don’t get it.

I’ll go in my house and see if she does something about her red fingers. Maybe it’s not blood, I wonder what it is? Should I clean it off for her after I eat and she picks me up again?

I think I should. I’ll try to help her because maybe she can’t get it off without my help. Maybe then she’ll give me that nice toy on her third finger to play with. But she always says it’s not for me. I’ll try again though.

Oh well, time to eat.  I’ll try all the stuff my cup and if I don’t like anything, I can throw it out of my house so it’s won’t be in my way.

“Thank you. Yummy.”

Now my crop is all full and I feel happy. Time to see if Mommy needs help cleaning her red fingers. They weren’t like that yesterday I’m sure so it must need to come off!

“Baby, that’s my new manicure. You can’t take it off! Let’s play with this nice white paper bag instead. I hid a surprise inside. It’s a walnut but you have to untwist the bag to get it”

Uh oh, Mommy doesn’t like for me to clean that stuff on her fingers. I better go see about this white puffy thing that rattles when Mommy shakes it. I can tear it up and make a big mess with all the pieces. Wait, there’s a nut inside!

“Thank you, good good!”

That was a tasty walnut. Now I’ll shred the rest of the white thing it was inside.

I think it’s time to nap now. I want to go to my house now.

“Mommy, go home.”

Mommy knows what that means. She’s letting me get on her hand with that shiny toy on her finger and taking me to my house.

I’m going to go to the top perch and get into that nice snuggle mop Mommy gave me to hide in when I sleep so nothing can eat me.

“Sleepy sleepy time.“.

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About the Author: Nora Caterino, known as the Mississippi Bird Lady, or just Bird Lady for short, has trained, raised, and lived with birds for over 30 years. You can subscribe to access videos, audios, articles and receive unlimited one-on-one advice via email for one full year at:

==>  http://www.eliteparrotsclub.com/talking.php

Ray Charles was the pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s. He is the author of many popular songs like:

Hit The Road Jack (14,136,009 views)

I Got A Woman (1,941,085 views)

Now imagine a parrot dancing a music from Ray Charles.

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Parrot Dancing Music From Ray Charles
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Watch this cool video!

It’s called “Frostie The Cockatoo Dancing To Shake Your Tail Feather! Bird Loves Ray Charles!”… and this video has been seen by over 2,159,888 people.

It’s very popular in Youtube!

Enjoy today’s video!

Warmest Regards,

Nora Caterino
EliteParrotsClub.com

… and have fun in a non-threatening, fun loving way, then you have to check out this brand-new resource I’ve discovered recently:

==> http://www.eliteparrotsclub.com/Presents/Florida/Resource/

It’s about a 2h 20 minutes seminar presentation which got a standing ovation in a past bird training seminar in Florida. (I think some of our older subscribers should remember this seminar)

What You’ll Discover In This Parrot Training Presentation

In this presentation you’ll instantly discover these amazing parrot training secrets:

- The 4 languages of parrots and how you can
use them to establish a better bond with your bird.
(Hint: It’s not about using treats or praise)

- How to deal with birds’ territorial aggressions!

- How to deal with birds’ jealousy aggressions
(children, spouse, etc)

- How to stop severe biting!

- The amazing step up secrets found with
a stubborn African Grey who would NOT
step up no matter what!

- EXPOSED: Energy management strategies
and how to channel energy bursts!

- How to develop mental rehabilitation for
abused birds (includes nutritional tips)
and how to do it naturally and in a totally
natural way without using drugs.

- Discover the simple communications strategies
you can use to communicate very clearly
with your bird.

- Learn psychological methods to overcome
trust issues.

- And how you can use bonding games to transform
good birds… and make them even better birds.

Here’s the link for this unique presentation:

==> http://www.eliteparrotsclub.com/Presents/Florida/Resource/

What Makes This Parrot Training Presentation Different?

Listen, some people paid over $1000 to listen to this very well known parrot trainer teaching some of his methods when you consider the:

- Price for attending the Florida seminar
- Hotel bill
- Meals
- Transportation (flight tickets, taxis)
- etc.

In fact, I was even invited to go to that seminar, but I could not manage to go there due to my mother’s health issues. (I wish I had been there to be honest!)

Fortunately, you can now listen to a simple downloadable file you can watch on your computer (or even IPOD in case you want to run or go to the gym, etc)

So, what makes this presentation different is that instead of paying $1000 you get a short piece from this parrot training seminar for a very cheap price. I won’t even mention it because you need to check out it online here:

==> http://www.eliteparrotsclub.com/Presents/Florida/Resource/

WARNING: This offer expires next Wednesday the 21st of April so you better take actions very soon!

Again, if you want to want to develop a closer relationship with your bird, then you need to check this resource today.

Warmest Regards,

Nora Caterino
EliteParrotsClub.com

Simon and Sophia are a pair of Blue Crown Conures who were purchased as breeders by their previous owners.  They had never been held and were very aggressive toward everyone; you could not get near them.  Although they have a wonderful vocabulary and love to say things like ”I love you,” “Peak a Boo” and so forth. This made it even more heartbreaking when you realized that you couldn’t just pick them up and kiss all over them when they spoke so sweetly….for fear of having your face ripped off! :)  We started working with them more right before Christmas and it wasn’t long before my son came running in one morning and he said “Mom, I got Sophia to step up!” I almost cried I was so excited that after all this time we were finally making progress.  Over the next week we continued slowly trying to build trust with Simon who is a little more skeptical of us.  Sophia got to where when Simon would try to bite us she would bite his toe and tell him “No” which I thought was very cute!  Before we knew it we were able to get Simon to step up out of his cage, what a happy day!  Now were are able to hold both of them although we have to be very careful and watch our movements as to not startle them and we still have to do the old dodge and weave to avoid Simon’s beak occasionally but we have high hopes for this New Year.

After hatching, as soon as the parrot has grown enough that its legs will support it, it remains upright constantly, even when sleeping. At least one foot is used for supporting the bird’s weight every minute of every day until the day it dies — except for a few minutes here and there for those parrots who know how to “play dead” or like to snuggle on their backs.

For this reason, it is crucial for your parrot’s comfort and health to ensure that the things you provide your parrot to grasp with its feet are the perfect perches. Poor perch selection can result in arthritic feet and general discomfort for the bird. After all, you wouldn’t want to wear a pair of shoes which were a bit too small or too large or make of uncomfortable material all the time, would you?

You would probably survive, but you wouldn’t be happy or comfortable and over time your feet would become very unhealthy. Using the wrong perches in your parrot’s cage or on its playground likely feels to a parrot’s feet much like your feet would feel in the wrong shoes. Here is a step-by-step guide to making certain you provide perfect perches for your companion parrot:

Step 1: Determine the Correct Perch Size for your Parrot’s Feet

For the basic perches, your parrot’s feet should be able to go around the perch and grasp it comfortably. The forward-facing toes should not overlap the backward-facing toes at all. In fact, there should be a little space between the toes when the parrot is perched comfortable.

It is important to also provide perches which are slightly smaller and larger than this average size. This lets the bird’s feet rest and grasp in varying positions. But at least two or more perches should meet the above size criteria.

Step 2: Select Several Types of Perches

You should have at least one bird-safe natural wood perch from a local tree with the bark on the perch.

You should have a mineral perch that is large enough that the bird’s nails contact the rough surface for nail conditioning.

You should have at least one soft flexible perch.

Large birds should have some manzanita perches so they will not destroy them so quickly.

You should not use more than one smooth wooden perch.

Step 3: Position Perches

Place the perches in the cage securely. Space them so that the parrot can move from perch to perch comfortably. Climbing is healthy exercise, so don’t crowd the perches too closely together.

Step 4: Provide a Sleeping Perch

Parrots like to sleep high up in a corner of their cage. Place one perch so that it allows the parrot to snuggle into the corner of the cage with just a bit of head room. This makes the parrot feel safe and secure at night.

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Avoid those smooth perches which come with bird cages. They really are not healthy for your parrot’s feet. If you want to include one in the cage, that is fine but do not use those as the only perches.

Your parrot will thank you for ensuring the right size and material is available for perching on. Remember, you bird is standing on at least one foot all the time so make the parrot as comfortable as possible.

In case you want to consider a company that creates great perches and playstands online, here’s a resource which might assist on you this:

==> http://www.EliteParrotsClub.com/Perches/

==> http://www.EliteParrotsClub.com/Playstands/

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About the Author: Nora Caterino, known as the Mississippi Bird Lady, or just Bird Lady for short, has trained, raised, and lived with birds for over 30 years. You can subscribe to access news, articles, videos, forums, and receive unlimited one-on-one advice and coaching for one full year. For one-on-one coaching and advice, simply join the Elite Parrots Club at http://www.eliteparrotsclub.com/talking.php

First of all, for privacy reasons I am not going to mention the subscriber’s first name or last name since we take privacy very seriously.

Second of all, we are still waiting for the email reply from that subscriber. I will only use the questions below for “educational purposes”… mainly because I do think we ought to make some more comments public as to how we feel about similar situations.

In all cases I want to make sure that this is transparent to everyone who is in our Parrots Secrets newsletter email list, or Elite Parrots Club customers list, because when the topic is TRUST… It strikes my nerves!

My blook pressure goes UP… and then I RANT about it!

I am going to COPY and PASTE each question/comments from this subscriber and with my personal reply… Please note I did edit/ADD a few more pointers to make all our points CLEAR for everyone in our newsletter.

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Hi,

I have been receiving your emails for some time now and enjoy reading them. This email concerns me though.

I recently purchased this package from Birdtricks and what I received fell far short of what is advertised.

I urge you to get assurance from Birdtricks that what they are advertising is what people are actually going to receive. I would hate for you to get bad feedback from your clients about a product you are promoting.
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We do hate to get bad feedback from your clients or subscribers and about ANY product we sell or are promoting.

In fact, that’s why I have purchased myself a few products from BirdTricks to make the test myself. For example, I’ve bought:

1) The parrot taming package DVDs
2) The abused parrots DVDs
3) The parrot talking DVDs and audio CDs (image below)

And these are the ones I can think out of the top of my head FAST.

Plus, I’ve later even sent all DVDs to Nora Caterino (have in mind I live in Europe and Nora lives in the US) so she could have her own insights into the products and write an endorsement letter herself in many cases.

Plus, I’ve also received other ebooks, reports, etc for which I DID receive a review copy… and that I also did pass to Nora Caterino before you got anything in the mail. If Nora doesn’t agree that it is a good value, we NEVER recommend it to anyone EVER!

EDIT TODAY: So the reason why we don’t get much ”bad feedback” is because we do our homework as much as possible to protect the best interests from our subscribers and customers! Let’s move on to the next question!

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I have been in contact with Birdtricks about my situation and thus far have had only a very ambiguous response claiming that I must have misinterpreted the ad. I can assure you that I definitely did not as what I received looks nothing like what they have pictured.
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Because I HATE to escape direct questions (unlike politicians who like to every time “work their body around the houses”!) I am going to comment directly on this with a flaw admission on our part.

I want to admit in PUBLIC that I’ve had in the past and:

a) Out of the many products BirdTricks produces.

b) And out of the MANY 100’s of clients which have been following our recommendations to buy their products since 2003…

… that we did have ONE client of ours with whom I did agree BirdTricks had a very specific order page process which DID gave the wrong perception to the buyer.

(This is my FLAW admission in public)

Now, from 2003-2009 (that’s 6 years) that was the only complaint I’ve sent to Chet Womach from a buyers’ point of view. Why? Because it is the only complaint since people love the products!

Yes we did have occasional refund requests (all were honored), but that was the only REAL complaint!

On top of doing this… I’ve personally contacted BirdTricks personally so they could:

a) Refund the person
b) And change the page ASAP!

… and they did take appropriate measures to consider a review on BOTH cases!

Plus, don’t get us wrong… even ONE person MATTERS!

I don’t care if that was one person out of 1,000’s.

That was still a PERSON.

So, it is not just because this person was one in 1,000’s that we will play the “cynical game” which many politicians use to manipulate people. Like:

“Oh it was just one person in many 1,000’s. From a percentage point of view, that was under 0.005%!” (Very sad to say this, but that’s the TRUTH)

Therefore, once I do spot anything that is or might be wrong I am the first one to point it out… and by saying it LOUD… and by changing it FAST.

In fact, I am NOT afraid to admit errors in public either. To borrow a famous movie line from Dirty Dancing, “When I’m wrong, I admit it!”

Because I prefer that you see the reality “as it is” (even if it involves losing some sales here and there), but at least you can make your judgment later based with as much good information which we diligently provide you with in good faith. Like for example:

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The same catch from June 2009 still applies TODAY!
(Be careful. Get informed… Only then take a decision!)
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We’ve said in the last promo about the seminar DVDs when they were selling last June this… please see the BLOG post from us in June 2009:

==> http://www.eliteparrotsclub.com/blog/category/product-reviews/seminar-dvds/

I’ve said that if you were to buy the seminar DVD’s you had the option to be enrolled into the “Toys Program”, which is a separate rebilling order.

Now, since I personally HATE rebills myself as a customer (and that’s a general rule for anything I purchase online), I did mention that in the blog and in a PUBLIC way so people could be aware of that. In fact, here’s the MAIN quote:

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WARNING: There’s a catch with this bonus and here’s how it works… You can try the toys on your bird for 30 days. After that you will have a monthly billing. So be careful as you have 3 options:

(a) If you don’t want this do not select this option in the order form;

(b) If you do want to try this and later cancel during these 30 days you can always contact Chet.

(c) And if you want to keep them after 30 days, do know you’ll be billed.
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For the promo we are running until 22nd of October this month, this SAME catch applies. So do know about it in advance, because that’s the only UGLY truth you’ll find about their offer.

Finally, what our subscribers do after we inform them about any specific offer it’s entirely up for them to make a decision. We live in a DEMOCRACY. Dam it!

a) I have to admit some people do buy anything from BirdTricks.com
b) As I have to admit other people will never buy from BirdTricks.com

… but I don’t make decision for them!

So when we mail content or offers we try to find a “mid-solution” that can let people be informed… while making everyone pleased with the recommendation and BUYING experience.

Yes, we do care about pointing what can be fishy for some people UPFRONT. Not after people fork over their cash! When we fail at this… believe me… GUILT starts topping up our heads and we know that is NOT worth it!

In fact, we at the Elite Parrots Club like to treat people as our friends. We often ask ourselves that question when mailing content. Would we send this to our FRIENDS?

If the answer is YES, then we go for it.
If the answer is NO, then we don’t go for it.
If the answer is MAYBE, then we review the whole process!

Most importantly we hope our actions can prove it so and consistently over time. Because we know this great principle: ”Deeds and not words are what count the most!”

So we focus on doing it… and not just saying it!

====== Subscriber Question/Comments ========
I do not wish to defame Birdtricks (I am hoping to sort my situation out with them), I am only writing this to make you aware that it could happen to others and to seek reassurance from Birdtricks before encouraging your clients to purchase.
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I can see that was your buying experience and NO ONE can ever take that emotion, feeling and opinion from you.

I also understand you are doing constructive criticism and I can only appreciate that.

With that said, in the past years I’ve heavily promoted BirdTricks.com along with Nora Caterino and we try to either buy the products directly ourselves or get a review copy to make our own judgement about:

a) The order process,
b) The merits of the product itself
c) And the support given.

So, if you ever had any problem with ANY purchase from BirdTricks, please do let us know. While we are separate web sites, we do have a special contact line with them, so we can assist you faster on any problem.

If I can get this info I might be able to provide the guys at Bird Tricks with an outside view on your purchase process and give them my hints about:

a) What can be done for you first.
b) What can be done for future customers later.

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Finally, and for anyone on the fence, do consider reading the entire seminar promo from Chet Womach because it might be the BEST and most complete information you can ever get about bird training.

Here’s the link:

=> http://www.EliteParrotsClub.com/Presents/Florida/Seminar-DVDs/

WARNING: Our special offer ends next October 22nd 2009!

Thanks for listening to this rant.

We do care about REAL people!

Regards,

Frederico Vila Verde
EliteParrotsClub.com