Daedalus' Piggy Bank

[rumorofrain]

Daedalus has mastered the Coins in the Piggy Bank trick! She got it so quickly that I felt like I was just along for the ride most of the time. This video is actually the first time she wasn't getting reinforced for every coin, and she isn't phased at all.

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(x-posted to clickertraining, parrots101, and my journal)

Comments

[troubleagain]

GAH! That's so cute I could die! I love how she picks up a coin, then puts it down to pick up an *identical* coin!

[rumorofrain]

Sometimes after she tries to get one in for a while, she'll turn around and put it down and pick up a different (identical) coin. It's like she's saying, "Dumb coin! It's all YOUR fault!" ;)

She also sometimes tries to put in two at once, although I think she's starting to figure out that the hole just isn't big enough for that.

[zandperl]

Yeah, I was thinking that too. ^_^

OP: What finally got her over that last hump of getting them *into* the bank instead of atop it? She looks so much stockier on video than in real life.

[rumorofrain]

Honestly, she seemed to know all along that the coin was supposed to go in the slot. (How, I don't know. I just put the bank and the coins in front of her and she immediately picked up a coin and tried to put it in! I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.) It was just a matter of me giving her lots of opportunities to practice and keeping her from getting frustrated with unsuccessful attempts by doing a bit of shaping to keep the reinforcement level high

[zandperl]

your own slim 'n trim conure.

Hah, fat chance. *rolls eyes at bad pun* Kappa's porky-looking compared to 'tiels. :) She's 97g though, only a few grams more than Gabe was, so she's just ... big boned!