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Umnnnnnhhh....

...What kinds of names do you give birds?

I have....a small one, that's a sparrow...and.... [There is a brief pause.] ...Now I have a really big one, that they called a 'Scarlet Eagle'.

The sparrow likes to sit in my hair, but the eagle can't sit on me, unless I'm laying down. She's too heavy.

People keep asking me what their names are though, and I've never named something before....

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Mnh...I don't think so?

...She's always outside when that happens-and I don't think she likes using the floors anyway...

...I put lots of paper things around where she sleeps just in case though.

[espigeon]

Hmmmm. There's ways to try and train for it? I've known people with parrots that learned to go into trash cans. If she poops on you just, uh, express mild disgust and 'punish' her by avoiding her until you're cleaned off, and if she's as smart as those she'll realize you don't like it.

Maybe Ginko can give you tips, this is about the end of my knowledge.

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She could poop on me!? [WHY WOULD SHE AIM ABOVE HER ANYWAY THAT'S TERRIBLE-]

....I'm going to ask how I'm supposed to 'punish' her then, because she's as strong as me I think... [It's hard to say, confiscate a toy or something and express Sheer Punishment when you can easily be bowled back over and more or less overpowered.]

[espigeon]

Yup. Doesn't it like zap out behind her instead of dropping? Be careful.

[When falconry birds do this it's called 'slicing'. With falcons it just drops down. With eagles and hawks they shoot it out.

She'll also vomit up the fur and bones of what she eats, and get sick if fed too many meals without those. Birds of prey are glamorous.]

Well it's like with dogs, maybe? Training them's supposed to work better if you focus more on rewarding good behavior and punishment is, like, stopping a good thing.

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I don't watch her p- [WAIT, ZAP!?!] It's electric too?? [She whispers with disbelief. She's sort of eyeing the Eagle with a bit of fear now, much to said eagle's confusion.

At least she had an inkling about vomiting, what with feeding an Enormous Relative, but-]

....Mnh.... ...so.... ...treats for doing the right thing then...

I have to ask what meats make good treats, since otherwise it's just extra food...

[espigeon]

No, no! Figure of speech, sorry. Sometimes, people apply electric words for something moving very fast, because electricity is.

Yeah. You'll have to figure out yourself what else she likes. Maybe she'll go and behave more, then.

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I hope so... I think she knows I need the radio now though...

[Wrong, she is Biding Her Time.]