How to teach a parrot NOT to do certain things?
Parrots are smart animals and can learn many tricks. At least that's my experience with our cockatiels.
Our problem is not teaching the birds how to do certain things, but teaching them not to do some bad things, such as not to bite any kind of wires, not to touch keyboards, not to fly to dangerous places, etc.
I read several times that unlike with dogs, negative reinforcement or punishment doesn't work well with birds and should be avoided. What is then an effective way to prevent certain behaviours?
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Positive reinforcement it's the key. Ignore undesirable behaviours, and reward your parrot everytime he has a good behaviour (e.g. paying more attention to him, coddle him, etc.). It's also important try to understand why parrot does that things; maybe he's bored and needs more toys, or play with his owner.
It's very important that you provide things to destroy to your parrot: it's a vital need for him. If you don't do this, he will try to satisfy this need with whatever is within reach.
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