hi all

i'm trying to tame/train my two budgies at the moment. they are both 4 months old, is this too early? i'm a little wimpy myself at the moment so i've been wearing gloves when i try to train them, so far i have managed to feed them with the bird millet by holding it in front of them, they both have taken to that, i have held the normal bird seeds in my hands which they both took to eventually, i've managed to stroke one of them with my hands which was great i have'nt managed to hold any of them on my finger or anything like that yet though, i try to train them for about half an hour a day, i've followed a few tips on another bird site on training but it just said about talking to them while you try, that's what i've been doing and they've come along quite a bit so far. are my budgies to young? if so how long should i wait to try again? sorry i have'nt had budgies before these ones and can't seem to find many tips, many thanks

Sarah

Edited November 11, 200717 yr by Sarah Lou

Here is a good artcile from our FAQ about taming your budge http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...&artlang=en

 

I would not tame with a glove and I have read in many cases it is not good. Because if you tame them down with a glove when you take them off you can be in the same predicament where they will bite. Why are you wearing gloves?

 

It is never too early to tame your budgie. 4 months especially if they came from a pet shop they are already getting wild so the best thing you can do right now is spend as much time as you can with them daily and work with them both at the same time and then if you can separately too. Taming 2 budgies at 1 time is a challenge but can be done with a lot of patience.

 

Taming takes time for some budgies it can take up to 6 months or more for others just a few weeks. It depends how old, if you are taming 1 or 2 together, their temperamant.

 

I would work on finger taming and not stroking. Budgies don't like to be pet like dogs or cats they like to be preened or get head scratches. If your budgie lets you stroke it it is probably too scared to move or tired (this is especially true if your budgie is not tamed).

 

Again, don't wait to work with them work with them daily. The one thing about birds if the less you work with them the less tame they are the more you work with them the more tame they become.

 

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When I first got Casper he was extremely timid and easily spooked by me putting my hand in has cage etc. He hardly made any sounds (I thought for a while he might have been a girl! But eventually i could tell he was a boy) and didn't eat from my hand... not even millet. I continued to try to train him though. Just a few minutes here and there of putting my hand in his cage (not trying to do anything to him, but moving his toys, and changing his seeds etc) just to get him used to having my hand around him. I'd also spend a couple of minutes just resting my finger in front of his perch where he was sitting, sometimes, just touching his tummy above his feet. Gradually he began to put one foot on my finger and sit like that, then after a bit more time he would step up with both feet. He would jump off though as soon as i moved my hand. So I kept on doing all the same things, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere it seemed, it was like a switch was flicked and he was confident. It was almost as though he had come of age! I was doing the usual sitting onthe finger inside the cage thing, and he walked right up my arm and sat on my shoulder! From then on he was happy to step up, he'd play outside of his cage and not freak out when I or anyone else came near him. He even started getting up onto other people's fingers adn would spend hours at a time sitting on my shoulder. After that he started getting more vocal too, and learnt a few little phrases. It did take a lot of patience early on, but it did come eventually. Admittedly, he never warmed to being scratched or stroked really, and was a little wary of my left hand (i had obviously done everything with my right hand cos I am right handed!) and would only step up onto my right hand! But it is certainly a fantastic feeling once you have your budgie comfortable adn confident enough with you and its surroundings for it to start letting you be a bit mroe interactive with it!

I am using that technique and have been using it for several weeks now. I have noticed that my budgies aren't as scared as they used to be of me. So this method DOES WORK.

I am using that technique and have been using it for several weeks now. I have noticed that my budgies aren't as scared as they used to be of me. So this method DOES WORK.

 

Absolutely... I think training a budgie is more an exercise in training ourselves... to be patient!

:grbud: wow i hope mine does that, how long did it take to train casper? how long does traing budgies usually take? ive been going for a week and ive had felix on my finger a few times but he/she usually jumps straight off

Edited February 8, 200817 yr by roberticus92

Each budgie is different in the amount of time they need to be trained but I can tell you that the more time spent with them on a positive level the faster they train. It took a good 6 months for Pretty to come out of his shell and by 9 months he was talking and tamed :grbud:. Merlin because he was handled as a chick was very very easy.

okay thank you i'll keep at it