Tweety and Runt have had their wings clipped and now they are tame i am letting them grow back but the only problem is that they will not come to me while they are flying. Once they land they will step up on my hand but i would like to teach them to land on my shoulder or hand while they are flying. i have tried food treats to coax them but they ignored the food. Is it because they are enjoying the new freedom and they will be easier to teach once they have got used to flying again. i am worried that now their wings have grown back they will not be as friendly. Tweety is already starting to fly away some times from me when i want to put him back in his cage at night.

Personally I do 'come to me' training when their wings are clipped. Iput them on a large surface like the bench or the floor if I am sure it is safe and get them running to my hand to take a treat, then as they start to get the ability to fly again I put my hand a few inches from the edge of the bench so they have to jump on to get the treat and so on. You might find that you need to go back to basics and clip their wings agin if they are already ignoring you and work more on getting them to cometo you before they grow back again

I agree with MB, That method of training is very easy and effective :rip:

I also do the "come to me" training, but whilst they're a bub... When they're first learning to fly they're seperated from all other babies... So they can bond with us. We then teach them to fly and once skilled enough we start throwing them away from us and stepping back, they learn to fly between us or to fly back to us, or from their cage to us... For them there is no reward other than have a safe place to land where a "parent" will catch them...

You start to run into difficulties when they're given their freedom, My two tame guys used to be totally "parent" dependant when younger but now, only in a certain room of the house ( gamesroom for them) they fly to and form us at their own will but will not let us "try" to make them come to us. In any other rooms of the house they still do their normal flight training, perhaps it's because they're not feeling secure in other rooms, I don't know. I just know they like to do their own thing in certain places. Neither of them have ever been clipped. I think it just happens as they get older and want to have fun :rip:

 

This is a short video of a bird we trained up for a forum member, In the end she decided not to get a new bird, but we kept him and named him Mocha (he's obsessed with OUR coffee and hot chocolate!)

http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff16/1l...nt=P5210108.flv - He was only 5 weeks old here.

when i had their wings clipped they would come to me and last night when they stopped flying around i could get them to come over to me. Tweety would sometimes be naughty and not want to come but he has always only wanted a cuddle when he decides he wants one but it seems to be only while they are flying they will not come to me so how can i teach them to come to me while flying.Are they just not tame enough and do i need to spend more time with them with their wings clipped.Tweety is nearly 2 years old and Runt is 7 months old so are they also too old now to try to teach.

Edited June 4, 200816 yr by deb

Perhaps try a "Half" clip and see how that goes?

Just my personal exoerience but I've always found budgies are more likely to become independant. Compared to my other species they aren't quite as smart (sad but true) and are therefore less likely to become attached and dependent on their humans, doesn't mean that won't be your friend but if they have a budgie friend they are more likely to love them than their humans.

Thanks for the advice, i might try a half trim and MB you are probably right because i have 2 of them in the house that are very close to each other they are not going to be as dependent on me.

Libby:

That video is amazing! How did you do that? TEACH ME TEACH ME! lol.

Hi I am trying to train one of budgies to go to shows and was wondering what the best way to do it would be? She is about 1 year old now and has spent all of her life with other budgies, will this be a problem?

Thanks, Nick