hey everybody I've just joined up and am totally new to this, but anyways my dilemma is : I bought a new budgie "Rabsey" and he is so much more nervous than my other trained budgie of 2yrs "Lemondrop". I like to leave the cage door open for Lemondrop so she can fly around the room and get into loads of mischief, and after the two budgies got used to each other I decided to leave Rabseys cage door open too, so he could also have the same liberties as lemondrop.

 

As soon as I did this Lemondrop completely ignored me and she would get really destructive and really wasn't behaving like her normal self. I decided the only chance I would have to train both, was to separate them for a while and then reunite them when I have them fully trained.

 

Lemondrop is now back to normal but I'm really struggling to train in Rabsey. I know every bird has a different personality but he is just so nervous and I'm worried am I wasting my time as if he can't be trained in I will have to give him away as there is no possible way I could kept them separated permenantly. I've been trying to train him for 16 weeks now but seems to be to no avail as he flaps around the cage when I even replenish his water. If he is hungry he might eat some millet I push through the cage or hang off the side of the cage to eat some seed out of my hand (If I leave it there for 10 minutes with out moving) but he won't stand on my hand maybe he doens't like the heat sensation... I dont know...

 

Could anybody let me know whether I'm wasting time or will I ever be able to train him? Lemondrop was almost trained in two weeks. thanks dee

How old is Rabsey????

How old is Rabsey????

 

I'm not quie sure because I bought him at the pet store, but his cere was a pinkish colour and is starting to turn a blue colour, so I presume he was youngish. here's a picture before I had to put him back into his cage

 

 

This is my other budgie Lemondrop She's over two but again I can't tell exactly because I got her in a pet store also.

 

First, I want to address the hen, you have a little boy there that you just brought home and her being destructive I think was more of her going a more natural state with another budgie. Hen are chewers they are the ones that chew out the holes, build the nest and such and I am not saying she was looking to do this but because you brought him home it could be that she was. She doesn't do it with you because you don't create that natural state in her as you are not a budgie. I could be way off base but I don't believe she was doing it because she was upset that you brought another bird home or jealous.

 

As for the little, one he looks to be around 5 months old his bar lines are not all the way down to his cere so he could have or be going through his first molt, his cere will change to blue around the 6-8 month point. He is probably skittish because at a pet store he had no human interaction and the longer they are away from that the worse it gets. Pretty was a pet store budgie and he was the same way.

 

I will tell you it is going to be very hard to get him to bond to you with your other one, if it was just you then you would have a chance where you could form a good bond but he will go with Lemondrop and he will bond to her as with any species they would rather be with their own if at all possible. I know this through experience because when I introduced Merlin to Pretty he bonded with Pretty not me even when I did the seperation it wasn't enough. You need a good 2-3 years of bonding if you want to keep most of the bonding that you created.

 

What you are needing to create is TRUST he needs to learn to trust you and as long as Lemondrop trusts you, you will be able to get that from him.

 

Here is a taming article I wrote up I would try different methods and tools that I mention in the article. Patience is the KEY.

 

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/faqs/i...&artlang=en

thanks elly I think unfortunately and as much as it breaks my heart that I'll have to give him away... I don't think that I will be able to kept them seperate for so long and give them both all the attention they need. Lemondrop I keep in my bedroom and bring the cage with me where ever I go in the house (therfore she gets a lot of attention) but it will be harder for me to give that same attention to Rabsey as I don't want to move his cage around, as he would get quite flustered and stressed and it wouldn't be possible for me to stay in the hall all day where he is at present while seperated.

 

I'll try another couple of months and see if he is any tamer. usually I feed him first and them fill up his food tray every morning and will change his water, talkin away to him, then stop by every chance I get during the day and again change his water in the evening and spend another 10 minutes with him.

 

thanks again for the post and I'll check out that taming post you put up thanks dee

Hello and welcome

 

Elly has given some great advice and i look forward to hearing their progress.

Hi, Welcpme

l agree with Elly.

you could try putting him in a room that you frequent in like the main room of your house, it takes alot of patience when you get a skittish budgie, my budgie has a very nervous tempremant, and it has taken me a very long time to get him semi tame (7 months) and he has only just started to come around recently, just keep persevering and even if he is scared keep trying new things with him and experiment, also mabye a wing clip would be good so he is more reliant on you?? taking him out of the cage and perching him on your finger while talking to him will be very good at getting him to know that you're not going to hurt him...

 

good luck

thanks everyone for such great advice I'll try and keep you posted on their progress. this is such a nice site, wish I had found it sooner than yesterday :hap: