I got Bonnie & Clyde in a pet shop and in didn't know anything about budgies at the time, so I chose by sex and colours...and think I picked up a little boy with an old grandma...

Do you think the younger one can feel confortable? I'm asking because it seems like if Clyde (the younger one) always has to ask for her permission to do anything (eating, drinking, stepping up ecc...) and since i started hand taming him, he semms like to avoid her.

She often bites him...

I started training him out of the cage, but with Bonnie, I hardly can get near her...

Do you think her behaviour can make him feel insicure or separate him from me?

Clyde step ups only if he sees food in my hand...he will ignore my finger if the hand is empty. Is this okay?

Your problems aren't because she is older. Hens are hens and they are bossy little b**ches at the best of times. If you wanted to tame them you would have been better off getting a single bird first and then a second one later. The reason Clyde won't talk to you is because he is bonded to the hen.

I agree with MB. Hens can be really bossy.

If you want Clyde to bond, move him in a separate cage in another room and work on him one on one until he is really tame

I agree with MB. Hens can be really bossy.

If you want Clyde to bond, move him in a separate cage in another room and work on him one on one until he is really tame

 

 

Clyde is doing well out of the cage...He steps on my finger (only with food) and isn't afraid of my hand at all.

But she is very afraid of my hands...and I wonder if her behaviour has any effect on him.

Do you a should separate them? What if the call for each other? Can I tame him anyway?

Her behavior will have a negative affect on him trusting you completely. As a flock, if one budgie flys in fright, they all then take off out of pure instinct.

 

He will see that his mate is afraid of you and will take on that behavior too. It is always best to tame budgies separately, and then introduce them to each other once they are both tame

 

If you separate them he will be even tamer and tame a lot faster too - if that's what you want that is

Edited August 7, 200816 yr by **Liv**
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It is possible to work on them together. That is what I've done with most of my budgies.

I would work on taming together once they have bonded to another budgie separating them in the same house is only going to cause stress and anxiety because he will hear the hen and call for her. It may take a while for the hen to trust you but you have to be patient, it is also very frustrating when you think you got 2 young birds and instead you may have gotten an older hen but it is what it is with any one (pet shop or breeder) they are not always very honest.

 

I have written up a taming article on how I tamed Pretty a pet store budgie and Merlin who was handled at a young age in the FAQ you may want to read it over.

 

Have patience it took me 9 months to gain Pretty's trust.

I think I have the chance to leave her to my parent's house and to keep only 1 budgie, Clyde.

I don't know, I have to think about it...I feel sorry for her

But I wanted a pet budgie and nobody told me i had to buy 1 bird only...

Will they miss each other?

they will call for each other for probably a couple weeks and then once they know that you and your parents are the new companion they will settle in.