I bought a budgie on Friday (today being Monday) I have kept him in his cage since then . He has a had a few bursts of tweeting & some nice singing Saturday evening but on the whole has been very quiet. I sit beside him & talk quietly several times a day & yesterday introduced my hand into his cage slowly . Sometimes he's fine & just sits on his perch & sometimes he gets scared.

What do people think I should do in order to get him to sing more? Should I just leave him be for a few days? or should I try to hand feed him millet seed? What about some toys in the cage?

Any advice welcome. Thanks

Try leaving the radio/tv on when you are not around. Noise may help somewhat. You can also add toys but nothing too shiny or with mirrors as he'll bond with the reflection instead of you. Keep his cage in a busy area, not tucked away in a quiet room. And give him a bit more time... I'm sure he will come around.

 

Congrats and welcome too!

Thanks maesie , he's in the front room , . He's still quiet but I gave him some seed so he know's I'm his friend & he was preening a little while ago so I think he's happy enough. . A friend of mine has one & I've had her at mine several times so I knew about the radio.

Hello, welcome.

I'm sure your budgie will come around soon. You just got the budgie just on Friday , it may take a week or so for your budgie to adjust to his surroundings.

Thanks . I only have the one budgie & have been accused of being cruel because of this . I have 3 friends who have solo birds 2 of which are happy & will interact with them & one who just flies around the room when he's not on his perch & won't go near anyone. Mine has been a bit mad the last couple of days , rather than being more calm when I put my hand in the cage he has been climbing all over & sometimes jumping from his perch to his seed tray over & over again . He does sing sometimes & I've seen him preening, eating & drinking so I'm a bit confused as to what to do. I'm tempted to let him loose in the room but fear he may never be tame if I do that but feel a bit guilty leaving him in the cage as it's very small .

You are not cruel to only keep one budgie, there are alot of people who only have one and their budgies are happy and content.

As for the tameness, each budgie is different, some will tame very fast and for others it will take time and patient. I would reccommend reading the tamining and bonding sections and also in the FAQ'S here is a link to FAQs.

Thanks . He is now in a bigger cage & much happier am going to take it easy & just talk to him for a few days