Posted June 6, 201213 yr Hi everyone, im a new Budgie owner, we hav purchased a hand tamed budgie ( Hobart) he is wonderful, he is about 5wks old. But im after some advice on retaming him alittle - my son has been holding him and from what i can gather he was holding Hobart in his hand, and now when some one wants to pat him he makes these noises like - leave me alone noises. can anyone give me some sort of advice. He loves to come out of the cage and we are hand feeding him, but he just wont let us pat him. How can i get him to trust us again??? :-(
June 7, 201213 yr Normally, budgies are not an animal that you generally pet. They can be taught to like scratches on the head and neck, and usually a hand fed chick will accept any type of handling it receives, that it is accustomed to. Once they learn to fly, they put up with less, though, and handling them becomes more on their own terms. So I'm not sure what you mean by him not letting you "pat" him. How long have you owned him? Do you think your son has been doing something habitually that has taught the bird to be afraid? If so, the first step is to figure out what is scaring him, and stop doing that. You can use millet as a treat, to teach him that coming to you willingly is enjoyable.
June 12, 201213 yr Author thank you for your reply and advice, he was not allowing us to scratch him but heis slowly allowing us,Ive read about millet, can you please tell me what it is and where would i get it from? Do you have any suggestions on what we can teach him and how to, im new to birds. Also do you have any idea on why he keeps flapping his wings?? is he preparing his wings?? Thank you. Edited June 12, 201213 yr by Jane90
June 13, 201213 yr Hello welcome Millet seeds are a treat for birds and they look like this you can get them from petstores, When budgies flap their wings they are either stretching or exercising strengthen their wing muscle. Edited June 13, 201213 yr by birdluv my cat jumped on my lsptop and then my computer crashed while l was editing my post to add more.
June 21, 201213 yr Author thanks you birdluv, i hav found that my local petshop stores millet. thanks again
