Posted October 5, 200519 yr Hey everyone! I just have a slight dilemma! Ive had Bailey for a couple months and he has always been really friendly towards me.. he never comes to me or anything, but would let me get him out of his cage without a problem. A couple of days ago.. he started squaking at me when i went to get him out. He is fine when he is out, but when he is in his cage and i put my hand in..... he sqauks and trys to get away :bluebudgie: I hope he is okay.. he looks really healthy still.. he tweets all day happily etc:) I hope he isnt going to be like this permanently! please help:( :budgiedance:
October 5, 200519 yr Hi Carly How old is Bailey is he between four to ten months old? He could be going through a stage that most budgies go through......and most kids. George can get in that stage when he is tire or I haven't spent enought time with him. Try to spend more time with him and see if it helps.
October 5, 200519 yr yes bailey is only young.. couple months old.. I was thinkn maybe he needs a friend.. :bluebudgie: Do you think if i get him a friend he would become happier? :budgiedance:
October 5, 200519 yr Candy became like this at that age, it passes honestly, just keep doing what your doing, he WILL come out of it!
October 5, 200519 yr I can sympathise with you on this one-it's so frustrating,offer him millet,I'm sure that will tempt him to feed from your hand.
October 5, 200519 yr You have to be careful when getting a budgie a friend because sometimes they don't get along and you end up having to keep the friend seperate permanently. Getting a budgie a friend is not usually the best way to solve any problem you're having really. As mentioned, he's either going through that young rebellious phase or he's gotten cage territorial. Maybe even both. How often do you rearrange the toys and perches in his cage? Make sure you don't react to the bites or he'll learn that bites him gets a reaction/what he wants. That will make this a LOT harder to deal with! Ignore the bites, change up his cage once a week and try not to get too stressed about his behavior. It's totally normal, all parrots go through this.
October 10, 200519 yr he hasnt improved:( he still trys to bite me.. but when he is out of his cage he is good:( I dont know what to do.. he used to be my little mate:(
October 10, 200519 yr If he's only doing this when in the cage, he's *still* your friend. Try not to get so discouraged, my tamest budgie goes through periods of territorial aggression but it doesn't mean she doesn't like me. They just get posessive over their cage. I promise you, he's just being cage territorial, it's common and that's exactly how they act. Have you taken my advice of changing the cage up regularly? When was the last time you took out the old toys to replace them with new ones? Do you rearrange the perches very often? Also, what size is the cage? This isn't a huge problem, honestly. You can work on it, just take the advice I gave and don't react to the biting. It's possible that this is going to go on for a long time. It's also possible a larger cage would help in addition to rearranging things and getting new toys. ANY time you budgie bites you, it's only a matter of stepping aside and asking yourself "why?" Sometimes it's fear but this time it's definitely your budgie being cage territorial. It's not hatred or dislike of you and it's not even fear. If he's fine when out of the cage it's because he doesn't feel that he has to defend his territory. Edited October 10, 200519 yr by eterri
October 10, 200519 yr I absolutely second eterris' advice! It is frustrating and saddening but very very common and probably won't last for ever but does need a bit of time. It's nothing you've done wrong,it's just a budgie being a budgie!
October 10, 200519 yr Patience and quality time is needed, try leaving the door open for periods of time. Our budgie hates his door closed and complains until we open it, then he doesn't always come out.
