Hi All,

 

I've had my budgie Bobby for around 3 weeks now and I'm not sure if I'm making any progress.

 

I make sure I spend at least 15 minutes a day just talking to him and sometimes with my hand in the cage, but he seems much more interested in his mirror than in me. I work shifts so a lot of our time together is late at night or early in morning but he does always get around 8 - 10 hours sleep.

 

If he's tired I can get my finger up close to him and can even stroke his belly, but he wont hop onto my finger and he tries to bite me. During the day he just flys around his cage whenever I put my hand in, no matter how slowly I do it. I'd loive to let him out of his cage to fly around but not until he will come onto my finger on demand.

 

I've been trying around 2 weeks now, I know it'll take time but can anyone offer some advice please. I have a few books but they seem to contradict each other. I'm also wondering if I should take his mirror out until we have bonded with each other?

 

He is a baby as he still has the black lines across his forehead - although he is beginning to moult now and his eyes are pure black.

 

Any help would be most appreciated.

 

Pauline :bluebudgie:

EXACTLY. He found a friend in the mirror, instead of you. If you want your budgie to pay attention to YOU instead, you should definatly take the mirror out.

Take the morror away and when you go to work leave a radio on for him/her to listen to so they do not feel alone. This is what a breeder who i bought my budgie from did for his birds in an avery. Put your hand in the cage an talk to him but do not try to touch him at first then when he does not flap and panic when you put your hand in the cage see if you can get him on your fingure by holding your finger out straight and gently pushing against his chest he should put his foot up on your hand and then if you push your finger nearer he may climb on your hand or fly off keep trying but only do this in the cage. after a while he should hop on and then off your finger back on to his perch it will take time for him to trust you good luck

Thanks. I've taken the mirror out so we'll see what happens.

 

I always leave radio on for him when there will be no-one home or if he's going to be on his own for a while.

 

I'll keep you posted

 

they see their reflection in the mirror and think it is another budgie and therefore pay more attention to that instead of human. hows he getting on now?

ATD

i have found they are easier to tame outside of the cage. i take the cage into a bathroom or some other small-ish room and take the top off or something so that they dont have to step on my hand. once they're out, i let them be in a corner away from the door and quickly set the cage outside but where you can reach it when you're ready to put him back. then you can sit in the floor with him and try to get him to step up on your finger. feed him some millet or something. i can usually get mine on my finger w/i 45 min. in about 3 sessions of this i can get him to stay with me when i move to a new room.

 

oh and use a room that he's not used to being in to do this because it is neutral territory and he will often think of you as the 'safe' object.

i no when i took sky into the bath room to give him a bath he landed on my within 10 min so i also thinks it helps using an unfamilliar room.

ATD

Hi All,

 

I've had my budgie Bobby for around 3 weeks now and I'm not sure if I'm making any progress.

 

I make sure I spend at least 15 minutes a day just talking to him and sometimes with my hand in the cage, but he seems much more interested in his mirror than in me. I work shifts so a lot of our time together is late at night or early in morning but he does always get around 8 - 10 hours sleep.

 

If he's tired I can get my finger up close to him and can even stroke his belly, but he wont hop onto my finger and he tries to bite me. During the day he just flys around his cage whenever I put my hand in, no matter how slowly I do it. I'd loive to let him out of his cage to fly around but not until he will come onto my finger on demand.

 

I've been trying around 2 weeks now, I know it'll take time but can anyone offer some advice please. I have a few books but they seem to contradict each other. I'm also wondering if I should take his mirror out until we have bonded with each other?

 

He is a baby as he still has the black lines across his forehead - although he is beginning to moult now and his eyes are pure black.

 

Any help would be most appreciated.

 

Pauline

The same things happens to me, they get scared and when i try to touch them they start flying around the cage. To day we took them out to cut they wings and i started kissing one's head and then he turned his head around and bit my nose (Laughing out loud) but i guess it just takes time.