Taming your goldfinch/canary? AVOID this mistake
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2024
- If you are taming your goldfinch or canary, you will want to avoid this one mistake which makes your bird perceive you as a predator, no matter what else you do. Be sure to check out & subscribe to our channel for more helpful tips and tricks on taming your bird! [CLICK TO EXPAND]
Here's the entire bird taming series:
Step 0: NEVER EVER DO THIS is you want your bird to trust you: • Why you should NEVER p...
Step 1: Build a basic sense of trust with your bird (never skip this step!!!): • Your bird is scared of...
Step 2: Make your bird eat from your hand: • How to make your bird ...
Step 3: One thing you should avoid when taming your bird: [You're watching this!]
Step 4: Start speaking the secret bird language to your bird: • Secret Bird Language: ...
Step 5: Get your bird back into this cage easily: • How To: 3 easy ways to...
Bonus:
3 Tips for Bonding with your bird: • 3 Easy Tips for Bondin...
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Leporello the Goldfinch, 2017
Those hawk eyelids are a trip. Closing like that.
Birds are fascinating.
Did you know birds are dinosaurs?
I thought the title said canary and GOLDFISH 😂
Haha. There used to be a commenter here whose phone would autocorrect goldfinch to goldfish every time. Hilarity ensued.
Yes. Also never let your goldfish sit on your finger - its sharp claws might hurt you.
@@1337fraggzb00N agreed and not all goldfinches are good swimmers, you always have to work and learn
Wow! This is absolutely true! Now I know why my canary becomes so frightened whenever I stared at him.
NO WONDER most of my finches are still freaking out when I approach them - live and learn...
"Clever girl"
I actually didn't think of this.
Just discovered your channel! I LOVE your insight about the eye contact! Very insightful.
Thank you Barb, my pleasure! :)
Edit: ...and welcome on board! Love your javas :D
Awesome! Ty
getting ready to bring home a new canary. This was a good one.
Thank you so much!! I am a girl who wants to get a canary and I didn't even know they can trust you! I loved your videos and your voice is incredibly beautiful.
Thanks! Happy to help. Canaries have even calmer personalities than goldfinches and can get very attached to their owner. They're even easier to tame if you buy two of them, because one will always be braver than the other, so they will bounce off each other and learn things faster. It'll also be much easier to keep them happy, especially if they're your first birds. Best of luck! :)
thanks for the tip keep up the awesome content!!
I have recently discovered your channel and I just love it!!!! Thank you so much for all your tips, please continue to share 🙏🙏🙏🙏
My pleasure! It's been a crazy year but I'll try...
Thinking of getting a canary or 2, amazing starter advice. 👍🏻
Wow I never thought about it that way
This was a short but a very useful video. I know this for a while and whenever I look at or tame my budgies I blink often and slowly and change the direction I see from time to time. 😅
Well done! :)
I love this bird!!!!more video? Thanks
Good Video more please :)
Thanks
Just like riding the bus! No eye contact, hehe!
Today I discovered your channel and I love it! Thanks for sharing
Haha thank you, I've had a really bad day today and this cheered me up! Glad to be of help!
Excellent. Thank you
What a cute goldfinch! (I’m from Canada I’m not used to seeing European goldfinches we have the American ones here that sound very similar when they’re singing- though I’m sure you knew that) thanks for the great videos, they’ll help me once I finally get one!
Yes, American goldfinches are very colourful and actually true to their name, if I recall correctly! Keep us posted if you get a bird!
Oh my god great job, this one of my favorite birds ,best singers
Thanks! I agree, I love their song, too.
if you like singing then you should getthe lesser seed finch from a brazilian breeder,its the best most people dont like it because its hard to handle
Wow that's a really cool tip I didn't think of that thanks so much
Sure thing! :)
Good tip👍
very useful. I started doing it ❤😍
This makes so mutch sence 👍🏼
you just earned yourself a subscriber
Very nice !!! 👍👍👍
thank you for the video. my canary is scared too. I will try to apply your advice.
+Sofiane Aoued Happy to help - best of success! ☺
I love these Goldfinch
Awesome!
Thanks for the viideo
thank u
Very good information but personally I prefer to see goldfinch on trees in his natural environment I am fighting for this in my country I hope one day our next generation will have the chance to enjoy this wonderful bird
You're fighting an awesome cause. Keep it up!
Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks I try I attempt I endeavour I know that it is not an easy job but my love for this amazing bird provides me force and determination to follow my goal and my dream
Excellent point this applies to most animals. Even my pet reptiles carefully watch my eyes .
Good job
Ohh!That's why my finch looks at me so suspiciously! Thanks! I will try this out
Awesome, good luck! :)
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I do NOT KNOW WHY THIS CHANNEL DOES'NT HAVE THAT MANY SUBS LIKE 11K SRSLY (progress my female goldfinsh is not afrade of me anymore we let here out of here cage every single day so she would get used to being around us she sometimes she let me pet her but not allways haha but she just cant get over her fear of hands is there anything im doing wrong that i should not be doing btw love your vids they are so helpfull and your bird suits your personality so well and your so cute love you
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Good videos
Nice video
Thanks a bunch!
My pleasure!
So cute
That's makes sense tho
Thanks a lot !!
My pleasure!
So pretty !
Aaahhhh your eyes
I got it yesterday
Does this count for cockatiels
Hi!
I have two canaries and they are 3 weeks with me, but they are almost a year old and have been treated differently in the pet shop. Whenever I come close to them and we try to open the cage, they flop to the other side. How am I supposed to get them out?
I love your content by the way!
Everyone can see that you know what you are doing and you are doing it well!
You don’t have to answer because I know you have a lot of other comments to answer, but if you can that would make my day!
Thanks!
Hi Rachel, there's a bird taming playlist on this channel which will walk you through everything step by step! Canaries can be tamed but are a bit fickle, so you must think in the timeframe of weeks and months rather than days. In the meantime, don't force them to go out - they will come out on their own when they're ready! Again, the playlist has step-by-step instructions - just start at the first video and work your way through. Best of success!
Wow
I discovered that my canaries "let" me pat them when it is fairly dark. I think this is mainly because they can't see well enough to fly away in their cage. I talk to them and pat them very gently while they are standing on their perches. Over the last couple of months they are getting used to it and I have noticed they don't freak out as much when I walk past their cage or watch them now during the day time. They are only about 1 year old so I have a while to work on this with them.
Hi there, I occasionally do this, too, even though I know one shouldn't. Birds are just so fluffy and soft! It's alright to pet your canaries if you do it very, very gingerly and stop as soon as they show any signs of discomfort. You might also like this: th-cam.com/video/i8d9QdzsHXQ/w-d-xo.html
I have been owning a goldfinch for almost 10 years but it has lost its left eye 4 years ago due to an attack done by a kestrel. Hopefully, it survived and I took care of it since then. It looks pretty well, it even attacks when I do approach my finger which means that it has a lot of energy, but the problem is that it doesn't fly nor it climbs on the perch. It's been awhile now, and I still take care of it. Do you have any useful tip in which I could help it to regrow the feather and can fly again? Is there any hope for it to get back to the basics given its single-eyed issue?
Oh dear! Well if you've already owned your finch for almost 10 years, he/she is already pretty old for a finch, though they can live up to 17 years in captivity. So congratulations on keeping him/her healthy and well! Your finch probably doesn't fly because two eyes are necessary for spatial vision, and they sense it would be unsafe for them to fly. If your finch doesn't sit on the perch however, there seems to be something else at play. What do you mean by "regrow the feather"? Did your bird moult correctly? If you're unsure about the health of your bird, please do see an avian vet - they are not expensive at all and can often prevent/cure a lot of suffering.
We let go our goldfinch before i saw your channel 😭
Hi there I would like to ask few questions, my bird is with me for months (almost 6-7 months) but unfortunately I couldn't manage to have strong relationship with my bird.
Here are the questions;
How did you organize the cage interior design? How do you deal with the mess of seeds, feathers etc.?
My bird was already mature when i had him, do. you think still I have chance to tame? I'm doing mining engineering so I travel a lot, I had to give him some other ppl when I'm not around, changing place, location of cage affects this process very badly. Do you have any advice for this? Do you cover the cage time to time?
Well actually I have so many questions :) sorry. I appreciate you, your channel and videos are great. Take care
Thanks
Hi Walter! Let's jump right into your questions:
- The cage layout isn't special, I just made sure it was reasonably sized (80cmx40x60, which is really the minimum) and that the perches are at different heights, allowing for enough room for the bird to at least flap about a bit. I've always got an old bedsheet put over the back of the cage to protect the walls from any dirt. I've also lined the cage surroundings with scrap or newspaper, so once or twice a week, I can simply throw out the paper instead of having to clean everything. But that's just about everything that can be done about the messes a bird makes. (It goes without saying that the cage itself should be cleaned at least once a week!)
- Yes, you can still tame your bird when he's mature. To get him there, you should be able to invest at least 1-2 hours a day over the course of two or three weeks. Anything less than that probably won't have any effect. Once your bird is tame, he will never forget. Goldfinches can get very attached to their owner, so travelling wouldn't be a problem.
- I used to fully cover the cage at night but now I only cover the top and sides, leaving the front open. I noticed that the bird is more comfortable this way. However, if you have your bird cage in a room in which you'd like to keep the lights on after nightfall, it will be healthier for your bird to cover the cage with a dark cloth so that he'll get enough sleep. During the day, the cage should never be covered unless it is being transported somewhere (and in this case, it shouldn't be completely dark, because the bird might hurt himself if he gets startled and doesn't see where he's moving).
Thank you for your kind words, by the way! You can always ask more questions if you have some :) Take care!
Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks thank you for your quick reply :) i started the course, I'll follow the steps I hope it's gonna be alright. Let's wait and see then. Thanks again
Walter E. Kurtz hello, it’s been 10 months since your comment. Did you make any progress
MEE I wanna know too!
Been 3 years now, will we ever know?!
Hello, thanks for this videos, I have also a goldfinch, I have learnt a lot from your videos, I would like to give you a short video of my pet to give me your opinion, please
Hello, I have a question, what do I do if I need to put some leafy greens for my canary, and need to stick my hand in there in order to clip to the cage Wall, she gets very scared whenever I have been sticking my hand there. Do I put my hand inside in order to feed her, or do I leave her alone?
Hi Maria, one's hand should never be put into the bird cage when the bird is in it. It's explained here: th-cam.com/video/b2Iic7zzGw4/w-d-xo.html If your bird isn't tame yet, the best way is to clip in the salad when your bird is on her daily free flight - ideally when you want her to go back into the cage.
I can now look both of my society finches in the eyes and they look at me and move their mouths like they're mimicking me sometimes ^-^ i just look at them calmly and give them warm, caring smiles
Well done you! Beak crunching is actually another bird way of showing that they're comfortable.
Oh wow! I'm honestly so relieved to hear that because i thought maybe it was a bad sign. Guess i was just being paranoid lol thanks for letting me know!
I found a bird and its a baby bird and he was tring to fly so he fel on the gruon he trid to fly but coudent so we help him and he started loving us
How about lovebird?
I have tried your advice with my goldfinch ( Elvis), and it truly works! Now I can go to his cage and give him food and water and he isn't all crazy! Now I can look at him and talk to him. And he is calm and replies with a Taweeet and a swish of his tail!
Thank you so much,
Jerry
My pleasure! Glad you and Elvis became such good friends!
@Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks I know your videos are around 4 years old, but still very helpful!
Do you still have Leporello, or do you have more now?
I am in Canada and they are getting harder to get, but not impossible. It's just the prices have gone up, up, up! Elvis cost me $250 Canadian. That was through a friend who brought them in from Montreal.
I have seen prices as high as $600 for a male.
Thank you so much for your videos!
Please post more?
@@jerryssalamon709 Thank you! Yes, I still have Leporello, though he is quite old now (eight and a half years). Many people have stopped breeding birds here, too - Leporello cost me 40€, but now you'd expect to pay at least 200€ for a goldfinch (if you find them at all, which is getting more and more difficult).
I'll try to make more videos in the future but there is a lot going on right now - I hopee things will calm down a little soon!
All the best to you and lovely Elvis!
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So that's why my Sun Conure is scared shitless
Pretty eyes 😻
Mejing
Does it work with indian ringnecks
Need advise my little greenfinch after feeding from 5day till35 days everything good get used to be in my hand eating...... now not eating anymore body getting weak more and more ive try smooth food like babies cerelac or bledine mixing with honey and yellow eggs his wings go down stay all time at bottom of the cage is it maybe not spending much time( cause of work ) ive try to put with him goldinch with same age sorry maybe my problem should not be post it on this blog cause i was traying to train the bird from the first 5 days any help pls
Don't post on the internet, please see a vet. It sounds like your bird is at a critical stage so right now is better than later, because later might be too late. All the best.
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Can I tame a finch if I am keeping more than one?
Great video too :)
Yes you can! Thanks
I have a question I have recently rescued a wild baby gold finch it's healthy and eating really well but it appears to be sitting and walking on its elbows alot is that normal for its age? It's got almost no pin feathers left except for its tail
Hi there, please call a wildlife rehabilitator ASAP. If there is none in the area, take the bird to a vet as soon as possible, so that it can be adequately cared for! A layperson cannot do this, and most vets will treat foundlings for free. Please note that taking birds, even "saving" baby birds, from the wild is illegal in most countries, so not only will the bird likely die in your care, you also risk yourself getting into legal trouble. All the best!
Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks Hi ^^ thank you for replying today i have taken the baby to the vets the vet said it appears to be very healthy and isn't showing any pain or discomfort she looked at its legs and she thinks it's toes might be broken so she wants me to carry on caring for it until it's able to fly and then bring it back to vets so that they can decide if it will cope in the wild. I've had the baby for a week now and I believe it's doing really well I've had experience in caring for wild birds and sick hedgehogs because I live out in the middle of no where and I don't like seeing things suffer.
Hi there Jess, thank you for taking the bird to the vet and also for reporting back! Sounds brilliant, happy to hear your little bird is in really good hands. Hope all goes well with you two - best of luck!
I got my beautiful babies from a pet shop two years back, prior to knowing how bad they can sometimes have it.
I made sure to give them a healthy diet fit for them, made sure they were in a good temperature and calm environment.
I’ve had them for around two years now and they don’t seem bothered by me looking at them. Anytime I’d try to move slightly closer to them, they’d all fly away in panic rather or not I was giving them a treat or replacing their food and water.
When they the hatchlings were little, they were perfectly happy with being held, yet when they grew into adults they just stopped allowing me to be near them.
At this point they just boss me around and yell at me to do everything the exact moment they hear me wake up.
I wake up and they’ll hear me, I get a “GET IN HERE AND REMOVE THE CLOTH/CLEAN US NOW!” If they see the treats, they won’t forget about them and will go on and on till they get their way. (I don’t like giving them too much as I know they aren’t all that good for them.)
They all have their own actions that causes a daily snowball effect. Seeing that two of my four original birds are always the ones to start the whole thing up.
While I do love them, I just wish I could hold them again and not feel like I’m just a maid for them. ;--;
I'm sorry to hear that! What kinds of birds do you have? This channel has a few videos on how to bond (!) with your bird instead of only being seen as a food source, maybe they can help :)
Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks I have some lovely group of Bengalese finch.
Your bird and u so beautiful...
simmy sandhu hhhhh u r right
Simp.
Nice video, thanks for sharing. But please, no music in the background. It will be natural. 👍
De gustibus non est disputandum :)
is it ok to keep just 1 goldfinch, or should it be a group?
A group is ideal (even number of males and females, and you'll need a large aviary), but a male-female pair will be happy, too.
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Hello there
Is there any perticular method making the goldfinch singing....he is shirping only ???
Is there a particular method making the goldfinch what?
Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks
Hhhh sorry that I didn't write singing
At the risk of asking the obvious, but is your goldfinch a male or a female? Males will sing more enduringly and melodically. Also, young goldfinches learn most of their song within their first year, so if he's still young, try playing him recordings of birds and music you like! (I played Leporello mostly nightingale, song thrush and blackbird songs, and also lots of classical music when he was little)
If he's older than that, he will still learn, but it will take longer and his song might not change as much.
Best of luck!
Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks
I know all that things ...anyway thank u for your trial
I can't really help if you don't answer the question... point being, if your goldfinch is younger than a year, it is normal that he will sing less. The same applies if it's a female.
I have a canary he get so scared when i put my hand in his cage.what do i do ?
That's no wonder. Watch this: th-cam.com/video/b2Iic7zzGw4/w-d-xo.html
is it valid to cover one eye?
Not really.
Hello there! I've watched most of your videos for some time now, and I'm having some trouble with my birds! If you could give me some insight it would be wonderful!
My sister has left me a pair of gouldian finches for quite a while now (over a year now), being one a female and the other a male. She's reasonably calm, curious, has some trouble flying (my sister believes she has a minor mental problem that influences her flight, she hits walls and gets herself trapped in narrow places when she flies out of her cage) and ever since I applied the knowledge I got from your videos, she lets me pick her up when she's outside their cage without being afraid! That alone was a conquer, and I have you to thank for!
He, however, has always been extremely cautious around me, my sister or anyone. He doesn't trust people, he instantly flies away from me when he's outside the cage (it takes forever to convince him to climb my finger, eventually we both get tired of flying and chasing around and I let him go back to his cage), he clicks his beak alot when I'm around. Generally, he's still very afraid of humans, despite being around me and my sister for a total of 3/4 years.
I've been applying everything I know now to slowly gain his trust- never again do I put my hand inside the cage (the only way to get them outside is to put the feeders outside the cage and wait for them to get hungry and hop out), I've tried giving them treats (they eat nothing! they're not remotely interested in a small piece of cucumber, or apple, or spinach. they just don't want to try it out, and I don't know what to do about it!)
Everyday, I sit next to the cage and apply the talking method so they know I'm not a threat. She's already used to it, but I can't seem to gain his trust at all. What can I do?
Congratulations on adopting two finches, and on already taming the female finch! That's a great success right there, you're definitely on the right track. - As for your male finch: Just like humans, birds come with different personalities, and some birds are more timid than others. Good news: Fearful birds may take long to tame, but they will become attached to you much more deeply than a boisterous bird (Leporello was a frightened bird, too). So just keep going! I suggest starting a taming diary for your male finch (or for both) in which you document your progress. Sometimes, many little successes over the course of a few weeks can feel like nothing, but a diary helps visualise the great progress you're making!
Finches rejecting new foods is a common problem: Most pet shop finches are only fed a seed mix and have no-one and nothing to tell them what is edible in the early learning stages of their lives. The trick is to start with food items that are small and non-threatening (as you're already doing, well done!). Gouldians tend to like spray millet, corn, peas (boiled without salt), strawberries, grapes (cut in half) and pieces of watermelon. If they don't like one food, just keep offering fresh bits of it for about a week: this way, they will lose any fear they may have and will eventually try it. If it doesn't work, try another food item. Once you have found something that they like, you can start placing it in a special treat bowl. When they reliably eat from the treat bowl, one can often add other foods to it and they will try it simply because it's in their favourite bowl. Hope this helps, all the best!
first of all, thank you for the fast reply! I'm now trying with small grapes to see if it appeals to them (I've sat in front of the cage eating some in hopes of getting them to trust the grape is safe and tasty, she only chatted with me, he did as always and stayed vigilant around me..I will get it someday hopefully!)
I have yet a last question! My birds don't seem to be used to bathing- that is- I've tried in different ways to provide them a way to bathe, such as leaving a small bowl of water in the cage, putting them in the sink with the thinnest stream of water running- none seem to trigger them into bathing on their own, or showing any interest in cleaning their feathers with the water. I often end up pouring a few small droplets of water over each of them everytime I clean their cage.
Is this normal? and what should I do to encourage them to bathe?
My pleasure, it's always nice to hear from people who really care about their birds! No worries about the bathing - finches will only bathe when they feel absolutely, 100% safe, so it can take a while for them to loosen up and splash about. It took Leporello about six months to take his first bath (putting only his head and chest into the water), and he only started to actually hop _into_ the bathing dish after 3 years! If you wish to encourage bathing, I suggest putting a shallow dish of water on top of your finches' cage so they can bathe during their free flight; this way, they'll be in a territory where they are more likely to feel safe (their home + presumably high up). Hope this helps!
That's a relief to hear. I'm glad nothing's wrong with my finches! xD
Thank you again for replying to my questions! Your bird tip videos are very helpful aswell!
Is it goldfinch only or is it for all birds?
All birds.
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Can we tame greenfinches?
Yes!
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You have beautiful eyes
What about a cockatiel?
Yes.
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How do u even get a goldfinch
You buy them from a reputable breeder who treats their birds well.
I'm getting a Zebra Finch
Zebra finches are flock animals. Get two! They will only truly bond with you if you have more than one of them.
Predators aren't the only ones with monocular vision. For example, orangutans and many other herbivorous primates have it too, for the purpose of safe manoeuvring among trees. Our own pre-human ancestors already had monocular vision before they began supplementing their previously herbivorous diet with meat, so the hunting advantage isn't actually the reason we came to have it, either.
I think you mean binocular vision. Monocular = eyes on the sides of the head being used separately. Surely that doesn't go for humans, unless the humans in your part of the world look different than here. ;)
Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks That is is indeed what I meant, haha, thank you. :P
We called it in Pashto sahira mean the magician
That is so cool! Is there a legend behind this name?
How to diagnose bird disease
Take them to an avian vet.
Hi if you could play your vedios without music ( very disturbing ) I believe that your voice is much better then this music. Thanks
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mine still hates me
Birds are incapable of hatred... they know only fear. Build trust like this: th-cam.com/video/dWeoAsBdOFo/w-d-xo.html
Also make sure you're not doing this, which is the reason of 99% of people saying that their bird "hates" them: th-cam.com/video/b2Iic7zzGw4/w-d-xo.html
Nice eyes lol
😉 Thanks!
Mam I don't this mistake :)
I like you 😘😘😘
You are soooo beautiful