BEST way to BOND and TAME your budgie | Part 1
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- Hi, thanks for watching our video about How to train your new budgie!
In this video we’ll walk you through:
- Bonding and spending time with your new bird
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I love the advice about taking the food out at night & then giving them it back in the morning so they see you as their food source. I shall try it with my two budgies. I’ve only had them a month & they are happy for me to be up close, but they do not like hands. I probably shouldn’t have bought two together, but they looked like a bonded pair, so I couldn’t split them up. Everyone says it’s easier to train one budgie at a time.
Yes it is much easier to train one budgie at a time. But it can happen if you have two. With time and dedication that is. If you are having issues you could get separate cages. So you can train them one at a time. I would say get one to be very comfortable with you, then the other one will notice his/her friend is safe on you and he/she might not be as scared.
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@@susanross1651 Yep!
My budgie was always so happy when I blew away the seed hulls for her. She climbed down and waited for me. To do this each day.
I taught my budgie to like my hand after a few days with millet. Instead of shoving my hand and fingers at her. I offered her millet first. Then I started tucking my fingers under the millet and she didn’t mind them so much.
Some new ideas about taming Budgies. I loved the idea of taking the food out at night. Also, I think spending and 1-1/2 to 2 hours with your bird gives them some good bonding time. Talking in a calm, low voice also is very good idea.
Thank you for your input. I look forward to part #2
Did you teach him how to spin or does he do that on his own? So freaking cute and charming. I am thoroughly impressed with your training skills. You can always tell how a human treats their bird by the way that the bird behaves in his general demeanor. Basically, their behavior is a reflection of the owner. Your birds are very energetic, enthusiastic and excited to be in your presence. Thank you for having an enormous heart. Thank you for taking outstanding care of your feathered family, and thank you for all the advice. You are truly making a difference in the parrot community. Everyone should watch and take notes. You have a very special gift and I genuinely believe you could be very successful if you ever considered becoming a bird trainer. Anyway, thank you again. I send you and your babies so much love 👏💛
Omg, thank you so so much. I taught him to spin. He always does it to try and get a treat. Thank you for your kind and thoughtful words!
How long did it take to train Mo? I love all your videos. Going to put them on your chop recipe today. I have 4 parakeets. 3 in one flight cage, the newest is in a cage by himself, he's very young. That will be the one I will be trying to train. Thank you for all your videos. I've watched a lot of videos from different people and yours are by far then best. Don't stop making them. Your an awesome young man. 😊
@@dawnmason3823 Thank you so much! It took me about 2 weeks for me to target train Mo and get him to step up. But remember it is a life long training session. So I'm still training him to get used to being in different areas of my room and on my shoulder, etc. Eventually your budgie will be pretty tame. Dont get frustrated if it takes time, It WILL!!! Just enjoy the process and take it slow and pat yourself on the back when you do something right and see progress. Have a good day!
Thank you for the quick response. You also have a great day!!
thank you so much for this series, I think it will help me and other build a great bond between our birds.
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You're amazing!
You're going places for sure!
Thank you so much!
I got my budgie 1 week ago and on day 1 just put the cage in the room that you stay in the most and after that just takk to them softly and i started with millet and now i can put my hand jn the cage with millet and she loves it she goes right for the millet and isnt so scared of my hand becusse i showed her im not hurting her and one more thing thid takes time ALOT OF TIME
You're so close to 200 subscribers, David! Awesome job👍
Thank you!!! I'm so excited!
Sit near the cage and talk to ur feather friend every day. Talk to em like they are are 3-5 years old. Then move ur hand to the cage slowly and try feed em some millet. Make some sounds with ur mouth that they can relate to. Say kissing sounds ect.
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Great advise! Keep up the good work. Youre very knowledgeable and can tell right away you have a big heart and a passion for birds! Stay true. ❤
I feel that your suggestion is really good for starting to tame a bird, thank you
Wish I saw this earlier. I've got my first bird 7 days ago and everything is going well. I let my bird come out of the cage yesterday and he will land on me or hop on my hand when I put it up to them. Although I basically followed all these steps I do think maybe I followed the wrong guidance and I'm going to fast. I don't want to lose my burds trust and scare it or force it to be around me.
Sounds like you are dong good. Make sure to target train your bird, it allows you to get them places without forcing them and acts as a trick so your relationship stays healthy. Just dont rush the process to much and make sure to have the bird on a good diet to make training smoother. I have videos on this. Keep it up, I see a lot of new bird owners struggle and then give up. But trust me with time and work your bird will grow to love you!
I have had my 2 female budgies for almost 2 yrs and they are still not finger tamed. I know they like me maybe because I bring the food. I have tried to let them out of the cage but it always ends up in disaster when I have to catch them to put them back. I have tried the method of turning out lights and having a night light by the cage but they don't go back inside on their own. They have a large flight cage but I feel like a bad bird owner because outside the cage is not fun for them.
@@patriciaelg1464 It sounds like you are having some trouble. I would recommend starting the training process over. This means you should keep them in the cage, especially since you would have to catch them to put them back. This is an easy way to break the bond. But yeah, I would say just keep them in the cage, it might be best to have two different cages. Since both the birds are scared of you, there fear will build off of each others. Try keeping them in the cage and talking softly to them every once and a while. Put them in a room where you are a lot. And just be in there presence. After a couple weeks, slowly open the cage and see if they want to come out. Let them do the coming out, dont interfere. If not that's ok, give them the option for about 20 min. You should then start target training them inside the cage. I have a video on this Its the part two to taming them link here - th-cam.com/video/DsM0u_YpSAw/w-d-xo.html Keep this up and eventually you can try and target them on your hand and as I show in the video. At first dont take them out of the cage on your hand, remember the cage is there safe place. And you can benefit from that. YOU ALSO NEED TO HAVE A HEALTHY GOOD DIET. SEEDS AS THE MAIN DIET ARNT GOING TO CUT IT. REMEMBER TO ALWAYS REINFORCE A GOOD BEHAVIOR WITH A TREAT. Check out BirdTricks TH-cam channel for more great advice.
@@patriciaelg1464 I will do a video and talk about your problem and how to solve it. But would it be ok if I read your comment. I will not give your name.
Hi David, thank you so much for answering me. I will try your suggestions and if you do a video on my problem, I give full permission to read my comment. I do give my birds vegetables and good quality Tops pellets. They eat a little bit of chop but I'm working on introducing new foods. I have subscribed to your channel so good luck with your videos.
Help! Where's part 2 of this series? Part 1 helped me so much and I want to learn more. Thanks David!
Nevermind David, I found part 2. Really great series. Thank you for doing this for us newbies!
@@leilaniziniewicz6823 Thank you, planning on making an updated version soon!
Sometimes pet store animals are pretty tame because they see people walking past them everyday. I'm not saying that their 100% gonna be tame though, I got a crestie from Petco in like 2022 and she HATED me so much. If I touched her the would instantly run to the other side of her tank in less than 2 seconds(she tolerates me now). And I got a bearded dragon there once and she was very calm. I have never gotten a bird though, but I'm gonna assume that they are less calm and tame because their tiny lil things and have probably only been touched once in their life
Yeah this is true.
Great information👌
Thanks!
I have 2 budgies for about 6 weeks now but they are scare of me. I got them from a breeder and they were sweet and cuddly when I first got them but become uninterested with me after a week. Tried your methods but they are so bonded with each other and scared when I walked by. Please advise
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Smart idea to remove the seed bowl at night and put it back for breakfast. Is this something you would continue or only during the training period? I have 4 budgies and noticed they feed during the night too.
By the way, I love the name Esther for your budgie!!
Thank you! I would recommend continuing it, since its building that strong bond.
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i bought my budgy from the petshop and shes 9 months old already. Can she still be trained?
YES!!! You can tame a budgie of pretty much any age. As long as you do diet conversion and the taming process right you can have a best friend!!!
even after more then a month my budgie hasnt changed in behavior since day 1....refuses to eat millet... tries to fly away in the cage even if you just walk by the cage....no matter how many hours i spend time with her and talk to her and try to give her millet she just sits there and tries to run away from the millet instead of trying to eat it...
Hi, We’ve had our budgies for a year Now. One was much more comfy with flying around outside of the cage than the other. Sadly 😢 that bird flew away on 1/1/24. And didn’t return. We left it’s bird house outside for 3 cold days /nights and searched the neighborhood, w/no luck. Our other budgie seems a little sad. We want to get another do you recommend, or should we just keep the one bird? SN: we miss our budgie so much it was the more active “wild” One. That didn’t mind being touched or carried on our shoulders/finger’s. It would fly from the rear of the house directly back to its cage , which is why we was surprised when it didn’t return.
Yeah, sadly this can happen :( I'm so sorry. It probably didn't come back because it had a sensory overload when it escaped and didn't know what to do. I would recommend training the one you have now until it is very comfortable with you. Then get another. The reason is because if you get a new one and the old one is not already comfortable with you, their fear will build off of each others and make them both scared. If you train one bird, then get the next, your new bird will learn quickly that you are safe because he will see the other trained bird around you. Hope this helps. Check out BirdTricks channel for more helpful info including how to recover a lost bird. :)
Thank you so much. I really appreciate you and I value your feedback. I will do exactly as you say, and hold up on getting another one for now. Thank you
I have to Budgie
How much time do you spend training your budgie each day?
I have 2 budgies for about 6 weeks now but they are scare of me. I got them from a breeder and they were sweet and cuddly when I first got them but become uninterested with me after a week. Tried your methods but they are so bonded with each other and scared when I walked by. Please advise
Yes, what happened to you is what I call the baby phase issue. When people first get their birds when they are baby's they will love and cuddle them. Baby birds are very tolerant but when they get older they learn how to not be so tolerant and owners break trust almost immediately because they try to cuddle them again this time the bird is not so tolerant. It is also very difficult to train to fearful birds at once because their fear will build off of each other. I would recommend implementing a proper diet, sleep schedule and separate them. Then go to this website birdtricksstore.com/ I would recommend purchasing the BirdTricks Training course for beginners. You can also purchase a consultation for further help. The BirdTricks TH-cam channel is also a great resource for your situation. Feel free to purchase more courses to help you. Do as much research as you can and mainly DONT GIVE UP! If you do this will make it harder to deal with later. YOU GOT THIS! It may seem over whelming but it took me a couple of years to learn what I know now.