budgie hand training

[budgielove]

i have had my budgies for a little over a week and they are already warming up to me very fast! only three days after i brought them home they were quite anxious to come to my hand whenever i brought a treat to their cage. every day for about a week now i have been able to get them to eat out of my hand when i bring it into the cage with some seed treat in it. whenever they are feeling extra hungry, or just don't want to eat their vegetables, they will crawl up on the cage door and chirp for their treat, they will also climb towards me and talk to me when i come to the cage to talk to them. they also have no problem with my hand when i am moving toys, cleaning the cage, replacing food or water, etc. they are very calm when i do these things.

seeing as how i just got them a little over a week ago, how long should i continue with this routine before i try to bring them out of their cage? is it too soon to try to do that because i have not had them for that long? i am so suprised at how fast they have adjusted to me and i am very anxious to get them out of their cage and let them get in some fun and exercise. but is it too much too soon? i do not want to overwhelm them.

:o

thanks for your time!

erin

[BirdieBabi]

Well if they are ready and already used to your hand..(which it sounds like they are) you can bring them out. If they fly back to the cage while your doing that, then just let them. I think they're ready to how they sound. If they were flying everywhere everytime you put your hand in the cage i don't think it would be time but they seem pretty content

[budgielove]

alright, great! i was just a little confused because i didn't expect them to get used to me so fast. but maybe i have the magic touch! hehe.

i actually have been getting them to perch on my finger without the treat so it is going well i think. though i did try to bring one out and she jumped off and clung with all her might to the cage door. so i let her go back in. but i will keep trying to get them to perch on my finger without a treat and see if they will come with me out of the cage and then i can go from there.

;)

thanks!

erin

[parakeetluverr]

i agree with elise (birdiebabi) it sounds like they're really used to you! i hope all goes well and good luck!!;)

[Skye]

I got Sky about 3-4 days ago, and he's finger trained now. He lets me pet him and stays on my finger, so I take him out a lot. In fact he on my shoulder now.

[Donna]

Erin,

You sound as though you are progressing wonderfully with your two little guys. Most people aren't that fortunate. Except for when my Budgies eat from my hand, they still usually run from me, and I've had them since June. :S :S :S

I agree that you have "just the right touch" because your Budgies appear to be trusting you completely. Keep up the good work Erin, and keep us posted on your progress.

Donna

[redgirl]

That is great, it normally takes a lot longer then that for them to be tame with you..some birds never get tame, so you are doing a great job :clap: :clap:

[budgielove]

thanks guys!

i have actually run into a problem and i have another question on the same subject: my budgies are now fighting over me and their food and their treats and practically everything else! they are being really mean to each other! what do i do?

when i put my hand in with a treat whichever budgie hops on my hand first will peck at the other one if it comes too close. when one of them is at the food cups-there are two food cups but they are close together - they will peck really hard and violently at the other one and stand up real tall to scare the other one and make her go away. they also peck at each other - though less violently - over the toys in their cage and at other various times in the day when they are just sitting on a perch together. it is weird because they will still preen each other now and then - though admittedly less than they were doing just a few days ago - talk about a love-hate relationship! they are now acting a bit more skittish when i put my hand in the cage, and they were definately not acting this way just a few days ago.

does anyone have any ideas? why are they fighting all of a sudden? what should i do? my husband suggested that we should buy another smaller cage for the mean one - which is usually snow - and keep her in there for a while, and maybe when we put them back together they will be nicer. but i don't know how well this would work.

thank you again!

:o

erin

[Meghanxx4]

hmm i would seperate them it might get worse. OR i would just let one out at a time that why they dont have to fight over your hand.
also round cages make them mean srry thatw as kinda random. i just moticed your pic there.

[budgielove]

thanks. yeah i don't have a round cage. i just thought that was a cute picture and i don't have any pics of my budgies on my computer yet.

anyhoo: an update: star is chasing snow around the cage like crazy today! she pecks at her when she tries to play with a toy or eat food.

i think i am going to get a small cage to seperate them temporarily - i could use a small travelling cage anyway - and then put them back together and see how they behave.

any more advice would be really helpful.

thank you!

:o

erin