I dont like my new budgie :(

[Bee]

The budgie in my d/p died about a week ago. I only had her for about 2-3 wks and she was finally starting to tame...I miss her now, she was easy :) Anyways so I bought a new budgie and hes mean! I cannot seem to get through to him, I have been just sticking my hand in the cage. Sometimes he will jump on my hand and GRIND my finger! Hes horrible...I dont think hes very bright either. I have no idae what to do with him, I want to tame him...but ifI cant arggh hes a pretty bird lol. I dont want to just have a table ornament.

[Bobbys girl]

Try just talking to him through the cage and not trying to touch him. If he is new and has never been handled before, it would be a scary thing for the little budgie seeing a big human coming at him. Just talk to him softly and don't put your hands anywhere near the cage, then when he starts to respond to your talking leave your hand on the outside of the cage, and see if he reacts to that. After a while (a few days to a week) put your hand in the cage but don't chase him, just leave it still in there and let him come to it. Budgies are very curious by nature so curiosity should win in the end. Try holding a piece of millet to coax him to you. Always let your budgie come to you, and remember you need patience, patience and more patience :D Once he is comfortable with your hand there, extend one finger and try to rub his belly and say "up" to get him to step up onto your finger. Don't attempt to take him out of the cage until he is comfortable standing on your finger and you can move your hand with him on there.

I am sorry about the loss of your other budgie. Keep trying and eventually you will get there. Remember that budgies aren't like cats or dogs and most don't like to be petted. :)

[Bea]

And don't compare this new budgie to your old one. I did that after my first (very tame) budgie died and as a result i expected too much of each new one and never managed to tame one until i got Blinkie. Remember every budgie is different and you'll have to change your methods of taming. Just because your first budgie tamed easily and was friendly to you straight away and the new one is being more difficult doesn't mean that eventually the new one wont make a great pet. :D

[Bee]

Lol thank you guys...I tried giving her millet today and she only looked at it. I acctually gave my moms love birds some millet by hand today and only one took it lol. Im also having troubles with my family and this bird. They seem to think that she is used to our home already! Ive only had her for...3-6 days I deffinatly know shes not used to us yet. Not to mention my hand.

[Crystal_Dawn]

those are very good techniques that everyone mention :) definatley go with those! But after you can get her to come on your hand willingly, if you want to take it a step farther, you can try what I did to make trisket so amazing :D. two things really:

1) put her inside your shirt regularly and just go about your buisness hahaha! do the dishes, tidy up, whatever. usually between your ******* resting on your bra gives them somwhere to hold on to and feel safe (unless you have huge ones haha, theres lots of space in that spot for mine anyway ahahah!), the shoulder is another good spot or if your laying down, then on your chest/stomach. this way they get to know your scent and be close to you. I find it speeds up the comfort level of your budgie. hint: make sure you keep her nails trimmed good though, it can scratch if not haha. and at first they won't like it, but they get used to it and begin to like it eventually.

2) wrap her in a face cloth (just a single layer) and ly down on the sofa holding her to your chest. At first she'll be scared but just hold her there for a little while (5 minutes or so) untill she seems to calm down and relax a bit. once she has, with one hand still on her back, peel the face cloth off of her face but keep it a little above her head still (makes her feel hidden and therefore safer) and slowley bring a finger towards her and lightly stroak her beak (symbol of friendship to budgies). then try using the finger to rub her head and neck and cheek. obviously this will take many attempots before she enjoys this, but if you make a point of doing it every day for about a half hour or so, then believe it or not eventually she will come to love it and she'll even start fluffing up her head and moving it make sure that you scratch her favorite spots :p (they seem to generally love around the ear and under the chin) and she'll most likley end up preening the face cloth fabric while you preen her sometimes. I think they look at it as part of you after awhile and they want to return the favor. eventually (months later) I was able to just cup her under my hand on my chest without the facecloth at all. she did need to be coverd though, not forcfully, just to make her feel hidden :) she came to love what i refer to as snuggle time so much that if i didn't do it with her for a couple of days she would get really cranky, untill i snuggled her again hahaha, then she'd be all sweet and kisses again. It may seem like a forcful way to tame her, but in my opinion, budgies are such nervous animals that in order to get them to such a comfortable level of tamness they need to be forced a little at first so that they have the chance to realize they like you and what your doing! I've used this technique on many budgies other than my own with great results, and other people that I have shared it with have also gotten great results with it. so i'm very confident in it :D



oh and one really important thing to know about taming... try to do it out of site of her cage. If they can see there cage they want to go back to it... but it they can't see it, you become the safest thing in the room and they'll want to stay with you :)

[Bea]

Blinkie likes playing inside my top....and i've sometimes put baby budgies on my bra for comfort during cuddle time! LOL! Glad i'm not the only one to think of such a strange idea!

[Amy]

*HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!* Well , um so do I! Bobby used to love it!

[Crystal_Dawn]

yay! now we all know that we're not weird! :p hahaha apparnently its just a natural instinct to put birds down our shirts! hahaha!

:D

[Amy]

Lol! How funny! We must be a right old bunch of weirdos!