Ugh, how long?

[Marina]

I have been trying tame my two budgies for about a month (I think) and while I confess that I don't get them out every day, I do spend quite a bit of time with them.
I was wondering how long it usually takes until they stop trying to get away when I go into the cage? I have an awful time trying to catch them. :S

When I do get them out, they're fine. They sit on my finger and look around, sometimes they fluff out or chew on my bracelet.

[pipin_barb]

well,it depends on the personalities of the budgies i guest....mine took 4 months..

[Kelly27]

Chrissie is still very difficult to bring out of her cage + she's been hand-trained for about a month or two now. Like Pipin Barb said it depends on the personality of the budgie. How old is your bird by the way? xx :D xx

[Marina]

I'm not sure how old they are. The boy is younger because he still has his bands, but the girl doesn't look much older. Her bands aren't as dark, but they are the same body size.

[Jessika]

I've been training Rainbow for about a year, with almost no progress. :(
Hopefully you'll have more luck than me.


Jessika

[softie]

Budgies can take all the time they want, if they want to =\

Keep up the good work and the training and hope for the best. Hopefully he will come around soon enough :)

[Devonbunny]

I have had budgies hand tame within a week, others have still been scared of me after 6 months. It really does depend on the individual bird and their personality.

Good luck and keep us informed with progress updates :)

[MissBeeHaven]

when i got my first one, her wings were clipped. and she was basically impossible to approach. I finally locked her up in her cage and for about 4 days, i would spend alot of time sitting by the cage and just repeating words to her.. (like a broken record). I then left the door open and put a ramp upto the cage and let her do her thing. I moved a bit further away on the couch and would just repeat / talk to her and she finally wobbled to me. I have not clipped her wings since.

When I purchased my male bird, his wings were not clipped.. and he was a wild one. After the first hour of being in his new home, I clipped his wings and since then, both birds are easy to approach and talk to. I have not clipped them since, as they come and go when they please when I am around the home. (otherwise they stay locked in their cage)

Good luck!!

[Sunneva]

MissBeeHaven
did that work with two budgies of yours?
I will have to try that cause Haza is not afraid of me, she just doesn't want to be with me. She goes on my finger in her cage (even thou she bites and tries to tell me not to come near) and when she has gone to my finger she stays there only when I'm moving. I have tried having her in all black room where she can't see anything. Then she should stay and let me do everything to her but she didn't do that, she was all moving and of cause she couldn't fly because of the dark but she didn't find it hard to go away from those fingers.

So the thing is: Haza doesn't wanna be with me, she is not afraid of me and there is nothing with trust that does something for her, she is just somehow me, me, me. :S hehe.. She doesn't talk to you and she just want to be with other budgies like Pási which is upstairs and she hears him and knows he is there.

[i<3mrchirpydoodlebirdy]

Three P's,

Patience.
Persistants.
Positive thinking :)


Clipping their wings made it easier for me. But it is really up to you.

Perhaps if you have a second door on the cage you could open that and shoo her out with your hand through the first door.

That way the cage is your birds safe place.

Take away mirrors or things to perch on away, and then he or she will have to rely on you.

Hope this helps?
x

[Sunneva]

No mirrors inside here just a budgie upstairs she can hear, no problem to get her out and no second door on the cage and no she doesn't rely on me. Just when I take her up of the floor to get her to her or Kicsi cage..

[sammy2850]

both mine were quick learners i had too regain missys trust which took a fair while but i did it so im happy and why i had too regain missys trust well thats a long story which i may tell someday.