The parakeet is a small pet. If you are having a hard time taming your budgie, your problems and worries stop there! Keep reading!
Steps
Step 1. Sit next to the cage as often as possible for the first 3 or 4 days as soon as you bring your budgie home
Speak normally and tell him anything. Read a book aloud, tell him about your day, your schedule, your secrets, etc.
Step 2. When he's used to seeing you sitting next to him talking to him, slowly put your hand in the cage
Don't do anything, just put your hand on the bottom of the cage. It will probably flutter around you a bit. Again, talk to him about something or read a book aloud. Do this technique at least 3 times a day for about 10 minutes.
Step 3. Now that he feels comfortable even with your hand resting on the bottom, get some bird millet ears and peel off a small piece
Slowly bring it closer to your parakeet. If it gets scared or flutters, stop. Place your hand where it is and wait for it to calm down and come closer to you. Don't be discouraged if it takes some time for him to get used to eating. Curiosity will eventually prevail, and it will begin to taste. All birds LOVE millet ears. However, do not put any in the cage until it is fully tamed. Do this at least 3 times a day until all the seeds have been removed from the ear.
Step 4. When he is used to eating the millet from your hand, open your hand and place a piece on your palm
This will force him to step on the hand to reach the mile. Do this exercise at least 3 times a day until he has eaten the whole mile.
Step 5. Now your budgie has gotten used to jumping and eating on your hand
Now open your finger and slowly move it towards his chest. If the bird does not lean on your finger, very slowly, increase the pressure until it does. If it doesn't move, great! Don't move your hand. Just hold on to it until it starts to look nervous and seems to want to jump off. Put the budgie back on the perch before it decides to fly away. This is important. If it doesn't move, wait for it to calm down again (if it flies away) and then slowly get closer again. If it flies away 5 times in a row, move away and try again later. Do this at least 3 times a day.
Step 6. Wow
Now your budgie gets on your finger! Slowly move your finger around the cage to get it used to being on your hand as it moves.
Step 7. Since he is now comfortable moving his hand even if he is resting on it, try to get him out of the cage
If he moves away from the finger to stay inside the cage, don't be discouraged. Try again before taking a break and trying again later.
Advice
- Have fun with your budgie. Don't put pressure on him when you train him and also make sure you stay calm with him so he will do the same.
- Remember to have fun and treat him well.
- Never back away if it bites you. This would teach him that if he wants to get away from you he can bite you, so he would continue to do so. In this case it is the parrot that trains you.
- Speak to him softly in a calm, soft voice (he doesn't understand what you are saying, but he means the tone of your voice).
- Make sure he's calm before letting him out.
- Make sure all windows are closed when you take him out of the cage, otherwise he may fly away.
- Do not give up! Taming a budgie takes a lot of patience, but in the end it is very rewarding.
- If your budgie starts flying around, once out of the cage, wait for it to lean somewhere and then calmly approach it and reach for it with your finger because it leans on it (it should already know your hand before exiting the cage). If he doesn't, even after a few tries, grab a towel and gently toss it on his body. Gently and firmly grab it inside the towel but quickly find the head to pull it out of the towel. Quietly release it back into its cage.
- To train your budgie to toilet properly, fill a bowl with boiled rice. This is your new toilet!
- Another way to get your budgie back to the cage is to touch its tail feathers.
- If you don't complete one of the steps after about 8 days, go back one step until you are comfortable with it.
