How to tame a budgie

Very often the owners of parrots complain that the pet is afraid to sit in his arms. That is, on the shoulder or head - with pleasure, but on the palm of your hand, it doesn’t. What to do? How to tame budgerigar? Now we find out. We warn you right away - the process is long, but effective. The main thing is not to force events. And then you will succeed.

For the first time in first class!

We bought a bird, brought it home, put it in a cage. Most new owners do what? Correctly. They begin to poke their playful legs inside, trying to stroke the parrot. What remains to the pet? Only with frenzy to fight against the rods and yell heart-rendingly. For he did not hatch manually. He is still quite wild and masterful birds.

How to do it right? First you need to ask the seller what the parrot was fed. Pour the usual food into the feeder, pour water, gently release the bird into the cage. And forget for a day. Let the parrot get used to the new situation, look around, get comfortable.

The next day, you can proceed to a new stage.

Tip. Start talking with a budgie from day one. Preferably in a steady, calm voice. Let it get used to it slowly.

Sit next to me

Do not rush to poke your hands in a cage. The pet can be so scared of hands that it will never be tamed to them. Your actions are as follows:

• calmly approached the cage
• do not stop talking with the bird
• sit nearby so that the bird can see you
• and just sit

At this time, you can do needlework or read aloud. Often enough a couple of evenings so that the budgerigar does not worry at your approach. So, the time has come for the next progress.

Give me your hand ...

At first, the parrot will be noticeably nervous, perhaps even screaming loudly and trying to fly away. Do not remove your hand immediately. Try to talk to him as before. Let him make a little noise, maybe calm down.

Repeat the procedure for several days in a row. Until the wild birds respond adequately to the hand in the cage. Just do not try to stroke the pet right now, or scratch it. Such movements will nullify your efforts, and you will have to start from the very beginning. The budgerigar is tamed gradually.

Loaf, loaf!

Most training methods are based on a certain encouragement by some treat. But taming is also a certain type of training. Therefore, the next step will be to offer our loaf budgie a loaf. Although not. It is probably best to choose his favorite grains. For example, many parrots simply adore millet. Especially in the ears.

Your actions:

• Remove absolutely all food from the feeder. To the smallest grain.
• After about 3-3.5 hours, approach the cell.
• Open the door.
• Take a treat in your hand and shove it inside.
• Do not make sudden movements.
• Wait.

As you remember, proud birds are already used to your hand. And here is the food! Yes, even hungry! Usually clever budgerigars in a minute are sitting on the master's palm and are happy to eat grains. Unconscious sits unhappily on the sidelines until they clink into a hungry faint.

While the pet is eating, you can try to pet it lightly or scratch the back, tummy.In most cases, a couple of days is enough for the parrot to get used to eating from the owner’s hands.

Take me with you…

The last step is quite simple. But, it will suit you only if the cage is cramped and you will let your feathered friend fly. If you keep a bird in an aviary, you can stop at the previous moment.

For those who will produce a parrot, you need to do the following:

• As usual, they approached the cage.
• Talk to your pet, he’s already used to it.
• Prepared a treat on the palm.
• They opened the door.
• Do not put your hand inside, but keep it at the entrance.

The parrot must see the treat. He’s already used to eating from your palm. Therefore, if not quite a fool, he quickly realizes what is required of him. Naturally, he will jump out to taste yummy. To do this, he will again have to sit on your hand.

If you did everything right, then from now on you can assume that you have a fully manual budgerigar.

Extreme way

Some sources recommend the original method of taming a budgerigar. It is based on hopelessness. All that is required is that the feathers of the feathers on the wings be trimmed on the bird. The pet will not be able to fly, and he just has to sit in his arms.

But no one gives a guarantee that after the feathers regrow, the parrot will be tamed to the owner’s palms. Such violence is far from the best option. But there are people who use similar methods.

Extreme way (crash course)

There is one recommendation that allows you to tame a budgie in your hands in just a few days. To do this, put both palms into the cage at once and hold them there. Usually a pet quickly gets tired of floundering in vain. He has no choice but to sit on his hands. Nowhere else. Usually, on the 4th day of such an execution, the parrot gets used to his hands.

But we highly recommend no such method. Because not every psyche can withstand such a training. No doubt, a budgie will sit on his hands. But he will not stop being afraid of them. And what kind of relationship is this if the pet trembles with fear at the sight of the owner?

Important Tips

Do not wave your arms over the head of the pet. In it, nature has laid the reflex that flickering from above is the shadow of a bird of prey. The parrot will forever constitute an association in the brain: the hand is a danger. Retraining it will be almost impossible.

This is later, when the bird will absolutely get used to your grip, you can already wave your hands and make sharp movements. But during taming, it is a taboo.

Do not hope that the whole process will take you a week. Some budgies are tamed only by the age of one. Others - and even longer.

Do not try to lure a proud bird with a delicious seed when it just starts to fly out of the cage. And even more so, do not try to grab him if he wanted to fly away. All hand-taming is done so that the pet is not afraid of the master's palms. And not so that you squeezed it.

Now you know how to tame the budgerigar. Try not to make mistakes, otherwise you will not be able to arouse the full confidence of your feathered friend. And until the end of his short life, he will consider you an enemy.

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