Nov 2, 2020 21:57:53 GMT
jociellama
Brand New Budgie
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Post by jociellama on Nov 2, 2020 22:15:44 GMT
I recently got my budgie on October 20th. Shes comfy in her cage and with my hand now and I've recently began to train her. She's comfortable with my hand and will eat out of it too. She also knows how to step up to my finger, but only does it when I have a treat in my hand. I've tried to show her how to do it without a treat, but she won't budge when I don't have one. Am I being a little too impatient or is she just too new to this? Any tips? Thanks
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Post by mona on Nov 3, 2020 3:51:12 GMT
Hey there!
I'll just say that mine don't come to my hand even after a year when I don't have treats in my hand.. they stare at it like "we cannot see any treats... What are you trying to do, you silly human š"
Every bird is different.. Just give her some time and she'll come around..
I generally don't expect anything from my birdies..and I just let them do whatever they want to. But, that's my approach. Someone else will also help you with other helpful tips.
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Nov 2, 2020 21:57:53 GMT
jociellama
Brand New Budgie
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Post by jociellama on Nov 3, 2020 22:14:47 GMT
Thank you so much! By the way your budgies look so cute!
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Post by Hezz on Nov 4, 2020 1:11:23 GMT
Am I being a little too impatient or is she just too new to this?
Both. She is way too new to be coming on her own free will, and yes you are being too impatient with her. Continue doing what you are doing. She is gradually building up her trust in you and treats are telling her that you are worth being around. As her trust grows there will be a time when you need to go to her cage and don't have the treat and she will be happy with that. Two weeks is a very short time. Much, much more patience will be required over the next 12 months.
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Post by Morgan on Nov 4, 2020 6:17:05 GMT
Two weeks is definitely early to be expecting her to come to you without a treat incentive. Iāve been reading a book on meeping well-behaved parrots however, and when you start to teach her other tricks (look up target training to start with), you can start to phase out treats for doing very basic things she already knows, like stepping up - because the treat comes as a reward for doing other things instead. The stepping up part is just the first step to getting to do something else fun and challenging with a treat reward at the end. Thatās the basic idea. One key note that might help if you decide to do target training - the target stick is the tool used to get your bird to do new things, and should be something that is impeccably good in your birdās mind. As such, you should always reward her for going to the stick and touching it (but donāt let her bite/chew on it!), and treats will never be phased out when using the stick because it is used to teach new things. For actual tricks, treats can be eventually phased out to giving fewer treats over longer periods of time, but not entirely. When teaching good behavior (using positive reinforcement only), treats can be phased out completely once the behavior becomes natural for your bird. Hope this helps! Marianne Marlow: is it okay to share the title of the book? I donāt want to be advertising anything in particular, but it is a really good book for training all types of parrots - including budgies.
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Nov 4, 2020 8:09:51 GMT
Yes, you can share it š Two weeks is definitely early to be expecting her to come to you without a treat incentive. Iāve been reading a book on meeping well-behaved parrots however, and when you start to teach her other tricks (look up target training to start with), you can start to phase out treats for doing very basic things she already knows, like stepping up - because the treat comes as a reward for doing other things instead. The stepping up part is just the first step to getting to do something else fun and challenging with a treat reward at the end. Thatās the basic idea. One key note that might help if you decide to do target training - the target stick is the tool used to get your bird to do new things, and should be something that is impeccably good in your birdās mind. As such, you should always reward her for going to the stick and touching it (but donāt let her bite/chew on it!), and treats will never be phased out when using the stick because it is used to teach new things. For actual tricks, treats can be eventually phased out to giving fewer treats over longer periods of time, but not entirely. When teaching good behavior (using positive reinforcement only), treats can be phased out completely once the behavior becomes natural for your bird. Hope this helps! Marianne Marlow: is it okay to share the title of the book? I donāt want to be advertising anything in particular, but it is a really good book for training all types of parrots - including budgies.
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Post by Morgan on Nov 4, 2020 8:27:26 GMT
Haha thanks Marianne Marlow! Itās āThe Parrot Wizardās Guide to Well-Behaved Parrotsā by Michael Sazhin. He has a YouTube channel and a bunch of helpful articles on his website too, but I finally caved and bought the d*mn book just to have it all in my hand in one place
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Nov 2, 2020 21:57:53 GMT
jociellama
Brand New Budgie
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Post by jociellama on Nov 4, 2020 15:24:13 GMT
Thank you all so much! I will continue to be patient with her and try my best to teach her step up
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2020 22:32:23 GMT
Her coming to you for treats is fantastic progress. I'm at the 5 month mark and my two have only this last week discovered that millet is good enough to come to me for, but they're still skittish at times when I approach them without. Your girlie will likely come to enjoy your company in time too if she's a single budgie.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Nov 7, 2020 15:19:37 GMT
I have two male budgies. Buddy was trained when I got him and would step up. Tweetie Pie came from a pet store and was not trained and very hand shy. When I put the two together, Buddy stopped stepping up but both would step up for millet. Now after 7 months of them being together, Buddy will fly onto my arm and finger to kiss me and play. Tweetie Pie always watches Buddy before he tries something. A couple days ago Tweetie Pie flew to my arm, kissed and tasted my arm some then stood and look at me as if to say "I don't get it - why is Buddy doing this" and then he flew off. I think they'll just keep getting more friendly. With some budgies, it takes longer and others pick it up quickly. Two weeks is a it soon for a budgie that is not trained. She'll come around.
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