Taming 2 older budgies together

[Shirls]

Not speaking from experience, but from what other members have said it is better to tame one budgie at a time. If you can get one reasonably tame the other one will see what to do and be easier to tame as well.

Welcome to the forum btw Tweety, Angela and yourself of course!!

[rae]

I can attest to one semi-tame bird observing a tame one and learning accordingly. Although I started out with them separate, once they were together it was even better. My oldest is two and was tamed a long while back. His new brother is about 6 months and the taming process took no time. Individual personality is a factor, but I started off with Link (younger budgie) alone during quarantine time. That got things started. Once the boys were introduced Link was even tamer, even after a day or so, because he could see how I interacted with the older budgie.

[Hezz]

There is a way to train both, even older birds, but a lot depends on you. What I love about budgies is that the more you put into them, the more you will get back from them. If you spend very little time with them, particularly as you have the two, they won't be looking for your company, they will be quite happy with their own. If your father spends time during the day talking to them, interacting with them, then they are going to feel more comfortable with him and are more likely to be happy to spend time with him. Also once you have some training in place, that is not the end of it; just like any other pet and training, the training needs to be used regularly or the animal forgets what to do.

So, training both of your older birds certainly can be done, but you are going to have to be prepared for it to take time, and not be frustrated by the slow process.