The Next - Or perhaps the Final Step?

[rosesheep]

Greetings!

It's been almost a month since I posted my issue with the traumatized budgies.
I had my budgies being forced back to the cage in a dark room, and being helpless and unaware of how to tame them after that incident.

Gladly, with your help and the support of others, I managed to build up a somewhat bond to my budgies!

Some pictures here:





















I hope you enjoy the pictures above!

Now the only question that I have for bonding up with my budgies: What should I do next to build up trust and a great bond towards my budgies?
Currently, the blue one (named King) is stepping up onto my finger when I place my index finger in front of him, or sometimes gently poke his belly. He loves eating millet when I hold it right in front of them. Daisy in the other hand will not step up, but is not afraid of my finger being close to him.
Both enjoy eating millet out of my hand etc, and they never step back or are afraid when my hand enters the cage to adjust it or replace and refresh the food and water cup.

Although my goal is to have them come out of the cage whenever they want and also reach out to me, talk to me or perhaps hop onto my finger willingly and not fly away after just a few seconds, which King is doing right now: flying back to the perch after being on my finger for a few seconds without any millet or being moved away too far from it.

Any ideas on how to tame my budgies?
Thanks in advance guys!


Greetings
Rosesheep

[suesbird]

well done to you. Someone will ne on later to help

[Hezz]

Continue doing what you are doing, try to get Daisy to the same level of trust as King. It is a perfectly normal reaction for a budgie to fly off when it has had enough of being in one place - they are not going to stay put on your shoulder simply because you want them to; they need incentives. Food will usually do it, but you have to work on their trust and that only happens over time. It is not a process you can hurry, and the timing is not up to you - if you try to move too fast, you will lose some of their trust.

Because you have two, it is unlikely that you will form the same strong bonds with these two as you might with only one - a bird is going to always prefer its own kind to hanging about with a predator.

[helenmat]

Just keep going, patience is the key. Find things they like to eat and keep trying to tempt them. Don't pass the cage without some interaction.