new budgie parent here...need help!

[leslie]

 hello nice to meet you via writing but still a blessing and pleasure, I am writing today, well posting this as I bought a younger parakeet yesterday afternoon brought it home and left it be all day and night as suggested on every page post video i ever watched! this am i checked food water, ect all well it did poop , but not moving much or making any noises ever if i talk  softly and happily  it still dose not respond just opens n shuts its beck or stares  off the other direction, like i am not even there! any tips or ideas,,,or reassurances  it is normal thanks for the help support and any help in advance. also can we post a picture of our birds on here?
Leslie-

[ffiscool]

Hi and welcome. That’s totally normal. Just keep talking softly, and blink slowly back so he/she knows you’re not a predator. Some budgies take a short time to acclimatise, some longer. It’s all a matter of patience and following it’s lead, when they’re new to you and all they’ve known

How old is it?

We’d love to see photos

[tweetiepiesmom]

Yes, this is normal. As ffiscool said keep talking to your new budgie softly and blink. When I first brought Tweetie Pie home, he didn't do anything for almost 3 days. During that time I read that budgies need sunlight so I moved his cage to a sunny window (bright but not direct sun). He immediately cheered up, chirping and singing.

[leslie]

thank you so much to both of you I can breath and stop mini pacing lol, I moved the cage to a near sunny window, AND SURE ENOUGH IT TURNED ON ITS Perch to look outside! still no sounds but better than this am! I have no idea how old it is the local pet store, family owned and ran just stated younger! very disappointing in the lack of knowledge shared during purchase actually! yet i am learning as much as i can daily so its a fun learning experience too, bonus!
I am working on pictures as we speak i have some on my phone but haven't figured out how to add them here, will post as soon as i learn how!..one more question if you could?...when is the best time to cover the cage at night, i read sunset online but i am not sure if that is exactly say true info i looked on google.com thanks again I will indeed keep in touch! you guys are awesome!!

[ffiscool]

That’s good. If you’re on your phone on this site, go to the bottom and click desktop. Once you’re in that mode and you do you’re message, you’ll see add image

Has the budgie still got the bars on its head from just above his eyes

They need quite a lot of sleep, I didn’t realise this myself way back, I think they say 10-12 hours

[leslie]

yes it still has some bars left on its forehead

[ladybird]

Has he/ she got a name yet? Sounds like could be quite young if the bars are still there. I cover my budgie Charlie for about 12 hours a night …usually around 8 pm.
I think you budgie is very lucky to have such a caring owner 👍🏻

[tweetiepiesmom]

I cover my two according to the season. When the sun goes down and its "dusk" , not yet pitch black outside, I cover them. Right now in summer, that's about 7:30pm. In the middle of winter, its about 5:30pm. Mine will let me know when its bedtime. They climb up to their sleeping spot. If I'm distracted and don't cover them, Buddy will start calling to me. They also get up when the sunlight is bright and Buddy lets me know by starting to chirp to come and uncover them. Right now that's about 7am on a sunny day. If its a cloudy day, I uncover them at 8am.

Taking care of my two guys and playing with them is the best hobby I've ever had!

[leslie]

sorry so late to reply guys I have been very busy today and of course spent a lot of birdie time today! no I havent named it yet I am hoping to "feel" a name for it I hope the picture is clear enough , trust me when i type it is much smaller than it looks in the pic, i was trying to get the bars on its forehead and its tiny hooked beak!? kinda wondering about that as well as the bottom of the beak is a greenish color, hmmm maybe i am being way to paranoid forgive me if i am, new parent mode indeed lol-

[ffiscool]

Sorry it’s not clear enough, for me at least, to tell much

It would need to be a face on photo and good lighting

[leslie]

thanks for the honesty I will continue to try for a good pic, it is a difficult task when it likes to look away, but i have set that goal...and will update when i have better photos...fingers crossed!

[Budgiefeets]

Our bird was also like this the first month, then we tryed to put our hands in the cage to see it it would step up and not be scared..we did this few days each day until our bird actualy was on our finger in the cage.

Also try and say some random noises with ur mouth or flick ur tongue or click ur teeth..any noise it can relate and know you on.

try give it fruits in th ecage from ur hand