Oct 8, 2011 14:18:45 GMT
ruthpaton
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Post by ruthpaton on Apr 9, 2012 18:27:34 GMT
We have a "problem" that some people might love to have... Pepito is a super friendly budgie who will fly to and land on just about anyone. I am delighted that we got such a tame budgie and didn't have to train him very much to do any of this. However, not everyone appreciates his affections as much as I do! My Mum loves him to bits and does let him land on her, but she is 82 and sometimes it gets a bit much for her if he won't leave her alone. We also sometimes have visitors who don't seem too comfortable with budgie cuddles! (Unimaginable, I know... ) I just wondered if it would be possible still to train him to only come to us when we invite him to, and if so, how I would go about this? He's now about 11 months old but is still learning new things fairly easily so I think if he is to relearn something now would be the time.
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Apr 9, 2012 19:34:51 GMT
Keep him busy with playgym and toys in the cage when you don't want him outside.
I want him though ;D
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Apr 9, 2012 19:35:51 GMT
Something like this
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Oct 7, 2011 16:29:59 GMT
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Post by MattJ on Apr 9, 2012 19:42:22 GMT
I'd think you'll struggle with teaching him not to do it now - and anything you might try could give mixed signals and effect your relationship. In this case I'd 'just' put puck back in his cage. I say 'just' cause I know its not always possible to get them in voluntarily or even involuntarily
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Feb 29, 2012 21:44:11 GMT
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Post by Bird Junky on Apr 9, 2012 22:13:55 GMT
Hi unfortunately it's because you haven't followed
a proper taming/training program. You would do well
to decide on one & follow it through. :)Yours B.J.
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Post by Hezz on Apr 10, 2012 1:07:03 GMT
I couldn't agree with Matt more! Once mum has had enough, is she able to get him back into his cage? It will only work, I feel, if mum is the one to return him. I certainly don't think it is because you haven't trained him properly. We all have variations of the same theme, and from what we know of Pepito, you and your mother have done a wonderful job and have a wonderful feathered friend because of it. As for the visitors - what are they thinking? ? Seriously though, without ruining all you have going with Pepito, I think the best option is to remove him from temptation - either into another room with his playgym, or to his cage with favourite toys. Because you don't want him getting groused at just because he is being how we would all wish him to be. Hope this helps, Ruth.
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Oct 8, 2011 14:18:45 GMT
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Post by ruthpaton on Apr 10, 2012 11:37:55 GMT
Thanks for all these replies! Pepito does have a playstand and lots of toys inside and outside his cage. I suppose that, like everything else, it will take persistence and patience... I will have a go at putting him back on his playstand or in his cage when he just lands on us, and give him treats when he flies to us when we've called him and see how that goes. He is seriously cute though - the other day I was trying to unwrap a sweet and he kept trying to get at it. After a few tries I closed my hand around the sweet to keep him away from it, but he sat himself beside my hand and said, "Thank you!" How could I say no? He got some millet instead!
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Apr 10, 2012 12:02:38 GMT
Sounds like an all fun budgie
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Feb 29, 2012 21:44:11 GMT
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Post by Bird Junky on Apr 13, 2012 11:10:20 GMT
Hello, just wondered how your getting on with your little problem? Yours B.J.
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Oct 8, 2011 14:18:45 GMT
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Post by ruthpaton on Apr 17, 2012 18:19:04 GMT
Hi B.J. We're just persevering with putting him back on his playstand or in his cage when he comes to us uninvited. He's not been too bad the past few days but I think we will be working on this for some time to come! He doesn't pester me too much but I think that's because I'm the one who plays with him most and I do call him to me. Mum plays with him quite a lot too, but is less keen on being the actual playground!
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Apr 12, 2012 12:37:25 GMT
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Post by Sarah on Apr 17, 2012 18:51:37 GMT
Can I have Pepito please? I have a very similar problem with Skye in that as soon as she sees anyone using a mobile, she'll fly straight to it. It's incredibly cute but after a while you just want to use your phone in peace! I find that if I keep taking her off and either placing her on my lap/ shoulder then she eventually gets the idea! I'm in the process of trying to teach her "home" at the moment so on some rare occasions, I just get her on my finger and gently swing her towards the direction of her cage and she will fly there. She gets lots of millet if she does it ;D
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Oct 8, 2011 14:18:45 GMT
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Post by ruthpaton on Apr 18, 2012 17:38:44 GMT
Hi Sarah, I'm usually very generous but I'm afraid you can't have Pepito! :-) He likes my mobile too - is Skye the same with cameras? It makes it quite difficult to take a photo! I'm trying to teach Pepito to go home at the moment too, he does go eventually but he first likes to play a game where he flies between the curtain rail and a lampshade, while I follow him about to shoo him off them, alll the time saying "Go home!" :-) I might try your way too, I didn't think of swinging him in that direction while he's on my finger... He has started to fly to land on top of his cage more often when I'm telling him to go home so I think he's getting the idea. He gets a treat when he does go into the cage too. My aunt has budgies and I know they will fly back to their cages from any part of the house - even upstairs - when she tells them to go home. They are such clever little birds!
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Apr 12, 2012 12:37:25 GMT
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Post by Sarah on Apr 18, 2012 20:26:40 GMT
Skye does exactly the same Ruth! I almost have to sneak up on her to get a photo. Every budgie I've ever had has found that if they sit on the curtain rail, I can't get them! They're such clever little things! I can't take the credit for teaching her to go home by swinging her. Rob came up with that idea and it seems to be starting to work. I'm much too worried about hurting her even though I know she's much more resilient than that.
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Apr 29, 2024 8:58:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2012 20:26:44 GMT
I'm still hoping that eventually there will be a day when Munchy decides to fly to me other than just landing on me after a flight because I'm next to his cage. I'm going to have to handtame him before I can teach him home put it would be so much easier if he was okay with hands, because sometimes we need him to go back in his cage when he's having fun playing and I don't like to herd him in by moving my hands towards him in case it makes him dislike them more. Also, how do you play with Pepito? I always wonder how people play with their budgies because, I know I'm boring, but I can't really figure out anything to do. It might make him more interested in me if I could think of something to try to do with him. Glad to hear everything is going well for you
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Mar 9, 2012 18:58:04 GMT
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Post by ginger on Apr 18, 2012 21:07:37 GMT
Pepito sounds just like my first budgie Joey!!
Ira - funny that Munchy will fly to you but doesnt like hands? To be able to play with him it would involve hands, so need to perservere with the hand taming.
My Jasper is a skitty bird and hates hands. I spent a long time sitting quietly with him, just putting my hand in the cage and speaking softly, winking and blinking and gradually moving my hand closer to him until he was not worried about my hand at all and I was able to hand feed him and get him to step up. I would do these in lots of little five minutes sessions each day.
Also, I play with my budgies but playing with their toys with my fingers - imitating what they would do with their beaks. When you bring them out the cage you can bring their toys out - cat balls are fun as you can play footie with them on the floor! They are the plastic balls with bells in.
I find that the budgies who dont like hands, dont mind noses as they think of that as our beak and I can stroke them with my noses and nuzzle them gently. Not had a bite.....yet......
Not sure if that helps you at all? Good luck
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