Jul 21, 2012 17:20:14 GMT
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Post by sweetie on Jul 21, 2012 20:18:30 GMT
hi all. 3 days ago i bought a yellow faced white budgie hen who is approx 3 months old. i have the basic knowledge on how to care for her, but my problem is that she was from an avairy breeder who doesnt handle his chicks. what i need to know is if you think it will be hard to tame her (i intend to baby her!), if i need to do anything different in the taming process etc all help appriciated. she is undrstandably nervous at the moment and escaped earlier whilst i was putting her toys in, i picked her up gently but firmly and she bit me repeatedly very hard but i didnt react to it and held her for a minute stroking her head and talking to her so as not to end contact on a bad note. i think i did the right thing but am not sure and worry that the incident may have scared her further. she is a beautiful little thing and really want to get her happy and confident with me. all comments wlcome please help
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Jul 22, 2012 1:04:31 GMT
Hi and welcome to forum It does sound like that it will take a little longer to tame her but it is possible. Go through the taming and bonding threads for a lot of good general information. Members will be more than happy to answer any specific question along the way
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Post by Hezz on Jul 22, 2012 1:36:19 GMT
Hi sweetie. Welcome to budgies. Firstly most budgies don't like being held or even stroked, especially in these early stages of getting to know each other. She hasn't learnt to trust you yet and that will only come with time. And as she isn't used to human hands, she is going to take that bit longer to be comfortable with your hands near her. You need to spend a lot of short times with her, feeding her millet is a good start using shorter and short pieces so your hands are closer and closer to her. And then try getting her onto your hand to eat. These are the first big hurdles to get over. Lots of patience and plenty of persistence - these are the key to getting your little girl to where the two of you can have fun together. Until she is comfortable with your hands there really isn't any point trying to teach her anything else, so work hard and often on that and in the meantime be around her a lot talking away, not staring at her (if you are looking at her blink a lot) and get her used to your presence. Hope this is of help. PS We like photos and have you named her yet?
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Post by samwiseg on Jul 22, 2012 7:56:30 GMT
Hi Sweetie and budgie, welcome to the forum! Couldn't agree more with Hezz and once she has settled millet is ALWAYS the best training tool. Looking forward to hear how you get on and post some pictures when you can
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Post by Moogie on Jul 22, 2012 9:34:19 GMT
I got my budgie at 3-4 months old,he had never been handled before and he is my first ever budgie....It did take quite along time for him to trust me and some days i felt i was either going backwards or just no where at all...7 months on me and him are best friends but i know its still an on going process...Just hang in there and one day it will all suddenly click together and you will look back TRYING to remember the first taming days...
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Post by Hezz on Jul 22, 2012 9:51:53 GMT
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Post by sweetie on Jul 22, 2012 20:05:11 GMT
this is sweetie today she has been taking millet from me all day through the bars so very happy and she has chirped at me while i did the washing up, much more pleasant than the screeching of the past 2 days please can anyone tell me how long i should continue feeding through bars before i try feeding inside cage? thanks for all the advice Attachments:
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Post by sweetie on Jul 22, 2012 20:50:23 GMT
this was her the day i got her Attachments:
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Post by BudgiesBuddy on Jul 22, 2012 20:56:34 GMT
Great progress She is a beauty
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2012 22:52:45 GMT
this was her the day i got her very nice indeed ... .. id start feeding inside the cage now ...slow and steady ....let her come to you ... . not forgetting the soft talking and the blinking and the eyes closed for a few seconds ...see if she does it back .... ..
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Post by Hezz on Jul 23, 2012 0:29:20 GMT
As Mick says, start now. If she is happy to take seed from your hand inside the cage you can start step up training. From what you have said and from your photos, it would seem she isn't going to go through the whole "scary hands" thing, so you are ahead already. Another thing new owners sometimes get upset by is that when they bring their new budgie home, quite often it is very scared and kind of freezes when they touch it, rather than moving away. Then a bit later, as budgie feel more at home and starting to show it's personality, the bird can often start to reject the stroking/touching, whatever it is. Some people think their budgie isn't as tame as when they first got it, but it isn't that at all. It is the budgie saying in its own body language "I feel comfortable enough now to move away from your hand when you try to stroke me - I don't like that!" After you and your budgie have forged some lovely strong bonds, you may find then that budgie will allow you to give him a cheek scratch or a head scratch, especially come moulting time as it is really nice to have someone scratch an itchy head.
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Post by sweetie on Jul 23, 2012 12:33:20 GMT
Thank you everyone. Today we have progressed to her eating food from my pinched fingers in her cage and with my hand flat under her perch she will let her toes rest on my hand. So fingers crossed sometime in the next week can get her to at least venture onto my palm and had a friendly nibble on my finger but has yet to take millet from open hand. She is so beautiful and seems interested in me to some degree so going to try an remain patient and positive
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Post by samwiseg on Jul 23, 2012 14:27:21 GMT
Fantastic news! You are well on the way, wonderful feeling isn't it? Patient an positive is good you're doing really well, well done!
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Post by sweetie on Jul 23, 2012 14:42:39 GMT
Thank you!! Yes it's amazing just going to keep my head straight and try not to rush and ruin it she has already done more than I thought she would for a loooong time!!!
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Post by Hezz on Jul 24, 2012 1:25:55 GMT
Sweetie is doing very well. Keep up the good work and keep spending lots of time with her.
Instead of putting the millet in the palm of your hand, try holding it by your thumb against your forefinger with your hand on the side. This makes a skinnier profile of your hand (not so scary) and she will be able to see that you cannot grab her with that hand. This may help her decide to step up onto your finger to get to the millet if you hold it away from her a little so that it isn't directly in her face and she has to stretch for it.
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