Post by lynseylu on Mar 14, 2014 23:31:40 GMT
A little bit of background firstly! Charlie is a 3 1/2 year old male. He was my grans budgie but i was always his carer. As i had never owned budgies (or even pets) i read up loads on how to care for him. Sadly my gran passed away and so he has been living with me now for the past two months. A year ago he took very ill with what was described by the vet as like a sinusitus in birds. we thought he was on his road out as did the vet however as a last ditch attempt i was given drops to put in his nose and eyes. i had to grab him every day to do this (apart from day one where he was too weak to struggle) and it was traumatic for him no doubt. He shocked us all by getting better however has never let me hand tame him.
Ive tried different methods suggested on sites, used millet spray where he will jump on my hand and eat till its done however without millet theres no jumping on my hand or finger and if i get too close i get serious bites from him (as in the hold on bite hard draw blood) . i tried tapping his beak the other day (i saw somewhere to do this) and told him no. he responded by attacking my hand! ive been patient with my hand in the cage not near him etc but he refuses to approach without a bribe. I understand after what he went through he will have fear of me but its weird, he attacks me but flys around terrified of anyone else that puts their hand in his cage as if he recognises im the one that did that to him. do you think i will ever get him hand tamed? he doesnt return to his cage if let out and i dont like causing him trauma by grabbing him and feel if he was hand tamed he would get out more.
Ive tried different methods suggested on sites, used millet spray where he will jump on my hand and eat till its done however without millet theres no jumping on my hand or finger and if i get too close i get serious bites from him (as in the hold on bite hard draw blood) . i tried tapping his beak the other day (i saw somewhere to do this) and told him no. he responded by attacking my hand! ive been patient with my hand in the cage not near him etc but he refuses to approach without a bribe. I understand after what he went through he will have fear of me but its weird, he attacks me but flys around terrified of anyone else that puts their hand in his cage as if he recognises im the one that did that to him. do you think i will ever get him hand tamed? he doesnt return to his cage if let out and i dont like causing him trauma by grabbing him and feel if he was hand tamed he would get out more.
and doesn't have time to sit still. Two of the others who were older when I got them have both taken around the 12 month mark to trust me enough to voluntarily come to me ....... it is usually for food! 