Parakeet training trouble?

I’ve had my parakeet for over 6 months. I got her to hop onto my finger if I have a cheerio or millet. She won’t come onto my finger unless I have food. Please Help?!

Also, I have two parakeets. Only one of them is finger trained. So, yesterday I let the finger trained one out of her cage. Somehow, the non-trained one got out too. I had never let them out of their cage before, so they were crashing into the walls. I’m grateful that they didn’t get hurt. But if I do let the trained one out again, how do I make the walls soft so it doesn’t sound bad if she flies into them again?

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4 comments a "Parakeet training trouble?"

Lot of variables here.

1) Talk to your parakeets everyday. Be their friend.
2) Keep pushing your finger (lightly) under the tame parakeet’s belly. Do it very softly. Eventually your parakeet will step on your finger.
3) Get another cage for now. The tamed parakeet needs more time alone. If not, the tamed parakeet will revert back to being more wild.
4) You need to train them separately. If you do, both will be tame.
5) If you want either to talk, you must do one-on-one time with each. Take the tame one out, put him/her on your finger and say the same thing over and over and over again. They’ll fall asleep eventually — but that’s ok. They’re learning.

The key is separating them and giving them a lot of quality time. A lot of repitition. Kiss them on their beak a lot too. Just be their friend.

begin by letting them know u r not scared of them and u are not going to hurt them. then begin by petting them and then put your finger rite by their legs pushing up having them “step up” and also say the word and then once they do this give them a cheerio that u had hidden so they will come to you of thier own free will. repeat this process three times a day then eventioly stop feeding them treats and soon it will become a normal habit. and if it sometimes goes wrong dont completly stop just start over or they will try to control u

well when i was younger my parents got me a parakeet. and she didn’t have her wings clipped and she had been in a cage for a while. so when i let her out she would do the same thing. shes run into walls, crash into the window…stuff like that.

then after about a month after i have been letting her out there was no improvement to her flying and coordination, and on top of that she grew sick. we took her to the vet and he said that my bird developed a brain tumor.

we told him that we had been letting her out of her cage freely for about a month now and he said that that is the cause was that(duh)and he said that if we got lucky she’d live another month.

and sadly she died three days later.

so depending on how long you’ve had your bird out of it’s cage it should be fine, but i suggest that you get a box (like a bigg t.v. box, or build ont outta wood) thats big enought to fly in and put carpet padding or nail gun a towel to each wall(for the wooden box). and put some sorta wiring (like chicken wire) at the top with a door like thing so they cant get out.

i have been using a wooden box like this for my parakeets ( i have 3 now) and they have enjoyed it and are all happy. this bow is also very in-expensive too!

(and all my bugies are 5 now and they still cant fly! lol)

oh and the hand training……… like you did with the other one …. fing its favorite food and put it over your finger… it worked with me!

Most people reccomend going into a bathroom (with the toilet lid down and doors closed) to help train budgies(the correct name for the type of parakeet you’re talking about), in the early stages of getting them more tame. You may want to have their wings clipped as well for this; not a full-blown clip, as a good clip leaves enough for them to be able to glide downwards but not gain altitude. (If you’re not familiar with how to do this, you may want to get someone to help you do it; many avian vets will do it for free as part of your check up. If you don’t have an avian vet, you can find one here) Talk to them, calm them down, stroke them if they are okay with that, etc. Giving them treats (cheerioes are safe for birds to have as treats) will also help them become more trusting of you. It’s a slow process, but they will come to trust you in time and bond to you as well. It’s very rewarding when it pays off in the end; budgies are neat pets You may want to try asking over at as well, there are alot of budgie owners over there who should be able to give you good advice as to this!

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