@Afaan Usman your correct, these birds are very colourful and playful if hand raised. It's confusing why they lock them up when they could have such a great life with an owner who actually wants it.
I agree! Budgies are underated and birds shouldn't be in cages if they are perfectly fine. I have friend who's boyfriend owns a budgie. It's a wonderful bird from what the boyfriend tells me, but my friend hates it. She says it's too loud and messy, to which I try to politely reminder her it's a living being with it's own agenda. I also may have jabbed at how the horses at the barn she goes too can be just as loud and messy. She just waves me off and grumbles😑. Some people just don't get it if they don't want to hear it
@@betmckenzie4164 any age of budgie doesn't matter when trying to get them back in the cage...just off the light where the cage is located(hope you have a lamp somewhere, that'll give some light) then get your budgie on your finger and wait a minute or 2...then move your budgie in to the cage. Note: budgies find slight darkness..a time to sleep...they also can't see well in without light.
My parents dont let me put them out of the cage and they say that they will never come out U have to learn them to come And how do u think they learn?! Putting them out of the cage Like this they learn
Emma Hmm Either your budgie is scared or you two don’t have a good bond I’d suggest interacting more and training with it more When did you get your budgie?
I had parakeets from the time I was about seven years old until I was 25. They were all wonderful, and I trained them myself. I never used a stick or treats to train them. We used to get them from a breeder when they were really young. They were all talkers, very tame, and lived to be about eight years old. If somebody asked me how to train them, I would really have to think about it because I don’t know it was just common sense and easy for me. Out of all the pets I’ve had in my lifetime by the way I’m 70 now, I think I enjoyed my parakeet the most. They were wonderful pets, but didn’t live long enough to my liking.
Budgies are always seen as an easy pet that just sits in it's cage all day but they are so much more! Such intelligent creatures and we'd love a flock when we move to a bigger place!
I wish to God I knew this back when I had budgies . Some never got tame. One was only semi tame. My parrotlet never tamed and ruled the home. I was always so down these little jewels weren't tame. I see now I just didn't know any better. It's great to know all of this now
My budgie i have id say is semi tame. She will step up but only when she wants to and when she is out of her cage she wont let me near her unless I'm holding millet
hi everyone ,if anyone else wants to discover how to train a parrot to talk try Pycanta Parrot Tips Protocol (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my friend got great success with it.
Quick question cause I really need it 😅. Do you have to force your bird out of the cage on the first week or do they have to come out willingly with you?? Because if you’re not supposed to force them out, i don’t know how I would do it because if I were to stick my hand it the cage, or even just put treats near my bird, it goes crazy, so the only way I would be able to get it out would be by forcing them out. I’m scared I’m just gonna have my bird grow up terrified of me.
I just recently got into learning proper care for birds after my mom having 2 caged buggies for 5-6 years. They are caged bound, eating an all seed diet, have a small store bought cage with no natural perches & 2 toys in cage at most. they also share a food bowl & I’m sure you can guess how that works out.🤦🏻♀️ I want to give these birds a good life for however long they have left. Just purchased a flight cage for them. I will be buying toys, natural wood perches & there own food bowls. Then I’m gonna try and work on changing there diet & then work on taming them. I have a lot of work to do but I’m determined.😃😅
I had a parakeet when I got my first apartment and this bird was quite the ham. She was in a tall cage and the lid was off all day. I kept her clipped and she followed me wherever I went. She had a vocabulary of a three years old! She had so much personality and she was better than a roommate. I had a basket that I kept on the bathroom counter where she perched. I’d wash my face and she would jump in my hands as I cupped the water and take a bath!! ❤️
@@ghoste_girll it’s okay to give them a mirror as long as they have one or two friends but if you see your birb spending too much time with the mirror take it out asap
I'm babysitting my neighbours budgie River. River was cage-bound and extremely skittish, seed only. The advice I got was "grab him and bring him to the other side of the apartment so he can fly a bit". Within a week we had warmed River up to going onto the outside of the cage for his food, which was huge and took him a few tries getting the courage. Then we moved Rivers food-bowl to the desk next to his cage, which after a few hours he flew out onto. Huge! Now we have him willingly flying outside his cage and around the apartment, and he's even eating other foods like carrot and spinach. He is so chirpy and much happier. His owner couldn't believe it. Thanks for the advice it's definitely helped one little bird find his wings
Princess Plague, I agree with you. My cousin was crying the other day about not being able to get a budgie because I have five. But she just isn't responsible plus the fact that she is only 6 years old. And she does not handle my birds well whenever I let her hold them
Totally agree that people seem to think that an all seed diet is okay which it't not! Just like some people refuse to believe that budgies are parrots - crazy! Great video as always guys! 😊🦜
Yup my budgie WONT eat anything else we’ve tried and tried and tried and she would rather starve than try anything new. We’ve had her for 4 years and she is pretty healthy.....
@@jd4evapodcast86 chop some vegetables and fruit small and put it on their seed, my birds are the same way but chopping it up helps them, my birds only eat it this way
I now have the Budgie I bought for my grandkids several years ago. They promised to interact with her but not as they should have. Totally a mistake on my part buying Birdie. I have introduced fresh veg and fruit. She’s not a fan. I’ll try mashed fresh fruit or veg with seeds on it. She’s so sweet but so very fearful. I also let her watch videos of Budgies so she won’t feel so lonely. She loves this! I do leave her cage open hoping that she’ll explore. This video was VERY HELPFUL so thank so very much. 🦜
Jamie: Blue, in your own words, what are the 2 biggest mistakes people make with budgies? Blue: Interrupting preening, first of all. I got my first 2 budgies as a package deal and it definitely has made it harder to interact but we're coming along nicely with hand taming despite them originally being in the situation you described.
I got my budgies together as well. We've had them over a year and I JUST got them to accept pellets. I tried so many things and people still say pellets aren't good for budgies, but I'm trusting people more informed than I am 😂. They'll now land on our hands and munch on some seed, but that's about it. I don't want to give up on these two little budgies. They are so cute and I can see so much potential with them!
I got my budgie pair from a local shop near by. The shopkeepers keep them in such a bad condition and misguide every person to just feed them packaged seed mix. These two cute little guys I got, were already bonded and together. I couldn't separate them. How painful it is to separate them from their friends and their love?! Paired budgies are difficult to tame, but I'm happy with the fact that they are both super happy with each other. They probably think I am just made to feed them different tasty food. There's so much to learn about them. Fortunately they liked sprouts and all green veggies. I mixed the new diet (veggie chops, sprouts, sprouted herb seeds, sprouted oily seeds, occassionally dry fruit powder or chunks) with the existing green veggies they liked, along with their previous seed mix too there. The seed mix lured them to eat. The healthy seed mix which they didn't like..i just grind it in the mixer and sprinkle it over their food. Just like the typical mom, i want them to have all the healthy and nutritious food, by hook or crook 😄 I made sure to mix everything well. When eating their seed mix, they accidentally started tasting other things as well..which turned out well. Decreasing the seed mix in this new diet has to be very slow..to avoid birdie frustration to non access to its addicted favorite seeds and sudden diet change for birds. Owning budgies is not less than having your own child. They need a childlike care and it's all worth it!!!! 🥰
@@KyyCantDecide Mine aren't still hand tamed.. They have taken a really long time to adjust and not be scared. I can imagine the life they were having at the local shop and that must be scary for them. Mine bonded with me via singing together and food! They used to run away too when I approached their cage. Just took some time to see that they love spinach and I used that to lure them closer to me. Now, sometimes they observe me for a long time with love.. Some of the regular training techniques actually scared them even more. So, I have just started bonding with food, songs, chats, lullabies.. 🙈 Give your birdies some time! They will come around..! Loads of love to your budgies and cockatiel. They are cute birdies.. 😍❤
I wish it would be illegal for pet shops to sell parakeets without first training the people how to properly care for them. We made all the mistakes you mentioned when we had parakeets. They never became tame. This makes me sad. We have dogs and cats now, birds would be out of the question, but I've always loved birds and miss having them. Thank you for trying to educate people on caring for birds properly. I love your videos!
I think the two biggest mistakes are: 1) Giving up when taming/training doesn't go fast enough (budgies tend to be super skittish) 2) Giving an all-seed diet (this seems to be more pervasive among budgies than any other species) Edit: Ooh, I was close!
it's the same with any prey animal, I have a rabbit that took 2-3 years from the age of 4 months old to be totally comfortable with me. All about patience and spending a lot of time socializing them
My budgie was actually trusting me quick but a couple days ago he got spooked when I moved to quick In his cage and I went back to square one because he fell off his perch
@@bella8993 is your bird kept in the cage all the time? If not I found a trick that works, which is to cut up fruits and veggies and scatter them on a flat surface with some seed sprinkled on top That was the only way mine would eat it, if I put in their cage dish they wouldn't, I guess it's because they like scavenging and are more curious about new food if they "find it" somewhere
I have 2 cockatiels that have been on pellets for years and I had tried unsuccessfully many times to get to eat veggies. Your tips and hints have been so wonderful. This morning as they were walking around on my desk ignoring the healthy veggies I watched them picking up little bits of things like seed shells and I thought to myself “what if I sprinkle their veggies around“ and I sprinkled all of their chopped up veggies around on my desk and they started picking it and eating them! I just want to tell people don’t give up! I liked your comment where you said even If it takes nine months it’s worth it
I just want to make a quick request, could we get a video dedicated to identifying when birds are bullying another bird? Also thank you for yet another helpful bird video! It does a lot for me when I try to connect or work with my mom's burbs!
Socialize them? Theo and Bondi didn't get along so she put her hand between them. And then later that day they were preening each other and she separated them to end on a high note. As for bullying, I mean, if they actively attack each other, that's a bad sign.
got my first petco budgie today, put him in the guest room to settle, talked to him a bit then left to watch care videos. immediately, walked back to the room, brought his cage out to the living room, and stuck my hand back in there to get him used to me. he’s chilling on my finger contently, grinding his beak as i type this! thanks so much!
Quick question cause I really need it 😅. Do you have to force your bird out of the cage on the first week or do they have to come out willingly with you?? Because if you’re not supposed to force them out, i don’t know how I would do it because if I were to stick my hand it the cage, or even just put treats near my bird, it goes crazy, so the only way I would be able to get it out would be by forcing them out. I’m scared I’m just gonna have my bird grow up terrified of me.
@@briv5588 I did not 😂 I brought them home when he was about 4 months old, I truly just got lucky with a less reactive bird. You have to just be super patient, my budgie liked me reading to him but you can try eating infront of him, reading to him, playing their species of bird noise on a phone or something helped me as well. Try offering treats like a long millet spray so it’s hands off, it might take a few days for them to attempt to eat the treat, but once they are reliably eating the treat from your hand is when I would start trying to target them with a target stick.
@@briv5588 you shouldn’t be forcing your bird to do anything, if your having to force them then you have gone too fast for them to understand or too fast for them to be comfortable doing it. It’s a really slow process in some cases as long as you keep trying you will be making progress towards a better relationship :)
@@elliotsmithson7014 thank you so much!!! I think I’m just stressing a bit because I want to make sure I don’t mess up to bad with my bird 😅 I want to make sure they live a happy life not trapped inside the cage :))
Really important video. People tend to underestimate animals in general but small birds and other small animals tend to be interacted with less and treated as less intelligent or lacking the capacity to really bind with people. Thanks for demonstrating that with patience, these little guys can show just how amazing they are.
This is exactly where I'm at right now! I got a budgie a couple years ago. I thought that I was doing good by not pushing. We got her a pal. He beats her up and have never gotten along. I felt sad because I couldn't let them out. I found you and learned I was probably doing things wrong. Now I'm watching this video in tears because of how guilty I feel. Now I have these beautiful babies and I can't do anything with them. My wife has been wanting to get rid of them because they're little more than obnoxiously loud furniture. This information is so valuable to me. If there's anything I can do to try and salvage a relationship with these guys, I want to learn. I appreciate so very much these budgie videos and hope that you keep making them. I want to do better, I just don't know exactly where to go from where I am.
awwee, I really hope @BirdTricks Jamie sees this! Years ago I worked with a place that had parrots, and we saw a couple come through that were rescue birds from abusive homes (people would scream and throw things at the birds because they would squak). If THOSE large parrots who never forget that abuse can be shown that its ok to trust people, your little guys can, too! Just know that they are fearful and you can't expect change over night. I am not Jamie nor am I a bird expert, but I have owned flighted parakeets and cockatiels, and its been a lot about trust building and not forcing them when they say "no". Hypothetically... If I were to be given your birds tomorrow, I would start on day 1 of Jamies advice. Considering you said one bullies the other, I would split them into 2 separate rooms. Spend solid time alone with each bird every day. Take the top of the cage off and just hang out with them without letting them hide inside their "safe" cage, read a book out loud, talk to them in a comforting tone, get them not fearful of you talking to them and go from there. There's a few videos you can see of Jamies day one interaction with some project birds, I'm sure seeing that will be helpful and figuring out how to start interacting with them. It definitely isn't too late :3
It's not too late. It will take a little more patience but it can be done. If your female is getting beat up by your male I suggest separating them if you haven't already done so. This will also help you with training your birds.
If your birds don't like each other, separate them and socialize them later. She did this with Theo and Bondi in a video. And Comet, Tusa, and Jinx in another. Order a consult if you're really stuck. There's also an Omlet cage review they did, suggest you buy two. There's a seed diet they made to convert them to that, and then all their other techniques for converting them. They have a food chart guide and a household dangers freebie on their download page. And watch tons of videos of theirs. Also heard Marlene McCohen might be a good source, though she does give her parrots plastic toys things. Also Parrot Joy and Planet Pleasures are great toy brands. Have fun! Wish I could have birds at the moment.
Listening to those little wings flap just brought a tear to my eyes!!! i had 28 little parakeets for awhile and loved the sound of their wings as they flew all around me while doing homework, or waking up to do whatever I had to do by their chirping! Loved them all, no matter what the mess was! Although, i loved being on the phone while the person on the other end struggled to hear me over them! HAHAH! I hope I can do that again one day. Taught them to give kisses. That was my favorite thing with them. Lots of beh-behs, take-ins from people who wouldn't/couldn't understand-they-need-space. Cage clean up was a pain, but soooooo worth it! Great job, kiddo! You are doing so GREAT with lil' Blueberry! I could see you as an avian vet in the future!
i got my budgie from a bird store, and once we brought him home, in a few hours he was letting me pet him and give him scratches. 💖 now he is so sweet! he loves to come on my shoulder and watch videos with me. his name is blueberry too! i love your vids! thanks so much for this video!
Another great video! I read children’s books to my budgie the first few days she was with me. It worked like a charm! She saw me as her best friend within 1,5 weeks and we are still thick as thieves❤️ i’d recommend doing this to your bird to all new budgie(or other bird) owners. The stories are short so your bird doesn’t loose attention and the happy upbeat tone of the stories make your energy very positive towards the bird. I hope this will help someone out there❤️
I've had my little man Pudgie for about two years now. It's been a wild ride that's for sure. I actually felt horrible because when i brought him home i started interacting with him right away and I was told that was wrong but now hearing this from you it makes me feel so much better
When you talked about the "birdie dating" where the bird picks its mate, it reminded me of Marlene's video where she took her finch to the bird store like the Bachelorette and told her finch, Finchy, to pick out his mate XD
How do I get my budgie out of his cage he gets on my hand but when I bring him to the cage door he goes back to the same spot the closes he comes out is when there hungry and I bribe him with millet
@@Spastic110 just gotta be patient with him heck he might already be leaving his cage when your not in the room/paying attention to him that’s what my budgie did and I’d catch him practically running back into his cage
About the cere, I’ve learned that with younger budgies as they get a little older, the more “bleaching” around the nasal holes, the higher probability it’s a girl. I think & I’m pretty confident blueberry is a girl. A beautiful one at that. 💙
0:57 Oh my gosh, my budgies LOVE taking baths in the sink. My two oldest will stay in the longest where as my third oldest will hop out sometimes and want to just sit on my shoulder until he goes back in.
Awesome to see more budgie content! I do agree that the mistakes brought up in the video are big and extremely common. However, I think there's another one that needs to be talked about, that feeds into the one about interacting with your bird. Which is, getting only one budgie. They are flock animals and need company from their own species to be truly happy. A human companion is great, but no human can beat a budgie friend. Humans can't be there 24/7, we can't preen, feed, sing, interact, etc the way budgies can with each other, so they can never get an outlet for those natural behaviours. In many countries it's illegal to keep a single budgie, simply because they are flock animals and need that budgie interaction. The general statement out there, that it's harder to tame your budgies if you have two, is a myth. This is simply not true at all. Take it from someone who has a flock of four budgies, all tame! It all comes down to how much you're willing to interact with your birds, as stated in the video.
Agreed! It's actually easier to tame two birds as one will always be the "braver" one which coaxes the other into being a little braver too! Although there are some exceptions, some birds are so antisocial with their own kind lol. My bird Mickey always ignored his kind once he bonded with me, which was super suprising to me. He came super bonded with his sibling but immediately started forgetting that when he started bonding with me. Unfortunately he's gone now but his sibling (Melody) is still here, and I need to get her a buddy soon! It'll be a lot easier to train her!
There is nothing more wonderful than a little ray of sunshine that is tame and will interact with you! It's worth taking the time. I haven't had a bird for a long time, but used to have many. I recently took on a budgie (adult female?) that was found in the woods. When the owners couldn't be found, I happily took the bird who was extremely wild! (I reluctantly clipped her wings in order to have a decent way to start with her.) After watching your video on taming tips, I began feeding her morning and evening with a millet spray. After just a few days, she is now coming willingly onto my hand to feed and even was allowing me to scratch her head this morning! Thanks for this video. I have many of the ingredients already to make a good mix and will also try a HB egg. I'm excited to have my own bird again. I love the budgies. They are so fun-loving and endearing! It really is worth spending the time to tame them in the beginning because they add so much to your life and keep you smiling!
Love you guys, can’t wait to watch more of your videos, my mistakes were rushing things with my pigeons, and not quarantining the 2 I got, also not telling family he his out of his cage. He got out today and had been missing for 6 hours. It was really windy today, I heard a bang on my window, it was him?! Luckily he was all good.
I'd say that I should send this to my daughter but I'm sure she already watched. I know the follows BirdTricks. The first time I took her to a bird show I thought I broke her. She literally stood at the entrance in awe of all the birds. The look on her face was priceless! Keep up the great informative work and thank you for the education.
Im getting two more today, that a friend decided they didn't want. They were in a room with no interactions.. now my other two will have friends to squawk at when I am not home.
My 2 budgies have a whole room and get let out at around 7:30 am and I cover their cage near 8pm and they can go in and out of their cage all day. And I’m glad your budgie has a great life as well
@@ib8954 I've got 6 budgies and I let them out as well. I put newspaper on the floor and change it every 3 days. I also open the windows every night for fresh air.
Crazy timing on this video, Jamie! Just yesterday, I was discussing adopting a budgie from the petshop I work at. He's a little grey one that gets picked on by the other budgies (sold the last two yesterday, though, so now he's alone...) I'm not sure what happened to him, but he was missing his tail feathers and primary flight feathers. The tail has grown back, but his wings are still messed up... I'm thinking clipping gone wrong... So there's a bit of a dilemma. Even if someone does show interest in him, I'm worried they're just interested because of his weird way of walking (because of his tail) and his stumpy wings (which I'll admit, do make him look cute, however sad that is). The other option is handing him back to the supplier, which will most likely be the end of the line for him... So yeah... I may have kind of sorta already given him a name.... Just have to discuss with my boss to keep him in the shop until I get my own place (hopefully soon) since my parents won't have him in the living room and my bedroom gets too cold in the winter... Fingers crossed!
Oh dear that’s a dilemma! If your bedroom is too cold you can get a bird safe heater for your room/cage, but a MUST if it’s in your room is an air purifier, because you can get really sick otherwise. The birds tail was probably lost out of stress or as self defense when another budgie attacked it. I wish you the best of luck, but highly suggest you do some intense researching first!
@@theroyalbeepboop Nah, my bedroom is just not an option. Even if I were to get a heater and air purifier, the bird and I would probably bother one another too much. Plus, there's practically no room for a decent sized cage + free roam. His cage-mates in our shop didn't really attack him, thankfully (if that were the case, we would have of course switched cages). We thought they were fine being housed together, the others just didn't seem to interact with him a lot. But I noticed a few days ago that at least one of them was cornering him and pushing him against a wall. Looked really mean... But what happened to him before we got him, I'll probably never know. And in regards to research, I luckily already know quite a bit about birds. I'm a vet tech (just not currently working as one) and I already own an Amazon parrot. I also own most of the training courses and the cookbooks made by Jamie and Dave. This would be a perfect excuse to buy their budgie training course as well! ;)
Sherloki you’re probably right if you think that it’d be too loud in your room, I wish you the best of luck finding a place to move into, and maybe for the time being asking your boss if the budgie can be caged separately/mark the bird as not for sale if you truly intend to buy it
@@theroyalbeepboop Yeah, I'm gonna see if it would be alright to put him in one the empty cages, or to already purchase him and a cage and just house him near the other birds with an info card. Added bonus: that way he would already be mine and I can change his diet and just set up the cage the way it should be. I'll finally be able to show customers how birds should be housed. Or at least the minimum...
I work at a really great independent pet store. I have never had birds (and don't give out advice on them), but we sell birds at our store. I love your channel as it lets me share the right advice with the customers. I will defiantly be sharing the advice from this video. From the bottom of my heart than you for creating the content that you do, my customers will thank you.
I could watch Blueberry munching away for hours! SO CUTE! My budgies really frown upon me staring at them while they eat so its a good way to get a cuteness fix 😁
Lovely video as always! I would like to make an exception with the seed based diet part. My dear family member Jaam (Guava in our language because he's a "normal" green budgie), passed away last month. His life was a seed based diet as we tried to convert him earlier but no success. He passed away at nearly 15 years of age. Fair enough while I was initially skeptical, the seeds we gave him had all the nutrient supplements in it so that worked out there. Combine that with us making sure he got exercise and whatnot. That being said, I still agree 100% about the diet. Yeah they are parrots sure, but they are still like us. A healthy balanced diet of fresh and seeds. I really miss him, he taught me to enjoy life, be happy, and do your best to take care of yourself when you are unwell.
Well. Cheap they may be, but between the cage, toys, perches, and food, I spent a pretty penny let me tell you! I didn’t think it was gonna be that expensive, but I love my two budgies and they are the reason I wake up in the morning now.
So many birds these days come from bad situations. Whether it’s abuse or neglect or just an owner who’s not a knowledgeable handler. Anxiety is difficult for humans so it must be tenfold for birds who can communicate with their owners. This bird is so lucky to have this owner and you available to help nip it in the bud before he starts acting out or self-harming. Keep up the great work.
I was watching this video with my new budgie and she started calling out to blue when blue chirped! Hamah so cute I only bought 1 budgie I hope it wont get sad. I might get another one eventually but she is fine for now. She's in her new cage and she's really chilled :)
I just found your channel like 2 hours ago and I’ve been thinking about getting a parakeet. Just as I was thinking that, you uploaded this! Thank youuu ❤️
I have 2 cockatiels that are out of the cage 24/7 unless we both go away because we have a dachshund who is very good with them, but they call me then come look for me when i’m out of the room for too long. My granddaughter just got a parakeet so she’ll love these videos. She’s always been good with birds,thanks!💕🐞
I found this very interesting...and not just for budgies. I have heard over the years when you get a new bird give them time etc... But I have always started working with my new birds immediately. One was given to me because she couldn't be handled without gloves because she was such a bad biter (a cockatiel). I began interacting with her immediately and within two days she was stepping up and within a week she was hooked on head scratches. I have had her 5 years now and she has never bitten me. She is a little love.
I’d like to see a video on how to overcome the mistakes us newbies make in our training routine when our little buddies become too fearful to interact.
Your videos have helped me so much with my two new babies I got a few weeks ago. I am working so much with them. I just bought your course and some toys for them too from your website. The store sold me on this hanging cage, but I really think it is way too small, so we will build a big cage for them. I also bought them a playground, and today was their first day in it. I love how curious parakeets are! I am going to work on target training as their wings grow out. They still are scared of me sometimes but seem to be food motivated. I work with them every day and will earn their trust soon enough! Thanks for all these information
Where can I find out more about first day interaction? How do you get them to go to a safe place at night? How would you get them to go back to their cages while you are using the oven or something? We would love to get a budgie soon for our family but would like to do things the right way. Also, how do you control the poop/mess all over the house?
Hi Jamieleigh, I'm so thankful that you got Blueberry & have been doing videos of her. I've watched so many of your vids on the bigger birds & found them inspirational. I'm delighted by the recent budgie content, as I imagine many other people are who own these hugely popular birds. Thank you so much. x
Thank you, I tried everything to get mine to eat veggies and fruits and so far they only are receptive to apple and I think that's a texture preference; they like crunchy so I will try green beans and the lettuce stalks and try carrots again
I had a budgie that I miss so much. He was the best buddy to my husband and myself. I spent a lot of time with him when I first got him and he just kept learning. It doesn’t take much to have a friend. He also had quite a vocabulary.👍🐦
Blueberry is adorable 😍 Seeing people “bathe” their birds when they’re tiny birds directs under they water stream is one of the things I see so often and it breaks my heart to see them so stressed and it praised by everyone who sees it. Just thought I’d say it gets on my nerves.
i mean... that's just how some birds prefer to bathe. some prefer wet greens to roll in... some like a trickle of water... some would rather just hop right in the shower with you (though that's usually for larger birds). and it isn't like they're just stuck in a sink and abandoned. there's a person right nearby to help them out if they want to leave... or they could just fly off if they didn't like it.
Many small birds are attracted to the sound of running water, e.g. bird baths. When I clean my deck, my hummingbirds will often come the second the water starts dripping on the patio below. In the video, you can see Blue stops bathing when Capri turns off the water but he/she gets right back into it when the water is turned back on.
Our cockatiel is a weirdo and wont bath in a bowl but loves trying to bath in streams of water, we even have a video of him trying to bath in the stream of water as we do water changes on the fish tanks 🤣 (dont worry we dont let him as that water is dirty)
@@tzxazrael Sometimes they get stuck under the water because it's so heavy on them, or they get paralysed by fear and can't move. It's super dangerous because the water can get into their lungs and drown them. Also, even though they have a human nearby to help them- if the human doesn't understand that it's so dangerous and that it's not enjoying it, it's actually frozen in fear, then they don't help them because they think they're perfectly fine!
I understand your concern. I tried many ways to introduce bathing to my budgie and staying under the water stream in the sink was his favourite. I made sure it was the right temperature and not too heavy. He absolutely loved it, no stress. He would run around, get wet and super fluffy. He would come flying in the bathroom when I told him it was time for a bath. :-)
My first budgie was sunny, this was 55 years ago, had several budgies since then. Love budgies, my last budgie was buddy, cleaned my teeth, flied on my head, had him for 4 years.
She's so sweet! Thank you. We made the mistakes many years ago. I got my daughter 2 parakeets. It was awful. They were good with each other...probably why they never tried to mimic us...but they were biters. She came crying once with Nipper..well what can I say...on the end of her finger refusing to let go. Never had much info until years later. She is 41 now and has raised and rescued so many different creatures including 4 lovely sweet doves. They love sink baths and stitches. It's good to have this info now as she has 3 older kids that may want birds and we have a place to learn. My Mom had finches. And a minah when she was young. I'd love to have one but Idk about safety here so...we do have other pets.🙏🐾🐦🎃
I feel awful. I got a parakeet in the mid to late 00s because I wanted one when I was a few years older than Capri. I thought that bird was badly behaved. We made almost all the classic mistakes of an impulse purchase: cage far too small, all-seed diet, didn't tame the bird down enough, etc. I think the one most major, common mistake we _didn't_ make was keeping the bird fully flighted and just generally letting it fly around a lot of the day. It bonded with my dad pretty closely, so he was the one to do the major handling stuff. But we also had cats. So that was why we didn't clip. The blame lies mostly on my parents for letting me get it in the first place. But proper care like the standards we have now just didn't really exist back then either. I'm not saying I'm blameless for the unintentional neglect. It's just hard when this sort of information wasn't really available at all.
I agree. Even my own information and knowledge has evolved so much in the past 16 years - I wasn’t as aware as we are now and we all start somewhere. None of us are born knowing, we have to learn and then continue to learn to evolve with the right information 💙
As long as it’s done in good faith and you are open to new information and improving, it’s a step in the right direction. Neglect out of laziness or carelessness or the like is inexcusable imo.
My budgie of 10 years (Billy) died just yesterday - I miss him so much :'( I inherited him from my Mother in Law who sadly passed away three years ago. He was a shop-bought seed diet, cage lover, pulled out his flight feathers and refused to come out until we took him home. In the end he loved being out of the cage with us and adored sharing fresh food with us. Sadly we couldn't break the habit of feather pulling and he was never a "flyer", but he tried is hardest. I know it was the all seed diet that caused his short life, which we were working on over time, but I'm comforted by the confidence he had gained over the few years we had him. A totally different bird - such a sweet and loving soul. You'll be greatly, greatly missed, my Billy Boy - the house isn't the same without your music xx
Ok before I watch. I want to note how I have seen budgies in small travel size carriers stuffed with like five birds. No space. Basically left in a cage with little room to be viewed like beta fish. Hardly interacted with. Also their size may make people think they aren't much but they are such great companions. And as you've mentioned they are cheap so an impulse buy.
A budgie is about the least expensive package of happiness and love you can buy. I got one for my 13th birthday. I'm 58 now, and I still miss that little guy.
@@BirdTricks )Blush( He was a very loving little blue and white sweetie, looking much like Blueberry. LOVED to dance to David Bowie's 'Fame' and to sit on my shoulder and play with my hair (my hair also being only a memory now....) Budgies are just so amazing.
I noticed that when we see Blueberry in videos, the other birds aren’t generally around. Do you keep him/her away from the larger parrots for safety reasons or something else? Or do you let them interact and we just dont usually see it happen?
TLDR: BirdTricks are Amazing and what they do really helps. Thank you. I've been watching BirdTricks for over a year now and I am really really thankful for the information they provide. I found them when I was looking at pets and have continued to be impressed by the upfront way they talk about why birds Don't always make good pets, and more importantly how people aren't always in the right position to be a good owner. Now almost a year and a half after I started weighing pros and cons I recently purchased my own Budgie Sonnet. I cannot stress enough how much BirdTricks has succeed in helping me understand my bird and the peace of mind that has given me. I am the Proud owner of their season feeding system (well worth it) and have been able to guide the people (Adults and children) around me in healthy positive interactions with Sonnet. My husband enjoys target training and just this morning Sonnet made his first signalled flight to my hand!! I cannot stress the amount of people who've been surprised by his willingness to interact, or sadly the amount of people who have or know of a bird that "just doesn't like people" / "won't leave their cage" So Thank you, thank you for what you do and the information and awareness you share. I know it's helped me and Sonnet personally and hopefully all the people I've been able to talk to that felt sad and helpless like there was nothing they could do. Thank you.
I have been looking up and watching videos for years, then getting the cage set up, knowing everything I can about food. Then getting the birds. I think knowledge before birds is the key!
I think we need a vet to show us how to hold a bird ....fan the wing gently...and trim on an angle. A vet showed me years ago on my budgie and it was quite simple actually. Easier than cutting a cats nails maybe or dog. 🦜
Jamie you uploaded this at the perfect time for me! I have been stuck about what bird I want I did want a bigger bird as I have never had small birds and I woke up to my mum reading out a message from a ladie saying she had a budgie if I wanted it at first I was like ehh? A budgie they are so small but now I’m like hell yes budgies for life!
Aww he's/she's so cute just like my blue💙 I got two little budgies (blue and tweety) as a gift and it is really hard trying to interact with them both... Blue is more comfortable with me around and tweety is still very nervous, flies around whenever I come near his side of the cage ☹️ does anyone have any tips on how I can tame both at the same time?
Joey came to his home around 2 months ago and he's talking, taking showers under the kitchen tap, flying to me, allows me to clean his perches whilst still in his house (I don't like the word cage). Apart from when I'm out of the house, his door is open all the time. I'm retired so we're good company for each other. Thank you for your video.
When I got my second cockatiel I brought mine with me to the breeder were he stayed for like one or two days so he could search himself an companion. They get along wonderfully and now I have two incredibly peacefull an harmonic birds . It`s beautifull!
When I was getting a store bought budgie to eat veggies, I'm sure me chewing on RAW broccoli and showing the bird it was food would have been a hoot of a video. (I formed a relationship with the bird and after a week, showed it and it started eating it. The carrot and bell pepper was easy - but that raw broccoli? YUK! lol)
@@GigiLovesLola BUT ... I bet you didn't have to pull a face for the apple ? (if you had to eat it? LOL ) FYI .... easy on the apple - its high in sugar and they don't need it, but Im sure you know that :-)
0:46 top 2 mistakes are leaving them in the cage and never considering that they could be tamed and taken out. And thinking there a good pet for kids and thinking there not like big birds and can sit in a cage for your child to look at. Also I have my birds on a pellet and seed mix at the moment and I give them chop every day. Also I left my budgie in his cage for 4 days before I interacted. But I sat outside his cage and talked to him. And I pushed him out of his comfort zone as soon as I started interacting with him. I’ve only had him for a little while and taming is going a little slower then I wanted. But I’m not a professional so 🤷♀️ I’m doing what I can :)
No matter what I open RUclips for, I end up watching bird videos from this channel and the other two. I'm not the kind of person, who usually comments on social media public platforms, still here I'am due to the birdie love you guys have. The budgie diet plan from your channel really helped me get a jumpstart on the conversion from seed mix to healthy diet. I have been learning a lot from this channel about birds. You guys are definitely like the bird whisperer..! Thank you for sharing your experience and tips with us! It really helps a lot! ❤
Lisa Summer ohhh noo! R That’s alright because once it sheds a few times, it should grow back. You can then teach it to fly, depending on the age (cause a lot of older budgie’s can’t fly no matter how hard u try)
I made a huge mistake clipping my 1st birds wings. I got a 2nd one though amd didn't clip them. I cant wait for my 1st bird's wings to grow back so she can fly higher! ☺😊
When I first started raising birds when I was really young, I thought birds were just for looking at because of the way they are portrayed in movies. I also thought birds only ate seeds. I fed my birds lots of seeds.(bad idea)wild birds in the wild can eat as many seeds as they want, because they are not in captivity and fly a lot a get lots of exercise. A bird in captivity needs fresh food, seeds, etc. I did some research and gave my birds a healthier diet and let them roam freely in the morning. (With supervision so they dont get into accidents)
Blueberry is such a sweet girl! :D I have my four, very tame, happy and healthy budgies, and it makes my heart flutter to see someone with a platform speak for the little guys! They tend to be what you make them and people often underestimate their intelligence and how demanding they actually are. Small birds, but big personalities.
I'm so glad I didn't do those mistakes when I got my budgies. I had them on an all-seed diet at first, but then slowly tried to switch it. They got really scared of the veggies and fruits but eventually got used to it. I sadly had to rehome them, but they live in a great home with an experienced bird owner
People really don’t think good for budgies as they are widely available and are cheap. They need love and affection as any other bird
Yes. I see many local breeders having these birds locked up in cages
@Afaan Usman your correct, these birds are very colourful and playful if hand raised. It's confusing why they lock them up when they could have such a great life with an owner who actually wants it.
I agree! Budgies are underated and birds shouldn't be in cages if they are perfectly fine. I have friend who's boyfriend owns a budgie. It's a wonderful bird from what the boyfriend tells me, but my friend hates it. She says it's too loud and messy, to which I try to politely reminder her it's a living being with it's own agenda. I also may have jabbed at how the horses at the barn she goes too can be just as loud and messy. She just waves me off and grumbles😑. Some people just don't get it if they don't want to hear it
@@avatravis5073 Has she watched any videos of BirdTricks? Or maybe you could get her boyfriend to explain a bit.
They hate my love. And my presence
Top mistake: accepting the budgie as a "scared little bird" and never giving them the space to be the confident bird they can be.
My budgie has been out o his cage for 14 hours and cant get his bk in his cage he is about 17 weeks old I got him about a week ago thnk you
@@betmckenzie4164 any age of budgie doesn't matter when trying to get them back in the cage...just off the light where the cage is located(hope you have a lamp somewhere, that'll give some light) then get your budgie on your finger and wait a minute or 2...then move your budgie in to the cage.
Note: budgies find slight darkness..a time to sleep...they also can't see well in without light.
Top mistake: leaving them in the cage permanently, and never really interacting with them. Oh, love the jacket Jamieleigh 👍🏻
That always makes me sad.
Also buying them sometimes
My parents dont let me put them out of the cage and they say that they will never come out
U have to learn them to come
And how do u think they learn?!
Putting them out of the cage
Like this they learn
My budgie doesn't wanna come out of the cage though😳
Edit 2 months later: He loves to be outside and its a struggle to get him in the cage 😅
Emma Hmm
Either your budgie is scared or you two don’t have a good bond
I’d suggest interacting more and training with it more
When did you get your budgie?
I had parakeets from the time I was about seven years old until I was 25. They were all wonderful, and I trained them myself. I never used a stick or treats to train them. We used to get them from a breeder when they were really young. They were all talkers, very tame, and lived to be about eight years old. If somebody asked me how to train them, I would really have to think about it because I don’t know it was just common sense and easy for me. Out of all the pets I’ve had in my lifetime by the way I’m 70 now, I think I enjoyed my parakeet the most. They were wonderful pets, but didn’t live long enough to my liking.
That's my only downside.
I wished parakeets lived to be 20-30 years. There such amazing pets and have soo much personality.
Budgies are always seen as an easy pet that just sits in it's cage all day but they are so much more! Such intelligent creatures and we'd love a flock when we move to a bigger place!
Do you know how soon that would be!?😆 Within a year..? A couple months... a couple years?
@@alanahjade27 Not too quickly I'd imagine given our current income sadly lol
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I wish to God I knew this back when I had budgies . Some never got tame. One was only semi tame. My parrotlet never tamed and ruled the home. I was always so down these little jewels weren't tame. I see now I just didn't know any better. It's great to know all of this now
Better late than never not to sound corny
Yeah same but with love birds I have 6 I was semi bonded with one then I lost that bond somehow someway I scared it I doesn't let me poke it anymore
My budgie i have id say is semi tame. She will step up but only when she wants to and when she is out of her cage she wont let me near her unless I'm holding millet
hi everyone ,if anyone else wants to discover how to train a parrot to talk try Pycanta Parrot Tips Protocol (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my friend got great success with it.
Quick question cause I really need it 😅. Do you have to force your bird out of the cage on the first week or do they have to come out willingly with you?? Because if you’re not supposed to force them out, i don’t know how I would do it because if I were to stick my hand it the cage, or even just put treats near my bird, it goes crazy, so the only way I would be able to get it out would be by forcing them out. I’m scared I’m just gonna have my bird grow up terrified of me.
I just recently got into learning proper care for birds after my mom having 2 caged buggies for 5-6 years. They are caged bound, eating an all seed diet, have a small store bought cage with no natural perches & 2 toys in cage at most. they also share a food bowl & I’m sure you can guess how that works out.🤦🏻♀️ I want to give these birds a good life for however long they have left. Just purchased a flight cage for them. I will be buying toys, natural wood perches & there own food bowls. Then I’m gonna try and work on changing there diet & then work on taming them. I have a lot of work to do but I’m determined.😃😅
Sounds great. Tell me how that goes.
Please update us on how it goes! I'm in the same position
Keep us updated! And loads of respect that you decided to better their life!
Update?! 🥺💖
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I had a parakeet when I got my first apartment and this bird was quite the ham. She was in a tall cage and the lid was off all day. I kept her clipped and she followed me wherever I went. She had a vocabulary of a three years old! She had so much personality and she was better than a roommate. I had a basket that I kept on the bathroom counter where she perched. I’d wash my face and she would jump in my hands as I cupped the water and take a bath!! ❤️
Mine used to hang on the bathroom mirror as I got ready in the morning
Leaving them alone in a cage with a MIRROR (and then wondering why they're antisocial & crazy)? 🤦🏻♀️
I... I bought mine a mirror ;-;
@@ghoste_girll take it out all they do is become obsessed with looking at themselves
@@madeyalookc5319 Sounds like every woman 🤪
@@Callatis bruh
@@ghoste_girll it’s okay to give them a mirror as long as they have one or two friends but if you see your birb spending too much time with the mirror take it out asap
I'm babysitting my neighbours budgie River. River was cage-bound and extremely skittish, seed only. The advice I got was "grab him and bring him to the other side of the apartment so he can fly a bit". Within a week we had warmed River up to going onto the outside of the cage for his food, which was huge and took him a few tries getting the courage. Then we moved Rivers food-bowl to the desk next to his cage, which after a few hours he flew out onto. Huge!
Now we have him willingly flying outside his cage and around the apartment, and he's even eating other foods like carrot and spinach.
He is so chirpy and much happier. His owner couldn't believe it.
Thanks for the advice it's definitely helped one little bird find his wings
one of the many mistakes with budgies is getting them for children who don't know how to treat small animals.
Princess Plague, I agree with you. My cousin was crying the other day about not being able to get a budgie because I have five. But she just isn't responsible plus the fact that she is only 6 years old. And she does not handle my birds well whenever I let her hold them
Uh im a kid and i foster birds so often and I treat them good
@@lyraandthebudgies5571 Most kids are able to while some kids can't. I was able provide the needs when I was a child.
Luna Clayton well some kids know how to treat animals well. Some kids are more mature than others. Fostering birds is a good thing tho. Good job 👍
Yes I agree kids can be very rough and too excited
Budgies are badass lil birdos. Big attitude, a hearty spirit, and the happiest chirps you ever did hear.
Totally agree that people seem to think that an all seed diet is okay which it't not! Just like some people refuse to believe that budgies are parrots - crazy! Great video as always guys! 😊🦜
Well for me they are scared of fruit I will cut it to where its tiny and they still are scared
Yup my budgie WONT eat anything else we’ve tried and tried and tried and she would rather starve than try anything new. We’ve had her for 4 years and she is pretty healthy.....
Maybe mix some seeds in her chop?
@@aparnaeaswar5246 ok I'll try
@@jd4evapodcast86 chop some vegetables and fruit small and put it on their seed, my birds are the same way but chopping it up helps them, my birds only eat it this way
I now have the Budgie I bought for my grandkids several years ago. They promised to interact with her but not as they should have. Totally a mistake on my part buying Birdie. I have introduced fresh veg and fruit. She’s not a fan. I’ll try mashed fresh fruit or veg with seeds on it. She’s so sweet but so very fearful. I also let her watch videos of Budgies so she won’t feel so lonely. She loves this! I do leave her cage open hoping that she’ll explore. This video was VERY HELPFUL so thank so very much. 🦜
Too mistakes: diet, cage size, or lack of interaction because they think the bird can’t be tamed
WRONG - This is the biggest mistake (though we have made the ones you mention). ruclips.net/video/xPdTuZGOkYo/видео.html
@@davidcorelli556 Mineral block, you could file it down. yeh change diet, less seeds
It’s disgusting how people don’t do research!
I love your personality, and how much you know about these tiny cuties
Jamie: Blue, in your own words, what are the 2 biggest mistakes people make with budgies?
Blue: Interrupting preening, first of all.
I got my first 2 budgies as a package deal and it definitely has made it harder to interact but we're coming along nicely with hand taming despite them originally being in the situation you described.
how did u do it ? please i have the same issue buttt my 2 budgies were in shittt lifes poor them and they dont know what millet spary is nor toys
I got my budgies together as well. We've had them over a year and I JUST got them to accept pellets. I tried so many things and people still say pellets aren't good for budgies, but I'm trusting people more informed than I am 😂. They'll now land on our hands and munch on some seed, but that's about it. I don't want to give up on these two little budgies. They are so cute and I can see so much potential with them!
I got my budgie pair from a local shop near by. The shopkeepers keep them in such a bad condition and misguide every person to just feed them packaged seed mix. These two cute little guys I got, were already bonded and together. I couldn't separate them. How painful it is to separate them from their friends and their love?! Paired budgies are difficult to tame, but I'm happy with the fact that they are both super happy with each other. They probably think I am just made to feed them different tasty food. There's so much to learn about them. Fortunately they liked sprouts and all green veggies. I mixed the new diet (veggie chops, sprouts, sprouted herb seeds, sprouted oily seeds, occassionally dry fruit powder or chunks) with the existing green veggies they liked, along with their previous seed mix too there. The seed mix lured them to eat. The healthy seed mix which they didn't like..i just grind it in the mixer and sprinkle it over their food. Just like the typical mom, i want them to have all the healthy and nutritious food, by hook or crook 😄 I made sure to mix everything well. When eating their seed mix, they accidentally started tasting other things as well..which turned out well. Decreasing the seed mix in this new diet has to be very slow..to avoid birdie frustration to non access to its addicted favorite seeds and sudden diet change for birds. Owning budgies is not less than having your own child. They need a childlike care and it's all worth it!!!! 🥰
Same! I got 2 budgies and they are buddies but it's so hard to tame them, I cant come near the cage without them running away
@@KyyCantDecide Mine aren't still hand tamed.. They have taken a really long time to adjust and not be scared. I can imagine the life they were having at the local shop and that must be scary for them. Mine bonded with me via singing together and food! They used to run away too when I approached their cage. Just took some time to see that they love spinach and I used that to lure them closer to me. Now, sometimes they observe me for a long time with love.. Some of the regular training techniques actually scared them even more. So, I have just started bonding with food, songs, chats, lullabies.. 🙈 Give your birdies some time! They will come around..! Loads of love to your budgies and cockatiel. They are cute birdies.. 😍❤
I wish it would be illegal for pet shops to sell parakeets without first training the people how to properly care for them. We made all the mistakes you mentioned when we had parakeets. They never became tame. This makes me sad. We have dogs and cats now, birds would be out of the question, but I've always loved birds and miss having them. Thank you for trying to educate people on caring for birds properly. I love your videos!
I think the two biggest mistakes are:
1) Giving up when taming/training doesn't go fast enough (budgies tend to be super skittish)
2) Giving an all-seed diet (this seems to be more pervasive among budgies than any other species)
Edit: Ooh, I was close!
Im 99% sure my budgie is stubborn and temperamental af
it's the same with any prey animal, I have a rabbit that took 2-3 years from the age of 4 months old to be totally comfortable with me. All about patience and spending a lot of time socializing them
My budgie was actually trusting me quick but a couple days ago he got spooked when I moved to quick In his cage and I went back to square one because he fell off his perch
my birds refuses to eat anything but seed and starve themselves when i mix in pellet 😭😭😭
@@bella8993
is your bird kept in the cage all the time? If not I found a trick that works, which is to cut up fruits and veggies and scatter them on a flat surface with some seed sprinkled on top
That was the only way mine would eat it, if I put in their cage dish they wouldn't, I guess it's because they like scavenging and are more curious about new food if they "find it" somewhere
I have 2 cockatiels that have been on pellets for years and I had tried unsuccessfully many times to get to eat veggies. Your tips and hints have been so wonderful. This morning as they were walking around on my desk ignoring the healthy veggies I watched them picking up little bits of things like seed shells and I thought to myself “what if I sprinkle their veggies around“ and I sprinkled all of their chopped up veggies around on my desk and they started picking it and eating them! I just want to tell people don’t give up! I liked your comment where you said even If it takes nine months it’s worth it
I just want to make a quick request, could we get a video dedicated to identifying when birds are bullying another bird? Also thank you for yet another helpful bird video! It does a lot for me when I try to connect or work with my mom's burbs!
I agree with this have been thinking of getting my budgie a friend but am unsure what too look for when getting them use too each other
Socialize them? Theo and Bondi didn't get along so she put her hand between them. And then later that day they were preening each other and she separated them to end on a high note. As for bullying, I mean, if they actively attack each other, that's a bad sign.
Man, what a great suggestion!
got my first petco budgie today, put him in the guest room to settle, talked to him a bit then left to watch care videos. immediately, walked back to the room, brought his cage out to the living room, and stuck my hand back in there to get him used to me. he’s chilling on my finger contently, grinding his beak as i type this! thanks so much!
1. Tiny cages and never letting them out
2. Underestimating how clever they are
Tonje Waitz They’re smart little birds!
I have always been led to believe the second one, I want a/some budgies now
Seeing as my budgie found out how to squeeze through the bars of their old cage,budgies can be master escapist!
@@XxBlueInkxX mine learned how to open the cages and leave
edit: it was a cage where you just lift the door open.
@@ximena6001 did you end up buying a padlock?
Just the sounds Blueberry makes, makes me so happy, I’ve always loved the sound of Budgies, Galahs, Cockatoo’s etc some people think I’m crazy 😝
when i got my budgie i interacted with him the first day todays a week later. Hes stepping up, and targeting happily
Quick question cause I really need it 😅. Do you have to force your bird out of the cage on the first week or do they have to come out willingly with you?? Because if you’re not supposed to force them out, i don’t know how I would do it because if I were to stick my hand it the cage, or even just put treats near my bird, it goes crazy, so the only way I would be able to get it out would be by forcing them out. I’m scared I’m just gonna have my bird grow up terrified of me.
@@briv5588 I did not 😂 I brought them home when he was about 4 months old, I truly just got lucky with a less reactive bird. You have to just be super patient, my budgie liked me reading to him but you can try eating infront of him, reading to him, playing their species of bird noise on a phone or something helped me as well. Try offering treats like a long millet spray so it’s hands off, it might take a few days for them to attempt to eat the treat, but once they are reliably eating the treat from your hand is when I would start trying to target them with a target stick.
@@briv5588 you shouldn’t be forcing your bird to do anything, if your having to force them then you have gone too fast for them to understand or too fast for them to be comfortable doing it. It’s a really slow process in some cases as long as you keep trying you will be making progress towards a better relationship :)
@@elliotsmithson7014 thank you so much!!! I think I’m just stressing a bit because I want to make sure I don’t mess up to bad with my bird 😅 I want to make sure they live a happy life not trapped inside the cage :))
@@briv5588 Of course! Good luck :?
Really important video. People tend to underestimate animals in general but small birds and other small animals tend to be interacted with less and treated as less intelligent or lacking the capacity to really bind with people. Thanks for demonstrating that with patience, these little guys can show just how amazing they are.
This is exactly where I'm at right now! I got a budgie a couple years ago. I thought that I was doing good by not pushing. We got her a pal. He beats her up and have never gotten along. I felt sad because I couldn't let them out. I found you and learned I was probably doing things wrong. Now I'm watching this video in tears because of how guilty I feel. Now I have these beautiful babies and I can't do anything with them. My wife has been wanting to get rid of them because they're little more than obnoxiously loud furniture. This information is so valuable to me. If there's anything I can do to try and salvage a relationship with these guys, I want to learn. I appreciate so very much these budgie videos and hope that you keep making them. I want to do better, I just don't know exactly where to go from where I am.
awwee, I really hope @BirdTricks Jamie sees this!
Years ago I worked with a place that had parrots, and we saw a couple come through that were rescue birds from abusive homes (people would scream and throw things at the birds because they would squak). If THOSE large parrots who never forget that abuse can be shown that its ok to trust people, your little guys can, too! Just know that they are fearful and you can't expect change over night. I am not Jamie nor am I a bird expert, but I have owned flighted parakeets and cockatiels, and its been a lot about trust building and not forcing them when they say "no".
Hypothetically... If I were to be given your birds tomorrow, I would start on day 1 of Jamies advice. Considering you said one bullies the other, I would split them into 2 separate rooms. Spend solid time alone with each bird every day. Take the top of the cage off and just hang out with them without letting them hide inside their "safe" cage, read a book out loud, talk to them in a comforting tone, get them not fearful of you talking to them and go from there. There's a few videos you can see of Jamies day one interaction with some project birds, I'm sure seeing that will be helpful and figuring out how to start interacting with them. It definitely isn't too late :3
It's not too late. It will take a little more patience but it can be done. If your female is getting beat up by your male I suggest separating them if you haven't already done so. This will also help you with training your birds.
If your birds don't like each other, separate them and socialize them later. She did this with Theo and Bondi in a video. And Comet, Tusa, and Jinx in another. Order a consult if you're really stuck. There's also an Omlet cage review they did, suggest you buy two. There's a seed diet they made to convert them to that, and then all their other techniques for converting them. They have a food chart guide and a household dangers freebie on their download page. And watch tons of videos of theirs. Also heard Marlene McCohen might be a good source, though she does give her parrots plastic toys things. Also Parrot Joy and Planet Pleasures are great toy brands. Have fun! Wish I could have birds at the moment.
It’s never to late! Keep doing research n keep trying ! Persistence is key!
Listening to those little wings flap just brought a tear to my eyes!!! i had 28 little parakeets for awhile and loved the sound of their wings as they flew all around me while doing homework, or waking up to do whatever I had to do by their chirping! Loved them all, no matter what the mess was! Although, i loved being on the phone while the person on the other end struggled to hear me over them! HAHAH! I hope I can do that again one day. Taught them to give kisses. That was my favorite thing with them. Lots of beh-behs, take-ins from people who wouldn't/couldn't understand-they-need-space. Cage clean up was a pain, but soooooo worth it!
Great job, kiddo! You are doing so GREAT with lil' Blueberry! I could see you as an avian vet in the future!
i got my budgie from a bird store, and once we brought him home, in a few hours he was letting me pet him and give him scratches. 💖 now he is so sweet! he loves to come on my shoulder and watch videos with me. his name is blueberry too! i love your vids! thanks so much for this video!
Honestly, your daughter is amazing, good work mum and dad 😍
Another great video! I read children’s books to my budgie the first few days she was with me. It worked like a charm! She saw me as her best friend within 1,5 weeks and we are still thick as thieves❤️ i’d recommend doing this to your bird to all new budgie(or other bird) owners. The stories are short so your bird doesn’t loose attention and the happy upbeat tone of the stories make your energy very positive towards the bird. I hope this will help someone out there❤️
I've had my little man Pudgie for about two years now. It's been a wild ride that's for sure. I actually felt horrible because when i brought him home i started interacting with him right away and I was told that was wrong but now hearing this from you it makes me feel so much better
When you talked about the "birdie dating" where the bird picks its mate, it reminded me of Marlene's video where she took her finch to the bird store like the Bachelorette and told her finch, Finchy, to pick out his mate XD
Hahaha same!
Actually that sounds like a good idea I might use it for my budgie
How do I get my budgie out of his cage he gets on my hand but when I bring him to the cage door he goes back to the same spot the closes he comes out is when there hungry and I bribe him with millet
@@Spastic110 just gotta be patient with him heck he might already be leaving his cage when your not in the room/paying attention to him that’s what my budgie did and I’d catch him practically running back into his cage
@@Allantitan so what should I do just keep the cage open with millet?
About the cere, I’ve learned that with younger budgies as they get a little older, the more “bleaching” around the nasal holes, the higher probability it’s a girl. I think & I’m pretty confident blueberry is a girl. A beautiful one at that. 💙
Yeah, if this was a boy it would be a more purplish colour and eventually turn a deeper blue. Blueberry is a girl.
0:57 Oh my gosh, my budgies LOVE taking baths in the sink. My two oldest will stay in the longest where as my third oldest will hop out sometimes and want to just sit on my shoulder until he goes back in.
blue jay different birds like different things. Definantly give it a try tho. You never know what your bird likes unless you take risks :)
Yessss, interacting right away makes so much sense! it doesn't allow time to reinforce their fear, they face it right away and you can move on!
Awesome to see more budgie content! I do agree that the mistakes brought up in the video are big and extremely common. However, I think there's another one that needs to be talked about, that feeds into the one about interacting with your bird. Which is, getting only one budgie. They are flock animals and need company from their own species to be truly happy. A human companion is great, but no human can beat a budgie friend. Humans can't be there 24/7, we can't preen, feed, sing, interact, etc the way budgies can with each other, so they can never get an outlet for those natural behaviours. In many countries it's illegal to keep a single budgie, simply because they are flock animals and need that budgie interaction. The general statement out there, that it's harder to tame your budgies if you have two, is a myth. This is simply not true at all. Take it from someone who has a flock of four budgies, all tame! It all comes down to how much you're willing to interact with your birds, as stated in the video.
Agreed! It's actually easier to tame two birds as one will always be the "braver" one which coaxes the other into being a little braver too! Although there are some exceptions, some birds are so antisocial with their own kind lol. My bird Mickey always ignored his kind once he bonded with me, which was super suprising to me. He came super bonded with his sibling but immediately started forgetting that when he started bonding with me. Unfortunately he's gone now but his sibling (Melody) is still here, and I need to get her a buddy soon! It'll be a lot easier to train her!
I know i'm coming to this video late, but I just want to say I love how you encourage your daughter to teach us. So sweet.
blue did not say anything because you did not make any mistakes with him
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There is nothing more wonderful than a little ray of sunshine that is tame and will interact with you! It's worth taking the time. I haven't had a bird for a long time, but used to have many. I recently took on a budgie (adult female?) that was found in the woods. When the owners couldn't be found, I happily took the bird who was extremely wild! (I reluctantly clipped her wings in order to have a decent way to start with her.) After watching your video on taming tips, I began feeding her morning and evening with a millet spray. After just a few days, she is now coming willingly onto my hand to feed and even was allowing me to scratch her head this morning! Thanks for this video. I have many of the ingredients already to make a good mix and will also try a HB egg. I'm excited to have my own bird again. I love the budgies. They are so fun-loving and endearing! It really is worth spending the time to tame them in the beginning because they add so much to your life and keep you smiling!
Love you guys, can’t wait to watch more of your videos, my mistakes were rushing things with my pigeons, and not quarantining the 2 I got, also not telling family he his out of his cage. He got out today and had been missing for 6 hours. It was really windy today, I heard a bang on my window, it was him?! Luckily he was all good.
6 hours of windy silence then BAM! There he is! Lmao love it. Glad he was ok
I'd say that I should send this to my daughter but I'm sure she already watched. I know the follows BirdTricks. The first time I took her to a bird show I thought I broke her. She literally stood at the entrance in awe of all the birds. The look on her face was priceless! Keep up the great informative work and thank you for the education.
Im getting two more today, that a friend decided they didn't want. They were in a room with no interactions.. now my other two will have friends to squawk at when I am not home.
3:00 The way she approaches to Blue is adorable!
My 2 budgies have a whole room and get let out at around 7:30 am and I cover their cage near 8pm and they can go in and out of their cage all day. And I’m glad your budgie has a great life as well
That's exactly my babies schedule. Cissy and Beau even stop to watch SpongeBob, Peppa Pig and the Paw Patrol 😀
How do you deal with all of that poop?
@@ib8954 need this answer pls and thank you
@@ib8954 I've got 6 budgies and I let them out as well. I put newspaper on the floor and change it every 3 days. I also open the windows every night for fresh air.
As I’m watching this, my new budgies are immediately chirping back at your birdie chirping. It’s so cute.
Crazy timing on this video, Jamie! Just yesterday, I was discussing adopting a budgie from the petshop I work at. He's a little grey one that gets picked on by the other budgies (sold the last two yesterday, though, so now he's alone...) I'm not sure what happened to him, but he was missing his tail feathers and primary flight feathers. The tail has grown back, but his wings are still messed up... I'm thinking clipping gone wrong...
So there's a bit of a dilemma. Even if someone does show interest in him, I'm worried they're just interested because of his weird way of walking (because of his tail) and his stumpy wings (which I'll admit, do make him look cute, however sad that is). The other option is handing him back to the supplier, which will most likely be the end of the line for him...
So yeah... I may have kind of sorta already given him a name.... Just have to discuss with my boss to keep him in the shop until I get my own place (hopefully soon) since my parents won't have him in the living room and my bedroom gets too cold in the winter... Fingers crossed!
Oh dear that’s a dilemma! If your bedroom is too cold you can get a bird safe heater for your room/cage, but a MUST if it’s in your room is an air purifier, because you can get really sick otherwise. The birds tail was probably lost out of stress or as self defense when another budgie attacked it. I wish you the best of luck, but highly suggest you do some intense researching first!
@@theroyalbeepboop Nah, my bedroom is just not an option. Even if I were to get a heater and air purifier, the bird and I would probably bother one another too much. Plus, there's practically no room for a decent sized cage + free roam.
His cage-mates in our shop didn't really attack him, thankfully (if that were the case, we would have of course switched cages). We thought they were fine being housed together, the others just didn't seem to interact with him a lot. But I noticed a few days ago that at least one of them was cornering him and pushing him against a wall. Looked really mean... But what happened to him before we got him, I'll probably never know.
And in regards to research, I luckily already know quite a bit about birds. I'm a vet tech (just not currently working as one) and I already own an Amazon parrot. I also own most of the training courses and the cookbooks made by Jamie and Dave. This would be a perfect excuse to buy their budgie training course as well! ;)
Sherloki you’re probably right if you think that it’d be too loud in your room, I wish you the best of luck finding a place to move into, and maybe for the time being asking your boss if the budgie can be caged separately/mark the bird as not for sale if you truly intend to buy it
@@theroyalbeepboop Yeah, I'm gonna see if it would be alright to put him in one the empty cages, or to already purchase him and a cage and just house him near the other birds with an info card. Added bonus: that way he would already be mine and I can change his diet and just set up the cage the way it should be. I'll finally be able to show customers how birds should be housed. Or at least the minimum...
Sherloki that’s a great idea!
I work at a really great independent pet store. I have never had birds (and don't give out advice on them), but we sell birds at our store. I love your channel as it lets me share the right advice with the customers. I will defiantly be sharing the advice from this video. From the bottom of my heart than you for creating the content that you do, my customers will thank you.
I could watch Blueberry munching away for hours! SO CUTE! My budgies really frown upon me staring at them while they eat so its a good way to get a cuteness fix 😁
I've had cockatiels I've had parakeets and you told me more than I've known. Thank you for your help. All the advice is well appreciated.
Capri is so good with Blueberry! She’s adorable!
Lovely video as always! I would like to make an exception with the seed based diet part. My dear family member Jaam (Guava in our language because he's a "normal" green budgie), passed away last month. His life was a seed based diet as we tried to convert him earlier but no success. He passed away at nearly 15 years of age. Fair enough while I was initially skeptical, the seeds we gave him had all the nutrient supplements in it so that worked out there. Combine that with us making sure he got exercise and whatnot. That being said, I still agree 100% about the diet. Yeah they are parrots sure, but they are still like us. A healthy balanced diet of fresh and seeds.
I really miss him, he taught me to enjoy life, be happy, and do your best to take care of yourself when you are unwell.
Mistake :buying them because of there cheap prices and not know what to do !
Enas Shishani buying them because of *their* cheap price!
Well. Cheap they may be, but between the cage, toys, perches, and food, I spent a pretty penny let me tell you!
I didn’t think it was gonna be that expensive, but I love my two budgies and they are the reason I wake up in the morning now.
So many birds these days come from bad situations. Whether it’s abuse or neglect or just an owner who’s not a knowledgeable handler. Anxiety is difficult for humans so it must be tenfold for birds who can communicate with their owners. This bird is so lucky to have this owner and you available to help nip it in the bud before he starts acting out or self-harming. Keep up the great work.
Perfect timing getting a budgie today wish me luck
Omg I’m so jealous! If you feel comfortable you should upload some clips of your new babies!
I was watching this video with my new budgie and she started calling out to blue when blue chirped! Hamah so cute I only bought 1 budgie I hope it wont get sad. I might get another one eventually but she is fine for now. She's in her new cage and she's really chilled :)
I just found your channel like 2 hours ago and I’ve been thinking about getting a parakeet. Just as I was thinking that, you uploaded this! Thank youuu ❤️
welcome to the channel! there's so much useful info here. you'll definitely have a LOT of stuff to watch xD
tzxazrael Aww thank you so much! This made me smile 💕
I have 2 cockatiels that are out of the cage 24/7 unless we both go away because we have a dachshund who is very good with them, but they call me then come look for me when i’m out of the room for too long. My granddaughter just got a parakeet so she’ll love these videos. She’s always been good with birds,thanks!💕🐞
I think that most people mess up by not giving their budgie proper enrichment and diet and not spending time bonding with it
My rescued budgie Apollo started chirping along with Blue while I was watching this, so cute
Would you please share where you purchased those amazing stands for your birds?! Please!?
I found this very interesting...and not just for budgies. I have heard over the years when you get a new bird give them time etc... But I have always started working with my new birds immediately. One was given to me because she couldn't be handled without gloves because she was such a bad biter (a cockatiel). I began interacting with her immediately and within two days she was stepping up and within a week she was hooked on head scratches. I have had her 5 years now and she has never bitten me. She is a little love.
I’d like to see a video on how to overcome the mistakes us newbies make in our training routine when our little buddies become too fearful to interact.
Your videos have helped me so much with my two new babies I got a few weeks ago. I am working so much with them. I just bought your course and some toys for them too from your website. The store sold me on this hanging cage, but I really think it is way too small, so we will build a big cage for them. I also bought them a playground, and today was their first day in it. I love how curious parakeets are! I am going to work on target training as their wings grow out. They still are scared of me sometimes but seem to be food motivated. I work with them every day and will earn their trust soon enough! Thanks for all these information
Where can I find out more about first day interaction?
How do you get them to go to a safe place at night? How would you get them to go back to their cages while you are using the oven or something?
We would love to get a budgie soon for our family but would like to do things the right way.
Also, how do you control the poop/mess all over the house?
Hi Jamieleigh, I'm so thankful that you got Blueberry & have been doing videos of her. I've watched so many of your vids on the bigger birds & found them inspirational. I'm delighted by the recent budgie content, as I imagine many other people are who own these hugely popular birds. Thank you so much. x
Thank you, I tried everything to get mine to eat veggies and fruits and so far they only are receptive to apple and I think that's a texture preference; they like crunchy so I will try green beans and the lettuce stalks and try carrots again
I had a budgie that I miss so much. He was the best buddy to my husband and myself. I spent a lot of time with him when I first got him and he just kept learning. It doesn’t take much to have a friend. He also had quite a vocabulary.👍🐦
Blueberry is adorable 😍
Seeing people “bathe” their birds when they’re tiny birds directs under they water stream is one of the things I see so often and it breaks my heart to see them so stressed and it praised by everyone who sees it. Just thought I’d say it gets on my nerves.
i mean... that's just how some birds prefer to bathe. some prefer wet greens to roll in... some like a trickle of water... some would rather just hop right in the shower with you (though that's usually for larger birds). and it isn't like they're just stuck in a sink and abandoned. there's a person right nearby to help them out if they want to leave... or they could just fly off if they didn't like it.
Many small birds are attracted to the sound of running water, e.g. bird baths. When I clean my deck, my hummingbirds will often come the second the water starts dripping on the patio below. In the video, you can see Blue stops bathing when Capri turns off the water but he/she gets right back into it when the water is turned back on.
Our cockatiel is a weirdo and wont bath in a bowl but loves trying to bath in streams of water, we even have a video of him trying to bath in the stream of water as we do water changes on the fish tanks 🤣 (dont worry we dont let him as that water is dirty)
@@tzxazrael Sometimes they get stuck under the water because it's so heavy on them, or they get paralysed by fear and can't move. It's super dangerous because the water can get into their lungs and drown them. Also, even though they have a human nearby to help them- if the human doesn't understand that it's so dangerous and that it's not enjoying it, it's actually frozen in fear, then they don't help them because they think they're perfectly fine!
I understand your concern. I tried many ways to introduce bathing to my budgie and staying under the water stream in the sink was his favourite. I made sure it was the right temperature and not too heavy. He absolutely loved it, no stress. He would run around, get wet and super fluffy. He would come flying in the bathroom when I told him it was time for a bath. :-)
My first budgie was sunny, this was 55 years ago, had several budgies since then. Love budgies, my last budgie was buddy, cleaned my teeth, flied on my head, had him for 4 years.
Question... when the budgie is out an about, how often are they pooping everywhere and how do you deal with it
She's so sweet! Thank you. We made the mistakes many years ago. I got my daughter 2 parakeets. It was awful. They were good with each other...probably why they never tried to mimic us...but they were biters. She came crying once with Nipper..well what can I say...on the end of her finger refusing to let go. Never had much info until years later. She is 41 now and has raised and rescued so many different creatures including 4 lovely sweet doves. They love sink baths and stitches. It's good to have this info now as she has 3 older kids that may want birds and we have a place to learn. My Mom had finches. And a minah when she was young. I'd love to have one but Idk about safety here so...we do have other pets.🙏🐾🐦🎃
I feel awful. I got a parakeet in the mid to late 00s because I wanted one when I was a few years older than Capri. I thought that bird was badly behaved. We made almost all the classic mistakes of an impulse purchase: cage far too small, all-seed diet, didn't tame the bird down enough, etc.
I think the one most major, common mistake we _didn't_ make was keeping the bird fully flighted and just generally letting it fly around a lot of the day. It bonded with my dad pretty closely, so he was the one to do the major handling stuff. But we also had cats. So that was why we didn't clip.
The blame lies mostly on my parents for letting me get it in the first place. But proper care like the standards we have now just didn't really exist back then either. I'm not saying I'm blameless for the unintentional neglect. It's just hard when this sort of information wasn't really available at all.
I agree. Even my own information and knowledge has evolved so much in the past 16 years - I wasn’t as aware as we are now and we all start somewhere. None of us are born knowing, we have to learn and then continue to learn to evolve with the right information 💙
As long as it’s done in good faith and you are open to new information and improving, it’s a step in the right direction. Neglect out of laziness or carelessness or the like is inexcusable imo.
So are they still alive or did you get new ones?
I'm happy that I watch these kind of videos before getting a bird, I've been getting a lot of bad advice, thank you for telling me all this. :>
their diet and and handling.
edit: I was super close :)
My budgie of 10 years (Billy) died just yesterday - I miss him so much :'( I inherited him from my Mother in Law who sadly passed away three years ago.
He was a shop-bought seed diet, cage lover, pulled out his flight feathers and refused to come out until we took him home. In the end he loved being out of the cage with us and adored sharing fresh food with us. Sadly we couldn't break the habit of feather pulling and he was never a "flyer", but he tried is hardest.
I know it was the all seed diet that caused his short life, which we were working on over time, but I'm comforted by the confidence he had gained over the few years we had him. A totally different bird - such a sweet and loving soul.
You'll be greatly, greatly missed, my Billy Boy - the house isn't the same without your music xx
Ok before I watch. I want to note how I have seen budgies in small travel size carriers stuffed with like five birds. No space. Basically left in a cage with little room to be viewed like beta fish. Hardly interacted with. Also their size may make people think they aren't much but they are such great companions. And as you've mentioned they are cheap so an impulse buy.
Can you help them at all?
Jamie I'm so sorry you lost your little blue. Hugs
"Blue, in your own word, what are humans messing up?"
"They won't let me preen in peace dammit!"
A budgie is about the least expensive package of happiness and love you can buy. I got one for my 13th birthday. I'm 58 now, and I still miss that little guy.
Awww this is the sweetest comment.
@@BirdTricks )Blush( He was a very loving little blue and white sweetie, looking much like Blueberry. LOVED to dance to David Bowie's 'Fame' and to sit on my shoulder and play with my hair (my hair also being only a memory now....) Budgies are just so amazing.
I noticed that when we see Blueberry in videos, the other birds aren’t generally around. Do you keep him/her away from the larger parrots for safety reasons or something else? Or do you let them interact and we just dont usually see it happen?
TLDR: BirdTricks are Amazing and what they do really helps. Thank you.
I've been watching BirdTricks for over a year now and I am really really thankful for the information they provide.
I found them when I was looking at pets and have continued to be impressed by the upfront way they talk about why birds Don't always make good pets, and more importantly how people aren't always in the right position to be a good owner.
Now almost a year and a half after I started weighing pros and cons I recently purchased my own Budgie Sonnet. I cannot stress enough how much BirdTricks has succeed in helping me understand my bird and the peace of mind that has given me. I am the Proud owner of their season feeding system (well worth it) and have been able to guide the people (Adults and children) around me in healthy positive interactions with Sonnet.
My husband enjoys target training and just this morning Sonnet made his first signalled flight to my hand!!
I cannot stress the amount of people who've been surprised by his willingness to interact, or sadly the amount of people who have or know of a bird that "just doesn't like people" / "won't leave their cage"
So Thank you, thank you for what you do and the information and awareness you share. I know it's helped me and Sonnet personally and hopefully all the people I've been able to talk to that felt sad and helpless like there was nothing they could do. Thank you.
Can you show how to properly restrain a budgie please? I’m always scared I’m going to hurt them because they are so small
I have been looking up and watching videos for years, then getting the cage set up, knowing everything I can about food. Then getting the birds. I think knowledge before birds is the key!
I think we need a vet to show us how to hold a bird ....fan the wing gently...and trim on an angle. A vet showed me years ago on my budgie and it was quite simple actually. Easier than cutting a cats nails maybe or dog. 🦜
Jamie you uploaded this at the perfect time for me! I have been stuck about what bird I want I did want a bigger bird as I have never had small birds and I woke up to my mum reading out a message from a ladie saying she had a budgie if I wanted it at first I was like ehh? A budgie they are so small but now I’m like hell yes budgies for life!
Aww he's/she's so cute just like my blue💙 I got two little budgies (blue and tweety) as a gift and it is really hard trying to interact with them both... Blue is more comfortable with me around and tweety is still very nervous, flies around whenever I come near his side of the cage ☹️ does anyone have any tips on how I can tame both at the same time?
Good question. I have a similar experience.
Joey came to his home around 2 months ago and he's talking, taking showers under the kitchen tap, flying to me, allows me to clean his perches whilst still in his house (I don't like the word cage). Apart from when I'm out of the house, his door is open all the time. I'm retired so we're good company for each other. Thank you for your video.
You keep referring to Blueberry as a he but from what I can see of the cere, it’s a young female.
Yeah, she mentioned in a previous video that they use "he" because Capri thought that since BlueBerry is blue it should be a boy 😂
When I got my second cockatiel I brought mine with me to the breeder were he stayed for like one or two days so he could search himself an companion. They get along wonderfully and now I have two incredibly peacefull an harmonic birds . It`s beautifull!
When I was getting a store bought budgie to eat veggies, I'm sure me chewing on RAW broccoli and showing the bird it was food would have been a hoot of a video. (I formed a relationship with the bird and after a week, showed it and it started eating it. The carrot and bell pepper was easy - but that raw broccoli? YUK! lol)
Lol...my 2 love broccoli, carrots and apples so far.
@@GigiLovesLola BUT ... I bet you didn't have to pull a face for the apple ? (if you had to eat it? LOL ) FYI .... easy on the apple - its high in sugar and they don't need it, but Im sure you know that :-)
@@OzLioness thx for the tips
0:46 top 2 mistakes are leaving them in the cage and never considering that they could be tamed and taken out. And thinking there a good pet for kids and thinking there not like big birds and can sit in a cage for your child to look at.
Also I have my birds on a pellet and seed mix at the moment and I give them chop every day. Also I left my budgie in his cage for 4 days before I interacted. But I sat outside his cage and talked to him. And I pushed him out of his comfort zone as soon as I started interacting with him. I’ve only had him for a little while and taming is going a little slower then I wanted. But I’m not a professional so 🤷♀️ I’m doing what I can :)
Thinking that they don't have potential and just giving up !!!
No matter what I open RUclips for, I end up watching bird videos from this channel and the other two. I'm not the kind of person, who usually comments on social media public platforms, still here I'am due to the birdie love you guys have. The budgie diet plan from your channel really helped me get a jumpstart on the conversion from seed mix to healthy diet. I have been learning a lot from this channel about birds. You guys are definitely like the bird whisperer..! Thank you for sharing your experience and tips with us! It really helps a lot! ❤
I think the 2 mistakes are clipping their wings and feeding them the wrong diet. (I did that and paid for it)
Aw 😭 mine was already clipped and I didn’t know. I would like to see mine fly in the cage
Lisa Summer ohhh noo! R
That’s alright because once it sheds a few times, it should grow back. You can then teach it to fly, depending on the age (cause a lot of older budgie’s can’t fly no matter how hard u try)
Is he dead?
I made a huge mistake clipping my 1st birds wings. I got a 2nd one though amd didn't clip them. I cant wait for my 1st bird's wings to grow back so she can fly higher! ☺😊
When I first started raising birds when I was really young, I thought birds were just for looking at because of the way they are portrayed in movies. I also thought birds only ate seeds. I fed my birds lots of seeds.(bad idea)wild birds in the wild can eat as many seeds as they want, because they are not in captivity and fly a lot a get lots of exercise. A bird in captivity needs fresh food, seeds, etc. I did some research and gave my birds a healthier diet and let them roam freely in the morning. (With supervision so they dont get into accidents)
Blueberry is such a sweet girl! :D
I have my four, very tame, happy and healthy budgies, and it makes my heart flutter to see someone with a platform speak for the little guys! They tend to be what you make them and people often underestimate their intelligence and how demanding they actually are. Small birds, but big personalities.
I clicked so fast 😂
I'm so glad I didn't do those mistakes when I got my budgies. I had them on an all-seed diet at first, but then slowly tried to switch it. They got really scared of the veggies and fruits but eventually got used to it. I sadly had to rehome them, but they live in a great home with an experienced bird owner
two biggest mistakes
1) never taking them out of their cage. kind of like having it for decor
2) wrong diet