My parakeet only comes to me when I have food.

KeetOClock

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Trouble Taming

I've had 4 parakeets each I love very much. I'd take a bullet for them, but the sad thing is, I feel they don't love me back. I clean their cage food, and water every day giving the fruits and vegetables as well everyday!

They aren't tamed yet, It's been almost a year.

They only seem to come to my hand when I have food such as millet spray.

I don't know what else to do, I've spent time with them and everything I could've thought of. This lead me here,


Does anyone have any experience with this situation, they ignore you completely unless food is brought to them.

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erlabella

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2 Budgies, Nacho & Rocky.
I actually started the previous thread, which is similar to the situation you’re in. I have two budgies, the male was pretty tame until i introduced him to my female and now it feels like he doesn’t like me anymore. If I bring them food, they’ll come to me, if I don’t, they’ll ignore me. My issue (could be the same as yours) is that I have more than one budgie. Budgies prefer to bond with other budgies rather than humans. I’m not an expert, but hopefully someone who is will be able to help you with your situation:)
 

EllenD

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Senegal Parrot named "Kane"; Yellow-Sided Green Cheek Conure named "Bowie"; Blue Quaker Parrot named "Lita Ford"; Cockatiel named "Duff"; 8 American/English Budgie Hybrids; Ringneck Dove named "Dylan"
I don't know what your normal, daily routine with them has been since you got them, but since they were not hand-tamed when you got them, it does often take a long time to hand-tame them...And as already mentioned, it is definitely more difficult to hand-tame multiple birds together, at the same time, than it is to work with them one-on-one, in a room away from their cage....

As far as trying to hand-tame Budgies who are already bonded to other Budgies, yes, it's definitely an added obstacle, as Budgies do much prefer having close bonds with other Budgies rather than people, and when they have the option, they do usually choose the other Budgies...Is this always the case? No, not always, but it is the case a lot of the time, it depends on each individual bird, the environment they are kept in, and the amount of time you are spending with them every day, and what that time consists of. Since you have 5 Budgies living together, if you were to separate one of the 5 into it's own cage with it's own toys, food, etc., and commit yourself to working one-on-one with that one Budgies every single day, it's very likely that you would see much more significant and much quicker training results, as you would be replacing the bond that that Budgie had with the other 4 Budgies that they used to be housed with. But that's a decision that you have to make for yourself and for your birds. If you've actually put-in a year's worth of real effort, commitment, and time into hand-taming them, you've spent a good amount of time working with them every single day, and you've still not gotten anywhere as far as forming a bond with them, then this might be something to think about.
 

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