For abought a week I have been trying to bond with my new budgie. I have been sitting near the cage and chatting with him. He seem to be comfortable with my present he moves around cage plays with toy etc. Now I want to hand tame him but I am worried it is little bit early. So should I wait another week or start know?
Bonding with budgie
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reeb
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Thank you. I read your post. But I am curious if I need to wait another week or should I start hand taming now. You say that I need to wait 2 week but. He is already comfortable with me after a week so I don't know if I should wait or not
clark_conure
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Do whatever reeb recommends! As far as I know he is the king of all budgies! We asked him for an all out post to sticky for budgies! Feel free to ask him anything in a PM or even better on here so we all learn.
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And a Normal Grey Cockatiel named BB who came home with me on 5/20/2016.
Back in the day ( 45+ years ago 
) my first "parrot" was a little blue budgie mom got for me for my birthday. He was still a little baby and very young.
I didn't know didly about taming/training and the only info was from books ( no interweb back then).
So every day after school,I'd do what you are doing..I sat by his house and talked quietly and softly to him. I THINK I waited a couple days for him to settle down ( too long ago,can't really recall) and then I'd put just my hand inside his house while talking to him. He would go run and hide in a corner.
Now I'd do this just for 10 or 15 minutes at a time,but I'd do this several times a day,from when I got home until it was bed time.
I think it only took about a week,before I was able to press my finger up to his chest and get him to step up.
After a couple days of him stepping up while he was still in his house,I slowly pulled him out of his house whie he was still on my finger.
After that,there was no problems with Wally,and he ended up going to anyone and stepping up for anyone.
Wally turned out to be the darndest,sweetest,funniest,sweetest little guy!
Even after all these years he is still thought about.
Give your budgie time to settle in ( sounds like he has already)and go at HIS pace..you will be amazed how these "mini" parrots can be.
Good Luck!!
Jim
) my first "parrot" was a little blue budgie mom got for me for my birthday. He was still a little baby and very young.I didn't know didly about taming/training and the only info was from books ( no interweb back then).
So every day after school,I'd do what you are doing..I sat by his house and talked quietly and softly to him. I THINK I waited a couple days for him to settle down ( too long ago,can't really recall) and then I'd put just my hand inside his house while talking to him. He would go run and hide in a corner.
Now I'd do this just for 10 or 15 minutes at a time,but I'd do this several times a day,from when I got home until it was bed time.
I think it only took about a week,before I was able to press my finger up to his chest and get him to step up.
After a couple days of him stepping up while he was still in his house,I slowly pulled him out of his house whie he was still on my finger.
After that,there was no problems with Wally,and he ended up going to anyone and stepping up for anyone.
Wally turned out to be the darndest,sweetest,funniest,sweetest little guy!
Even after all these years he is still thought about.
Give your budgie time to settle in ( sounds like he has already)and go at HIS pace..you will be amazed how these "mini" parrots can be.
Good Luck!!
Jim
bug_n_flock
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I've had parakeets since I was 9 years old and have directly interacted with literally more parakeets than most people will even see in their entire lives. I looooove parakeets for their amazing ability to tame down almost regardless of what you do, so long as you are gentle and kind. I have made mistakes in taming parakeets over the years and I gotta say #1 is rushing it. Give it another week of chatting through the bars or maybe putting your hand in the cage nowhere near him as he eats millet. Patience goes a long way when you consider you are dealing with an animal whos entire head is smaller than your eyeball. 
Even old unsocialized parakeets can and do tame down when treated right. Parakeets are amazing and friendly birds and you are only just at the start of a wonderful friendship. No need to rush things.
Even old unsocialized parakeets can and do tame down when treated right. Parakeets are amazing and friendly birds and you are only just at the start of a wonderful friendship. No need to rush things.
AmyMyBlueFront
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Jonesy a Goffins 'Too who had to be rehomed :-(
And a Normal Grey Cockatiel named BB who came home with me on 5/20/2016.
But don't ignore him! Keep sitting next to him and talking to him softly..he is just frightened right now..been taken away from his buddies (flock) and is now in a strange place all by himself.
Jim
reeb
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actually he was sitting alone in his cage in the pest store.
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