How long before your bird trusted you?

[ziggybird]

Hello!

Things are going well with my Meyers Tukki.

I've had her for about 2 weeks now. I can tell that she enjoys my company and is becoming more comfortable with me.

I'm just curious about how long it took your birds to trust you?

She still flutters a lot when I hold her, and scratches are out of the question right now!

After only 2 weeks I'm not expecting her let me do it yet at all! I know every bird is different, but I'm just curious what your experiences were.

Thanks!

 

[Pugtato]

For Kippy, it took about 3 months for her to really warm up to me if not longer. I could always hold her but our relationship really kicked off after the 3 month mark.

 

[Heather2691]

Yeah for me it was about the same, 3 months. It took about a year before she was comfortable enough to let me stretch out her wings, I am the only person she allows to do this

 

[MikeyTN]

Most of the birds we have did great for me from day one except a few that needed work, few of the Cockatiels and JoJo the Eclectus. I did get JoJo to learn to step up in less then a week and took about a month for him to really trust me. Two of the Cockatiels were really wild so they took a long time. Everyone else acts like ok we live here now, woohoo....lol

 

[LoveMyParrots]

I've had Ozzie for 9 weeks, now he is really comfortable with me, and allow me to handle him any time I want. I think he really started to trust me at around 7-8 weeks.

 

[Karigan]

With my first one, it took about 3 months as well before I figured she trusted us, but A year went by before I realized that there's 'trust', and TRUST. Before she enjoyed us but was still fairly aloof, but now I can say that for the last 6 months she's been constant in her behaviour towards us and is completely trusting and relaxed. The greys, I've had them 4 months now and while I might have initially said they now trust us, I know a year from now they'll be completely different.

 

[Featheredsamurai]

Because Rosie already knew me she trusted me to a extent. She didn't start to truly care for me until a few months in though, but she was much more interested in guys.

 

[antoinette]

It took Mishka about a month I guess, I worked from home
He was with me 24/7 for the first 4 months, never leaving my side at all.
Whilst working, he was in the office with me all day.
Going out with me on deliveries and visiting customers.

 

[bkparrot]

Every relationship is different. I dont think there is a set standard and you just take it one day at a time.

 

[Zuzu]

For my Zuzu, seeing that were his 3rd or 4th owner, and his last owner, it took him 2 months to fully trust me. He wasn't much for liking guys, esp with ballcap on. He'd go right to a woman though no prob, step up and then start spitting up for em lol. But now anyone can hold him and all i have to do is snap my fingers and he'll want to get off them and come to me. Every night before i put him in his bedtime cage, i'll lay on the bed and he'll cuddle up under my chin and making a purring noise. Then he'll climb up to my shoulder, look at his cage and gimme a kiss, flutter his wings and i reach up and place him in there. So basically each bird is different, it'll take some time but Tukki will get used to ya.

 

[ziggybird]

Thank you all so much for your replies!

 

[blackhawk007]

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