Awww they sound like mine. I
did give up, and got myself a friendly conure to go with them.
That said, I was lucky enough to find out (
before I got Sunny) that they
do consider me a sort of (unappreciated), Big Scary Person -type member of their flock. Yours probably do too!
I went to visit some bird loving friends overnight. Their house is quite large, and two of my friends were looking in on my budgies before I was up. As I came downstairs I said "Hi" to their birds in another room I passed through. My friends were delighted. They told me how MY budgies had perked up happily when they heard my voice.!!!!!! I would never have observed this myself.
Once I knew this, there were other subtle signs they actually did kinda accept me. But again, yours probably do too, and just hide it, because they find it confusing to consider a Big Scary Person as part of their flock.
Everyone here will tell you to read to them and sing to them. Here are a few other tips:
Here are a few other tips:
Birdie Exercise! When they are on their perches and start doing their little wing-stretching routine, align yourself with their perches as best you can and do your best version of their stretches. Pretty soon you'll find that you can initiate the stretching and they will follow. That means, You're In!! (It does NOT mean they're tame, however. Only that they accept you.)
Another biggie is eating time. If they are eating, bring some food and sit and eat at the same time. This will also quickly work in reverse, as long as they have food available.
Also. Don't forget to sit &watch them & enjoy their presence. They each have their own little --or in the case of my Mr. Bossypants Jefferson, gigantic --personalities. But budgies default setting is Timidity First. The more you sit observing them, the more you will get to know them, and, the more they will relax around you.
For example, if one of them wants to boss around everyone, Including You, you might miss it unless you're paying quiet attention. Then, you may realize your little Bossypants is determinedly trying to communicate with you. Mine is very voluble with the body language.
Now, there are other great tips on this website about how to TAME your budgies. I personally have not been really successful with those. If they were petstore budgies, like mine, then Taming them is gonna take you some work.
I copped out & added a friendly happy Sun Conure. She is very easy to please, all she wants is All my Time and Attention.
Unsurprisingly, the Taming of the budgies has not progressed any since Sunny arrived. They are definitely more tame than when I got them, but that is the only sense in which the word "tame" applies to them.
However, the budgies definitely consider us all to be a four-member flock. (Of whom tiny little Jefferson Budgie considers himself the managerial supervisor.) But they STILL pretend to not acknowledge me, when they can.
Anyway, this is only tips for Joining Their Flock -- or maybe, for finding signs that you already have done so. I'm definitely Not a good advisor for taming them:; if you follow my plan in that regard, you could be at risk for developing Bird Aquisition Syndrome.
) when I turned thirteen my mom bought me a store budgie (from K-Mart of all places) Wally was a very young dude and he was an only bird. It took me less than a week to get him finger trained and tame and he blossomed into the most awesomest little lovable,mischieviest,funniest talkative FRIENDLY little guy...but then again,he was an only bird. I've heard it CAN be done,having two budgies that are cool with themselves and their human(s),then other stories where they don't give a rats patooie too.
