My grandpa got my bird really bonded to him. He was able to put his hand on her back and cuddle her in FOUR DAYS. He is magical. Edit: Holy crap thanks for the likes-
@@shanee.9 some bird UA-cam have videos showing how to look at a new scared bird once ur bird if comfortable with you you can look at them in their eyes .
i've been doing everything wrong😭 thanks for the advice🥺 my dad found a little baby olive-backed sunbird which was left to die after a typhoon. she was surrounded by ants and was not moving. thankfully my dad took her in and gave me the responsibility to take care of her. it has now been a week and im still learning how to take care of her since i never had a pet bird. she's doing very well and has since gotten better. she already knows how to fly but I still have to hand feed her. thanks again!
My bird is super smart, so he knows when it's time to train. He doesn't actually *like* to train, so he pretends to preen when I get near him. (Silly boy! Love him!)
So- this is extremely helpful!! I’ve had my bird for a while (more than a year.) I feel so bad for her, because I completely neglected her. At first I paid attention to her, but the thing is, when we first got her I immediately gave her attention, and not giving her any time to get used to or even see her environment. I made so many mistakes and I feel horrible. I thought I did enough research but I was wrong. Because of my inexperienced self, I caused her to completely not trust me. I want to start bonding with her again, but its really hard to, because she’s horrified of me. Any tips are appreciated!! 🥺💖
Before giving her food, Try just sitting still and humming or singing before your bird, not looking at her. Do it every day same melodies. After 2 weeks, it will start producing serotonine in your birds brain and she'll get comfortable with you. She may even take over the melody. Same way, you can make a click sound with your mouth and then give her a treat, this way she'll associate the click sound with good or save and food. This way you can make the sound and she'll know you mean good when you put your hand in the cage.
Both of my birds flew up, out of the desert, and picked me. My ringneck came about 4 years ago. He love crawling all over me, but he won't let fingers near him. While he's standing on my finger, I can pet his toe with my thumb.
i feel bad for watching this video after i scared my birb by sticking my hand in his cage. :( but at now i know the correct way to train and bond with my birb thanks to u!
I have 3 birds in total. 2 cockatiels and a budgie. My first cockatiel was from a pet store simply bcos I felt really bad at her condition being in a small cage. Star her name was very afraid in the beginning, but I had zero experienced with bird so I simply grabbed her and bit me really hard. She refuses to step on my finger and always stay away from me BUT she loves it whenever I sing Twinkle2x Little Star to her. Then, I got another cockatiel when he was 3 weeks old only I name him Sunny. I hand-feed him until he was ready to eat on his own, taught him how to fly. He is very attached to me and thinks I am his property and I can do everything with him. I call him my shadow and tail. Then my budgie Sky is my adopted, my friend found him in their garden but couldn't find an owner so he brought it to me. Sunny follows me around the house, do crazy things with me while the other 2 would watch from a far. I decided to stop pushing the other 2 bcos they simply are afraid of me. And my Sunny took lots of my attention. Everyday it's always like this Sunny always with me, eating with my cat, following me EVERYWHERE. Sitting on my head etc... then one day, Star the pet store scared cockatiel flew on my shoulder sit there and stared at me. I was shocked & froze. Since then she copied everything Sunny does with me EXCEPT sitting on my finger. She would come face to face with just as long I don't ask her to step-up. I respected that. She sits even on my hand just not my finger. Now, Sky the budgie realizes that he is on his own most of the time and so he decided to follow me too everywhere. Come very near me when I am sitting. I realized, I need to give time and in their own accord. So picture me now whenever I am home. There are 4 creatures following me around. 3 birds and a cat. Privacy inside the bathroom flew out of the window.
I could have really benefited from this knowledge when I got my 2 Budgies when I was a kid. Thank goodness it is equally beneficial for my own daughter now that she has hers. So thank you!
Honestly this helped so much. I got my first birds a few months ago, two budgies. I’ve been following what the person at the pet store told me and what I found online, and it kept spooking them and making them uncomfortable. Most sources I find tell me to force the bird, and it worked so I thought it was fine. But after I kept doing it my budgies seemed to dislike me. Now one of them doesn’t like getting near me and the other can be kind of scared. This really put a whole new way of it, and makes me feel a lot more comfortable with this. Before I felt like I was doing it wrong, but I guess the process was just a whole mess in itself. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I’ll be sure to check out more of your content, you really seem to know what you’re doing.
i’ve been trying to build a bond with my budgie birds again the first two years they were very social like yours yet they stopped and i got very discouraged it took almost shamefully a few months but the past few weeks i’ve been able to bond with them again thanks to your help 💕
I'm so amazed to see those birds so comfortable around you. Especially the ones that sit on your head🤗 I wish i could gain their trust just like you! Wish things work out slowly, hopes!
I have very little experience with birds. I grew up with cockatiels and parakeets but I never spent that much time with them. So I was shocked when, over the course of five months, the green cheek conure that was at the store I worked at gradually became bonded to me. It took patience, a lot of work and a bit of research, but I guess our personalities clicked enough that I was able to get her hand tame. She's now the first bird I've kept in years, and I could not be happier with my decision to have purchased her.
Bruh my bird is a crackhead hes aight with me coming close to his cage or putting my hand on the cage but as soon as i go to open the door he goes full on sico mode and if i leav the room for a bit he yells and hits his beak on the cage
@@vanillanilla4257 maaaann, I got mine about last Sunday and they still walk away when you try and touch them, one of my budgies has no problem with eating out of my hand or crawling up my arm but gets scared and slowly walks away when you try and touch it 😭
Whats funny is that my bird will NOT leave the cage without me having to put my hand in there for him to step up and then bring him out of the cage myself.
This is the best video on taming I've seen so far. We have our bird 2 months and he's very scared of exploring. We will work with him just like on the video.
I actually tamed my super skittish cockatiel thanks to your advices. Now we’re best friends! She used to just walk further away from me when I got near the cage when I first got her and now she just starts jumping around and getting excited to go out and step up on my shoulder, hand or head when I get near to open the cage door.
I have two budgies, Flash and Blueberry. Blueberry came to us with a deformed beak and scalemites. (Spoiler alert, he came from petsmart.) the store said he'd live a month because of his condition. He celebrated his fourth bday a bit ago, and now is living the dream. He's got a massive cage, his own toy box, (it lives under the birdcage), lots of attention, and although he isn't very hand trained, (he'll sit on your arm and shoulder) he is a wonderful boy with a very happy life.
Honestly, I have pretty tame birds 😇 But, I think Edward is the only semi-tame bird I ever had. Oddly enough, my VERY tame birds have actually bit me but Edward NEVER has in the past 3 years. Every bird is different. Edward never liked being touched. It was a heartbreaking conclusion that I had to realize that he just was never going to be tame. He just pants so much. He literally looks a few steps from a heart attack. I was only able to give him head scratches just twice in his life time. Just recently, our vet said he has a heart condition and he has a very irregular heart beat. She suggested that some birds, no matter how hard you try, just won't be as tame and actually suggested that getting Edward panting so hard might not be in his favor. I guess I realize to accept his boundaries. You're really close to 1 thousand followers! I hope you get there soon! 😊🤗😊🤗😊🤗😊🤗
Aww poor Edward. My budgies are tame but they don’t like head scratches either. I think it’s a common budgie thing that they’re just not cuddly birds. Thank you so much! :)
I am planning on getting two budgies that are brother and sister and I had no idea how to look after them until I found your channel! My bff takes advise from you because she has budgies and she is doing really well with them. I really love birds. I have never owned a bird before, so me getting budgies is really exiting. I am so great full that people (such as you) still want to help birds and make sure that people know how to treat them. I love your channel xx keep up the good work 😁🦜
I love learning and watching change your videos who’s there so educational and just really good to listen to so you know what to do and what not to do with you Siri bird and I just love watching them
I’m getting a new bird from a breeder soon. I’ve gotten a bird from them before and I like the way they pre train them a bit before i purchase them. IM SO EXCITED. I’m gonna get the baby cockiness in a few weeks. He is a baby still.
When I was going to learn my bird to step up on my finger, I used hours and hours at first to gain his trust. Like just sitting by his cage and getting him to know me. Then I took a millet and tried to get him to eat it, then after lots of eating and getting him to know my hand, I like just slightly (not hard) pushed the millet on his stomach, and he stepped up! He was not tame at all and it took about 4-5 days I think. So basically you just have to be patient! I am still working on him to get him tame.
not all of this advice is totally accurate overall, but everything is 100% accurate for a new bird/bird owner. My birds know when they are doing bad things and my birds have somewhat strict rules in exchange for far more freedom than most captive birds have. They're completely aware of it and in-tune with their environment and so i can in fact use negative reinforcement (not that it works - but it wont take away their trust in me). Your birds are super well acclimated to you. Well done.
Btw I found ur channel on my recommendations page. Love the content ur videos r soooo helpful for me and my birds love me now thx for all the tips and tricks for bonding a bird to u. I have two birds and I honestly have to say that I've made the best choice of my life thank u for helping me and everyone else that u really care about animals and people who need help!❤️❤️❤️❤️
You’re a rockstar! Your info is refreshing, thorough & encouraging 😄Last few months, I’ve been researching pet birds to be sure it’s right for me (& the bird!). Sadly, I believe this vid is the first I’ve seen that says Do Not bump a bird’s chest to get him on the finger (!!!), & first time I’ve heard as to what that action does to the bird & why they step up 🥺
Thanks for this, we have had a budgie for over a week. Just had him out of the cage over the weekend. He is slowly learning, feeding from my hand on day one (untimed), and getting very trusting. It's all about being patient with them. Thanks again for all the tips x
I had your channel recommended to me by my parents because of how good you are with them and the fact that you actually know what you’re talking about and I am so glad they have because this has definitely helped a bit with helping my bird become more comfortable around me!
Live Laugh Birds hi, I just have a quick question, my budgie was comfortable around me sat on my finger and let me pet him and I’ve had to get him still (I have been gentle with him) to bathe his eye so that he can hopefully open his eye fully and all of a sudden he won’t let me stroke him and only goes on my finger when I’m getting him out of the cage (he’s used to hands in his cage because his parents became hostile towards him and his brother and one of them had to be tamed straight away) do you have any ideas why he suddenly won’t go near me?
Awesome very intuitive you speak clearly and loud you know what you're talking about I am very appreciative of you and your efforts your videos are very good thanks and keep up a good work.
Thank you so much for all the amazing tips ,, I have learned a lot from you!!! I just adopted a cockatiel!! We’re trying to train him carefully!! ,our old green cheek conure Is happy to have a new lovely friend 😊🤗
i use Targeting and the reward system (jockpots and such). Its so triggering watching my family try to have my birds step up, I want to die inside but hey my birds like the free rewards. I personally feel (from my experience parrot training) Targeting is the first thing you should ever teach. I have been feeding my bird medicine so I have lost some trust with my munchkins because....I didn't syringe train them.....so towel it was!!!! hehe Im evil I know but if it helps them feel better then so be it, they can hate me all they want. Planning on starting my own channel sooner or later and training it really hard to explain fully...I use piont systems so I always have graphs and charts analising my birds health so I need to work according to those statistics....I used to train people parrots as a part time job and I dont anymore, becasue something really sad happened and it started to affect me and....unfortunately effected my birds in the process.
Targeting is very important! My birds aren’t syringe trained either, I’ve tried and as soon as the medicine comes out they’re done. Luckily when they had infections they didn’t lose trust. I’m so excited you’re starting a channel!! Wow I would like to train other peoples’ parrots, I used to go to my local pet store every week when I was younger to train all their birds, but now I don’t support that store. Awe I hope everything’s ok..
yeah Jewel my oldest budgie is a plucker its been really hard getting her into the vet to get some bloodwork done (concidering her vein is the size of the tip on the neddle) I don't really support bird stores in general...lol I'll be fine... In the words of the internet: "well slap my a** and call me 1933 because I am a great depression! :p"
i need advice. ive had my parrot for a year now and she trusts me, she likes to be with me and she flies to me when im sitting down but she refuses to step up. ive gotten her to do it with treats but shes fussy and gives up easily. what should i do?
brittany if u have spray millet give it to your bird when your training and if he bites u don’t back away it’ll do it more. And u also need patience and move the millet away so he/she can go on your hand. (Hope this helps. :3)
this girl has really bonded with the birds!i mean like she just tells 'target' and the budgie just follows the stick how long did it take bonding with your budgie may i ask?
I dont know how to thank you elle you are the best parrot youtuber in the world i followed this tips now i have a tamed cockatiel like you thankk you oncee againn😊❤️
Yazan Amr the same as me and this video doesnt help beacouse the parrots not scared but how to learn parrot if he is soo scared i have mine 4 months now and i cant put my hand in his cage or go near to him
Maybe what I started doing last week will work on you too. I got a bird which was untamed and was so scared of anyone going near her. I almost gave up trying to tame her cause it already took 5months and she acts the same. One day, I tried giving her just small amount of food she needs in the cage and I would wait for her to ask for more. at first she don't mind so I'll just add some more on her plate. After a day, I noticed she was trying to approach me already when she's out of food but she bites me when i gave it directly to her. I would back off and pause and wait if she reacts to the food in my hand that im showing her. After few tries, she did eat the seeds but she's so insecure and she even bit my finger trying to get the food from my hand. It hurt but i did the same routine on the next day. The second day, i feel like she's already learning to associate my hand with food but still bite me if my fingers move. I was thinking that i was so scared of getting bitten before but this is normal so i continued. On the third day, she is already excited meeting my hand inside her cage and I noticed that she is fine with my fingers moving. I sometimes try to touch her head and i realized that her bites don't hurt that much anymore. I then thought that it seems like shes just warning me that she don't like what I'm doing but she don't see me as someone who will really hurt her. It made me happy knowing that I'm making progress. The next day, I would try to put some seeds in my palm and she final placed one of her feet in it as if she's trying to make her position comfortable. Yesterday, she was getting excited when i show her the food in my hands and she didn't feel that scared anymore and now she is already perching on my finger when I tried to put it on her stomach while she's eating in my hand. Also i noticed that she is picking the seeds more carefully now and it don't hurt no more. If you'll try this, please just make sure you still put some seeds on the birds plate at night so you wont leave her with an empty stomach in the next morning. make sure to also commend them and be sweet when talking I don't speak good english so I hope you undertand. ,🙂
Black Coffee Terrible idea! You are forcing the bird to interact with you or starve. Choice based training shouldn’t put the animal in any situation where he only has one option.
@@iamk4474 I have also a ringenck and this video also didn't help me! The thing I've noticed is that you need to spend time with it, even it' is in it's cage. I saw a little difference when I had him in my room near where I study. We both,I guess, did a bad option,caus ewe should have bought a trained bird from a breader ,not a wild one from a pet shop..
Me watching this knowing that I screwed up and im doing it all wrong 🤡 Thanks for letting me know before it was too late. I got my cockatiel for 2 days until I had to leave for something for 3 weeks and then got back and thats when I started to try and train him, just got back today thanks for letting me know.
When my bird looks at me with one eye and she is breathing super hard i stop as fast as i can at what i am doing and leave her alone then do it again but when i do it my male bird come straight at me thats how much he loves her 💕
I just got my first bird which is a canary. I haven't even had him for a week but I am wondering if I will ever be able to train him to be on my finger or my shoulder? Thank you for the good information.
I am gonna get a new parrot and I'm watching literally all ur vids and getting infos! I watch just ur vids because u r the only one i think who explains their viewers slowly and in detail! Love from India...💖
Love all your videos I'm so glad I found it. We have been thinking of getting a bird. But we want to make sure we take care of it and feed it properly ❤
i am so glad i found your videos. I just got an Indian Ringneck and i have no idea what im doing. now i know ive been doig everything wrong so thank you
i got my lovebird a year ago when she was 2 from an abusive family, and she is very scared and bites if you go anywhere near her. do you have any advice on getting her to trust me?
i have an old female budgie ,no one was buying her beceuse she was agressive, so i thought it would be a good idea to get her and maybe at home she will be less aggressive, and boy was i wrong ,i cant tame here even a little she hates being not in the cage ,I Saied maybe all she needs is a companion ,also wrong she fights with him although he is very behaved and fully tamed, please help I don't want to have to put her down :(
Look, My advice, go slow and if it doesn't work just accept that she is aggressive, don't put her down, and still take her out of the cage regularly but let her fly around the room as much as possible and feed her if you can if you are scared of getting bitten wear gloves, thin ones that don't have harmful fibers.
hh im on the point of giving up.... im very frustrated that after 2 months my bird dosent cuddle... im super angry but in your video you said i should train her to step up.. she steps up, but only when she wants.... what to do??
I have a untamed cockatiel and I've been trying with so long to tame him cause where he last lived he didn't get attention in anyway so I'm so happy I found this video thanks
Me too I have a baby lovebird and she is so scared and I just want them to be on my shoulder or hand and pet them like all of the youtubers :( just dont give up I'm trying too
can you please help me?? today i just got two cockatiels, and i put them in their cage with the cage doors open, and an hour later they both flew out. they are tame, but really scared of me. and i cant get them in the cage, and they wont eat or drink!? im panicking please help me!
Hi! To avoid the birds panicking, it would really help if you would calm down yourself. Birds can pick up on our emotions and if we panic, they are more inclined to panic too. I would move very slowly around them and try to offer them food and water outside the cage for now. Since you just got them today, they are still very unsure of their surroundings and they don’t yet know their cage as a safe place. Sometimes birds won’t actually eat or drink on the first day. The best thing to do would be to avoid chasing them around the room at all costs, because that will make them more scared of you and make it harder for them to trust you in the future. If they still don’t find their way back into the cage, you can try turning off the lights and scooping them up gently, as birds can’t see in the dark so they wouldn’t see you and take off. After you get them in, it’s better to wait until they’re more comfortable with their surroundings before letting them out again.
I've been trying to calm down my Meyer's Parrot for nearly 8 years and nothing is working. He is not food motivated at all either. I am going to keep watching your videos, you seem like you really know what you're doing, thank you!
My bird is pretty tame,not to the point where I can like grab her back but I can cuddle with him while he’s standing on my shoulder.And he is a rescued bird we found him in my back yard and we where able to catch him and we tried to find an owner of him but nobody responded so we took him in. He is doing amazing right now and ya your videos helped me so much while tameing him so I want to thank you so much for all the help I and probably many other people got from you and ya I can’t thank you enough bay
Thank you so much ! I. Glad you got to 101k subs in less the a year that’s simply amazing ! The tips changed my life ! This channel is the best and I’m gonna follow you for rest of my life ❤️❤️
My grandpa got my bird really bonded to him. He was able to put his hand on her back and cuddle her in FOUR DAYS. He is magical.
Edit: Holy crap thanks for the likes-
Wow impresive
I was able to do that with mine on the first ❣
David When I trained my budgies in 5 days I moved them to a smaller temporary cage. It’s easy to train
It soon gonna take a year
David I did nothing. I took him out of the box and he was instantly connected to me
The way the bird slid down her hair at the begining
0:40
Pearl loves sliding down her hair
Weee hooman slide
Ye 😂😂
Tony *hawk*
1:28 I LOVE BLUEBELL SHES SO CHONKY
Ya chubby birds are so cute 🥰😂
@bob im getting one next month
@@rabbitalukdar7334 I know that I’m late but SAME
@Charles Hunt cute
Level 100: chonk
Me:-opens cage-
My birds: -show signs of not wanting to continue-
Me:ok then
Exactly😂😂
Keep trying 😂😂😂
Every time I open the cage he is like: ninja modus activated ready for landing on human😂
Same 😔
kiana van looy Lmao- 😂
NEVER look your bird in eyes. A professional parrot trainer told me that it might scare the bird because predators do it in nature.
where can i look it at then? i thought that your supposed to look them in the eye 😅
@@shanee.9 look in another direction, your birb will not feel threatened
im so thankful ive known this, i recently got a new bird and ive only been staring just below her eye
@@87.l9 it's only for when u tame birbs :)
@@shanee.9 some bird UA-cam have videos showing how to look at a new scared bird once ur bird if comfortable with you you can look at them in their eyes .
i've been doing everything wrong😭 thanks for the advice🥺 my dad found a little baby olive-backed sunbird which was left to die after a typhoon. she was surrounded by ants and was not moving. thankfully my dad took her in and gave me the responsibility to take care of her. it has now been a week and im still learning how to take care of her since i never had a pet bird. she's doing very well and has since gotten better. she already knows how to fly but I still have to hand feed her. thanks again!
Awww ☺️
I hope your bird is doing better
She/he must be so thankful for you
People like you really cheer up my day :)
@@star.of.all.time7 🥺🥺🥺
That's great. And my neighbours have done the same thing too. 😀😀😀 Hope you and your bird are enjoying together.
How’s the bird?
people like you and your dad show that there's still good people in this world. Hope she gets better
I was doing it all wrong! 😬 Thanks so much
I’m so glad you learned from this!!
Hmm uhm yeah I was doing every dont
Is that really bad
Munchkin gacha probably 😭
I just grab them with a cloth or something to put them back in their cage...stupid me🤦🤦
Psychotic Kiwi same
My bird is super smart, so he knows when it's time to train. He doesn't actually *like* to train, so he pretends to preen when I get near him. (Silly boy! Love him!)
Haahaah i wish mine will be smart but you bird sound like good bird what bird do you have?
So- this is extremely helpful!! I’ve had my bird for a while (more than a year.) I feel so bad for her, because I completely neglected her. At first I paid attention to her, but the thing is, when we first got her I immediately gave her attention, and not giving her any time to get used to or even see her environment. I made so many mistakes and I feel horrible. I thought I did enough research but I was wrong. Because of my inexperienced self, I caused her to completely not trust me. I want to start bonding with her again, but its really hard to, because she’s horrified of me. Any tips are appreciated!! 🥺💖
Before giving her food, Try just sitting still and humming or singing before your bird, not looking at her. Do it every day same melodies. After 2 weeks, it will start producing serotonine in your birds brain and she'll get comfortable with you. She may even take over the melody. Same way, you can make a click sound with your mouth and then give her a treat, this way she'll associate the click sound with good or save and food. This way you can make the sound and she'll know you mean good when you put your hand in the cage.
I am wondering, have you managed to hand tame the bird since 1 year passed now?
me too, holy sh
@@avabee3124 same with me! i’ve had two tiels for almost 2 years now and ive done nothing.
oh my!!! i am putting my hand to it's chest, i shouldnt have done that!!! thanks for the advice
Both of my birds flew up, out of the desert, and picked me. My ringneck came about 4 years ago. He love crawling all over me, but he won't let fingers near him. While he's standing on my finger, I can pet his toe with my thumb.
Awwww ❤️
Finally someone good again at making bird videos, theres not a lot of birdyoutubers anymore
Marley mcohen is pretty good
I know
I agree but I also think Birdtricks is good not much for small birds tho but they’ll be making lots on small birds bc they got a budgie
Bird UA-cams
I am
My budgie died from a stroke and a stomach issue, the vet was closed yesterday and we were supposed to take her today...too late 😭
I’m so sorry, you did your best 💔 fly free 🌈
May ALLAH bless you and gives the patient
ALLAH is one HE is the only one who created everyone
🙂
Noted.
@@everydayahsan every nation has its own religion
Akechi and his Pancakes bruh they’re ‘rubbing their religion into ppl’ they’re basically saying may god bless u...
i feel bad for watching this video after i scared my birb by sticking my hand in his cage.
:( but at now i know the correct way to train and bond with my birb thanks to u!
m.ua-cam.com/video/P58ZDbZlUL8/v-deo.html
Pearl: sliding down Elle’s hair
Elle: says the word “predator”
Pearl: *Flys away screeching*
(4:21)
Lol😂😂😂😂
Subtitles: **shredder**
Ah yes, Elle is a shredder.(just kidding)
Lol. Omg
Loolll😂
Haha
oh, that's why my budgie stepped away from me, oh, thanks for teaching me
my lesson on how to gain a parrot's trust
I have 3 birds in total. 2 cockatiels and a budgie. My first cockatiel was from a pet store simply bcos I felt really bad at her condition being in a small cage. Star her name was very afraid in the beginning, but I had zero experienced with bird so I simply grabbed her and bit me really hard. She refuses to step on my finger and always stay away from me BUT she loves it whenever I sing Twinkle2x Little Star to her. Then, I got another cockatiel when he was 3 weeks old only I name him Sunny. I hand-feed him until he was ready to eat on his own, taught him how to fly. He is very attached to me and thinks I am his property and I can do everything with him. I call him my shadow and tail. Then my budgie Sky is my adopted, my friend found him in their garden but couldn't find an owner so he brought it to me. Sunny follows me around the house, do crazy things with me while the other 2 would watch from a far. I decided to stop pushing the other 2 bcos they simply are afraid of me. And my Sunny took lots of my attention. Everyday it's always like this Sunny always with me, eating with my cat, following me EVERYWHERE. Sitting on my head etc... then one day, Star the pet store scared cockatiel flew on my shoulder sit there and stared at me. I was shocked & froze. Since then she copied everything Sunny does with me EXCEPT sitting on my finger. She would come face to face with just as long I don't ask her to step-up. I respected that. She sits even on my hand just not my finger. Now, Sky the budgie realizes that he is on his own most of the time and so he decided to follow me too everywhere. Come very near me when I am sitting. I realized, I need to give time and in their own accord. So picture me now whenever I am home. There are 4 creatures following me around. 3 birds and a cat. Privacy inside the bathroom flew out of the window.
I loved reading this, wish you a lot of love😍❤
hey! I also have a pet store bird for the same reason lol... do you have any advice?? my birds are skittish and scared of new things
my bird is named Sunny too! awe
b careful having birds and a cat
This definitely helped considering the fact I’m getting a conure this January.
So exciting!!
What type of conure?
How did the taming go?
Sooo??
I could have really benefited from this knowledge when I got my 2 Budgies when I was a kid. Thank goodness it is equally beneficial for my own daughter now that she has hers. So thank you!
Teaching my bird to step up on my hand: My cockatiel wont even eat its millets
how is it going? it’s been 3 months
@@alexbrown8615 not any better
@@chibaba4203 awh, well i hope it does soon!
@@alexbrown8615 aight thanks!
4 months in , any good progress ?
Her methods are gentle and non invasive! Love this!!
Thank you so much!! Letting the birds choose is the way to go 💜
Honestly this helped so much. I got my first birds a few months ago, two budgies. I’ve been following what the person at the pet store told me and what I found online, and it kept spooking them and making them uncomfortable. Most sources I find tell me to force the bird, and it worked so I thought it was fine. But after I kept doing it my budgies seemed to dislike me.
Now one of them doesn’t like getting near me and the other can be kind of scared.
This really put a whole new way of it, and makes me feel a lot more comfortable with this. Before I felt like I was doing it wrong, but I guess the process was just a whole mess in itself.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I’ll be sure to check out more of your content, you really seem to know what you’re doing.
i’ve been trying to build a bond with my budgie birds again the first two years they were very social like yours yet they stopped and i got very discouraged it took almost shamefully a few months but the past few weeks i’ve been able to bond with them again thanks to your help 💕
My bird is scared of me, even when I try to feed him
Did you get em from a flea market or sum
@@18274dj why does it matter?
@@leonaadjigogova717 cause if they got it from a bad place the bird might be scared or traumatized
@@18274dj oh, i got mines from one person which is breeding them , they are scared, but i think its because they are not tamed yet
i bought 2 birds yesterday did not eat for the whole day I had to feed him with my hand
today it eats itself
also i am 8
I'm so amazed to see those birds so comfortable around you. Especially the ones that sit on your head🤗 I wish i could gain their trust just like you! Wish things work out slowly, hopes!
I have very little experience with birds. I grew up with cockatiels and parakeets but I never spent that much time with them. So I was shocked when, over the course of five months, the green cheek conure that was at the store I worked at gradually became bonded to me. It took patience, a lot of work and a bit of research, but I guess our personalities clicked enough that I was able to get her hand tame. She's now the first bird I've kept in years, and I could not be happier with my decision to have purchased her.
Bruh my bird is a crackhead hes aight with me coming close to his cage or putting my hand on the cage but as soon as i go to open the door he goes full on sico mode and if i leav the room for a bit he yells and hits his beak on the cage
Birds will get excited when they first get out of the cage, and a lot of birds will flock call if their owner leaves the room
@JestesGruby When did you get your bird? If you just got it it just needs some more time to get used to you
@@vanillanilla4257 maaaann, I got mine about last Sunday and they still walk away when you try and touch them, one of my budgies has no problem with eating out of my hand or crawling up my arm but gets scared and slowly walks away when you try and touch it 😭
Ive been watching u for a while Finally someone who knows who they are talking about. I’ve learned so much from you thank you.
Thinking of getting a bird , found this video so helpful!
You're almost at 1k subs! This is so awesome! 😁 You're doing so well. Also Kermit is such a good and cute birb ❤️
Awe, thank you so much! ❤️
Whats funny is that my bird will NOT leave the cage without me having to put my hand in there for him to step up and then bring him out of the cage myself.
A mi agaporni le pasa igual
For a newbie in having bird as a pet, this tutorial can help me know more about taking care or taming my bird.. thank you so much.❤️
This is the best video on taming I've seen so far. We have our bird 2 months and he's very scared of exploring. We will work with him just like on the video.
I actually tamed my super skittish cockatiel thanks to your advices. Now we’re best friends! She used to just walk further away from me when I got near the cage when I first got her and now she just starts jumping around and getting excited to go out and step up on my shoulder, hand or head when I get near to open the cage door.
I have two budgies, Flash and Blueberry. Blueberry came to us with a deformed beak and scalemites. (Spoiler alert, he came from petsmart.) the store said he'd live a month because of his condition. He celebrated his fourth bday a bit ago, and now is living the dream. He's got a massive cage, his own toy box, (it lives under the birdcage), lots of attention, and although he isn't very hand trained, (he'll sit on your arm and shoulder) he is a wonderful boy with a very happy life.
Honestly, I have pretty tame birds 😇 But, I think Edward is the only semi-tame bird I ever had. Oddly enough, my VERY tame birds have actually bit me but Edward NEVER has in the past 3 years. Every bird is different. Edward never liked being touched. It was a heartbreaking conclusion that I had to realize that he just was never going to be tame. He just pants so much. He literally looks a few steps from a heart attack. I was only able to give him head scratches just twice in his life time. Just recently, our vet said he has a heart condition and he has a very irregular heart beat. She suggested that some birds, no matter how hard you try, just won't be as tame and actually suggested that getting Edward panting so hard might not be in his favor. I guess I realize to accept his boundaries. You're really close to 1 thousand followers! I hope you get there soon! 😊🤗😊🤗😊🤗😊🤗
Aww poor Edward. My budgies are tame but they don’t like head scratches either. I think it’s a common budgie thing that they’re just not cuddly birds. Thank you so much! :)
I am planning on getting two budgies that are brother and sister and I had no idea how to look after them until I found your channel! My bff takes advise from you because she has budgies and she is doing really well with them. I really love birds. I have never owned a bird before, so me getting budgies is really exiting. I am so great full that people (such as you) still want to help birds and make sure that people know how to treat them. I love your channel xx keep up the good work 😁🦜
I love learning and watching change your videos who’s there so educational and just really good to listen to so you know what to do and what not to do with you Siri bird and I just love watching them
I’m getting a new bird from a breeder soon. I’ve gotten a bird from them before and I like the way they pre train them a bit before i purchase them. IM SO EXCITED. I’m gonna get the baby cockiness in a few weeks. He is a baby still.
When I was going to learn my bird to step up on my finger, I used hours and hours at first to gain his trust. Like just sitting by his cage and getting him to know me. Then I took a millet and tried to get him to eat it, then after lots of eating and getting him to know my hand, I like just slightly (not hard) pushed the millet on his stomach, and he stepped up! He was not tame at all and it took about 4-5 days I think. So basically you just have to be patient! I am still working on him to get him tame.
I accidentally trained my bird to come to me when he needed food, so it’s like my personal reminder! Damn I miss him 😭
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I’m learning and I wanna learn for my birds
Did he die?:(
My Cockateil was so scared and I taught him to step up in 3 days. Still does not want to be petted. Thank you so much! Really helped!
not all of this advice is totally accurate overall, but everything is 100% accurate for a new bird/bird owner.
My birds know when they are doing bad things and my birds have somewhat strict rules in exchange for far more freedom than most captive birds have. They're completely aware of it and in-tune with their environment and so i can in fact use negative reinforcement (not that it works - but it wont take away their trust in me).
Your birds are super well acclimated to you. Well done.
It’s almost been 6 months since I got my budgie and he’s still scared of coming out of the cage, any advice?
H C give him more time and take him more
Play budgie sounds and get him a mirror. Do this until he chirps, then begin.
Mohammed Fawaaz mirrors are very bad for birds. Research it
Same I got him 6 months ago when he was a baby and he still hasn't came out of his cage.
Diamond Max try to use some millets
Thank you soooooo much. I am planning on getting a bird. You are giving me the best advice I have ever seen. Keep up the good work
Btw I found ur channel on my recommendations page. Love the content ur videos r soooo helpful for me and my birds love me now thx for all the tips and tricks for bonding a bird to u. I have two birds and I honestly have to say that I've made the best choice of my life thank u for helping me and everyone else that u really care about animals and people who need help!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!! I’m so glad my videos are helpful ❤️ what kind of birds do you have?
elle,you dont know how much u helped me, im gonna get a bird and NOT just because of your vids so im NOT impulse buying THANK U SO MUCH
I guess my budgie has a new favourite you tuber. I put this video on and my budgie just flew onto my iPad and started tapping my iPad 😂😂🥺
You’re SO close to 1000 subs I can’t wait I’m so happy 4 you
Awe, thank you so much!
Ya can’t wait
Amazing video, and it really need time to Tame a bird im taming mine for about 2 months
You’re a rockstar! Your info is refreshing, thorough & encouraging 😄Last few months, I’ve been researching pet birds to be sure it’s right for me (& the bird!). Sadly, I believe this vid is the first I’ve seen that says Do Not bump a bird’s chest to get him on the finger (!!!), & first time I’ve heard as to what that action does to the bird & why they step up 🥺
Thanks so much! I've had my lovebirds for a year now and they're so scared of my hands! But this made me not want to quit but keep training!
Thanks for this, we have had a budgie for over a week. Just had him out of the cage over the weekend. He is slowly learning, feeding from my hand on day one (untimed), and getting very trusting. It's all about being patient with them. Thanks again for all the tips x
Another useful video, thanks 😊
Thank you! 😊
What happens if my untamed bird escapes its cage? How am I supposed to return it to their safe place without harming them or losing their trust?
Ikr my bird flies and sits somewhere high
Me too :L
That my friend, is a question we have all asked, I am still searching for an answer...
Put both hands on the sides slowly and carefully then they may jump on and take them to the cage I do that
bribe w food
1:40 did the budgie just dance??
Oml XD
:O Tysm for 3 likes!!
Yeah XD
23 XD
I had your channel recommended to me by my parents because of how good you are with them and the fact that you actually know what you’re talking about and I am so glad they have because this has definitely helped a bit with helping my bird become more comfortable around me!
Yayy congrats!
Live Laugh Birds thank you!😊
Live Laugh Birds hi, I just have a quick question, my budgie was comfortable around me sat on my finger and let me pet him and I’ve had to get him still (I have been gentle with him) to bathe his eye so that he can hopefully open his eye fully and all of a sudden he won’t let me stroke him and only goes on my finger when I’m getting him out of the cage (he’s used to hands in his cage because his parents became hostile towards him and his brother and one of them had to be tamed straight away) do you have any ideas why he suddenly won’t go near me?
@@katieneal2212 try using millit like she said
Omg my bird isn't afraid of me anymore thanks for everything Elle
Awesome very intuitive you speak clearly and loud you know what you're talking about I am very appreciative of you and your efforts your videos are very good thanks and keep up a good work.
Me: keeps training my bird
Also me: *buys a new trained one*
Haha
My friends: woooooww.....
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is there any trained one available?
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Thank you so much for all the amazing tips ,, I have learned a lot from you!!! I just adopted a cockatiel!! We’re trying to train him carefully!! ,our old green cheek conure Is happy to have a new lovely friend 😊🤗
i use Targeting and the reward system (jockpots and such). Its so triggering watching my family try to have my birds step up, I want to die inside but hey my birds like the free rewards. I personally feel (from my experience parrot training) Targeting is the first thing you should ever teach. I have been feeding my bird medicine so I have lost some trust with my munchkins because....I didn't syringe train them.....so towel it was!!!! hehe Im evil I know but if it helps them feel better then so be it, they can hate me all they want. Planning on starting my own channel sooner or later and training it really hard to explain fully...I use piont systems so I always have graphs and charts analising my birds health so I need to work according to those statistics....I used to train people parrots as a part time job and I dont anymore, becasue something really sad happened and it started to affect me and....unfortunately effected my birds in the process.
Targeting is very important! My birds aren’t syringe trained either, I’ve tried and as soon as the medicine comes out they’re done. Luckily when they had infections they didn’t lose trust. I’m so excited you’re starting a channel!! Wow I would like to train other peoples’ parrots, I used to go to my local pet store every week when I was younger to train all their birds, but now I don’t support that store. Awe I hope everything’s ok..
yeah Jewel my oldest budgie is a plucker its been really hard getting her into the vet to get some bloodwork done (concidering her vein is the size of the tip on the neddle)
I don't really support bird stores in general...lol I'll be fine...
In the words of the internet:
"well slap my a** and call me 1933 because I am a great depression! :p"
Aww Jewel 💚 hope everything will turn out good with her. Can’t wait for the channel!!
What is the jockpot system my birds already are efficient in target
Thank you so much for this video Elle! I did not know I tamed my bird the wrong way!
I held my bird on day 3 THANK YOU I WATCH YOU EVERY DAY
i need advice. ive had my parrot for a year now and she trusts me, she likes to be with me and she flies to me when im sitting down but she refuses to step up. ive gotten her to do it with treats but shes fussy and gives up easily. what should i do?
brittany if u have spray millet give it to your bird when your training and if he bites u don’t back away it’ll do it more. And u also need patience and move the millet away so he/she can go on your hand. (Hope this helps. :3)
브레아 thanks because I have a bird that steps up and I want to train him how to fly to my hand
this girl has really bonded with the birds!i mean like she just tells 'target' and the budgie just follows the stick how long did it take bonding with your budgie may i ask?
it usually takes 2 days, its a simple but essensial trick!
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Bruh all them be lying about pushing on the chest thank you for this video
I dont know how to thank you elle you are the best parrot youtuber in the world i followed this tips now i have a tamed cockatiel like you thankk you oncee againn😊❤️
Your the best!!!! Love you and your birds!!!*Especially Ducky*
My bird doesn’t even want me to keep my hands close to her even if my hand is out of the case
Yazan Amr the same as me and this video doesnt help beacouse the parrots not scared but how to learn parrot if he is soo scared i have mine 4 months now and i cant put my hand in his cage or go near to him
@@staniley884 this doesn't help me too, I have a pet ringneck dove.
Maybe what I started doing last week will work on you too. I got a bird which was untamed and was so scared of anyone going near her. I almost gave up trying to tame her cause it already took 5months and she acts the same.
One day, I tried giving her just small amount of food she needs in the cage and I would wait for her to ask for more. at first she don't mind so I'll just add some more on her plate. After a day, I noticed she was trying to approach me already when she's out of food but she bites me when i gave it directly to her. I would back off and pause and wait if she reacts to the food in my hand that im showing her. After few tries, she did eat the seeds but she's so insecure and she even bit my finger trying to get the food from my hand. It hurt but i did the same routine on the next day. The second day, i feel like she's already learning to associate my hand with food but still bite me if my fingers move. I was thinking that i was so scared of getting bitten before but this is normal so i continued. On the third day, she is already excited meeting my hand inside her cage and I noticed that she is fine with my fingers moving. I sometimes try to touch her head and i realized that her bites don't hurt that much anymore. I then thought that it seems like shes just warning me that she don't like what I'm doing but she don't see me as someone who will really hurt her. It made me happy knowing that I'm making progress. The next day, I would try to put some seeds in my palm and she final placed one of her feet in it as if she's trying to make her position comfortable. Yesterday, she was getting excited when i show her the food in my hands and she didn't feel that scared anymore and now she is already perching on my finger when I tried to put it on her stomach while she's eating in my hand. Also i noticed that she is picking the seeds more carefully now and it don't hurt no more.
If you'll try this, please just make sure you still put some seeds on the birds plate at night so you wont leave her with an empty stomach in the next morning. make sure to also commend them and be sweet when talking
I don't speak good english so I hope you undertand. ,🙂
Black Coffee Terrible idea! You are forcing the bird to interact with you or starve. Choice based training shouldn’t put the animal in any situation where he only has one option.
@@iamk4474 I have also a ringenck and this video also didn't help me!
The thing I've noticed is that you need to spend time with it, even it' is in it's cage. I saw a little difference when I had him in my room near where I study.
We both,I guess, did a bad option,caus ewe should have bought a trained bird from a breader ,not a wild one from a pet shop..
Me watching this knowing that I screwed up and im doing it all wrong 🤡 Thanks for letting me know before it was too late. I got my cockatiel for 2 days until I had to leave for something for 3 weeks and then got back and thats when I started to try and train him, just got back today thanks for letting me know.
When my bird looks at me with one eye and she is breathing super hard i stop as fast as i can at what i am doing and leave her alone then do it again but when i do it my male bird come straight at me thats how much he loves her 💕
This video will help me alot since I wanna get Green Cheek Conure soon. I will definitely revisit your channel for more tips.
Anyone else thing ducky is just the cutest bird IN THE WORLD?!?!?! Love ur vids 💖
Can I ask .... could I still train my bird even if it is a week or a month year old ??? Thank you ❤ I like your birds too !😁
I just got my first bird which is a canary. I haven't even had him for a week but I am wondering if I will ever be able to train him to be on my finger or my shoulder? Thank you for the good information.
I am gonna get a new parrot and I'm watching literally all ur vids and getting infos! I watch just ur vids because u r the only one i think who explains their viewers slowly and in detail!
Love from India...💖
Thank you so much for this video!
I love how pearl was in the background flying around and on your head she is so cute 😂😍👍🏻🦜
My bird isn’t scared or skittish it’s just stubborn.
Ha😂
ISTG
My tiel layed an egg, she doesn't have a mate. How do i build trust with her now? ;-;
@@dilophosaurusgaming7550 hmm I think it's like a chicken laying eggs
The bird does not have a baby if it layed eggs then
Love all your videos I'm so glad I found it. We have been thinking of getting a bird. But we want to make sure we take care of it and feed it properly ❤
i am so glad i found your videos. I just got an Indian Ringneck and i have no idea what im doing. now i know ive been doig everything wrong so thank you
Nice video
Thanks!
Me: puts a glove on
Bird: climbs on hand
Me: can’t let bird out
Your pfp is ✨Amazing✨
i got my lovebird a year ago when she was 2 from an abusive family, and she is very scared and bites if you go anywhere near her. do you have any advice on getting her to trust me?
This is the kind of information I need to bond with my African grey. You bet I’m gonna be coming back your channel , specially this video
Good and informative video - very well done 👏😀👍🦜
also did you see the way her budgie like sat on her hair and she took the budgie
i have an old female budgie ,no one was buying her beceuse she was agressive, so i thought it would be a good idea to get her and maybe at home she will be less aggressive, and boy was i wrong ,i cant tame here even a little she hates being not in the cage ,I Saied maybe all she needs is a companion ,also wrong she fights with him although he is very behaved and fully tamed, please help I don't want to have to put her down :(
Go at a super slow pace, it will take weeks or months but its worth it, i had a similar experience with a budgie and it took a lot of patience:/
O G do canto yes
Look, My advice, go slow and if it doesn't work just accept that she is aggressive, don't put her down, and still take her out of the cage regularly but let her fly around the room as much as possible and feed her if you can if you are scared of getting bitten wear gloves, thin ones that don't have harmful fibers.
@@tokamohamed4078 OK I will try taking this advice and I don't need gloves here bite hurts a little
hh im on the point of giving up.... im very frustrated that after 2 months my bird dosent cuddle...
im super angry but in your video you said i should train her to step up.. she steps up, but only when she wants.... what to do??
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Some birds just don't like to be touched. Don't force the cuddles.
Bro THANK YOU SO MUCH and I was afraid I was scaring them... it’s been a pretty long time and I finally know how to tame them
I have a untamed cockatiel and I've been trying with so long to tame him cause where he last lived he didn't get attention in anyway so I'm so happy I found this video thanks
PLEASEE HELP MY TWO BUDGIES ARE SCARED OF ME AND IM CRYING RN I JUST WANT THE M TO TRUST ME I SWEAR I WANT TO GIVE UP
I only have one budgie and I just need so much help.I love Elle so much I want her help me
Me too I have a baby lovebird and she is so scared and I just want them to be on my shoulder or hand and pet them like all of the youtubers :( just dont give up I'm trying too
I have a cocatiel.I bought it when it was 1 year old if i put my hand he screams if i put something close to him he Flys away what should i do?
can you please help me?? today i just got two cockatiels, and i put them in their cage with the cage doors open, and an hour later they both flew out. they are tame, but really scared of me. and i cant get them in the cage, and they wont eat or drink!? im panicking please help me!
Hi! To avoid the birds panicking, it would really help if you would calm down yourself. Birds can pick up on our emotions and if we panic, they are more inclined to panic too. I would move very slowly around them and try to offer them food and water outside the cage for now. Since you just got them today, they are still very unsure of their surroundings and they don’t yet know their cage as a safe place. Sometimes birds won’t actually eat or drink on the first day. The best thing to do would be to avoid chasing them around the room at all costs, because that will make them more scared of you and make it harder for them to trust you in the future. If they still don’t find their way back into the cage, you can try turning off the lights and scooping them up gently, as birds can’t see in the dark so they wouldn’t see you and take off. After you get them in, it’s better to wait until they’re more comfortable with their surroundings before letting them out again.
Live Laugh Birds thank you sp much i Will do that! 🦜😅
No problem!! Good luck with your cockatiels! :)
I've been trying to calm down my Meyer's Parrot for nearly 8 years and nothing is working. He is not food motivated at all either. I am going to keep watching your videos, you seem like you really know what you're doing, thank you!
HELLO!! I am a huge fan. I’m getting a budgie soon. I’m super exited, love the flock.
I have two albino budgies, I've had them for about a month, but dont trust me :c, I keep my hand a good distance away from them
My new parakeet is about to come in a few hours, so I’m binging this channels vids as a review to make sure I’m ready. Wish me luck!
My bird is pretty tame,not to the point where I can like grab her back but I can cuddle with him while he’s standing on my shoulder.And he is a rescued bird we found him in my back yard and we where able to catch him and we tried to find an owner of him but nobody responded so we took him in. He is doing amazing right now and ya your videos helped me so much while tameing him so I want to thank you so much for all the help I and probably many other people got from you and ya I can’t thank you enough bay
Thank you so much ! I. Glad you got to 101k subs in less the a year that’s simply amazing ! The tips changed my life ! This channel is the best and I’m gonna follow you for rest of my life ❤️❤️
ofc! ty :)