My parakeet doesn't like being held?
She is very quiet and timid. At first she DID like being held but then soccer started up and I couldn't play with her enough and now she like doesn't like my hands next to her. If i put my hand in her cage she immediately opens her beak like to bite me ): How can i gain her trust again?? Please help!
My Girl Parakeet Doesn`t Chirp,Help?
Hi! You just need to wait a couple of days. She is getting used to you and where you live. Just whistle to your new budgie. When i got my birds they were so quiet and never talked at all! I whistled to them everyday and then about 5 days later they started to talk. They are so noisy now! I like it though. Good luck!
How to get my parakeets to be more quiet?
I have two parakeets and they "chat" with each other all day long. I don't mind, but sometimes they can be quite loud, squawking, and I don't want to bother my roommates with unnecessary noise. I know if I separate them that they will be quiet, but I'm not sure that it's good to keep a parakeet by itself. They enjoy eachother's company. So are there any other ways to keep them quiet?
My parakeet is VERY quiet?
Male parakeets (also known as budgies, by the way) are very vocal birds, so it's unusual for a male to not make much noise. The females on the other hand, aren't all that vocal unless paired with another bird. Even then, a hen still doesn't sing like a male would. She'll only chirp to communicate with the rest of her flock. First things first, you need to make sure your budgie is a male. It's an easy thing to do if you know exactly what to look for. I use to breed budgies, so I'm familiar with visual traits used to tell the genders apart. Both male and female budgies hatch with pink ceres. The cere is the fleshy bump located just above the bird's beak, right where the nostrils are located. As the chick becomes older, the cere will change in color. Males typically sport a blue cere, which will change from pink straight to blue. Depending on the male's genetics and the mutations that also effect feather colorations, the cere can remain pink his entire life. To sum it all up, a male budgie can either have the more common blue cere, or sport a pink colored cere. A young female's cere will change from pink to white, and can sometimes be seen with a faded blue tint right around the nostrils. This is what confuses most budgie owners into thinking that their female bird is a male. If your bird's cere is white with faded blue around the nostrils, he is actually a female. The fact that your budgie is quiet most of the time will support that as well. As a hen ages, the blue areas will (most of the time) fade away. I've actually owned 2 hens, one of them being a couple years old, that still had a faded blue tint around her nostrils. When she was in breeding condition, the blue areas would change to dark brown, then back to blue when she was no longer in breeding condition. The same happened to the other hen I owned, but she was a few years younger. If you had the gender of your bird correct, and he is indeed a male like you say, maybe he's just lonely. Budgies are social birds, and it's recommended that you buy a pair instead of just a single bird. I suggest buying another male. They are more active and talkative then the hens are, and that should liven up your first budgie.
How to keep parakeets quiet...?
I know you can't keep a bird quiet but the thing is I just got two parakeets yesterday from a friend. They're both making noise that decently loud but one of the boys that is incredibly frightened of me keeps making a really piercing noise while the other one doesn't. I live in an apartment, I'm not sure if my neighbors can hear it, but it's pretty loud. At night when I put a blanket on them they stay quiet but in the morning the blanket doesn't work.Why do you think that the one boy is making the loudest noise? Is there anyway I can stop it or get his noises to match the other boys?
Why is my budgie/parakeet so quiet?
About three weeks ago, my brothers and I bought my Dad a pet budgie for his birthday. We brought him home and he stood at the bottom of the cage for a few hours, then in his water dish for a little while, then on a perch for a bit. Eventually he started eating and drinking. I managed to hand-train him IN the cage, then we got his wings clipped about a week and a half ago. He is now fully hand-trained, and he's almost shoulder-trained as well. The problem is that it HAS been three weeks, and i thought that he might be making some more noise by now, having gotten used to us. the radio is on during the day so he doesn't feel alone, and we spend hours talking to him in the evening, and we let him out almost every night (though he ends up trying to fly, but his wings are too short and he even sometimes hits a wall, which scares me). so why isn't our budgie chirping?? we've heard him make noise maybe twice since we brought him home (apart from an occasional click or even sometimes a sound like a "sneeze"). i've read around and no other story i can find took the budgie more than two weeks to settle in and start singing. please help, i really hope nothing is wrong and i am starting to worry about him.
How long does it take a parakeet to get use to a person b4 they will let you hold them? or do they ever let u?
It took me about 2 weeks before I could get my baby out to play. You have to be patient and quiet when trying to get them to let you hold them. Start out in a quiet room, slowly putting your finger next to his belly, and when he doesn't freak out, start petting him. Then work up to pushing the finger closer so he will have to put a foot on it to steady himself.. When you can get him out of the cage, then you can start petting him and playing with him. But make sure you have his wing tips clipped and are sitting on the floor, so he doesn't fly away or fall to the floor.good luck with your baby..
How to keep parakeets quiet?
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My Parakeet won't make any noise?
Also, I've already taught him to step up, and I sing to him, I talk to him and I dance for him (bobbing my head up and down) in attempt to make him feel more comfortable. I also have no idea how old he is, if his age could have something to do with it. My parakeet gets plenty of attention, hours on end to be quite blunt. I adore him. He doesn't have any toys yet, I haven't been anywhere to get them and when I bought him I thought we already had toys from previous birds, but he has perches, and he has a swing in his cage that he apparently prefers. He gets sunlight because I take him around the house on my finger/shoulder to let him examine the home, and my house is plenty lit by sunlight. I'm not comfortable with taking him outside because I have pet cats that live in my yard and I don't want to risk that, and it's very cold here around this time. If this is more than just a comfort issue, in the summer I can take him (inside of his cage) outside to liste
My parakeets are afraid of me and very skittish.?
A month should be plenty of time for a (young) budgie to stop being frightened. Does he never play, look relaxed or chirrup? Can we get more info?: What room is he in, and what are his surroundings? (windows, stuffed animals, posters, other animals etc.) How much human traffic does the room get? How loud/quiet is the room, usually? Do you remember how both of the birds acted before they were purchased? Quiet birds are uncommon, even for a single budgie. Quietness can be a sign of depression, disease, boredom, or frightfulness. Try to see his surroundings from his perspective, is there anything that could look scary to a small 7" parrot? Does the bird have a place to hide away (like a birdy bunk) if he is overstimulated? My male budgie used one all the time when he first came home. And what about music, background noise will cheer up any healthy budgie. If it all fails, get them a vet check up and discuss their behavior with your vet (preferably avian). As for food and training: To convince them to try new food, remove their bowl every night, and every morning replace it with a mix of seed in gooey fruit/veggie/rice mix. Remove and replace w/ normal food in 2-3 hours. They will get used to the new taste/texture and should become more adventuresome. For training I would do the same as above, but offer them spray millet(or thier food) by hand. I would also look into clicker training and positive reinforcement; on YouTube, listen to the podcast Wings N' Things, and read up on it in general. Positive reinforcement is what zoos use to train all of their animals in shows, and for medical matenance. Good luck with your buddies and welcome to the avian community!