How to teach a budgie to nod?
Well first you have to teach him the basics. (stepping on your finger, crawling on your shoulder etc...) after that take mullet, and move it up and down in front of them. when ever they look up or down make a clicking sound with your mouth. then try it with out the mullet. soon he will respond to the hand gestures and clicking. Good Luck!
Can i teach a 2 year old budgie how to talk?
yup budgies can learn hundreds of words through repetition, males speak much better than females though check out http://www.parrotcentral.net/parakeets.h... for good budgie info goodluck!
How can I teach my budgie to play fetch?
In the training world, we call playing fetch "the retrieve". Here is a video of my cockatoo retreiving various objects; http://youtube.com/watch?v=GKkR1k5PG0o A parakeet can definitely learn this trick and it is simple. You can buy training courses that go over tons and tons of tricks for your bird that will definitely keep you both busy! http://www.birdtricks.com/parakeets http://www.birdtricks.com/ParrotMagic Trick training alone will form a bond with your bird and get his mind going - he will be more likely to play with his toys and be more active.
How do I teach my budgie to do tricks?
With great patience and careful observation.It is not the same for every budgie. Some are more amenable to learning tricks than others. Some respond to rewards and some respond to repetition. Generally, the males seem more willing to learn and you will have to try different method to see which works for a specific bird.You need to have good relationship with your budgie so must spend a lot of time with it, feeding and interacting with it. The younger you start interacting with the budgie the better, and if you are able to hand raise it, even better. If your budgie is seldom taken out of its cage and you are at work all day, it is very unlikely you will succeed.Finally, you need to decide what trick you want your budgie to do - there is a very wide range - and researching on the internet is a good place to start. Then consider how to get your budgie to do the task and how to reinforce the lesson, through reward or repetition.The Farm at 64, my urban collection of small animal pets
Are zebra finches smart? and can you teach them tricks?
Zebra finches in general are very hard to tame, because they are naturally scared of movement. If you would like to attempt to try, do not force the birds to go on to your hand. Also try not to chase them around the cage, because later they will be terrified. Some people are successful taming finches, but they usually get the finch at a young age.
Can I teach a budgie to understand what he says like in Irene Pepperberg's famous experiment?
Irene actually answered that question herself. When she was still with the University of Arizona she added a very young budgie to the group and assigned one of her graduate students to teach it to speak using the same method she used on the Grey Parrots, and see if it would be able to respond appropriately to questions.I saw part of this training when I visited her. At that time it had not made the leap to “object permanence,” that is, associating a word with an object, and she wasn’t optimistic that it would.However, it appears that it did.Object permanence in four species of psittacine birds: An African Grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), an Illiger mini macaw (Ara maracana), a parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus), and a cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)So yes, if you are patient, and use the model-rival method, you can teach your budgie a certain amount of object-permanence.
Has anyone been able to teach a budgerigar (budgie) to speak?
The world record for most words spoken by a bird, is held by a budgie. So yes, budgies can most definitely be taught to speak. It does take a lot of effort, and time though. I had a budgie who knew 20 plus words. Once they learn one word they usually pick up on others more easily. Males tend to be better at speaking than females.
It's been 2weeks I got my budgies, I have tried all tricks I know but nothing seems to work. They are not settled they seem so scared. Please I need advice?
First, where are they? Is this their permanent place?Second, how socialized were they at the store/breeder?I’d do a restart. Give them food and water, and leave them alone for 4 days. Keep your household the same. Same TV time, clean like normal (no aerosols or anything bird dangerous), the same routine. After the 4th day, start talking to them. Don’t try to play with them, or catch them or anything. But do talk to them when you feed them. Give them a treat while you’re talking to them. Just put it in the cage and keep talking. After a few days of this, they will start to anticipate the goodies. Then you can start leaving your hand in the cage for a bit. Keep on with one tiny step at a time, until you are where you want to be with them.All animals, particularly caged animals, stress when they are moved. That’s why I said to re-boot. Give them time to acclimate without scaring them. They were just kidnapped and stuck in a strange place with a strange being (in their minds).
How can you hand-train a budgie bird?
To be honest, It depends on yor budgie’s age.I have two budgies right now, both of them are hand-trained and are not afraid of humans. One of them does bite, but the bite is more like an affectionate tickle. I’ve had them since they were about 3 weeks old, and I have hand fed them myself with the help of my family. One of them is now about 7 months old, and the other about 3 months old.If you want to hand-train a baby, you have to hand feed it so that it trusts you. It will recognize your face and voice as the person that gives it food, and it will become one of your best companions. If you bought an old bird from a pet store, then he will be harder to hand train. My secret tip is millet. Jesus christ, millet has saved me countless times. Birds love that stuff. It’s like coffee on an early morning.NOTE: do not put millet in their cage. I repeat. Do not.If it’s a new bird, leave him alone in the cage for 2–3 days. After those days have passed, touch the bar of the cages for about 20–30 minutes a day for 2–3 days. This will make sure that your bird can get more comfortable near you. When you replace his food and water, do not touch the bird, he might be scared. Then you should be able to put your hand in the cage; however, do not touch the bird. Put your hand in the cage and leave it there 15 minutes a day. Do that for 4–5 days. Then you finally start bonding with your bird. Put your hand near the bird, and offer him some millet. Not too much, about 30 seeds. He may be scared, or he will come near your hand to eat the millet. If he does that, he might step onto your hand and let you take him out of the cage. Repeat for 5–7 days until he is willing to step onto your hand.After that, you can teach your bird tricks using millet. The easiest trick is the target trick. The target trick is done by getting your bird to follow a chopstick and tap the tip of the chopstick with his beak. First you get a chopstick. You put it near your bird, and if the touches the tip of the chopstick, give him millet. Repeat, repeat, and repeat. The bird will learn that by tapping the chopstick, he will be rewarded. You can use this trick to teach your bird other tricks, such as gtting him to fly to you.I’m not a bird specialist. But I do know how to treat my birds nicely. Make sure you do that too.