How do I get my bird back into the cage at night.?

Question

Jesse is out most of the day and cannot get him into the cage with out chasing him all over the house.

Answer 1

my finch will return when he sees it is bedtime. I leave the hall light on to illuminate his cage. It works all the time.

Answer 2

what type of bird is Jesse? I have 7 birds, african grey, red front macaw, conures and parakeets. All have their wings clipped. They are out of cage all day long and always go in cage to sleep every night. That is when they get their treat, peanuts for the parrots and cheerios for the parakeets. They look forward to this. Maybe if you start offering Jesse his favorite food as a bedtime treat he will learn to go to cage automatically.

Answer 3

Let him know who's the boss. Right now it's Jesse. They never want to go to bed. To Much fun to be out. Try a special treat that
he loves, show it to him, then put it in his cage. It works every
time for those brat's....good luck and be patience. If your running
all around the house, chasing him, he thinks its a game.
It really does work...

Answer 4

If the bird is tame, I usally just put my own shoulder inside the cage placeing the bird in the cage making him step onto the side of the cage.

I have a male cockatiel, now he will play with you, sit on your shoulder be your best buddy until you look him in the face while hes on your shoulder and he bites you in the face drawing blood. This is the bird who taught me on a emergency basis how to get him off my back LOL! @_@

Answer 5

I had a bird for many years... chasing the bird will only get him going again. The best way to get him to stop flying is to turn off all of the lights. Birds won't fly in the dark.

Also, you need to talk calmly with him and coax him onto your hand. Start by only letting him fly in a confined space, like a bathroom. Teach him in there... it'll be WAY easier.

Answer 6

When I used to have a parakeet and I would let him out of the cage and wanted to put him back I would put a little bird seed in my hand and put it by him. He would simply climb on my hand and then I would bring him by the open door to his cage and he would climb back in. Don't provide him with a lot of feed in the morning and that way he will be hungry when you want to put him in the cage in the evening.

Answer 7

what you need to do is not let him out so much because in the birds mind he is thinking "oh this is my cage" but it is not leave him in his cage every other day and he will start getting better

Answer 8

Get the Cat to chase him back into his cage.

Answer 9

I have blue fronted amazon, if he thinks I am going to put him in the cage he will not come to me at all, just flying from one window to another (drapes). Try to let him sit where you can reach him, then turn off the lights, pick him up and put him in the cage. Works like magic, then turn the lights back on or it will hurt (your toes). ):o)>

Answer 10

LOL, I used to have the same problem with Sunny, my sun conure!

I would get him on my hand and head for the cage and he takes off again. I had to cup him in my hands to do it for a while, and he would, of course, give me the obligatory nips on the way... but he eventually caught on that one way or another, he WAS going back in. Now, he only occasionally will try me on it.

Answer 11

Put your finger under his belly near his legs and say step up. Then put him in his cage and shut the door. Do that before you go to bed when you want him in. Repeat that every time you want
To put him somewhere and soon it will be like an everyday thing.