How can I teach my parakeet to perch on my finger?

Question

Getting my parakeet to get on my finger. How do I do it? Is it easy or hard?

Answer 1

Finger training your budgie is a fairly simple process...I would start by just setting your hand in the cage for a while...Just let it sit there....After a week, put it a little closer to your bird...(make sure you are talking nice to him or her, and tell them that your hand is safe.) After a week of doing that, move your hand slightly closer to the bird....each day move it a little closer. Eventually your bird will know that your hand is safe, and might even hop up on it, if its comfortable enough. When it understands your hand is safe, put your finger up to it's chest and say "UP". This will teach him or her, that you want him on your finger, and usually they will come. When it comes up to your finger, tell him or her that they are a good bird. Eventually when they start flying around the house, and if you put your finger up, it will come when you put your finger out and say up..BUT finger training is the FIRST thing you do....especially if your budgie is skiddish. Iwill put a link in there to help you with that, and when that is done. you can teach it perch to fingers, and out of cage finger training...Have fun, and remember, this will take a lot of time and paitnece, but its worth it!

Answer 2

It is very easy......Leave your parakeet to relax and get used to the new environment in the first day....In the second or preferably the third day , try to slowly open the cage door and gently approach your finger towards its chest, if it reacts violently and flies all over the cage then leave it and try the next day till you get it...It all depends on the parakeet really, some parakeets get comfortable faster than others so just keep trying....Hope this helps...Good Luck

Answer 3

Let your parakeet fly around a safe room until it is so tired, it has no choice but to sit on your finger. This is accomplished much quicker if you clip the first 4 feathers on each wing closes to it's body. DO NOT CLIP WINGS ON AN ALBINO! They tend to bleed. Let your parakeet tire out a couple of times and you will have its trust. I know this works because years ago a pet shop I worked in, had a "tame your parakeet in 5 minutes or your money back". We never had to give the money back.

Answer 4

Some birds are very stubborn. My newest parakeet took a while to perch. I HIGHLY suggest joining the training group at www.xoparrots.com I thought training my parakeet was impossible until I joined there.

Answer 5

This is how i taught my parakeet AND parrot to perch on my finger:
Put finger a little bit above it's feet and say "step up".
Then press with your finger (still pointing out in same spot) gently on it.
If it doesnt do anything keeep your finger still there and take your other hand and gently give it a LITTLE nodge on the back.

Answer 6

You take the bird to a small room like the bathroom. You talk to the bird as you take it to the room cupped in your hands. You continue to talk to the bird in the room and continue to try to put your finger against its chest. After doing this every day for about a week or so, it will then get on your finger every time. They like it in their cage though, so you might have to hold the bird to take it out of its cage. Also, the bird will bite at first until it gets use to you taking it into the other room. It's only a pinch though.

Answer 7

Talk softly and gently and put your finger on it's chest slightly pushing and repeat the word up. When they finally do don't forget to say good boy or good girl and keep doing it. We need encouragement and lots of practice.

Answer 8

i found it easy.i usually just rub the stomach of the parakeet and it climbs up on my finger.it can be hard if they are affraid of hands,so you might need to let the bird gain some trust in you

Answer 9

Push your finger gently on his chest just above his legs until he steps on your finger. Every time you do this tell him to step up. Pretty soon you wont even have to push just say step up. He might put his beak on you before he steps on your finger, they do this to see if what they are stepping on is sturdy.

Answer 10

He has found out that flying remote from you is a obtainable option to ruin out. He needs to learn that regardless of if he does fly he will nonetheless finally end up on your hand, so he could as nicely not combat it.