What age do you let a baby budgie out its cage?

Question

We have a 2 month old baby budgie. We tried to find info on looking after it, and we found most of the answers to our questions except the above one. What age can you let a budgie out for a fly round the living room?

Answer 1

if he can fly, he is old enough. i would clip his wings and teach him to come to you before you let him go free. this way, you won't have to try to catch him. give him a little treat every time he steps up on your hand. i would use this technique to finger train him. then, when he is totally trained, let his wings grow out and fly. he won't hurt himself unless there are hazards around the room. i also wouldn't let him fly in the whole house, just one room. hazards:
white walls that don't have pictures, posters, lights on them every two feet. i let mine fly in a white room, but i have pieces of sticky tack on the walls, about every square foot. he sees the sticky tack and knows that he cant fly through it before i did this, he ran into the wall a lot

uncovered windows. just close the curtains or put something on them like those things you can buy at a store that keep wild birds from going in.

fans

okay here is the finger training tip

you have to be extremely gentle.

1 try to put your hand in the cage, but don't touch him. if he flies away, try again in about 15 min. repeat until he doesn't fly away.

2 the next day, or week, when he is comfy with you hand in the cage, start stretching it around and opening and closing it.

3 after he is comfortable with 2, probably about a day, and doesn't fly away, hold a small perch in your hand and move it towards him. if he flies away, try again in a few min.

4 after he is comfortable with that, move the perch rite above his feet, and say step up, wile gently pushing up on his abdomen. he should step up hold him there a few min. then put him back on his solid perch and leave him alone. this shows him that this thing really isn't so bad, and that it is safe to sit on.

5 next, after doing step 4 for about a day, every 15 min or so, get a short perch, about as long as your finger, and hold it with your finger on top, do step 4.

6 then do it w/o the perch. gradually move out of the cage, out of the room, to a different floor, until he is OK with it all. i wouldn't keep i longer than 5 min. out of his cage. the next day, add a min. to get it up to 6 min. next day, 7. animals need this gradual adjustment. it may seem to be taking forever, but he needs that. best of luck to you!

Answer 2

Whenever he decides on his own that he feels safe coming out of his cage and flying around. Make sure the entire room is bird proofed in every manner. That being, the cabinets and shelves are within your reach in case you need to get him down, there are no wires or electrical appliances that he could get into or caught in, there are no food or drinks left out (could be harmful if ingested, and with glasses of any drink, there have been cases where birds will try to take a sip of something and wind up falling in and drowning), there are no small spaces the bird could squeeze into, etc. etc. Obviously make sure all doors and windows are closed, and it's best (so he gets the idea quicker that he can't fly through the glass of doors and windows) to pull down the blinds or curtains so there's an obvious obstacle.

Don't clip the wings while he's young because fledging is one of the most important parts of a bird's life. A bird who has not fledged properly will have ill balance throughout adulthood and it could take months to years to help fledge an adult parrot properly. When he's flying well, guiding himself, and has sufficient control, you can take him to the vet to see if a vet is comfortable clipping wings and will teach you if you so choose. Though you may later realize you like having a flighted bird.

Answer 3

If you get a new one, I would also get another (maybe a small one) cage for the new one. Put them side by side, so they can get to know each other, yet not get in each others way. Introduce them slowly. In a few weeks you may be able to put them together. If you get a smaller cage, you can use it as a transport cage, or one to put them in while cleaning their cage. It doesn't have to be a waste of money! Good luck! If it was a younger bird, I would tell you to totally clean out the cage & put the new one in first, with all new toys, leaving only a favorite from the first bird. Then introduce the older bird to the 'new' cage with the new bird. But, that shouldn't be done this time.

Answer 4

If he/she can hold on to it's perch and has good balance whenever you feel you can put your attetion to them completely and train them. And of course don't forget to keep a eye on them too. I'm 4 months old and i walk around the house, perch on things and take showers with mommy and daddy. If your looking for a good keet site check this one out. This lady is a real good expert and a great friend to us budgies. http://www.lisashea.com/petinfo/budgie.h... oh ps theres a forum in there too.

Answer 5

If he/she can hold on to it's perch and has good balance whenever you feel you can put your attetion to them completely and train them. And of course don't forget to keep a eye on them too. I'm 4 months old and i walk around the house, perch on things and take showers with mommy and daddy. If your looking for a good keet site check this one out. This lady is a real good expert and a great friend to us budgies. http://www.lisashea.com/petinfo/budgie.html oh ps theres a forum in there too.

Answer 6

You can let him out to fly around from the day you brought him home. As soon as he had his flight feathers you can let him fly. Be sure he is finger trained though so you can get him into the cage when you need to.

Answer 7

I would say that it is fine to let it out supervised. I started taking my baby cockatiel out of the cage as soon as she was out of the nest box.

Answer 8

Unless the bird is trained I wouldn't let it out of it cage. But if it can fly it's old enough.

Answer 9

as soon as they can fly it's a good idea to clip[ their wings so that they cannot fly to curtain rods or windows where they could hurt themselves.

Answer 10

First clip those wings so the little fella will not hurt himself.

second you should wait until he is two or three months old.