Domestic parrots - birds are not only incredibly beautiful, but also very smart. The popularity of these pets is easily explained, maintenance does not require much space and care is quite simple. Budgerigars are especially popular. How to tame a bird that has just appeared in your home? And is it possible to make friends with an adult?
The first days in the new house
If you bought a chick or a young bird at the pet store, you should not immediately buy a too spacious cage, let it be better to be small. Place a new pet in a warm, quiet room, with moderate lighting and suitable humidity. Fill the feeder and drinker, and then try not to get close to the cage unless
absolutely necessary. Do not worry if the parrot clogs into a corner - moving and changing the situation is very stressful for him. The following days, change the feed without sudden movements, you can try to talk quietly with the bird. All these rules are also relevant for transportation to a new place of adults, "educated" individuals. Despite their timidity, the birds are very curious and quick-witted - these are they, budgies. How to tame a pet, you will understand intuitively over time. Once the parrot has lived in your house for a week, you can introduce it to the whole family. But do not bother the bird with attention, it will be better if in the room where the cage stands, as often as possible there will be people who are engaged in their own affairs.
Make contact
The best way to quickly tame a budgie is to talk to him constantly. Greet your pet when you come home, comment on your actions or even tell something. Over time, you will notice that as you approach the cage, the pet rushes towards you. Encourage him for the desire to communicate and treat him with something edible. It is even advisable to hold a treat in your hands while the bird tries it. Once you succeed, open the cage and invite the bird to go beyond it, as well as try the food from your palm. Whether the pet becomes manual the first time, but trying to treat it in this way is still worth it. There is a similar way to tame an adult budgie. First you should teach the bird to eat with you, then with your hands, and later the pet will happily sit on your hands and shoulders during flights.
Budgies: How to Tame and Learn to Talk
The easiest way to teach a parrot to speak is to regularly repeat a word or phrase. But remember, the more the bird trusts you, the more successful the training will be. If the pet is often left alone, leave it on the radio or TV. An interesting fact - feathered people like voices of children and women much more than representatives of the stronger sex.
It is believed that a bird that has learned at least one word will be able to learn further all his life. Some owners of such pets boast that their pets know up to hundreds of different words. Curiously, some individuals even say with whole phrases and moments that it seems that they do it consciously, and budgerigars are capable of this! You now know how to tame a chick and make friends with an adult bird, which means that, perhaps, the pet will delight you once with such miracles.