I have a question, how do I get the food out and feed it?

I think this also applies to humans, if we consider scale and proportion. If a hand that was twice the size of my body came in through my bedroom door, I think I might experience stress-induced shock...

There is *one* problem with this channel. And that is, that it is underrated. It needs to be much more popular than what it is now.

I think you're right. If a big hand came into my house and said "Be my friend" I would not say no but terrified.

Im starting to understand why even though my neighbours seem nice I sometimes get the impression they dont like me

Thank you for truly understanding bird behavior in captivity and for creating as natural an environment an indoor bird can have.

This is such a great tip! I avoid putting my hand in my canaries’ cage as much as possible now. When I give them treats, I put the doors down (they collapse both ways) and offer them treats with my hands outside. While they’re in the cage I only interact with them through the bars, which they seem much more comfortable with! I’m hoping they will soon be able to venture outside the cage

So how to clean and change the toys ?? I have many birds and moving them from one cage in the next just to change and clean is just as stressful .

This is extremely informative and helpful. There's always gonna be people that disagree or whatever but in the end, bird owners need to try different methods from people who know what they are talking about until they find something that works. As far as getting pet owners who don't really think about how the bird is feeling THANK YOU.

What do I do I have already “tamed” my bird that way? They would stand on my hand if it has food in it and they seem to be very used to my hand and my presence, but how do I establish a relationship with them as not a “Functioning robot, bird feeder” but as a friend that they love to be with? And if you need the information they’re lutino lovebirds aged 6 months old, bought them when they were 4 months old (dont worry I bought them from a good responsible bird breeder that treats his animals like humans and not bricks like chain pet stores), one is male and the other is female. Also, will I be able to tame them faster and better because they aren’t scared of my hand now? or no? Have a nice day!

This was a nice and informative video. Thanks for help me understand why my birds are not comfortable in cage

Thank you so much for this! I never thought of it that way but it does make sense... like friendship, its best to not force

Leporello is such a lovely bird! And his owner is very wise. I came here for bird taming tips but your insights apply to humans as well. There is a fearful little bird inside each of us who must be kept safe, cared for and loved. If the only lesson we learned in life was how to befriend our bird-self, we wouldn't need anything else to be happy. Love your videos! Please keep them coming! Subscribed.

What about for moving my bird to another cage, cleaning the cage and changing food and toys around? I have 2 month old baby canaries and had to move them to a bigger cage today which meant i had to handle them. They were really scared and i felt so sad but it had to be done. I have a brother and sister in the same cage and noticed today the brother is bullying the sister so separated them. Then they missed eachother so much and looked miserable so i rejoined them but in a much bigger cage. Its so hard to do anything without putting hand in cage

This channel is, by a great margin, the most useful finch resource on the internet! Pretty much all the advice on this channel also works for goldfinch/canary mules, too (and probably a lot more breeds of birds). There is one person who has disliked the video - so we can probably assume that there is one imbecile who insists on creating a hellish environment for a bird. On behalf of all people who love their birds, thank you for another excellent video! P.S. the "be my friend!" with gun part - I laughed too loud for a public setting. No one in that train carriage is ever going to want to be my friend. Cursed headphones...

Thank you so much i now understand why my canary doesnt trust me thank you Edit: wrong grammar xD

1:41 yo he FLIPPING me off lol Love this video I'm looking at getting a finch so these are helpful

I just bought a bird and made the exact apposite as she said.. I put my hand in the cage and i think he was scared because i could see his heart beating so fast.. Now that i see this video im like Oh no i totaly messed up.

I love how you say "nooo" omg, also, I can be your friend, with or without gun.

Thank you so much please continue making videos about birds 🐦 I am learning so much ❤️

Thank you for the valuable information. Your lessons are the best I've seen thus far.

I have a 15 year old lovebird who has never been tamed, and I thought that putting my hand in her cage could build trust. Thank you for making this video!

Thanks for the very convincing explanation on birds’ psychology. I think, you should show in a video how to deal with practical common problems like: cleaning the cage, replacing food and beverages for example by using the right accessories, and how and wether to fetch a bird, when this is needed. You may have a situation, where the bird insists moving around the cage, while you are cleaning it.

What a fantastic channel, I’ve just got two finches and it’s been a great help!!! Thank you ♥️

OMG!!! Thank you so much for this!!! 🙏🙏🙏 I did wrong and I was happy he is eating out of my hand inside the cage but wondering why the second I move he panicks. Great trick, I hope I can still reverse my mistake and correct it so as to build a strong bond based on trust!! 🙏🙏🙏🥰

Hi, I got a diamond dove 4 days ago and I've broken the rule of putting my hand in my birds cage when i shouldn't because I didn't know any better. I've never had a bird but I've been diligently researching how to care for them when i came across your video. I can coo at her and she sings back to me but she's still quite timid when i get too close to her. I bought a larger cage for her that i will set up with all the right things including the feeders you linked in the description so that i dont have to stick my hand in anymore when i change her water and give her fresh food. I'm hoping i can start over with her with this new cage so that our relationship is less forced for her. I've let her out the cage on her own accord a few times and it was hard getting her back in since coaxing her with treats doesn't work so my mum has had to get her to hop on a perch and hold it in her cage until she hops off. Looking up information for diamond doves as pets is hard since most of the search results either pulls up mourning doves or conures. I just want to make sure I'm doing everything right. Do you think that starting over with a new cage (which I was going to get anyways since her current one is just a starter size) and building trust with the correct feeing methods will work? ALso at night since i stay up late in my room, We put her cage in a quieter room which requires me picking the cage up with the carrier handles. She's a bit used to that but the new cage i ordered is big with wheels. I was wondering if putting a blanket over her cage at night while i use earbuds for devices would help her get good sleep or would rolling her cage in the room she normally is put it at night would be equally acceptable? I used multiple devices at night so it might keep her up even if i use earbuds for one device which is why i'm asking if rolling her in the other room would be ok to do at night.

I think it depends on the situation. My finch likes to stare at me and sing when I change water or food. If you move slowly and try talking or whistling to it, the bird becomes quite calm.

1:07 [Birds mind] its a bird [wait that's me] its a plane no ITS A HAND!!

You are saving many bird’s lives thank you!!!!

This was so helpful thank you ❤️

I just deleted a few bookmarks that suggested this, I have subscribed, great stuff, I am thinking of getting a Finch or two, I am trying to learn how to keep them properly, thank you!

Hi there, I hope you are doing well and thank you for the problem you are raising this time that many people don't give attention, however i always put my hand inside the cage to fill the feeders. Is that a problem? Thanks

That gold finch is so cute

If my canary flies away around the room...how do I get him back to his cage?

Thanks so much for recommending me this video when I commented about taming my cockatiel this was very helpful and I won't put my hand in the cage anymore!

Thanks for telling me earlier I stopped and when I leave the room now they start beeping I put my hand near it they instantly go for it without treats now I need to work on out of cage taming

Love your videos ! So helpful

Hi:) I just discovered u, and I must say u are absolutely amazing! I have 2 questions, perhaps u can help me with, first I would like to know where I can find the cage u have? 2nd I have 2 finches- my first 1 Fini is an orange cheek waxbill male (I have for 1 yr), the 2nd one is a red cheek cordon bleu male I have since March (6 months) Tristan. They are currently caged separately , I would like to cage them together, they both have flight cages Prevue- (same size) they are both waxbills and usually compatible however, Fini I found at my local pet store and then due to the hurricane in puerto rico the supply of finch birds to NY diminished- and basically there were only zebra finches/society which were both larger than my orange cheek and the zebras are more aggressive, so I made the mistake of ordering out of state my cordon bleu who arrived pretty traumatized and very wild. I have kept them caged separately, now that we are at the 6 month mark he is becoming more tame- and I would like to order a different cage and try to house them together / this way they wont fight over territory, Ive heard to put one thing from each cage in the new cage... just wondering your advice on how to go about doing this, I know this is a lengthy comment/ question, but I wanted u to have as much info as possible so u would have a clearer understanding of my situation. The cages are currently about 2 feet apart, they do communicate with one another and copy each others behavior, but sometimes I come home and they are both just sitting there looking at each other, and I feel if they were in the same cage they would be more interactive.

Thank you very much for saying this, i have two love birds for quite a long time but they're really scared of everyone. I saw some videos about how to train them, which included putting your hands in the cage for some minutes everyday so the birds gets 'used' to the hand and I did that, then I also picked one with a towel as the people suggested, but the bird was so scared, his hearth was beating really fast and he was trying to get away and bite me even tho I tried to calm him, so I decided to put him in the cage because I know birds can die of stress. I saw your video about how to train birds and now I decided to re-do everything since I destroyed any little hint of trusting I had with them. I have a question tho, after they're not scared around me when they're in the cage, how do I pick them up so he can stay in my hand eccetera?

I really love your goldfinch 🕊💕

Very good video but I was just wondering how would you put food into a bowl that is in the birds cage .

The wisest and the most intelligent way to tame goldfinchs I've ever seen

Thank you for this information. I did not know about it before I saw your video. Now I have a problem because my bird's cage was made by my father years ago (not for this specific bird) and there is no way of changing his food or water without me sticking my hands inside. I have moved everything as close to the door as possible to make it less stressful for my bird and whenever I am home I open his cage. He doesn't trust me so I just let him explore and he usually goes inside on his own when he gets bored, but I keep talking to him while he is out and he is approaching me more and more each day. Should I try to get another cage though? I don't want the bird to be scared every time I have to change his food and sometimes he doesn't want to go out, so I can't always change the food and water without him being there.

I have some questions - what if I have to get my birds out for something like a vet appointment or to do a deep clean of their cage? I would have to simply grab them because I understand that this is very scary. Also, how do I clean and move things around the cage this way?

Thanks for your very helpful videos. I have a canary that I'm trying to tame. I didn't know this thing about not putting your hands in the cage. I usually do it very gently exclusively to give and change fresh fruit and vegetables. I've been following your advice for a week or so and today the canary ate from the hand behind bars. Do you think it's still possible to win his trust anyway? (obviously not doing it anymore)

Thank you for sharing, what you said has a lot of sense. I new to your channel and you have a beautiful bird.😃

Hi I have a parrotlet I re homed. Do you think a canary or goldfinch would make a good companion. I'm thinking canaries have been breed to be less social and maybe it's singing would entertain the parrotlet while I'm not home. I would let them both fly around the room while I'm home. Do you think this would work?

hi I really love your Channel but I have a question my birds sit in my finger and my sholder but they are scared from my hand

Thank You Very Much for the valuable information you shared in your videos.Especially this one is crucially important.👍👍💞🐦🐤💞

This is very helpful Thank you!

Beautiful birds 💖

*Hello beautiful people, sorry for the long break - a new video is coming this April 15th! If you have any requests, feel free to leave them in the comments. Stay tuned :) Edit: Trying to make it a good one - date updated! Can't wait to share!*

Hey Hannah thank you for your response. My babies are now 4 months old :) they are getting used to my hand. I will be letting them fly around very soon :) they have big cages so plenty of space but yes ı agree not to keep them in cages all the time. I am struggling with mite spray too as ı dont want to handle them...any advice on spraying them without scaring them? :)

Great advice! 👍❤

I love your references!

I tamed my gouldian finches so I sat in front of the cage for 15 minutes and slowly approached each time and finally put my hand in a cage and the birds slowly started to come to my arms. I did it because every time I cleaned the cage they would fly. They would make a mess but now they stand in place while Im clean. I did not have to transfer them to a smaller cage (sorry for bad English)

So, can I use the little doors on the walls, for feeding and giving fresh water? Because they don’t freak out when I do that.

I'm getting budgies soon and definitely agree. But I'm also worried about the first weeks. Food and water containers are all accessible from the outside of the cage, and I also checked for a way to attach millet without reaching into the cage. But for example I will have to reach into the cage to remove the transport cages after they got out and settled into the cage. The cage is rather big and has big doors so the best option for letting them out seems to be putting the transport cages into the cage and opening them.

I have 2 conures 1 of them loves me but the other is afraid so what should i do

Excellent information

Thanks you! Me and my budgie we’re getting closer but when I put my hand in his cage he was breathing hard. Now I just put it outside the cage for 20-30 mins and talk to him but not try to touch him.

once again awesome video great love this so much keep it up 😉my goldfinch does not sing thats all 😂 it was a nice explained video not long or short just perfect

Um how do I make Charlie social because he loves me but utterly refused to be near anyone else and it annoying because sometimes I'm sleep ate in the weekend and my sister gets him God knows how but I can tell Charlie is mortified and the minute he sees me he flies to my hand and screams like as though trying to tell me how much he hates my sister never let her near him then my dad calls us to eat breakfast and I have Charlie my dad starts screaming WHY DO YOU HAVE CHARLIE AND NOT MELANIE YOU ARE SO SELFISH YOU DO THIS WITH EVERY PET MELANIE GOT HIM FIRST SHE GETS TO HOLD HIM SHE IS ONLY HERE TWICE A MONTH AND SHE WANTS TO SPEND TIME WITH HIM I get so mad I yell WOW YEAH JUST TREAT CHARLIE LIKE HES AN OBJECT AND NOT A LIVING CREATURE WITH STRONGER EMOTIONS THAN YOU COULD DREAM OF Then I put charie in his cage and yell THERE NOW MELANIE CAN BE THE BIRD EXPERT HOW ABOUT THAT SHE DOES NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT HIS DIET SHOULD BE BUT DO I CARE NOPE LET HER STICK HER HAND IN THE CAGE GRAB HIM DO WHATEVER SHE WANT BECAUSE APPARENTLY TO ALL OF YOU HE IS JUST A TOY And just so you know he flew to me it was his choice Please help if he does not become social properly my dad is going to make me more sad than I already constantly am And I don't know the proper way to do it

I adopted my boy at about 2 or 3 years old. He is wild. I can’t give him medicine or clip his nails if i do not reach in to his cage. He’s been with me for 4 years, he lets me put my head next to him and stand close and sing to him (outside of the cage). I get what you are saying. No one should ever crowd or force interaction, because it can kill them, frightens them, etc. A bird is not a toy, its a wild creature. But I also think maybe it underestimates a bird’s understanding that if he’s lived with you for years, he doesn’t see you as a huge threat. I think they are wild and demand to be independent ( I have a grass keet, so a small one like a finch, not a big parrot), and they deserve to be respected and treated with care. I’ve handled my bird for about a dozen times over 4 years. I can see that he knows I’m not a big threat, but nevertheless he demands autonomy.

How to clean or maintain the cage in this case?

Hello, thank you a lot for this video, but how can I do to cut my bird's nails ? I should put my hand in the cage, I have no choise. Please can you advise me ?

How do I clean the cage? I sometimes remove one perch at a time to wipe it.

i have two gouldian finch birds and i really want to tame they, and after watching your videos. i will try all you are saying. i really want to let them fly aroundin my room. but, i need to put my hand inside their cage when im changing food. my birds is not that tame yet, and im to afraid to let them out free flying beause im to scared that they will not go back inside the cage. did you first tame your bird before you let him out. or did you let him free flight after some weeks? i have had my birds for 3 months soon. so they should be safe there in the room. they are in my bedroom there i spend my day almost all time after work. and they sleep with me and are talking to me and are really curious and talks back when i go to their cage and are talking to the birds. so do you think i can let them freee flight?

I'm currently training my birds to step up onto a perch at the moment, but they won't do anything I stick my other hand into their cage with a treat to encourage them to step onto the stick. Do you have any tips for how I can train them without having to put my hand in the cage with the treat?

great video 😍 my "mango" canary will thank you for this advice 😅

i have a question. my bird is new and whenever i try changing the birds food/ water (can be chsnged from the outside) he goes out of his way to try and bite my fingers

Just one question about not putting your hands in the cage, how do you change the seeds in the feed bowl when that is inside the cage?

Hello, thanks for the information. Just purchased my first bird today… it’s a Yellow Canary. I named her “Lovely” I also got my daughter a couple of birds. Hers are Society Finch. My son went a different route, he got a Bearded Dragon! Those were our new additions today… we already have a dog, and some fish.

Hellooo Again :) Great vid.. and it makes a lot of sense. A cage for a bird is its castle.. if it doesn't feel safe there it will always feel stressed. I have the opposite problem with Gigi.. He likes his cage to much as I told you last time when he is out of his cage (whichever the room), even when he flies around the room he always lands back on his cage. I must admit it is more of a good thing then a bad thing.. I have control of him that way. But that inhibits him from landing somewhere else like for example my hand. I do put my hand in his cage because I give him his treats in an internal feeder and he doesnt mind now that he knows he is soon going to eat something good the second after my hand is back out. Have I ever told you that Gigi is a cross between a Goldfinch, a monkey, and a pig? Time is the trick here.. you cannot do something that takes months in days.. A bird is so many thousands of times smaller then us so who blames them for the long process of taming.. and some never get tame. Thanks and hope you have a great year ahead :)

Adorable ^.^ Scuttles is so adorableeeeee 😊 2:22 so funny xD

This makes a lot of sense! I just got a green cheek conure almost a week ago. He's very shy and I thought maybe putting my hand in slowly would get him used to the idea of my trying to touch him. I had no ill intentions but now I unde rstand why he would avoid my hand at all costs. Great video btw!

Is this the same for sun conures? Mine has never had a problem with it and prefers me to get him instead of him coming to me.

Thank you for another superb video! This information makes perfect sense, and I am using your gentle method to tame my canary, after many months of inadvertently sending him mixed signals by putting my hand in his cage, and so far, it's working beautifully! I do have a question, though: once a bird is tame, how do you go about handling him if you need to trim his nails, etc., without traumatizing him and losing his trust? Will he tolerate being held in your hand? Thanks!

I had my bird for a long time and trained him without watching any bird videos. What do I do!?

it looks beautiful

Another great awsome and very helpful video.. Thank you .. and don't worry it wasn't that long 😊

what about changing water or food dishes etc?

I bought budgies a week ago and I've been doing things wrong. I want now to start a new but I need to clean the cage cz it's a mess. How can I do that without scaring them? And how long should I keep doing this step before going to step (1) in your video list?

hello, I have a question, I love very much exotic plants ( citruses ) and I also want to buy a bird and leave the bird free in my room, my question is if a bird could rip off the leaves of my plants. one year ago I left the window open so wild birds can come in and eat seeds, the wild birds always ignored my plants, I don`t know about parrot or canary or a bird like your if it could defoliate my plants.

Very informative

A while back I had a goldfinch in a breeding cage in a shed and some how one of the feeders fell off and he got out . The shed was bird proof and I was in a rush the gold finch was not tame .So I left him until I came back there was food and water in the shed as I kept Young canaries free in the shed .when I came back the goldfinch was back in his cage .I found it amazing that he was so devoted to his canary .that he came back to her.

Heyy again👋🏻, thanks for this video it did help😝 but when am I supposed to put my hand in the cage cause i want to take my bird out of the cage ?

Thanks for your advices. Your channel is very helpful for us, who are planning to buy or adopt a bird. Hopefully I will have a new friend yellow canary soon 🐦💛

Just one more thing can you please make a video about how to get your bird back in its cage if it isn't trained ?

Hello, can i put a mirror in the goldfiches cage? Thanks

I have a goldfinch and i used to put my had in his cage and he was scared. Now he just bites my finger but i can also feed him that way. Can i still tame him?

what about putting a stick in there to get it out? so it can jump on it and pull it out? is that fine?

How do i tame my parkeet? I have a parkeet for a while like what? 7-9 years. I got it when i was really young,so i don't understand how to take care of them. I'm trying to tame it but,how?

I have a problem that my cage doesn't have feeders I could take from outside, and sometimes I need to stick my hand inside the cage to clean the perches. I also stick my hand only when I offer food to my bird, so he'll associate me with good things. Is that still bad thing to do?

My pet cockatiel has had some negative expierienced with me before I learn how to take care of him well. He's no scared of me and my hands. He's so scared that he won't even come near for treats. What should I do?

Thanks for information be happy

so, .. if I have already put my hand in the cage, and he starts to hate me,.. can I build the trust again?

Oh no I wish I found this sooner because I have been taming my goldfinch inside his cage :( It‘s true that he only sees me as a source of food haha and doesn't get back into the cage easily... is it too late to start over? And how do I tame him outside his cage?

What if my budgie is half-tamed and likes eatind from the hand? Is it okay?

On my gosh, I've been trying to take my here for the past few months. Now I know why it isn't working!