Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks How about opening the cage and having it jump on your finger?

LMFAO

I went to a friend and breeder which held the budgie we would receive in his hands daily 2 days after hatching. She hates fingers but loves sitting on your shoulder, nibbling on everything. Drinking tea and following the mouse cursor on the monitor when it moves. The 2nd one was store bought and very scared if everyrhing but we tamed it by giving it freedom and space and basically just letting him copy the 1st birds behavior. He's still terrified of hands but does sit on you if the first budgie is also sitting on you and sometimes when he feels like it(the 1st budgie is very dominant) the 2nd one loves sitting near the window looking outside, nibbling on stuff and sleeping. Although he is terrified of hands he does fly into the cage on command and after a little bit of encouragement(IE very slowly stretching your arm in its direction until he flies off which usually means into the cage after hearing the comnand)

Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks im offended.

Subscribed because of your sense of humor in this reaction. It made me laugh.😉

Trust building takes time. Try to make an effort every day for two weeks and keep a taming journal, you'll see results - there's no way around it!

Thanks so much dude, my birds aren't as scared at me as before!! They still fly away a little bit, but I can see the improvements! At least they sit on my finger/arm now!

LOLOLOLOL 😅😅😅😅. I know how u feel. Mine loves to hate me. I just know he curses me with every squawk and chirp.

Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks my budgie and me have what you can call... a mixed relation ship basically for some reason he is obsessed with my head (don’t ask me one day he suddenly flew on my head😂) he will get on my finger my shoulder when I’m lying down he’ll come and crawl on me and give me little kisses but I’ve noticed one thing he hates things going near his wings like he won’t let me pet him on his wings at all idk why my dad says he probably just don’t want me to go near his wings but I’m a little confused

I CANNOT BREATHE.

It's good luck right?

Haha

Your bird really trust you.

That might mean it trust you

Lol

LeL

Lul

LOL!!!

😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🥴😭

Ture

Oh no! That's no way to live!!!

i knoe, i want to get the cockatiel but i'll need to wait a few months

ᗪʀαաɨռɢϝօx do u have it its been 5 months

I have a cockatiel his name is snowflake

Same dude...same

Awesome, let us know how it goes!

Same

Me too

I have also budgie i have 2 budgie

Same but they get scared of me

Amazing, well done you! :)

How did you train it to sit on your shoulder I really wanna know

Evelynn Soledad usually they go there on their own,or you can place them there when they are comfortable

Kristina Zedaviciute how long did it take

Kristina Zedaviciute wow let’s see if it happens with my parakeet

Hi ameer, sounds great! Congrats on the good progress, well done :)

I'm going through this right now with a budgie that I rescued. We've got a long way to go. Some days he "seems" to be making good progress but then we take 2 steps back, somehow, so I'm slowing way down and we're sort of starting over. I can trek he's got a real sweet side to him but he's still really scared. I keep catching him starting at me, though, when I'm reading or on my computer. It's too cute because, he immediately looks the other way and pretends he wasn't staring, just like a human would do in some cases, LOL. I know he's just observing to see if I'm OK.

At least you've got your phone. Could always be worse!

@@leporellothegoldfinch he is now eating my cheesecake 😭

Careful with that, though - lactose (milk sugar) and sugar are really bad for birds.

@@leporellothegoldfinch its a joke

@@K_ingh16 you shouldn’t joke about things like that

Well done, keep it up!

Yara Biru that’s great I’m happy for you!!! I’m going to try it but my bird is very very scared so I don’t know if it will work. Good job though!!! :D

Y budgie always jumped on my finger but sometime he fly in to the dinner table and does not want to come out from the chairs

That's perfectly normal. Your shoulder doesn't move like a predator, but hands do.

Same 😂

It's pretty common for birds to pacify their fears by rushing to shoulders. Birdtricks is a great channel here on KZfaq that has quite a few videos on "shoulder-rushers" and how to help your bird overcome the fears that make it run to your shoulder.

My pigeon doesn't like being touched and attackes our hands if we try to but will land on our heads and play with our hair or try to eat your ear. It can also just chill near your arm or sit on your foot / ear your foot ( I always put my shoes on for that reason)

Savage Clown I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

BUDGIES RULE

I have 2

@@alonnahbui2174 5

OMFG I JUST LOVE MY BUDGIES SO MUCH OMG OMG OMG OMG AAAA

Well done, keep up the great work! :)

are they tame?

Progress

did it work?

How did it go? I had parrotlets and they are very hard headed. It may take a little extra time but i am sure you will get it. :)

Are they take now?

Tame*

I've tried this method on a few birds and they all became tame, even the really scared ones. If you put in the effort and do it daily, it works without fail. It is by far the best bird taming method I've seen.

My pleasure - thank you for watching! :)

Hey, nice to hear from you again! :) Yes, cucumber is very good for goldfinches because of its minerals - especially during moulting season! Zucchini is good, too, though Gigi will likely only pick out the seeds (great for keeping a goldfinch busy though). Greetings from rainy Vienna! :)

Nice to see one of your videos again to.. :) Yes Goldfinches are birds that are always on the go and playing around. Will try Zucchini as well. Here in Malta it is hot.. summer is in full blast now. So when do you think he will moult, just before winter or now? And how many times a year do Goldfinches moult? And if you don't mind me asking what editing software do you use (I have a lot to learn)... Nice Day..

That's a good question! Most birds' moulting rhythm is strongly tied to daylight hours. In Central Europe, goldfinches moult once a year around August, September, though in Southern Europe it might be a bit later. My editing software is Magix Video Deluxe 2016, which sucks because it always crashes at the wrong time, haha. It's really easy to use but also rather limited.

Nice name for your bird my bird is called Mango bc it looks like a Mango!!

Blazemalta you can give im cumcumber but not avacado that's very toxic for birds

Happy to hear that, well done you! :D Feel free to look around on this channel and if you have any questions, just ask! :)

😂 Thank you for that. You just reminded me of one thing I miss about living in England: the humour. Cheers!

Jimmy Mallery that sounds like a child

"Theres a fight look out the window" thats actually me to the kids at my school XD

i thought you said goldfish LMAO

Different things for different people. Perhaps a cat or a hawk were watching ;)

Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks Iknow you commented this 4 months ago but i love your response, i remember freaking out when i got a dislike on my video but here you are joking about it haha. Respect!

Dislikes are just another form of jealousy!

Are you a child? If not I worry for you.

HugaBuga1 HAHA I DISLIKED THE VIDEO But I liked it back

Awesome, keep up the good work!

Keep at it, Vallie, and let us know how it goes! :)

Happy to be of service. If I may add, in my experience there is little to no benefit in painstakingly hand rearing goldfinches because they are naturally inquisitive anyway - in fact, I got Leporello when he was already six weeks old. On the other hand, hand rearing often results in practical defects later on - such as the bird's inability to husk larger seeds (a skill taught by goldfinch parents to their young and not learned otherwise). Just my two cents.

Hi Joey, thank you for your kind words. It's always nice to see people trying their best for their birds! Chamber music certainly helps a lot, it's incredible how well birds respond to music. Getting your goldfinch a companion is definitely a good idea. They are very social birds and they need 8+ hours of companionship every day (also at least 4-6 hours of free flight, but that's a different subject). So if you have your bird in your bedroom, where you presumably spend only an hour or two awake every day (and probably not during your goldfinch's peak activity hours), it is imperative that he get another creature of his kind to spend his life with. You have a point in letting your goldfinch settle in for a week or two, but I wouldn't wait too long to add a companion. Finches are notoriously territorial, and chances are your finch might behave aggressively to any bird you add later on. Hope this helps! Greetings from Austria.

Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks thank you very much:) I will look into it soon, take care.

Sounds exactly like my situation (only different kind of bird). I have male budgie and it took him 1 year from a pet store for him to now come to me and play with me. I've always left his cage open. I got him a female companion (who is well past the 30 day quarantine in a separate room) - but they still haven't met because she freaks out over anything. She is a rescue (about 1 yr old) but was picked on by another female budgie so she doesn't seem to like me either. I've gotten to the point where she does not freak when covering cage for the night, but she still has the panic attacks and darts violently back and forth at the slightest movement of a perch or my hand in her cage. I got a really nice new cage, but still am not sure how to get her to go in it as hers is all she has ever known. I even leave the cage door open and she only flew out one time and she did not fly well. Was running into walls, etc and it was quite traumatizing. I extended a rope perch from the current cage door to new cage, but day after day she just sits and seems to have no desire or curiosity to explore anything new. I sit in the next room not too far away with the door open and she can see and hear me playing with my male bird all day long. She chirps and all that and seems happy, but just does not seem to want to join in the fun. I even placed a playset with millet and other treats and toys just outside her cage just a few inches away and she will not go to it. When I got my first bird, I left his cage open all day (except at night for sleeping) and he naturally and gradually became more curious of me and my pen and laptop and those things that are now toys to him -- by the way, pretty much everything is a toy to him. He has turned into a good-natured, smart, curious little guy in only a 1 year and a few months with me -- I ended up working from home full time, so that really helped with bonding as I'm almost never gone. I got her for him to be with when I'm not home and maybe going back to work. However, it is not working as I had thought (or at least not as fast -- going on 2 months now since I got her). That is why I came here to get some advice. I will try sitting next to her all day at my office desk and see if that improves things. Maybe she doesn't like men? Not sure other than her old abusive playmate how she was treated at the other owner's house as I did not meet them - she was brought over by the rescue group. I may need a female "bird whisperer" to come and tame her :-) Good luck with your decision to get a companion. I do recommend it, but feel for me it was best to wait at least a year till he was comfortable with me and now I think he appreciates that I got another one and sings and chatters to her all day from across the room. It has improved my bond with him, I think. He does try to fly in there a lot, but cannot because I put a door screen so he cannot fly on top of her cage and intimidate her ... which he did a couple times. They will eventually meet, it will just take time and that is all I have. Patience for days! All the best ... --La

I wonder how you got her to go in the cage when she wasn't hand tamed. Awesome story, good job!

AJ O'Malley Thank you!

Dude my parakeet is terrified of me well kinda I put her a lil music on and change her food and water she sorta trusts me

Thanks, Paige, glad we could help :)

That's amazing, Leih! Well done, and kudos for your perseverance! Sounds like it was all worth it :)

Nice! Well done for doing research beforehand :)

That sounds like good progress, well done! Let us know how it goes :)

hows it goin??

Alyssa I wish I could answer with a more positive note but... my parakeet died about two weeks ago randomly, I’m not sure how it happened, if she was sick or not I loved her and cherished her until the end Rest In Peace, Paris

Awesome, well done!!

the cage open idea is for cage bound birds

@@gravy5796 true true but he is caged bound he wouldn’t move from his but then I went to the bathroom he was gone man gone

Awesome! Sounds like you're doing a great job. - My cage is an old Ferplast model which I got second-hand off my local version of Craigslist.

I have a canary too

Stop flexing😛

@@omerahmed4066 Ye lol 😅😂

How did you get them to trust you im having a little bit of a difficult time taming my bird

@@angelikasochalska8748 I pretty much just did hand feeding. My birds were easier than most birds to tame for some reason.

Hi there, thanks, my pleasure! Yes, banana, tomato and strawberry aren't very popular, I wonder why - perhaps it's the consistence? I've found that birds which are accustomed to wet egg food will eat other soft foods as well... but it's quite a process to get them to try new things. - I've got another video planned for the not-so-far future in which I'm going to show how to teach a bird how to get used to your hand and to step up, so stay tuned :)

So happy to hear that! Well done :)

Thank you! Your a nice person!

Best of success!

Consumer of trash they’re* you can have owls as pets

I've always wanted owl but my mom won't let me get any author bird but a bugie

Well done you! Keep up the good work :)

It sounds like your bird is nervous. Leporello was that way, too. What helps is to deliberately move very slowly, in a manner that you bird sees you at all times. Then building trust with positive interaction, such as hand-feeding treats. Also it might be a good idea to refrain from scritching him as long as he's still hissing at you - I know it's tempting, but this is often the reason birds are nervous (they aren't used to someone else in their personal space yet, and they need a little bit more time until they feel ready to invite you into it). Hope this helps!

My pleasure, hope your diamond dove feels better now! :)

Windows, mirrors, vases and aquariums must be covered/veiled, toxic plants have to be removed (google all your plants to check whether they're poisonous), shelves and closets should not have a crack between them and the wall (a panicked bird can get stuck here), spray cans (deodorants, hair spray, air fresheners) must NOT be used around birds, same with non-stick (Teflon) pans and hair straighteners (their fumes are deadly to birds!), and definitely no smoking or cigarettes anywhere near the bird! Hope this helps :)

Thank you so much!!

Alexis Linkert you should never put fan's or a.c. and heaters

Exactly the same her I got them as a gift and they've been here for2 days and theyre scared

NO!! Please don't start the taming process until a week has passed because your bird needs to get accustomed to its surroundings

@@Kat-du4db nooo you shouldn't wait for a week you should wait for 2 days only but don't start taming because they have to bond with you and gain your trust. If you tame them too early they might get scared and fly crazily and bite you.

Nan Bhugwant If you try taming them too early then the bird will see you as a threat in its new surroundings

@@Kat-du4db that's just what I meant.

Welcome!

Go you!

How is it now

Yes it should work on all birds

You bet! :)

I couldn't agree more.

i dont really recommend clipping wings as birds are destined to fly using their wings and its pretty sad taking that away from them. Also it creates trauma to your bird

If my budgies would wish that too I would be like ouch

It's OK, hate tells more about the person hating than the person hated :) Welcome to the community, Kyle!

You clearly have excellent taste.

@@leporellothegoldfinch lol! Thanks :)

My pleasure!

@@leporellothegoldfinch everyday I keep using the trick and also the bird responding. But, still running away from hand.

@@allurimeghanath1 they have a video watch the taming playlist and you understand

Awesome! Well done, keep it up! :)

Rationally speaking, anybody who thinks _this_ is complicated shouldn't keep birds. Birds require a certain understanding and generally take a lot more effort, patience and understanding than people commonly think. That's okay; they're simply not pets for everyone the way a cat or hamster would be.

You’ve got years to spend with the bird. What’s a few days or weeks compared to that?

+Avocado Cake You got it.

Vukan birds are defo not for you at all, I have many birds from finches, budgies, lovebirds and macaws and believe me it takes a lot of time and patience, all birds have different personalities, some will tame fasters than others , my budgies are tame but my lovebirds are taking a lot of time and day to day attention to even get near them, its how it is, unless you can devote your time and i mean all of your time towards a bird then don't get one, i even have finches and they are proving hard to tame but still every day i try, its all a matter of time and a lot of patience

My pleasure, and well done you! Keep going, persistence is everything :) All the best!

Quite right! There's a bird-taming playlist on this channel which you will find helpful. It includes quite a few things about bird psychology and why birds trust you when they do, and also a video how to get your bird back into his cage.

Hi there, sleeping all day is not a good sign in a bird, even in a young one. Sleeping during the day is ALWAYS a sign of illness in birds. Please take your cockatiel to the vet to get him checked out.

@@leporellothegoldfinch Thanks for the information :). We already took him to the vet. He's perfectly fine, and he is getting healthier, stronger day by day. I think i exaggerated a little bit, I'm sorry :] He doesn't sleep whole day of course :).

And i will try my best to make him happy and healthy

Sounds awesome - preparation is everything, so well done you! :)

Let us know how it goes!