You do so well interacting with your birds! It’s really cool to see you reading their body language and adjusting the pace of your training. I didn’t fully understand the point of touch training but it makes a lot more sense now that I’ve seen you use it to help desensitise them!!!

Thank you so much for this!!! Pet stores try to profit from people thinking these are low maintenance pets but they’re only low maintenance if you neglect them! I had a budgie as a kid and even though I tried to do my best for her it wasn’t enough and I don’t want others or other birds to go through that. Your videos are so important! I asked so many questions when I got my budgie but the pet store’s advice was nowhere near enough and some things they advised (mirrors, bells) were even harmful. When I actually found out the basics of budgie care I told my parents but my dad made fun of me, yelled at me, and refused to let me improve her cage and diet. I tried the best I could, she spent lots of time outside her cage since it was too small and I tried to give her fresh food even though I had to mostly feed her seed. I even helped her learn to walk again after an injury when the vet said they couldn’t do anything (a general vet, not an avian vet). I’d always let her out but she didn’t like being too close to people before her injury, she liked to be near me when I did music practice but she was still very shy. Luckily I didn’t accidentally traumatise her when I had to help her. Through helping her with her injury we became best friends and from then on she would climb all over me. But her lifespan was still cut very short by the inadequate care and no bird deserves that! If I’d known I couldn’t care for her well I wouldn’t have gotten her.

I’m getting budgies from a neighbour. I couldn’t find a proper seed mix, so I went on KZfaq for a make your own list. I’ve bought linseeds, chia seeds, hulled millet, pumpkin seeds, hemp seeds, oat groats, quinoa, porridge oats, almonds and walnuts. Are all of these things ok for their seed mix or is anything missing? I also have cuttlefish bone for them.

My girl Devi looks just like the lola. Devi might be a tad lighter. Devi is a bit bossy lol imagine that. Im fixing to get a sun comure and hope they get along. Or learn to.

Clearly, you have a great Dad!!!

Enjoy your videos. Your explanations are very clear. I'm not a bird owner but I enjoy watching these kind of videos. Keep up the good work.

It's a collander.

Lola is adorable. Thanks.

Lola is so adorable! Such a cutie.

🐦♥ My baby girl is famous! I'm glad she was well-behaved for you, David!! We are BOTH ready to learn more!!

Nice video. You are super knowledgable about birds. 👊🏻 It must be really cool to see such a variety of birds firsthand.

Lola is so cute! She looks similar to a love bird❤️🦜

So adorable ❤

Lolas famous!! So cute!! Great job to her owner!

You should set up livestreams of your birdcage/feeders or something. Might be interesting.

Wow, that's a large parraotlet, at first glance I assumed it was a lovebird o_O

Cool birds and footage! You should film a bird documentary 😂

Awesome video!

Great video! I love the footage of the birds! Can you do a video on which field guides might be good for beginning birders?

Thanks for sharing, we have a great deal of bird and other wildlife in our state as well. 🐦 Wait, 90F at 9:00am o_O Wow, it's around 63f at 8:00am and maybe hit's in 80f later today if we're lucky here, sheesh.

Very useful. I find the Sibley guide requires too much bird knowledge to use for identification purposes..at least for a beginner. The Kaufman guide having a color lookup method seems good for quick identification.

Little late in the chat 🤣 Awesome video, animal diet is so interesting🤔 strainer <- XD

I have 2 new budgies. Can I train them both together?

🦜🦢🦚🐦🦃🦉🐥🐔🐣🦅🐤🕊🦆🐓 david really cooked up this vid🔥🔥🔥

Oh, David, I did miss something? Did you cook the beans?

A video, wow! I've miss you. Ok, I enjoyed this video and, for sure with try the beans.

I got my budgie 1 week ago and on day 1 just put the cage in the room that you stay in the most and after that just takk to them softly and i started with millet and now i can put my hand jn the cage with millet and she loves it she goes right for the millet and isnt so scared of my hand becusse i showed her im not hurting her and one more thing thid takes time ALOT OF TIME

Very helpful buddy

Sit near the cage and talk to ur feather friend every day. Talk to em like they are are 3-5 years old. Then move ur hand to the cage slowly and try feed em some millet. Make some sounds with ur mouth that they can relate to. Say kissing sounds ect.

Some new ideas about taming Budgies. I loved the idea of taking the food out at night. Also, I think spending and 1-1/2 to 2 hours with your bird gives them some good bonding time. Talking in a calm, low voice also is very good idea.

even after more then a month my budgie hasnt changed in behavior since day 1....refuses to eat millet... tries to fly away in the cage even if you just walk by the cage....no matter how many hours i spend time with her and talk to her and try to give her millet she just sits there and tries to run away from the millet instead of trying to eat it...

That is so cool!

Ya, you can tell Mo is just crazy about YOU‼. Soooo cute 🌻🌹🌺 Well done, and I am learning a lot. Thank you

How much time do you spend training your budgie each day?

So close to 1k!!! ❤️

Due to a crisis my friend is in-my husband and I agreed to home her parakeet for a short while but it may become permanent. She is a sweet, 1.5 year old yellow Budgie who seems to have never been tamed. Any contact with our hands getting too close results in a bite. We are probably not the best parents for her and not sure what to do.

You earned my like!

how much do u estimate a budgie owner would spend yearly?

Nice bird room :) I also have a tame white/blue female budgie that likes kisses :D

There seems to be some differences in how different bird trainers discuss having your bird "step up" by touching or not touching your bird. Wouldn't a scared bird run/fly away if you tried to have him "step up" with your finger but he was scared? I'm asking because I'm considering getting a bird after decades of not having one and trying to have this new bird be hand tamed and want to be with its humans. Good video, thanks. Liked and subbed.

Did the first video have the same title, beside the part 2? I didn't see a link and the Part 1 may have a different title?? Not sure but either way you have a great channel. I had parakeets as a kid growing up but I've never really hand a thoroughly hand tamed parakeet or one that talks at all. That's all I'm looking for, now that I have the time. We may get a parakeet but want to be sure so that the bird has a great life. Did some surfing and found your channel. Liked and subbed. 👍

You are a sexy man❤

Love this! Should do something like this for Rex's cage 😅The birbs are looking cute (as always) and you were very informative and thorough when talking about perch placement.

I have 2 budgies for about 6 weeks now but they are scare of me. I got them from a breeder and they were sweet and cuddly when I first got them but become uninterested with me after a week. Tried your methods but they are so bonded with each other and scared when I walked by. Please advise

I have 2 budgies for about 6 weeks now but they are scare of me. I got them from a breeder and they were sweet and cuddly when I first got them but become uninterested with me after a week. Tried your methods but they are so bonded with each other and scared when I walked by. Please advise

Sometimes pet store animals are pretty tame because they see people walking past them everyday. I'm not saying that their 100% gonna be tame though, I got a crestie from Petco in like 2022 and she HATED me so much. If I touched her the would instantly run to the other side of her tank in less than 2 seconds(she tolerates me now). And I got a bearded dragon there once and she was very calm. I have never gotten a bird though, but I'm gonna assume that they are less calm and tame because their tiny lil things and have probably only been touched once in their life </3