Any tips on training a wild budgie...?

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Answer 1

You can start by offering a treat like spray millet from your fingers. When it is used to being fed from your hand, try this:

Open the cage door and hold some spray millet between your fingers.

Stick your hand in but when it tries to get to it, pull it out so that it has to leave its cage to get to it.

Don't make any sudden movements or loud noises or it'll just scare it.

When it's used to leaving its cage that way and being around you, take your finger, hold it sideways (like a perch kind of) and push gently against the parakeet's body just above its legs to force it to step onto your finger. Say "Up." or "Step up." as you do this so it gets used to the command.

Practice this with your parakeet until it gets it and then you can try to scratching its head gently with your forefinger.

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