How do i train my two parakeets to sit and stay on my hand?

Question

I've already been able to feed them food from my hand, but they won't perch on my finger. The female does sometimes, but the male just runs around and avoids my hand.

Answer 1

Hi

Before you train them to sit on your finger, you must go through some steps. dont skip any steps!!

step 1: get them to trust your hand... you have already done this one. by eating of your hand means they trust your hand.

step 2: perch train them. get a small perch and slowly put it towards them. say up when it reaches its lower stomach. if they fly away, pause for a moment then try again. if they fly away 4 times in a row. tell it that it is a good bird for trying and try again later.

step 3: finger training. once it is confident at going on the perch when you move it towards you. then you can start this step. hold out you index finger. ( pointing finger ) and repeat the 2nd step but with a finger instead of a perch.

hope this helps...

for more info visit

http://www.lisashea.com/petinfo/articles...

good luck

Katala

Answer 2

Provide the appropriate surroundings, which can be vital to a parakeet’s life. Do not put the parakeet(s) in a dark room that is quiet. If your room is bright and you are interacting with the parakeet, it will feel comfortable.

Wait about a week before you start training, so the bird can get acclimated to its new surroundings.

Gain your pet's trust. For the first day of training, slowly open the door and put your hand not in the cage, but on the entrance to the cage.

Don’t move it for awhile, because that might startle the parakeet.

Lots of parakeets may fly around or squawk at you. However, remain still so it can determine that nothing will happen at this point.

Repeat the previous step every day but progress into the cage. Every day,move your hand slightly further in than the day before until you reach the perch. The parakeet should realize after a couple days of your hand being in the cage is nothing to fear and it will become part of what it expects in his daily routine.

Move your hand towards the parakeet. The bird will realise by now that the hand in its cage is nothing to fear yet it will most likely start to fly and squawk if you try and touch it. It can be a slow process but again you need to repeat these daily until the parakeet is used to you.

When you are able to get your hand close close enough to the bird to touch it, start by stroking it's foot - gently. Parakeets typically find foot rubs soothing. Every parakeet is a little different, so try different things to make him/her comfortable.

Try to put your finger under the parakeet's foot. It will respond by either flying off your hand or being brave and putting the other foot on. More often than not it is the first option but be persistent. Move on to the next step when your parakeet can sit on your hand with comfort.

As soon as the parakeet is on your finger says softly, but also firmly, "up" - or similar.. Don't startle it. If you say this every time when she or he gets on your finger then soon you should be able to say "up" and the parakeet will hop on.

Move your finger around slowly. By now the bird should really trust you and it should soon be comfortable with your moving it around. Spend time picking it up and dropping it off at various perches around the cage.

Take the parakeet out of the cage (by letting it perch on your finger). Remember that it has spent a long time inside the cage and will be understandably scared. This may take a few days.

Keep the doors and windows closed so your bird doesn't escape.

Practise the previous steps until your parakeet is very comfortable. It should soon be no trouble getting him or her out of the cage.

Start to talk to the bird. Use a gentle, quiet voice. Don't move suddenly or make any loud noises.

Allow the bird to sit on other parts of your body. This includes the head, knee, arm etc. You can train him to sit anywhere as long as you take things very slow.

HOPED I HELPED =]