I have a parakeet of 3months she hasnt started saying hello that i have been teaching her. what should i do?

Question

i am not sure whether the parakeet is a he or she. how do i know that. also she gets scared when i get to her cage. what should i do to train her to love me. please help

Answer 1

If she isn't hand-tamed yet, that's why she isn't speaking: a bird only speaks if it is comfortable with its owner and considers that person a part of its "flock", because then it wants to please them. For now, just move slowly when you're around her. Try feeding her treats like millet sprigs through the bars--she may not be willing to take it from you, in which case you can just leave it in the food dish. Eventually she'll warm up to the idea. When she becomes comfortable with that, you can try feeding her with your hand inside the cage--the nice thing about a millet sprig is that it's long, so she can get used to the novelty of your hand being in the cage without having to be right next to it in order to get the millet. While you're doing this, you can also train her to step-up onto a perch when you offer it: hold the perch low against her belly and gently press the side of it against her. She should step up onto it. She may fly or jump back off, but as long as you keep the perch steady she'll eventually learn that it's safe to stand on. After that you can train her to step-up onto your hand; this is the last step, you want her to already comfortable being close to your hand from taking millet from it, and used to stepping up to the perch when offered.

Answer 2

Keep trying with the talking sometimes parrots don't like the sound so then you might have to move on to something else.

Answer 3

Parakeets dont talk. Parrots do. And you cant really train a bird.

Answer 4

to tell if it is a male or female you would have to look closely at the cere.the cere is the sum what fleshy part above their beak that looks like and serves to your pet as a nose. if the cere is blueish then your parakeet is a male. if the cere is brownish then you have a female. it will be very hard to tell your parakeets gender if it is young. males tend to sing/talk more then females, who are quieter. i know that you can read many places that parakeets can talk very well but mostly all parakeets actually cant talk. the ones that do learn to talk are very hard to understand because parakeets talk around 2 times faster then humans, so it may help if you talk slowly when trying to teach your pet to mimic you. if you are worried about your bird not trusting you, then for the next week or so just sit be your birds cage for about half an hour each day and talk or sing softly to it. don't focus on the words that's you want to teach your bird, but just talk to it kindly. feed it little tasty treats through the bars of the cage, but don't open the cage. when it gets to the point that when you come and sit by the cage your bird comes ever to the perch closest to you expecting a treat, then try opening the cage, putting your hand in the cage, and then having your parakeet come to you and take the treat off the palm of your hand. this will take lots of patience to build your birds trust, so if you don't have the patience then don't expect your bird to love you. after your bird to comfortable enough to come and sit on your hand and eat    then try lightly pushing your finger agnst your parakeets chest and saying "step up". for sure it will take many times of attempting this before your bird will actually step up on command but it will be worth it. don't be surprised if you get bit. it wont hurt too bad because you have a small bird but you will definitely feel it. if your bird does bite you, don't let it affect your relationship. instead of using your finger and pushing it up agnst your birds chest, use a branch and then once your bids has steped up to the branch, then have it step up to your finger.after your bird steps up whenever you want it to, you will be able to take it out of its cage and play with it and you and your parakeet will both be so happy. i hope that you and your bird will gain  trust in each other and become the best of friends.  

Answer 5

you don't train her to love you, just spend time with her and she'll love you. it takes a long time to get her to not be scared when you go up to her cage. but make her like your visits by bringing her treats like millet or berries. most parakeets can't talk. in order to teach them, they need to hear it constantly for a really long time before they repeat it. my parakeets can't talk, but they do imitate my Guinea Pig. i think its because their cage was right next to hers for about 2 years. and its hard to tell the gender of a parakeet when its young. but males have a bluish cere ( its the area above the beak, with the nostrils) and in females its duller, usually white or tan.

Answer 6

well if it is a female it can be vary hard males are easy but it can take a year or more just spend allot of time with him/her and they will want 2 talk back

Answer 7

Probably a female, the females are usually quiet .The males have blueish top part of the beak..females yellowish. The males like to mimic you, and they need to get used to you first..  3 months should be already talking though. They can't say stuff perfect like parrots, but you will hear them saying stuff if they talk at all. I taught mine to whistle first thing, then talking like 'pretty bird' and stuff. Get them to trust you by letting them get on your finger. If they bite you..do not pull away..  you will frighten them.

Answer 8

try spending more time with her, and every time you give her food or water, make sure she watches you, so she'll know that your the one feeding her. then, once she's comfortable around you. then try to teach her again