I need help with my parakeets?

Question

i have a few questions...

1. they arn't trained and don't really trust me yet.

should i wait till i get them to trust me, so i can let them out of their cage?

2. do i HAVE do get their wings clipped to let them out of their cage?

3. and if you do let them out, how do you get them to go back in?

Answer 1

You should wait until you have them tamed and trusting you before you let them out b/c if you dont then youll have to wrangle them back in and that can be a pain if their wings arent clipped and you chasing after them will cause them to stress out and make it even harder for them to trust you and reverse any trust exercises you might have been working on. Getting their wings clipped is entirely up to you. They sell special scissors for that at petco or petsmart and its really easy to do. the instructions are on the back of the package. Id recommend wearing some gloves if ur doing it for the first time b/c they might try to bite.

Answer 2

Hi Michelle

Welcome to the wonderfull world  of bird ownership.

Since you have made the commitment,I hope you will stay ,for a long time.

To train your parakeets,is not an easy task.Oh ,please don't give up so soon.Training success,depends upon several things,the first one being perseverance,the continued effort

to achieve the goal.      Are you willing?    The age of your birds,is also of importance.Remember the old saying "old horses wont learn any new tricks"?Let's hope this wont be the case here.

Indeed,to start handling your pets,like finger training being the first step ,you must clip their wings,otherwise be ready for the "rat race" of running around the room to catch your birds.

You need to work with them individually,and in sessions of 15 minutes each.In time,your pet will learn to hop,right into your finger,and to hop back into the cage,when prompt to it.

They will learn to bow their heads to be scratched,mine has learned to wave good by,by liftting its left claw,and close it and openning it,in repeated movements.

They are a lot of fun,but ours was an hand fed,and tame from nest.You may encounter some agressiveness from yours,since  they are not tame,but it can be done ,  just  

takes lots of determination,and patience.

It would be nice if in say 30 days,you could write again and tell us how you made out.it is a chalange,but you can do it.

Warm regards

The canaryman

Answer 3

I have a parakeet named sky. He has his wings clipped. I'm starting to gain his trust. I let him out all the time and when I first got him, he used to get out and I had to put him back into his cage He was fine but I had to check on him every half-hour. If he's scared he'll fly down to something, but he won't fly around the room, because his wings are clipped. what i do to pick him up is, get a stick, put it under him, near his feet. And push up, he climbs onto the stick. Then I put him on finger by doing the exact thing. Now, I've been holding him for ten minutes, then putting him back into his cage for a while now. How I get him back into his cage, is I hold him, put my hand into the cage, then let go. Summary: If they're wings are clipped I don't see why you can't let them out of the cage in a safe, bird proof room as long as you can put them back into the cage and they don't go crazy and almost hurt themselves. Unless you want to risk one getting hurt, or you running around trying to catch them, then yes they're wings have to let them out of they're cage. Try holding them, until they are very calm. (do this at least 5 times) Then the next time you want them to go back into the cage, just hold them and very nicely put them back into the cage. I know I wrote a lot, but I hoped it helped.

Answer 4

If you get their wings clipped while in training, their wings will grow back by the time their done training.