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training cockatiel
hi, i recently (yesterday) bought a cocatiel from a pet shop. i dont know how old it is, but was wandering if you could give me some tips on hand taming him. thanks in advance
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I wouldn't suggest putting a leather glove on. This will only scare the bird. What you want to do is get the bird used to your hand. Do this by keeping your distance at first. If you put your hand in the cage, and the bird freaks out and just panics and tries to get away, then you should probably take your hand out of the cage and keep your distance.
Go slowly, first, by putting your hand on the outside of the cage and judging how the bird reacts to it. If the bird seems friendly and courious, then put your hand inside the cage. Never come from above towards the bird, always come from the side or below, and only where the bird can see you.
Don't expect to be able to hold the bird the first day. Even if you think the bird is nice enough, you might want to hold off until it's completely comfortable with your hand in it's cage. If you try to rush it into being used to you, then it might never go to you.
So, as the first person said, start getting your hand closer to the bird day by day until you can get it to go to your finger.
Most birds that come from pet shops are very wild and may never be as friendly as you would like. Kind of like the puppies and kittens from pet shops, they're all mostly over-bred and abused.
But, hopefully you got a curious bird who will be quite friendly, just take your time.
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Get him used to your hand by placing it in the cage frequently. If you can get him away from the cage, that is your best bet. Birds that will bite while in the cage, a lot of times will step up on your finger if they are on the floor. If he is not tame at all, you may have a difficult time and may never be able to "pet" the bird but you should be able to hold him, etc. If his wings werent clipped when you bought him, make an appointment at the vets office or pet shop to get them done.
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I new exactly how you feel. I bought a cockatiel last summer. (well actually my boyfriend bought him) The pet shop said they didn't know how old he is, but apparently you shouldn't buy a bird unless you know how old he/she is.
You need to get you some leather gloves so that when you stick you hand in the cage, if it trys to bite it won't hurt. Cause they hurt really bad when they bite. He will eventually learn to get on your finger or hand. If you plan on taking him out of the cage, get his wings clipped, so he won't fly into stuff. Oh, and turn the ceiling fan off when you take him out, birds like to fly onto ceiling fans.
Thats pretty much all I know, Sorry.
Oh, and you can tell if it is a boy or girl by that red circle on its had. If its small, its a girl, and if its big, its a boy. =]
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I have a parakeet so I know exactly what your going through.
#1- Put you finger in the middle of the cage parallel to the back.
#2-Once s/he doesn't seemed bothered by your finger gently and slowly move your finger closer each day.
#3-Once s/he is comfortable with that put your finger against s/he stomach s/he probably will get on if not then leave it alone
#4-once its at least comfortable with you, you may bring it out. Once it learns to depend on you you will have a lasting relationship
Hope I helped
Jenni
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