scared budgie

So, my budgie doesn't really like me if you haven't noticed from the title. I am in need of help so to speak. he doesn't draw blood or anything but nips me when I get too close and is shaking whenever I'm around. My family situation subjects him to a lot of yelling and arguing. Overall not a...

Hi! I've been trying to tame my budgies. Nacho will happily hop onto my hand with food on it, hop on without it and he's stepped up onto my hand with and without food. I'm just going to continue this process to gain his trust. Rito is happy to eat from my hand but won't hop onto it, as whenever...

Long version My poor Hedwig has not had the best time in his (not 100% in gender) 4 months of life. We bought him to be a friend with an older budgie who was already tamed as I thought his behaviour had changed because he was lonely (I had to change his location in the house so he wasn't...

Questions about Pearl so I finally got a new budgie today :blush: After 2 years since my first two pet budgies died... so I've promised myself to take better care of Pearl , which is what I named her ^^ So she got out of her box that I placed on the new cage and after flapping frantically...

Dears, first of all hi! I am a new member to the forum, joined just recently. I am 23 yo from Slovenia, EU. I had a budgie a couple of years ago (for almost 9 years) who passed away because of an illness. I got him as a baby from a certified breeder in Slovenia. A couple of days ago I was on...

I recently brought home my first budgie after visiting him in the pet store where he was hand fed for about two weeks. He seemed scared from my hand after coming home but will stand on my finger without freaking out. Today I brought him outside for maybe two minutes before he flew from my hand...

Hey everyone! So I recently (about 2 weeks ago) got two new budgies. They're still scared of us. I was wondering how I could clean their cage? I've cleaned the bottom of the cage (I keep newspaper under the grate), their food/water bowls and their perches. However, I wanted to clean their...

Hello I am a completely new budgie owner. I purchased two females at once and have had them for three and a half days. One named sunshine and the other cloudy. The birdies have already adjusted some to their cage and eat and use their water bowl. I've caught them eating a spray millet I've...

Hello everyone! I just made an account here and it would be extremely appreciated if I could receive some advice. I recently purchased a budgie from a local pet store. The lady there said that the budgie I had purchased was approximately seven months old, and had her wings clipped. I named her...

Every time my budgie steps up onto my hand he almost instantly steps back down to his perch, and sometimes (most of the time) he will just run away from my hand, he eats seed and millet out of my hand but he just wants to stay on his perch when he steps up, its getting frustrating I have had for...

:budgie: first off im new to this site and idk where to post so sorry if its the wrong place. I bought my first budgie 8 months ago. Its a female and we bonded with really good but she seemed like she needed a friend so we got a male 7 months ago (one month after her) and he is so scared...

Hi all, I am a brand new budgie owner and animal lover in general. I did a lot of research and reading, and brought home my new budgie 4 days ago. I think I'm doing all the right things to help him adjust. He seems to be eating, and will stretch out and preen a bit...but he's so quiet! And...

Yesterday I bought a baby budgie. The people at the pet store said he was 2 months old. When we brought him home, he remained still and quiet for about 8 hours, however, after that he started jumping and flying around the cage frantically. Then he repeatedly tried opening the cage door to...

Hello from Madrid, where I'm stuck at home with the flu! :( Not wanting to neglect Sammy, I let him out to fly a bit. Well, he just had a surreal interaction with our throw pillows! He got a nail stuck in the fabric while crawling and started trying to fly. I immediately picked him and the...