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Post by sfwyllie on Mar 2, 2015 2:43:02 GMT
Update... Kiki is stil shy and very inactive with us, but playfull with my male budgie. She is still very timid and I work with her every day..... Hmmm m
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Post by bree1818 on Mar 2, 2015 15:41:01 GMT
It'll take time. Sometimes it takes a couple weeks, sometimes it takes a year or more. Just keep working with her. I find millet does a ton to bribe them into interacting with me.
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Post by kmic on Mar 2, 2015 16:27:54 GMT
Agreed. Especially re millet.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Mar 5, 2015 23:46:30 GMT
Use your male budgie as a buffer too, have him show Kiki that she doesn't need to be afraid of humans.
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Post by sfwyllie on May 11, 2015 3:50:07 GMT
We've had Kiki for 6 months now and she is as wild as ever. Mostly because we haven't been attentative as we were with birdie growing up. I suspect Kiki will calm a little eventually. She flys around lots and hangs out with birdie all day... Noting that they only sleep in their cages, the are free to fly around the house during the day.
Kiki is very inquisitive and loves getting into everything .. However she is still very scared of me... And she still hangs upside down in her cage when she sleeps...
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Post by bree1818 on May 11, 2015 12:42:06 GMT
I still want a picture of her sleeping upside down. I've never heard of a budgie doing that. Mine sleep hanging on millet, but that's the craziest position I've seen them sleep in. They prefer sleeping on their swings.
As for Kiki, she will remain wild if you guys don't pay as much attention to her. But I have also noticed that the 2nd budgie seems to be a little more wild. My Orion was my second budgie, and he's a bit skittish of me as well. He'll step up if asked, but then he'll sit on my finger and tremble.
Honestly, my best suggestion is millet, millet, millet. They are NUTS for millet, and even Orion will come running if I have millet in my hand. Get both budgies' wings cut for a short amount of time, and then go back to the basics. Sit with them, talk to them, then the next day, put your hand in the cage while you sit and talk with them, then the next day, move your hand closer while you sit and talk with them.
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Post by kennyt on Jun 8, 2015 23:49:13 GMT
Don't give up remember females are the care takers the dominate ones in bird world. females tend to be more concerned with building next tending to eggs and just being a mother hen than they are with any thing else. I'v had Kylie since shee was a little youngr than your's and she is now going on 3 yrs old. Kylie will step up onto my finger when I offer it to her but only when she wants. she comes out of their cage wheen she wants to and when Kyba is with me outside the cage she will some timees limb out and we both will go get her but she usually flyies or tryies to fly back to their cage ad all for Kyba. just remember males are the ones who tend to bond more quickly and have a deeper bond to his ower than females mostly because of fmales nature for breeding. this is what I was told and it has heeld true with Kylie.. hope this helps and your 2 look good together
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Post by susan on Dec 29, 2015 9:30:15 GMT
i have started giving my budgies millets which previously i did not.i observed that they are having a hard time trying to eat and bite it.they are trying to bite it into pieces in order to eat,but eventually they are not eating.i had heard that budgies love to eat millets then why are my budgies unable to eat it??what should i do??
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Post by kmic on Dec 29, 2015 10:32:18 GMT
I'd just give them some time to figure it out... I had budgies who didn't fancy millet at first (probably coz they never had before) but soon after they started taking it and now they love it!
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Post by Tohru1529 (April) on Jan 19, 2016 4:29:21 GMT
Also you can tried is millets for kiki. I have a new bird startdust she love millets. She almost flew to me. She still afraid of me. It take time. Plus I got surgery I can't do anything.
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