I just got my Parakeet recently. He is very smart and I taught him to get "up" and "down" a perch that I hold in my hand in a very short period of time. But the second i try to have him get "up" on my finger he trys to get as far away from me as he can. Why is that? Is he really scared of me? He doesn't seem to mind me being around as long as my hand is outside of the cage, infact he watches me with great interest. Do you know any way for me to train him not to be scared of my hand?
Hi Kris, what's up? Thought I would put my 2 cents in on this one. I can only tell you what helped me out a little as I bought a parakeet (Penny) this past April. I say fight fear with fear ha!! My Penny is EXTREMELY nervous and practically has a nervous break down when we attempt to get near her - in or out of the cage. She is afraid of my hand - am I am MOST definetly afraid of her bite - which I encounterd every day for the first 2 months we had her. When I say "fight fear" - just grab the little guy up a couple of times a day and hold her - It will be difficult - but hold her and pet her and speak to her (try and have your surroundings on the quiet side). This has worked for me. I know she will never be as friendly as my cockatiels as far as sitting on my shoulder and things like that, but we are to the point now at least that we CAN pick her up after we say "cage" loudly as this means it is birdie bedtime. Since she will go to your hand - this is a plus. Get the little darling to spend a little time in your palm either when you take her out - or right before you put her away. Time and repitition is the only remedy that I have found thus far!!! Good luck Laura
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ha!! My Penny is EXTREMELY nervous and practically has a nervous break down when we attempt to get near her - in or out of the cage. She is afraid of my hand - am I am MOST definetly afraid of her bite - which I encounterd every day for the first 2 months we had her. When I say "fight fear" - just grab the little guy up a couple of times a day and hold her - It will be difficult - but hold her and pet her and speak to her (try and have your surroundings on the quiet side). This has worked for me. I know she will never be as friendly as my cockatiels as far as sitting on my shoulder and things like that, but we are to the point now at least that we CAN pick her up after we say "cage" loudly as this means it is birdie bedtime. Since she will go to your hand - this is a plus. Get the little darling to spend a little time in your palm either when you take her out - or right before you put her away. Time and repitition is the only remedy that I have found thus far!!! Good luck