How can our family encourage our pet bird to trust and accept us?

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When did you purchase him?

here are some tips as to how I got my birds to be trusting.

1. Leave them alone the first day or two. Remember, you took them away from what they considered home. They have to get use to their surroundings and you. handling them right off the bat will stress them.

2. Get a chair and sit by their cage. Talk to them in soft voices. Talk to them everytime you walk by the cage. Even at night when you cover them, talk to them. I use to say "Bindie go night night? night night bindie..." in a sing songy voice. say "sleepy baby huh..." as you walk by the cage at night if you pass by to go to the bathroom or the kitchen or whatever.

This gets them use to your voice.

3. Be slow with them. Don't shove your hand in the cage. if the wings are clipped, let them come out of their own free will, then gently try to encourage them to get on the floor.

birds like to be perched higher up... so when they are on the floor, they are more apt to see your finger as a way up and are more willing to go on your finger.

Gently touch their belly with your finger and say "up up." I usually add "Gentle" in a soft voice as their climbing up if they use their beaks.

once they are use to getting onto your finger from the floor, do whats called laddicing.

Get them on one finger, then rub their belly with the other hand and say "up up" then repeat. This will get them use to Up up meaning get on the finger.

4. if they bite, don't yell, don't pull away, don't flail around making them fall or fly. You'll just stress them out and disrupt the bonding process. Sometimes bites can hurt, but as a bird owner, you'll need to learn to grin and bear it. I pull my finger away from the beak, rub the back of the neck in a reassuring way and calmly say... "Bindie sue.. gentle." and after a while, they learn to understand gentle means to not bite so hard.

Birds are very smart. Mine can knows the difference between colors. If I hold up a purple card and say "Orange" he says "No no" if I say "Purple" he says "Pretty bird" which is his yes.

above anything, go nice and slow and give them time to adjust. the rest will come around.

it just takes time and patience.

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The same way humans come to trust and accept; kindness, love, care and above all, patience.

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Talk to it alot in a soft voice. Spend time close to the cage. Eventually you can put your hand in the cage, not touching it. Just take it a step further each time it starts to get comfortable with your advancements. I read the other day that some birds bite because they aren't being fed right and don't feel well. Make sure to take good care of it. I feel like biting when I don't feel well, too! :D

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I have two parrotlets. I've learned that the best approach is to be calming around them. It helps to speak calmly, respect their territory (their cages), and use lots of patience.

There are some excellent bird lists that you can join like Parrotlets Plus or Parrotlets Express where breeders and others are more than happy to offer suggestions and advice, even if your bird is not a parrotlet.

Good luck!

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Hello, depends on the kind of bird...things like parrots require alot of attention..talking to them %26 some treats..etc till the bird gets used to you all, especially if the bird is new to the family..just time, repetitiveness, kindness %26 slow movements, quick or jerky moves often freak out any animal or bird..Take Care :)

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Sandy W,
Parrotlets Are excellent tiny parrots. I have a pair of pacific island parrotlets. The male {named Peep} thinks he is human. As for the question, and this may sound stupid, if all else fails get a book or something to distract yourself, get in the bathtub along with your bird and your book, and read. This forces the bird to accept being around you. Keep it up and your bird will accept you. Try it. I have done this with cockatiels. It works.