6 TIPS ON HOW TO GET ALONG AND BOND WITH YOUR BIRD | How to Bond with Your Bird

My bird is a chatterbox and everyone always asks me “how is your bird so talkative” My response is being consistent with words and teaching him new songs with repetition

It made me feel a lot better hearing that you shed a lot of tears in the beginning. I'm on month two and this is really hard! Birds are no joke but I can see progress happening and it feels so rewarding ☺️☺️

i remember going to zoo a few years back and went into the avian area where there was a white cockatoo when i got to have it on my hand i remember petting it gently and even chatting with him to the point not even the zoo keepers can take him back cause he keep trying to bite them and didnt want to be separated from me eventually i got him off but that short bond we had will always be in my memory it was a good trip

Her- give your bird scritches! My bird- DONT TOUCH ME MORTAL

Important to point out - grooming and preening your bird should never stroke, rub, or preen under their neck area. You are sending them hormonal messages this way. Neck up = friends. Below the neck = breeding. Even rubbing their beak to much can send the wrong signals. Holding your hand up for them to snuggle into is fine and all. Just keep an eye on this if it is making them hormonal or not. Good video otherwise.

this is all so true! I got my budgie a while ago but she doesn’t trust me, so this is a great video covering all good points! ❤️

Summary: Tip 1) Gain your bird's trust 0:30 Tip 2) Respect your bird's boundaries 1:32 Tip 3) Socialize with your bird 2:18 Tip 4) Trick train with your bird 3:06 Tip 5) Be consistent 4:02 Tip 6) Be patient and don't give up 4:51

This is so so true. I had a period of pretty bad mental health. A week or so, and I interacted with my parrot way less. When I was feeling normal again and went back to normal routine, he was much less content and trusting, and more skittish. I'm now working to make him feel loved and appreciated again. I feel so bad ;n;

it's reassuring seeing everyone elses frustration and dedication to taming their birds. my quaker died awhile ago, and he was so hand tame. flight call trained, would cuddle under blankets. about as tame as a bird can get. i got a cockatiel and it wants nothing to do with me, which is discouraging on its own, but especially coming from having such a bond with another bird.

I can’t believe only a few months ago you were thanking us on like 200 subs!! Wow you sooo deserved you 12 k!! Well the be frank you deserve 10 x the amount ur sooo helpful and have changed the life of our birds!! Thank you sooo much!!

I got a budgie a couple of weeks ago but we got him and his brother soo they nearly formed a bond but me and my sister quickly separated them and thanks to all you have shown us they have become much tamer and healthier!!! And it only been a week!! I’ve decided to teach my budgie target training from one of your vids and he knows it soooo welll thank thank you sooo much!!!

It took me about a year to tame my gcc (he was not hand raised and nippy) but now he is so clingy, he wants to be with me all the time xD Basically I just left the cage open all day unless I had to leave the house. Then hang his food bowl on the outside of the cage facing my side (where I usually sit at my desk) and just watch him eat everyday and talk to him. After a while he starts playing outside the cage, and eventually he understood the routine of coming out of his cage in the morning and eating on the outside of the cage near me. After a few months I let him sit on my shoulder without touching him, only having him step up and walked around the house and back to the cage, So he got more used to me. Just have patience follow the tips in the video and involve them in almost everything you do, eating, watching a movie, doing the dishes etc. And slowly you'll see improvement. Think of it as a marathon not a race. Once they get used to you they want to spend time with you all the time.

I rescued parrots for over 20 years and have 7 that remained with me. During my active rescue years I provided free public service programs to schools, preschools, nursing homes, libraries, etc. I say this because your videos are amazing and so accurate. What a great service you are providing, even to people who may not own parrots, but have friends who do. We still have children who, now that they are grown are bring their children to us to meet our birds. Because we used and taught ideas that are very similar to your tips, all of our birds are extremely social, even a blue and gold macaw who came to us from a home where the man and been extremely abusive. It took patience and a few years before she even let my husband near her and now many years later she plays with him and was even able to join our programs that had lots of males in the audience !!! The only tip I would like to add to your video about biting is a really visible sign a bird uses to let you know they are reaching the ‘end of their patience’ is their eyes. The center will shrink suddenly to almost a pin point- that is the time to back off right away. An exception to this file is male eclectus parrots, their eyes will almost glow orange!!! Please keep you great videos coming. It is a wonderful help to many👍🏻

my bird was meant for me we bonded so quickly 🥺 thats my boyy he cuddles with me every night before bed and he's very very chatty when he's wide awake i love how hyper he is🥰

Loved this. I inherited an African gray last year and we are having so much fun. He is very affectionate now.

I have finches and I’ve noticed a huge difference with our bond because now I’m attempting to teach them tricks. I love how tips for parrots can be applied to smaller birds, or any animal really.

Sigh. One of my sons found an albino parakeet on our property. She was skinny and cold and the next day the temperature was to drop to the teens with lots of snow and high winds. So, he threw a towel over her once he got close enough, and brought her in after putting her in a have-a-heart cage. While my son posted the find on several sights and made fliers to put up, I went out to buy her a house, food and toys. I saw black under her wings when she preened and found a vet to see her. She had scabs and dried blood that the vet said could be harboring a slight infection. After only 2 days of attempting to bond with her, she and I were faced with the horror of me having to catch her and squirt an antibiotic in her mouth while she yelled at me; for ten days, twice a day. Now she hates and fears me. No one has come forward to claim her and I have grown to love her and intend to keep her. I am learning a lot about what she needs and more then anything, I want to be friends. I am moving slowly, and would appreciate anything you are willing to share to help her through this trauma. Thank you so much. I love your videos by the way and enjoy watching you with your beautiful parrots. Thank you

I lost my birds trust because I wore my mask around her. I never taunted her with my face mask, but I guess that wearing my mask around her while she was in her cage made her territorial. Plus it’s hormone season.. I guess that anything could contribute to her not trusting me anymore. I am at fault for her biting my face painfully. This video gave me some more insight on trust and birds. Thank you!

I think my wife and I are the luckiest pet owners as to when we got our Green Cheek Conure it immediately bonded with us and was super friendly. It is very socially and sometimes quite clingy when it comes to sticking around. Can be sometimes nippy, but other than that I can't really complain. It's such a beautiful and cute bird that it didn't take us more than a couple of days to just be happy to always see it around us.

I've never owned a bird, but as a cat and dog owner, I gotta say a lot of this applies to any pet regardless of species. The boundaries stuff is especially applicable for cats (90% of "mean cats" are just cats who have learnt that humans won't respect their boundaries), and the training advice is especially applicable to dogs.