Will putting an untamed female budgie in a cage with a tamed male make finger taming easier or harder?
I’m working on hand taming my 2nd budgie, and it’s going okay, but would it hurt any if I put her in a cage with my other budgie who is already finger tamed?
Is it possible that she might even learn something from him? Or would he be a distraction?
That’s a tough one and I really think it will depend on how old the female is, and how she is taking to human companionship already.
I breed budgies and hand tame the babies before selling them. I have my “veteran” budgie, a sweet boy who I’ve had for several years who is included with all the training. He does help to keep them calm, and when the babies are out on the play gym with him they will watch him hop off and come over to me for treats and cuddles. This usually helps the babies get curious enough to come over as well. The babies will also share a cage with him for a few weeks to learn the ropes.
That said though I take the babies from the aviary as soon as they are out of the nest and eating, so they are very young and fairly quiet anyway, and have been handled for short periods of time from 10 days old.
If your 2nd budgie is already becoming tame and responding to human interacting in a positive way then it may be helpful.
If she is a bit of a wild one then there is a good chance that she will have more interest in bonding with the other bird than with you, and keeping her in a second cage until she is tame would be better to allow for good bird / human bonding.
Do also keep in mind that with a male and female together if they bond into a breeding pair (not all males and females will bond this way but there is a strong possibility) the female can become quite aggressive, and even a loving pet bird can become really mean to members of their human flock.
Even a female who has been friendly for years can decide she wants to breed and there is no room in her life for people.
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