Will my Parakeet ever trust me?

Yes, your parakeet will trust you again, but it will take time, he has never trusted you to begin with, so you shouldn't feel all that bad. I say that because, he was never comfortable with your hand. It is harder to regain trust once it is broken, so it's okay right now, but as you said, your definitely not supposed to do those things, so don't anymore.

You had the right idea by slowly introducing your hand, but don't start with it outside of the cage, this really doesn't help as they are separated by the cage, and can feel intimidated by a big hand, (our hands are huge, compared to their size) just sitting in front of them as they are in their cage with no escape or idea of what it is or what to do. So it's just frightening.

I would recommend that before you attempt to hand train again that you purchase some millet from a pet store. Please don't buy millet from Walmart, as the shelf life can be quite long. Millet is a great hand taming tool because you can hold this out to them, your hand gets close, but not to close, and they can put your hand with food, and with that you should see him developing more and more trust with your hand. After you do that for a few days, a few times a day, then start with re-introducing your hand, without millet, and start training step up, putting your finger in front of his belly, so he will step up. Don't do anything when he steps up like take him out or move him around, just hold out millet to him with your other hand so he knows he is being rewarded with doing it right. Repeat as many times as you feel necessary a day until he seems comfortable with your hand, and steps right up to your finger.

When you are using a treat as a reward, just allow him a few nibbles, since to much treat can create weight gain, and health issues, so just use it in moderation. Be sure he has step up mastered before taking him out again. This way, you don't have to corner him, you can just simply let him step up on your finger, if you run into an issue and he won't step up, don't corner him anymore, grab his perch from his cage, hold it out to him, and let him step up on the perch and sit on it until your return him to the cage, if you grab him during anytime, your will lose his trust, cause him to be fearful of your hand again, and will have to start over in regaining his trust. So, you don't want to do that. Once he develops trust in your hand you can venture out in teaching him new skills. But that is a must at first.

For now, let him recover from this incident, and don't introduce your hand for a few days since this will only stress him out. Talk quietly to him, and try to make him feel comfortable.

Good Luck with your new friend, be loving, patient, and repetitive and your parakeet will bond with you, and become your very best friend.

Hi Natiliea- You haven't ruined the bird. A new bird is terrified since he doesn't understand

the environment. To a little bird who doesn't know us we appear as giants with eyes in

the front(theirs are positioned on the side). Generally they aren,t treated well by people

as babies. Each bird has a distinct personality which needs to be respected. Let the

bird be himself-if he doesn't want to be handled at this time he probably change with time.

Don't force him out of his cage.Wait till he gets used to his cage and toys. Never remove

a toy he loves. A few days in your home is much to short a time to expect anything.

I bought a parakeet after my beloved bird died about 5 months ago. He was so terrified

he would hyperventilate when I went near his cage but he would move away from my

hand when I cleaned or fed him. I noticed his beak was bruised and realized he had a

terrible experience as a tiny little baby. The creep at the pet shop was a brute and I was

shocked at how he handled my poor baby(I wanted to punch him out). The bird didn't

chatter for 4 months. It's been 6 months and he loves his toys, millet and never shuts up.

He also speaks a little. He does not hate me even though he's not ready for physical contact because he becomes very upset if I move his cage even the slightest bit away

from me. I kept him close and played birdsounds on the computer on You Tube which

comforted him. I keep his door open in case he wants to fly but he's afraid since I had

to catch him several times (He didn't know what to do once was out and sat on a ceiling

fan for hours). He's a happy bird at this point and in his case it will take quite awhile.

I once had a bird who became my best pal after two years! Good luck and be patient.

Talk to him, play bird songs and soft music and gradually your bird will trust by degree.

Luckily for you there is hope of redemption!!! Much like dogs, your parakeet needs to learn that whenever your around, marvelous things happen! So whenever you walk into the room, for a period of about two weeks, give him a small spray of millet. After that try feeding it to him in the palm of you hand. Hopefully after the two weeks he'll start to think "hmm...you here = yummy food!" so he will hope happily to your hand for his treat. After doing that for a few weeks, try coming in and setting your hand near the door. After more than a month of him thinking "your presence = millet!" he will investigate and climb on your hand in curiosity. Once he is on your hand for at least thirty seconds in the cage, slowly try pulling him out. If he hops of or flutters away. Leave him alone for an hour or so. Oh, and if your bird is out of his cage and you can't get him back in. Try placing some millet in his cage while repeating any phrase you like consistently, something like "go home" while sitting next to his cage. Eventually he will fly there to get the food, and you can SLOWLY get up and SLOWLY shut the door. The point of the phrase is so he starts thinking "sound of 'go home' = millet in cage". Hope these tips and ideas work! :)

You're scaring the poor little thing to death! Try to see it from his point of view :-) Birds are very skittish and tiny, and you're brave and strong and big (to him).

You can't force him to come to you. You have to allow him time to trust you.

Sit in a relaxed position without moving. Hold out your arm, but have it resting on something so it's relaxed. Have your palm turned up with a treat for him. Stay still like that for 10 minutes (or less, if it's too frustrating), and do that every day until he comes to you.

Any noise or movement on your part will frighten little Budgie. In time, he'll get over that, too.

Good luck!

You need to give your parakeet more time. The first thing is for you to just let the bird alone in its cage while you just change the water(hope you are also giving him bird vitamins because he is stressed out being in a strange place and with a strange person). Keep him company next to his cage and just speak softly and reasurring him that you are not going to hurt or scare him. Spend as much time next to the cage doing stuff - that the bird will get used to you moving about and slowly he will start to realize that you do not mean to harm him and that he should not worry about what you are doing. This is also the time that you need to reinforce that his cage is a safe place-from you or anything - you need him to think this because you want him to go there when he is frighten _ not flying around the room or trying to escape out the door. When about 2 weeks go by( you need to be patient with a scared bird or any animal or human). You need to get him to step up onto your hand. This is the MOST BASIC thing all pet birds must learn- gee whiz I even trained my pet rooster to do this! Almost every species of birds will step up onto someones hand or arm if you slowly press your finger on their lower chest just above their feet - once they trust you. Your bird does not trust you because you try and grab him like a animal would. You are scaring your bird not building up his trust by grabbing him. He is suppose to think that his cage is the safe place where nothing will harm him - not being grabbed by a scary human. Start over - In the cage slowly inch your hand toward him- if he starts acting scared -stop- and wait until he settles down and stops moving- then start to inch your hand toward him again. This may take hours and days (because he is now traumatized). You should keep trying to get him on your finger -and tell him that he is a very good boy when he is not freaking( yes they will also start to learn phrases -like good boy and start associating it with good behavior that pleases you). Once you do get him on your finger- this is not the time to jerk your hand out of the cage.--return the bird to the perch and tell him he was a good boy- and get him to step up on your finger again and again and again and again. You need to bird to realize that stepping up on your finger is okay and that you are not going to hurt it and that it is still safe in the cage. Do this for days and slowly move your hand closer toward the cage door every day but don't take it out of the cage. This is to get him used to the idea that is safe for him to be carried around on your hand. When you finally get him outside the cage -put him right back and keep repeating the act - maybe for days or weeks. I notice that the first week that they are finally out of the cage- they take off and try to escape as far away from the human and then as a result the human chases them all over the room and scares the bird worse and the bird is traumatized all over. So you may need to get him used to stay on your hand and that may take weeks until he will trust you outside the cage enough to stay with you. This is why a lot of people get a professional to partial clip the bird's wings at the start of training. So that the bird will usually only be able to glide downwards (not splat on the ground from a full wing trim) and is easier to retrieve and less traumatic. Note this is the fall when most birds molt and molting birds are moody and new feathers are coming out and wing trimming can cut emerging blood feathers or with not enough long feathers around emerging blood feather - damage can happen and blood all over. So all of these need LOTS OF PATIENCE and lots of time- to get your bird to trust you. But it is worth it because of the love that they can return when they trust you.

well, when i had a parakeet, it didn't seem like it liked me either but got used to me after like a month or so... but i don't know.... hope this helps!! ^_^

There is a demon possessing him.

First, light seven candles.

Second, take out thy hunting knife and proceed to kill chicken.

Third, once chicken is dead, cut yourself and let yourself bleed over chicken.

Fourth, drink as much blood as you can from the chicken.

Fifth, attempt to free your parakeet by reciting sacrificial hymns "AGURAMNADARKATAN" "NOGARUTANDENTAVUNRESH" "AGEDRRRANGRESHDIMAYONITISHOPRRRASHINO"

Sixth, if exorcism fails, you dihonored you family name and must kill yourself. I suggest death by hasuku.