Got a Boring Bird?

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What to do about a boring budgie?
I got my budgie over 2 weeks ago, which is enough time for her to be settled in, which she definitely is. but she just isnt as lively and happy as other budgies that i’ve seen. she doesn’t usually move around her cage and she NEVER chirps. is there anything i can do to change this, or something maybe wrong? i just want a happy, perky bird!

- Courtney

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Anytime you get a new bird you should always take it to the vet for a full exam to make sure it’s completely healthy. I am going to assume you did this and everything turned up clean, and if you didn’t, it’s the first thing you should really do to rule out health related problems.

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If you got a budgie (or any bird, for that matter) for the sole purpose to watch it in the cage as it proves to entertain you throughout the day… boy were you mistaken to bring the little fella home.

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Put yourself in your budgie’s situation – you most likely got it from a home where it was around tons of other birds of its kind where it constantly socialized, talked and played and interacted with these other birds. Now it’s alone with no one who speaks its language, what’s to be happy about?

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This is why BirdTricks.com works so hard? to beat it into our customers heads to trick train your bird! We don’t tell you to do this so that you have a performing parrot on your hands – we tell you to do it because in the process of training you are also taming your bird – you are showing it a good time! You are building the bond with it and showing it that you’re a heck of a lot of fun to be around! Training is stimulating and fun for birds, they NEED the challenge of it and the constant interaction and learning process it gives.

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Training your bird makes for a more lively, friendly pet parrot. If you entertain him, he will entertain you. But if you simply stare at him and wonder what’s wrong with him, he will do the same thing to you.