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Question: stop pecking spray for budgies really work?

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Answer #1:

NO! Spray Is Horrible.
Imagine how would you feel if you got sprayed?
I think is Natural but watever you do dont spray it.
it will grow to hate you... or idk. BITE IT BACK. (not too hard)

Answer #2:

It's never good to try to alter natural behavior. If you want to handle him what you need to do is give hime the confidence that he can trust you and that you wont hurt him. It might take him time but one thing you can try is giving him a treat for every time he does not bite you, give him positive reenforcement. If he does bite you then give him negative reenforcment by shortening the time you spend with him.

Answer #3:

Your Bird is just testing to see if you are going to hurt it. When you yell at it, this scares it, and you shouldn't resolve in 'physical violence' like pointing your finger, or yelling. Budgies perceive this as you wanting to hurt them. This makes them mean and they will want to bite you more. So what you do is you hold out a finger to it and let it bite you. You do not back away or yell. It can also sense you are nervousness or sacredness. So it helps to know budgies usually don't bite hard enough to draw blood, so the worst it will hurt is a little pinch. Sometimes it only tickles. Once your bird is used to you, you will start to devolop a stron relationship with this animal and it is very rewarding. So if, over a few weeks you take it out, hold out your finger and let it bite you awhile, it will get used to hands. If you use a glove, you get it used to your finger to the point where you can reach out your hand and it will jump on. The other method is, every time it bites you, shake your hand a little and this will confuse him and he won't remember what he was doing before he bites you. Also, Budgies will open their mouth as a warning that they are about to bite.

Answer #4:

I don't think that will even work. The best way to discourage any parrot, including a budgie, from biting you is to just not react at all when it does. That means no saying "ow", no flailing about, etc. And you have to be consistent about it. He won't stop right away, but once he learns it doesn't get him more attention, nor does it get you to do something funny, he'll get bored and stop biting.

That said, if your budgie is a fear biter, you also need to show him he can trust you. That means you need to move slowly and calmly around him, talk calmly in a soft voice, and don't chase him around with your finger if he doesn't want to step up -- just offer him your finger once, moving slowly, and if he runs away, remove your hand from the cage and close the door.

Edit: Most of "Someone..."'s advice is okay, but you shouldn't use gloves to get a budgie used to your hand -- first, the glove will scare him, and second, *if* he does eventually get used to the glove, he'll get used to the glove and not your hand, so you'll have to start all over again if you want him to trust *you*, not the glove.

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Budgie Cage Requirements

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Budgie Cage Requirements:

The cage should not be made of toxic metals such as zinc, lead, or brass (wet brass tarnishes - this tarnish is toxic). Stainless steel is best or powder-coated.
Do not put your budgie in a cage that is rusted or has chipping paint.
If you find an old cage in the attic, basement, trash-picking, or at a yard sale that only has a few rusty patches or a little chipping paint and you want to re-paint it for your budgie - DON'T. Throw it out and get a new cage on eBay. The cost of getting a cage sanded down and then powder-coated is more than you would pay for a new cage on eBay.
Big enough for the budgie to not only fully turn around and spread out their wings, but to fly from one side to another - a absolute minimum of 18x18x24.. Buy the biggest cage you can afford. Parrot cages are MUCH cheaper online than they are in the petstore. Please check ebay for new parrot cages at great prices!
Horizontal bars because budgies love to climb!
Width is more important than height as budgies fly horizontally.
Bar spacing should be no wider than 1/2 inch so that the budgie doesn't get their head stuck between the bars. Their heads are smaller than they look!
No round cages - a budgie doesn't feel safe in a round cage - there is no back wall to retreat to. Along the same lines, be sure there is a wall behind at least one side of the cage.
A good size rectangular cage is best - the palace shape or house shapes actually restrict the room the budgie has to fly and play and create a mess of poop and food the others do not.
Do not place the cage next to a window. Drafts can cause the budgie to become sick. Keep the cage out of direct sunlight.
Place the cage in a room you spend alot of time in (though not the kitchen - because of fumes and hot unsafe surfaces) but that will be quiet at night.
Budgies require alot of mental stimulation. Be sure they have lots of fun toys and that you rotate the toys frequently so that they do not become bored and so they get used to change.
Budgie-proof the room the budgie will be flying in by making sure no open water surfaces, open windows/doors, uncurtained windows, other pets, etc will harm them.
Be sure to cover the cage at night to provide darkness and a secure cover to prevent night-frights.
Several perches of varying widths are necessary to promote healthy feet and legs and to prevent foot sores caused by plain wooden dowels. We recommend the wood branch perches and rope perches.
Avoid: sand perch covers (cause foot sores), mite protectors (cause respiratory illness), bedding (breeds fungus and can cause crop impaction when injested) - paper towels or plain newsprint are best so you can watch poops for health.
Covered food and water dishes so budgies don't poop in them and get sick.
Cuttle bone to chew on. It's good for their beaks and provides needed calcium.
Use pipe cleaners or twist ties to secure all cage doors and windows. Budgies are smart little buggers and can quickly and easily figure out how to give themselves some unsupervised out time!
Place the best wood perches up high - and the stone ones that are good for toe nail health down low. Budgies like to be up high and will spend most of their time on the nicer perches that are good for their feet. We don't recommend using the wooden dowels that come with cages for anything other than step-ups and collecting budgies from around the room to return to their cages.
Make sure there is a food bowl for each budgie in the cage so that they don't have to fight over it or the dominant budgie doesn't let the other budgies near the food.
If you are going to have several budgies in the same cage - it's better to move them at the same time rather than moving a new bird into another's birds cage to avoid territorial issues.

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