How I Tamed my Fearful Cockatiel in Four Weeks!

[@bigsky445]

This was fun to watch! I went thru something very similar with my cockatiel Hercules. His first 3 hours home, he just sat in the bottom of his cage, petrified. I started with week 1, just sitting next to his cage, reading to him & talking to him multiple times a day, eceryday. Week 2 I started holding my hand in his cage with millet, I stand like a statue for 20 min at a time or until I could no longer hold my arm up. I did this for about 20-30 min multiple times a day. He eventually started taking millet from my hand, but week 3 he would stand on my hand for millet & by week 4 he was out of his cage & exploring his huge play gym I made him. Fast forward almost 2 years later, he is my best bud & I adopted a 2nd cockatiel. Both are my babies & my life! Birds are so rewarding once you seal that bond. I always tell people, taming a bird is just gaining their trust. It take patience & persistence daily. It's a worth it the moment they CHOOSE to be with you. God Bless! Thanks for sharing!!

[@BlueMacawHouse]

The BigSky Family Vlogs awww that is a very nice relationship right there! I wish my cockatiel comes that nice to me. It’s been one year dice he comes back from Hawaii. He is now eating on my hands... but still long way to go! You said right it’s a lot patience and time to gain their trust!🙏🙏

[@bigsky445]

@@BlueMacawHouse Thank you for replying!! I think you are absolutely WONDERFUL & I love your passion for your birds! I wish you best of luck with your cockatiel! Like we have both said, it's all about patience & staying consistent! God Bless! ❤

[@The15secondsOfame]

Your open aviary with most everything a bird could ask for is amazing ❤️ Glad Thor is doing so well 👍

[@BlueMacawHouse]

S Dolan thanks so much! 🥰

[@abbywalker4293]

I have a scared rescue cockatiel about 5 years old and I was starting to feel defeated about it because he doesn’t want to be near me. After watching, I am going to get back to it and try some more ❤️

[@ElevenDollarCheese]

How's he doing? I think being he's older it'll take a little longer for him to come around. I got a 3 year old female rescue about a year and a half ago, and it took over a month for her to step onto a wooden dowel I made for her. She's still terrified of hands, but steps onto the dowel no problem. She has to be on my shoulder 24-7, even when I'm shaving or she goes batshit. Hard to say what went on before we took them in, they might have been neglected, or hassled by kids nonstop.

[@falandafahao1999]

I think yes he learned in a week.....😂😍❤👏👏👏ty for sharing......so AWESOME

[@BlueMacawHouse]

Falan Dafa Hao thanks for watching! Training Thor it’s been fun and very very productive. I’ll keep it you guys posted of all his progress for sure. 🥰💞

[@falandafahao1999]

@@BlueMacawHouse I luv seeing change happen ...me and Thor have alot in common😌😂😍..I am learning too....#Keeping the Faith

[@flamingbridges1649]

I've had my cockatiel about 2 weeks. she's just started to let me feet her millet and made slight progress when she put her foot on my finger for like half a second. lol.

[@Dontlikemily]

Love Goldens i felt that lmaooo

[@emilycontreras2142]

Love Goldens I got mine on Saturday last week and he lets me feed him millet and seeds from hand because I sit with him and sing to him from outside his cage for hours and hours each day, hopefully soon he will learn how to step on my finger. He’s still a little bit shy but compared to other birds, he seems to be a quick learner. I don’t know though.. I’ve had him less than a week.

[@laureng.4610]

Same Here My Cockatiel Came Home With Me On November 1 And He Is Still Getting Use To Me

[@lexburen5932]

i had a cockatiel many years ago. It impressed me how intelligent and fast learners they are

[@flamingbridges1649]

I've had my cockatiel 3 months. I've been trying to tame her for the past 2 months. I was making good progress but now she's gone back to how she was when i first got her. unless im at work im with her all day so you would think she would be used to me.

[@joelmosier125]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful video. I still view your beautiful video (greeting your parott after being absent for 5 days).

[@shiningstar1869]

This is a wonderful story! I went through something similar with my conure. I was so amazed when he began to trust me only after 3 days. Love and persistence. I believe this bird will perform even more for you in the future. Also, having other birds helps so much more.

[@BlueMacawHouse]

shining star it’s very amazing feeling right? When I started gained a bird trust it’s really amazing 😉 . Yeah having Tuka present to our trainings sessions it’s been very supportive and help to archive to my goals. thanks for watching. Thor it will be doing a lot more very soon. And love and persistence it’s a right way to go forward! 🙌🙌👌👍🏼🥰

[@LaraOsman]

I cant get over how cute Thor is

[@spooks77]

Love it, and looove cockatiels! I caught a few 'mistakes' tho, like the rule of 'if the bird can reach it he can have it' u move it away and 'taunt' him a few times, or at least thats what i percieved it as. Love the nature look, its easy to see ur birds have the best available to them, not to mention omg the nature and location outside is to die for! Like seing how u have progressed since the very akward stiff hand movements u had in the beginning with Sunshine, and I remmeber when u just had Sunshine and didnt have any plans for more birds lol ;D

[@BlueMacawHouse]

spooks77 thanks for watching! Thor is very scared bird gain his trust it’s a challenge to me. I’m very happy that he is respond so well the training and also I can tell how much he is enjoying the game. Once again thanks. Yeah i have now 5 birds total. Long story but I’m devoted to all of my birds and trying always to provide a best for them.

[@RohaanSW_2008]

My cockatiel, Pikachu, was from an abusive pet store. He lived 1 year in a biggie cage with 7 other cockatiel in the pet store. So now he is still shy no matter how much we handled him. Now he is much better after about 5 months of training. It’s not four weeks but it still worked!

[@Loveofpets]

Excellent progress! Yes he will learn the spin very quickly! I am now a subscriber to your channel 😃

[@BlueMacawHouse]

Love of Pets thanks so much, soon I’ll show his progress 🥰

[@PuffPets]

Beautiful video and I love your out-of-cage setup! So perfect!

[@kevinwood5579]

I love to see videos like this and would like to say well done both of you because you have both come a long way enjoy.

[@BlueMacawHouse]

Kevin Wood thanks for watching. And yes it’s a long way. So glad I was able to tamed him.🙏🙏🥰😂

[@kevinwood5579]

When we let go of the Can't do and believe we can we fill ourselves with positive energy which then is projected to the bird.

[@ahmad.naveed]

Well this place is like a heaven for a bird

[@haiderali-sj9zz]

my bird doesmt go on myhand i can sit near dante for howevr long but wenever i go neaar him he flys away and he just wont trust me

[@gabriellesilva6328]

YEEEAAAAAH Girl ! You're AMAZING! ❤ love u cousin ! XoXox

[@BlueMacawHouse]

Gabrielle Silva thanks prima!!

[@janetemoreira9226]

@@BlueMacawHouse Janete Moreira

[@jzilla3770]

Beautiful home

[@earthangel_911]

I never thought I would ever get close to one considering I have been terrified of them my whole life! 😂 I went from 1 to 4...I have 2 new tiels that are very skittish but I am determined to win their trust. Birds are so amazing! I wish I could spend a day with you, looks like so much fun! Thank you... subscribed!🐦💚✨

[@parrotsdogsandtexas1654]

Great advice!! I needed this! The smallest bird and I literally had to pry his beak off me,lol!

[@BlueMacawHouse]

Parrots,Dogs, and Texas lol 😂 thanks for watching, I’m glad it’s was very helpful video for many people that knows the struggles that could be! 😂😂🥰

[@Rosegoldgirl5764]

I love your set up for your birds. the're so cute.

[@brianblaney753]

I have 2 cockatiels, whom I rehomed just over a week ago. They are from an aviary and quite scared of me. When I let them out it takes me over an hour to get them back in... and with being 2 of them is even harder! I know it's gonna take time, and patience, but is there any advice you could give me? I've started putting my hand in the cage for a while, a few times a day, and they're still quite scared. I feel so bad for them, but I know I'll get to a good place with them someday!!!

[@farsoso_350]

I have the same problem , they are scared shitless of me , the second i put my hand in my cage they move away . Idk what to do

[@tinapeds4901]

The video was awesome that was great to tame him so quickly it can take months

[@_mirikugacha_1637]

I have a cockatiel for a month already, in the evenings he hisses at me(I leave him alone as he is probably tired) but he eats from my hand sometimes. I tried to let him out recently, covering every dangerous object but all he did is that he flew into walls and then fell onto the bed. (He wasn’t injured just scared) I’m also a busy person and he stays alone for long sometimes.

[@bakhtiarahmad4357]

Ya my baby coakatiel does that too anyone have some tips how to bond him he comes on my hand but sometimes he doesn't anyone have some tips?

[@kindregardskatie]

Hi , can you link the training stick.please, and what did u put on it, some kind of treat?

[@BlueMacawHouse]

Katie Pecotich it’s actually a normal chop stick from sushi restaurant. And I don’t put anything on it. Just clean chopsticks 🥢👍🏼🥰

[@Akbar22335]

My cockatiel eats from my hand but if i dont have food they didn't sit on my and and runing in there cage and try's to bite me. And I also dont have that thing in your hand do I need to buy it?

[@h.hemmis3253]

thor looks just like my birds baby and toast!

[@Drawing_with_lillian]

My Zazu was in a similar situation and someone found him and where we live at isn’t a safe area so she took him it looked to see if he belonged to anyone and nothing so 3 weeks later I adopted him yes under a year old only eats millet refuses to eat anything else I’ve had him over a month and still can’t sit near his cage without him freaking out

[@xphile4938]

Hi, what is that stick or clicker? is that homemade or can it be purchased?

[@BlueMacawHouse]

XPhiLe49 my chopstick is feom A restaurant PF Chang

[@zerodadutch6285]

You can get the clickers just about anywhere. They have alot of them on amazon

[@Okarine-n4h]

Where did you get your long clicker?

[@lizardking7772]

The device your using is it just a stick and a clicker?

[@deniselayer802]

Where did you get that brown rope from?

[@KeltonTheKelpie]

I have two untame Cockatiels, one male, one female, my female likes getting close to my face but dislikes my hands. And the male Does not even like me getting close i,ve had them for a month now still not tame and so i was wondering if i should let them out of cage because i feel bad for my female who really wanna fly. But as said they,re not tame and not hand tame. But is that a good idea that i let two untame cockatiels out?

[@dayl3r]

My problem is getting them OUT of the cage ;-;

[@LiosMan]

Mine do get out but they don't get in 😂😂

[@dayl3r]

Real ShadoW well I’m lucky to have smart cockatiels which get in for food or to attack the other one 😭😭😭 (sarcasm lmao ofc I’m not happy about that) but when they are in it takes so long to get out

[@LiosMan]

@@dayl3r mine actually attacks the other one but as I tamed them more they don't attack each other lol

[@317vikki]

I rescued a Cockatiel and she is very shy. She will step up to a stick but not my hand. can you tell me what was in the straw you were using. ?

[@xxpreppyxx8549]

Was that bird tricks the girl with white hair

[@eclipse7727]

Hey we just got my cockatiel bird a big cage and some toys and finally got millets! Tomorrow he’ll be so happy rn he’s asleep!❤️✨✨

[@deniselayer802]

What do you do if they are aggressive to the target? And do not want to take the treat?

[@Jason-ek2ji]

It's fourth of July and my cockatiel was going crazy

[@CyanideOwl]

Hey what if cockatiel is scared of clicker sound and he doesn't have a treat that is healthy? I'm not going to buy expensive pellets when I can feed him seeds.. And it's natural for him.

[@OxOx_XoXo1]

Give Sunflower seeds or millet as treat

[@jakeheadmtb6462]

I got my cocateil yesterday he is chilling out any idea what I could do next an when

[@Sammylife]

What is the red stick thing... cause my cockatiels won’t even come to my hand. All they do is just fly... I really want them trained to I could be comfortable with them. The problem is that I don’t know how, I try everyday but it’s not working. What do I do?

[@dinocookies6870]

My cockatiel is terrified! He won’t eat from my hand he runs away and we can’t get him back into the cage! Only with a towel and I don’t want to put him through that, what do I do! I’m lost for ideas!

[@roseankara3054]

Hey please reply, I got my new baby cockatiel, she is grown full feathers , she is grown but she still is still a kinda Baby, she can't fly or move and she is scared of us, I have been trying to tame her but it isn't working with treats, any tips? Please anyone reply

[@extra_nos5081]

what is the function of the chopstick?

[@histoirettes]

that was awesome! i think this methode will help me to tame a cockatiel that cames to my window almost two weeks ago. i never had a bird or any pet before; but i kinda like it. first i let him free in an empty room for 4 days(what a mess😑), but then buy a cage so i can move him in another warmer room. after two days he didn't like the cage(i guess) because he started to scream so high and turns inside like crazy; so i let him free in the first room. he seems now more relaxed. He sings 5 different songs; but only when i sit and talk to him. i really like him, but with no bigger cage and no plans to have a bird i don't know what to do..🤔

[@pug6871]

Did you bother to find its owner....

[@histoirettes]

@@pug6871 "bother" is not the right term i will choose.. of course i did let the word that i find a cockatiel in tje neighbourhood. unfortunatly we don't live in usa so we don't have a lot of ways to find the owner.

[@CyanideOwl]

You know you basically kidnapped him from his family if he was wild.

[@deniselayer802]

Did you ever free fly your cockatiels?

[@BlueMacawHouse]

denise layer not they only fly indoors

[@parkers9095]

We have a new elderly tiel who has never had a home so we took it because no one else would and I would not have that bird die without loving humans and he is very scared of people because all they have ever done was grab him out of a cage for interested people but then they learned he was 23 and didn’t want him so he was scared of hands and this helped a lot

[@gochujangsauce]

I’ve had my bird for like almost two years and he’s still scared of me :(

[@dennis9690]

Haha then u havent put the time to make him/her safe

[@dennis9690]

Spend time w the bird

[@youarean00b22]

Do cockatiel bites hurt

[@BlueMacawHouse]

Just A Weird Bean well all birds bites hurts! But not as much compared to my amazon parrot! 🤣🤣 honesty my cockatiel only bite me once...

[@CyanideOwl]

They don't bite tho. They are more pacifist. They will fake bite you and fly away.

[@laureng.4610]

My Cockatiel is Around 1 or 2 years Old And I Have Had Him Since November 1st. He Knows to Step Up On My Finger. He Hisses At Me Sometime's And Also Just To Get Him Out Of The Cage I Have To Use A Towel Or Wear A Glove

[@laureng.4610]

He Is Doing Better . Im Still Taking Baby Steps

[@uhavemooface]

Would love to see you try and tame my cockatiel. And if you can I would pay you 100 dollars.

[@Deathxx-sz7pi]

I cant tame my cockatiel

[@BlueMacawHouse]

Death 2132xx i know your struggle. it’s a long process. I’m working with professional training Birdtricks Jamie to archive this.

[@Deathxx-sz7pi]

@@BlueMacawHouse Nice. I have only tamed 1 budgie and 1 lovebird.

[@emilycontreras2142]

Have you tamed him?

[@tim22orss15]

Your teeth are like really white