How To Catch A Lost Budgie: The Budgie Method

[@Loveofpets]

If you think this is your Budgie send me an email with proof. When and where did you loose your Budgie. Special markings, banded of not. Does it talk or whistle certain tunes? Does the Budgie step up or fly to you? Any characteristics? Email is in my description. No, your Budgie will not fly over lakes or Oceans or for many miles. No spamming please

[@OscarChicken]

You did great job, its not easy to catch them, seems its not tame.

[@judyalvarez203]

I'm in New Jersey, can't be my Simon.

[@FeatherBeautiful]

I would also highly suggest posting at "Lost and Found Birds Ontario" as many people post pictures of their lost birds there :)

[@AllofAfrika]

Did you find the owner?

[@nancysoni5946]

@@judyalvarez203hey I am also in New Jersey and want to have a budgie would you mind suggesting places from where I can get budgies please

[@elizabethmalone1840]

That was so amazing! So glad you caught him. My first budgie I rescued from outside too. I was only about 10 years old and we lived in Chicago. It was October so the weather was starting to change and we saw him outside at our bird feeder, like you said, with the sparrows. My bedroom on the second floor had a deck outside so I rigged a cage with leaves and branches to camouflage it, put some bird seed in there and tied a string to the door and then strung it into my bedroom. When I came back a little later I pulled the string, just in case he was in there because I couldn’t see, and sure enough. He had gone in there and I caught him! So I brought him inside, set up a cage for him in my room. Awhile later after I had come back upstairs to my room, he was gone! He had escaped, and it turned out he knew how to open the door. I found him in my parents’ room and reached up and he hopped right on my finger! He’s was the smartest little guy and even told me his name! He would say, “Pretty Poochie, Poochie is a pretty bird.” He was my best friend and was so smart.

[@sophia23346]

God is real how could something so complex like the universe and humans that if one thing was off we would die he made from bacteria or rocks or evolution we and everything just couldn’t God made us all 🎉

[@kirabowie]

WOW! That poor lil guy!! I'm sooo glad you found him, Donna!! I hope he finds his home, but even if he doesn't he'll have a great life as part of your flock!! ❤🦜🦜🦜❤

[@Loveofpets]

I hope so too!

[@kirabowie]

@@Loveofpets Good luck! May the lil cutie find his home again!!

[@tamarapace3036]

He is one lucky bird! I hope his family finds him. If not, he's already with the perfect flock! It will be nice to hear "the rest of the story".

[@sophia23346]

God is real how could something so complex like the universe and humans that if one thing was off we would die he made from bacteria or rocks or evolution we and everything just couldn’t God made us all 😊

[@LiLi-pu6jt]

A pink nose so a young parakeet, hope he can stay with you, your the best caretaker there is! 😘

[@TSUNAMI-MAMI]

You did such a good job Donna! These lost birds are so lucky to find you

[@dtang000]

That is amazing and so fabulous to catch and save this budgie. Saved their life. Bless you for that and many of us dream of being able to help a creature in the same way.

[@judyalvarez203]

Wow! I was on the edge of my seat... so glad you got him looks like my Simon.

[@jennywagner2448]

well done! you really are the Bird Whisperer! ❤

[@Loveofpets]

😊 thank you

[@strashinsky]

Very well done! I'm a bird person as well and have caught many birds for rescue. I love the little souls so much! I am currently looking for a job where I can be around them all day!❤🐦

[@bonniefeldman9444]

Bird rescue in your area?

[@Loveofpets]

I would love a job with birds but can't find any that pays decent.

[@RealHomeRecording]

Woman, you have some good ears! Such a kind soul...

[@emilywhatley5889]

Gosh, he's just a baby as well 💜 HUGE well done, you no doubt saved his life 😊xx

[@jima9356]

This is terrific! Donna, you just made my day.

[@Loveofpets]

Thank you for the super thanks. Glad I made your day!

[@barbarabermingham9385]

Hi Donna Awesome, You Have A new Budgie, Maybe You Will find His Lost Home If Not You Have A New Edition LOL Keep us Posted On The Bird Thanks😁💜🧡💙💛⭐️🌟💫👋👋

[@kristinconn1663]

Awesome! Love your budgie rescues!! Youre amazing Donna!

[@Loveofpets]

Thank you so much!

[@katelowry6597]

Hi Donna! Great video, I'm glad you recommended it, I was very caught up and was holding my breath as you closed the screen door! It was great meeting you today at the pet store. Thanks for answering my many questions! Kate

[@Loveofpets]

You are so welcome! It was nice to meet you and chat with you. Glad you enjoyed the video 😊

[@karenramos9143]

Great job to do 2 catches in that small amount of time. Little budgie got lucky when he flew to your backyard.

[@pathfinderwellcare]

Thank God this baby landed in your yard! Great job rescuing them. ❤

[@catherine6653]

I am glad you rescued the budgie. Another reason to catch him is predators. Where I live there are raptors, hawks and falcons. Sometimes our feathered friends need human help. ❤

[@Loveofpets]

Yes, I forgot to mention predators. There are alot of Hawks in my area

[@az-vx2cw]

Donna, God bless you and all you do for animals. if only there could have been people like you back in the early 1900's when the last few remaining Passenger pigeons and Carolina parrakeets were still alive. When will the human race learn from our mistakes?

[@gailsfoodandstuff]

he/she looks a little sick, thus, the fluffed feathers. so glad you were able to help!

[@rainicascadia5514]

Great job! 💗

[@Loveofpets]

Thank you!! 😊

[@A.H6527]

You are one awesome lady. God bless you for saving this bird 🐦 he is a cutie

[@Loveofpets]

Thank you so much!

[@marycoates8904]

You’re amazing. That went very smoothly. I have 2 budgies and I find them so entertaining.

[@redhummingbird171]

That budgie still has his baby stripes! Good job and thanks for saving him.

[@Bullen_3]

Donna,you must have budgie magnet in your yard. 😅 Jokes aside: they must come bc they hear yours. Nice job 👍 When you were creeping up, it was quite a moment of suspense,lol. I was like "come on...come on.." then the screen door gets stuck,ugh,but you got her or him very fast,i guess practice makes perfect. He is so cute.

[@Amg799]

Yay!!! Welcome to the best life ever little guy!!! 🎉💗🎉

[@suzansherman5608]

Fantastic! slow but sure...... It would be great if you make a post with Lost and Found Birds Ontario so we can all work together to get this bird home. We are as careful as you about having the budgie go to the rightful owner. I am 1 of the MODS for the group. One of your faithful followers shared your skills so I came to see!

[@Loveofpets]

I already posted there and kijiji.

[@bernadetteeaston3550]

Hi Lovely lady. Your patience with that little bird payed off. I hope you can find the owner. I loved watching that it was so entertaining well done. Please let me know the outcome. Thank you 🙏

[@Loveofpets]

Hi, thank you. I will make an update video soon.

[@Bullen_3]

I love the little spot on the back of his head

[@anitaoconnell2799]

That was awesome. Keep us posted!

[@Loveofpets]

Thanks! Will do!

[@sarahhare50]

That is one lucky birdie to have found the most amazing bird lady around!

[@mazzywest5615]

Thankfully this litte budgie is safe with you now. Thank you ❤️

[@AhmedAbd-dm8wy]

Well done 👍👍so glad that you rescued him

[@arnoldgiesbers7467]

Very good job!! This bird is save now. Looks like a young bird....:)

[@vinnyandfriends]

Budgie is so cute. Someone must be missing him/her. Hope you find his home soon. otherwise we know he will have a good time with you.

[@susanross1651]

How many budgies have you caught now, there seems to be a lot of people losing them in your area. He is a beauty.

[@Loveofpets]

Over the last few years it's been 5 and have found others throughout the years. I have also seen other loose Budgies and Cockatiels that I couldn't catch. There are so many loose pet birds in my area

[@susanross1651]

@@Loveofpets that’s so sad. I only have two budgies & one canary, but I guard them with my life. I live in Yorkshire UK. I let a lady near me borrow a small cage a couple of months ago because she had a canary on her bird feeders. She did manage to catch him, no one came forward for him so she has kept him. Happy ending 😊

[@Loveofpets]

That's great that she caught the canary and gave him a home since no one came forward.

[@jeanniekirby596]

Oh so cool 😮!! I was so nervous that it was going to fly away! One of my budgies flew out and after 3 days we got her back. She was 3 miles away and thanks for social media, I posted her picture and said she was missing on Facebook and one of my friends saw the post of the man that found her. It was so cold out and it was amazing that we got her back. She’s since passed but I’ll never forget that ❤

[@orianafisher3960]

Gosh, this was so exciting to watch, i could feel your "thrill" when trying to get him into the house❤❤❤❤ us burd freaks love this 😊

[@az-vx2cw]

What kind of tree is that with the beautiful pink/red blooms? A myrtle or rose of Sharon? It is beautiful. @ 1:17 that looks like something an artist would paint! You have such a well-planted and beautiful yard. Could you do a video of it? Also, congrats on saving another bird.

[@Loveofpets]

It's a Rose of Sharon. It's so beautiful. I have another one as well. Love when they bloom

[@0420903951]

I admire your love for these tiny birds, I have 19 budgies How do you keep the room clean? I desperately need help Al i seem to be doing is cleaning morning,lunch, evening, I have 6 cages I let them fly out 3 times a day for 2 hrs each time, I don’t have a bird room They live in the kitchen and family room, so much cleaning I too love my budgies very much, I’m to scared to take them outside I already lost 5, the flew out I’m hoping you will reply 🙏💐

[@soo4334]

Omg the suspense! You did it! Yaye!

[@leonaj.9985]

I hope you get to keep him. He'll have the best life with you.

[@leonaj.9985]

Wow. Good catch! He knew to go to your house.

[@branimirnikolic4559]

Aren't you worried that he might be carrying an infection? A bird flew to me in almost the same way in 2016. It flew around the balcony for a couple of hours, we lured it with food, and finally it flew into the room. I had a male Rosenkolis and a female flew in and they immediately became close. In 2018, she started showing symptoms of "beak and feather disease" which is incurable and highly contagious. She died at the end of last year. Now I can't adopt any birds because the male is probably infected (but not sick). The male is practically doomed to be alone because I don't want to knowingly infect another bird.

[@ireeneua956]

Lovely video with happy ending 😊

[@katherinedowning7712]

Well done ❤❤❤

[@babushkka]

Thank you for uploading! I am from Ontario too, there is a budgie here in town that I am attempting to rescue! According to folks living near by, he has been out for months! I am having a lot of trouble capturing and so afraid with winter coming up/predators around, he will sit on the tall trees across a busy street

[@Loveofpets]

Hi, play some Budgies singing from you tube to lure him in if you don't have other budgies to lure him in with. Place a cage with a sprig of spray millet inside. Is the budgie coming to your bird feeder?

[@babushkka]

thank you so much for your reply! I have left a cage with millet and budgie sounds near the trees that this little one relaxes on with the other sparrows but I haven't had any luck! unfortunately, they are near the local sidewalk and road, I do not live nearby! Im going to keep trying @@Loveofpets

[@bambookat8796]

awww! great job! hopefully he just escaped from a loving home by accident and you are able to locate the owner. 💚💛

[@annarai5392]

Awesome job!❤

[@Loveofpets]

Thank you! 😄

[@AniFam]

Awesome job!👍 Thank you for sharing this video~🤗

[@Loveofpets]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@sophia23346]

God is real how could something so complex like the universe and humans that if one thing was off we would die he made from bacteria or rocks or evolution we and everything just couldn’t God made us all 😊

[@GaiaLove1]

Glad he went in the house, I've been trying to catch one near my area..apparently he's been out there since beginning of august..

[@Loveofpets]

I hope you secure him. Keep trying

[@andyp9131]

Love the video. Nice to see we still care I caught a quaker I already have on and it was a lady's up the road she offered me £100 I said no. I do it as I know what it would be like to lose a bird. What country are u from with bad winters. So lucky

[@TSUNAMI-MAMI]

Canadá

[@Loveofpets]

I am from Ontario Canada

[@bernadetteeaston3550]

PS I’m from Australia. I have had budgies. Now I have a beautiful grey female Cockatiel. Have a great day.

[@pixxz4737]

I carry a bowl of seed out to any lost bird sitting in a bush and they jump onto it, walm super slow back into the house. My Precious passed away 2 years ago. She was a yellow lovebird list in the woods. Had 23 years.

[@donrisjeanfreau5419]

I know I left you a message as soon as I received this video. It must be lost in cyberspace. I really enjoyed this 1st video at the bird show. I love that you wanted everything, like a kid in a candy store. So much fun, thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊

[@Loveofpets]

Hi, I saw the message, thank you so much. I am happy that you enjoyed the video

[@meandmyanimalfriends3707]

Yeyyy well done x

[@SandraMarquez-ht4hv]

So Awesome!

[@Loveofpets]

Thanks!

[@vrhacks]

What make, model and size is your budgie cage? The big (white?) one, like in this video where the budgie landed on the side of the cage when you were trying to catch him? TIA for info. I really want to buy this cage for my parrotlet.

[@Loveofpets]

Hi, this is the cage. Mine has 2 doors, however this has one. I couldn't find a link with 2 doors. You can have a look at it A&E Cage Company 52401490: Cage Flight Wh 31X20 a.co/d/8t5Kscg

[@mewrongwayKOCXF]

Oh No, been there before! Awesome catch!

[@Loveofpets]

Thanks 👍

[@merepekar]

is the blue budgie Jack Sparrow? seem like he understood and helped you in catching the budgie

[@Loveofpets]

Yes, that was Jack Sparrow.

[@Bullen_3]

I wondering that too. kinda cool.

[@LaLa-xu4sn]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@phamthai1924]

OMG I was holding my breath watching this little budgie flying outside , like " now you see me, now you don't " ... Love the video ❤❤❤ BTW, I'm at the middle of setting up a Bird room for my Lovebirds, and that room has a window that faces West. I think just it's OK when it comes to lights so I wanted to install few more light bulbs ... may I ask do you have to do that for your bird room and what kind of bulbs did you use ? Ppl mentioned some with UVB, avian lights etc... I'm just so confused. Thanks.

[@Loveofpets]

Hi, I was holding my breath as well, lol I use regular daylight bulbs in my birdroom. I do have an avian lamp light that I use in the winter.

[@phamthai1924]

@@Loveofpets Thanks Donna. Have a good weekend.

[@rikkiyoung6524]

What state do you live in?? This looks just like my babes!! He flew out 1month again 😢

[@Loveofpets]

Ontario, Canada

[@pinekitt.fwxiii]

Did you ever find his custodians? 💜💜

[@Loveofpets]

Not yet

[@-JA-]

❤

[@gailsfoodandstuff]

i would just put my finger under it in case its used to getting on a finger.

[@az-vx2cw]

Judging by the cere, it appears to be a female. if you get to keep her name her Bloom or Blossom after that beautiful flowering tree. LOL . But wait @ 11:02 on close-up it looks bluish, so I suppose it is a male.

[@Loveofpets]

I think it's a male. I do love the name Blossom and I had a Bourke named Blossom

[@eoghanm1992]

hows the budgie these days?

[@Loveofpets]

He is doing great! Here is a recent video that you can see him in, along with my other budgies kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2fSc4t7m9d8rbc

[@judyriley3373]

He,s young

[@superraykiboy]

Please let me know what happens next ❤

[@Loveofpets]

Will do.

[@Адольф-ц5л]

Я часто ловлю сбежавших попугаев - сразу несу их в ближайший зоомагазин или звоню знакомым, у которых они есть. У меня мало опыта за ними ухаживать. А там их пристроят.

[@Birb_06]

My brother took one of my bird out and I couldn’t find her I miss her😢😢

[@Loveofpets]

So sorry, keep searching.

[@branimirnikolic4559]

apparently you deleted the comment I wrote on Sunday. what was wrong with it?

[@Loveofpets]

Hi, what was the comment? It could be in the withheld section that I don't check much

[@branimirnikolic4559]

@@Loveofpets I described how I similarly caught a bird that became ill after two years and warned you that it is not safe to let untested birds near yours as they may carry the infection.

[@Loveofpets]

Hi, I checked the withheld comments and it's in there. You tube put it there I didn't delete it. Yes I do worry about disease. The Budgie was separated right after I finished the video. If I were to keep the bird I would do the viral testing. Sorry about your loss. Have you considered doing viral testing on your current bird?

[@branimirnikolic4559]

@@Loveofpets The female was tested in 2018, the male was not. The vets then told me that it was an extremely contagious disease and that the male was definitely infected. When the female died I asked again and they confirmed that I should not bring another bird to the male. The male, although (according to the veterinarian) carries the virus, did not get sick. Did you see the e-mail I sent you in April? The e-mail is not about this sad topic but about making interesting bird comfort items, and contains photos I took while the female was alive.

[@musicalmarion]

Wow just like Jack that's great. He only looks v young, hardly moulted out yet. Another one for your tribe Donna ! 💚🦜

[@rachelcrista2342]

There's a beautiful icy blue and white budgie in my backyard. I've been trying to catch it for 4 days now lol it's hanging out with a group of sparrows that hangout in the large tree out back that I feed. I've tried the box trap, I've tried placing the bird feeder in a large bird cage, he/she is too smart. Any ideas? I saw a copper hawk in my tree couple days ago, so I need to hurry 🩵🤍

[@Loveofpets]

Hi, its best to remove all feeders if you haven't already and place one near the cage and slowly move it into the cage. Buy some spray millet and place at the back of the cage. Tie a string around the door so that you can pull it to close it when the budgie go in. Play Budgies singing on your phone or use a speaker and place it behind the cage. Good luck.