How to hand tame a lovebird in 5 days

I got my baby lovebird (8-9 week old) last week. He is a beautiful Dutch Blue Peach-faced Lovebird. He is not tame but it is good that he is not biting :) Here is steps and results of hand taming in the first 5 days:

Day 1-2
Take your lovebird out of its cage. You should never try to work with a bird inside his cage. At the beginning, it will be hard to approach him, he will fly away even if I put my hand close to the cage. I find it a lot easier to use a perch.
Once you get him out of the cage, for the first 2 days, I will just keep talking to him, and he will start singing right away once I play some videos with the sounds of the other lovebirds. Just let him get used to my voice and also enjoy the time outside the cage.
Repeat 3-5 times a day for 10-20 minutes.

Day 3
Once you get some trust from him in the first 2 days, now you can start try petting him on his head, cheek or even beak, they loves being scratched on their neck.
Repeat 3-5 times for 10-15 minutes each time.

Day 4
Now they should be very comfortable sitting and eating on your hand, you can teach them how to do step-up : Slowly and gently push your finger against the bird's lower chest, right above his legs.
Reward the bird’s accomplishments. Bird will learn to associate hand = food.
Repeat 2-3 times for 10-15 minutes each time.

Day 5
I am surprised to realize that on day 5, he will start flying to me.

#How to hand tame a lovebird/bird/Budgie#

[wig]

mine just screams his lungs out..idk what to do

[aishymendez]

Hand raised lovebirds are the best. The journey from a baby to a grown lovebird is amazing, no cap!

[ChadLuciano]

I have had my lovebird 13 years now, he was 5 when I got him....his name is Chirpy....he can chirp for food, water, the window, lights, oven....it is amazing how intelligent these birds really are. I have spent hundreds of hours with him. I can fall asleep on the couch and wake and guess who is tucked under my neck. Chirpy comes to the call 90% of the time if I leave his cage open. I would have never thought I would develop the relationship I have with a bird, in fact my bird has been more fun than some cats and dogs. All these folks who say you are doing the training thing wrong....don't listen...as long as you keep your bird fed, watered and loved you will do just fine the same way I have. Remember I said he was 5 when I got him....your bird doesn't train in just 4 or 5 days but much like us will train well over the days, months, years that you spend with them.

[randyreall]

My lovebird is a genius. We taught him how to say if yes or no with his head. He can dance In a weird way. He can fly very fast

[Leriash]

Impossible. If I approach my hand to the cage, they come for my flesh. Your lovebird was hand raised, he was just scared of you.

[micailabraun]

he already started off a little game though. It's completely different when you buy from a breeder who doesn't handle them. To me, he looked tame already he was just gaining trust for you. He wasn't biting of completely freaking out (at least w what you showed LOL). I have 4 and 9 babies on the way 😄

[mariaalfaro]

0:36 my bird will rip off my finger if I do that 2 him

[mavericke]

Ive been a Lovebird breeder for 20 years. This is not the way to tame a lovebird. There are 3 stages of taming them.
You're main objective is to build trust this is true, but using a perch like that will scare a non tamed lovebird. Here are some tips:

If you buy a Lovebird try to buy one WITHOUT its wings clipped. Clipping the wings makes training them a lot more difficult since flight is a main defense of birds. Take that away and they become very shy and scared of human touch.

1. First stage is to use a towel to handle your lovebird. This stage can last 3 weeks. The idea here is you want to create a safe way to show the Lovebird you are not going to harm them. Every day during this stage you must handle them at least for 10 minutes or so. Eventually the Lovebird will stop fighting you to be handled in the Towel. Then you are ready for step 2

2. Begin to allow the Lovebird to come out of the cage itself. Handle it for a few minutes then let it walk around your house a bit. Get in comfortable with its environment. This stage could last another few weeks.

3. Now its time to remove the towel. You too will be tested because you still might think your Lovebird will bite you. If you did steps 1 & 2 correct, you will find they actually will be quite docile. From this point on you can train them to sit on your shoulder and learn tricks.

[samantja]

When I went to the store we went to a room to look/play with the bird and within 30 seconds he/she flew on my head and crawled all over me and seeing how on the first of getting the bird it would barely touch her makes me really happy that my bird likes me! ☺

[Leobullet]

You were stroking your lovebird, on it's back, from head to tail. You will get away with doing that, on a male lovebird and on an immature female.
However, when you do that with a mature, female lovebird, or even an immature bird, close to maturity, you will sexually excite her, which will likely trigger her nesting instinct and thus, her egg production.
This is because stroking her from head to tail is exactly what a male lovebird does when copulating with the female.
To put it in human terms, stroking her like that, isn't just foreplay, it is part of actual intercourse, to the female lovebird. As an egg is released from the ovaries, in a human female, and travels to the wall of the uterus, sexually exciting your female lovebird will cause her body to release her eggs and then further develop them.
Triggering her to produce eggs will happen even if you do not have a male lovebird with her. The eggs she produces will, of course, be infertile.
She will then go through all the stages of laying s clutch of eggs. You will have to allow her to sit upon the eggs for 3 to 4 weeks, or until she loses interest. So she will stay in her nest almost 24/7, only coming out to eat, drink, defecate and if you are very lucky, she may interact with you for a minute or two.
If you take her eggs away from her too soon, she will, as with a laying hen, keep producing more eggs. Each clutch of eggs will take more nutrients from her body, more calcium from her bones. Vitamins and minerals, that would have gone to her body, will go into making the egg's shells, instead.
If you are a breeder, you will know to include more vitamins, minerals and calcium, in her diet but the vast majority, of those who watch this video, will not know to do that. So, with each clutch of eggs, her body will be depleted of the very things she needs to have a healthy body and a long life.
Isn't it amazing that just by petting your lovebird, as you would a cat, you can cause all of that to happen?
As with any pet you have, they have things you should and shouldn't do.
A parrot isn't a cat.
Granted, it is nice to cuddle with both a parrot and a cat but as with any pet you care for, you have to learn what you should and shouldn't do, in order to keep them healthy. You also should learn those things, before you teach your bad habits to others, via a video on YouTube

[lilbluegill]

wow you make this look so easy! Usually if you get your lovebird from a breeder that is HAND FED/HAND RAISED they will be way more easier to train. My lovebird is a dutch color too and he is the sweetest boy ever.

[Sunseoks]

Well, i have a problem, My lovebird is very aggressive. I just recently got it, and im not sure where to start. My lovebird keeps screaming when someone is just passing by, and it makes it very hard to tame the bird. Please Help.

[carly]

During the first day I got him home, I was so exited and tried to let him out, I think he got so scared and was flying around, he ended up hiding under the desk, which is very hard for me to reach him, takes me 1 hr to get him out. So I would suggest the new bird owners try not to take the bird out of their cage during the first day, just let them get used to you and your home first, and try to get them a small, fairly empty room, always make sure that there are no distractions such as dogs/cats moving around.

[Animearts_-cjlc]

Instructions unclear. My lovebird is now a rabid dog.

[farhad]

This love bird in the video is already tame . You can't even get close to the non tame love bird.

[jazzhands]

This looks exactly like my bird. I literally feel like im watching him.

[nassiralfaraj]

Lovebirds are just. Awesome. The learn, they understand
, they play, they do everything.

[peterb]

This lovebird is already tamed! No way would be that easy!

[lakshmysathi]

I literally did this today right now... I am so proud... I hav a pair of budgies and she now climbs on my hand ...she is my first pet and i am so happy today....

[koreysantcroissant]

Everytime he sits on my hand he poops 😂😂😂