Taming a Budgie bird or any kind of pet really depends on your patients and their will to be tamed. Some pets really don’t want to be tamed and have some kind of trauma from the past. For those kinds of pets, you need a lot, a lot of time to tame and gain their trust. There is an article about taming a bird here or even a Youtube playlist of videos on how to tame a budgie bird here.
I am so sorry and I am glad that this budgie found a great owner as you are Lauren. You need to provide that budgie his own unique cage for non-flying Budgie so he can’t hurt himself. Food dishes on the ground and water. You need to be his eyes and his beak. All you can do is to be a great bird parent as you already be and spend so much time with him. Thank you for taking care of that little one 🧡
Why veggies? Better health, longer life, variety in the diet, etc. Some Random Ideas to get your Bird to eat veggies or fruits Watch here
Almost every budgie love to chew and shred paper to pieces, especially female Budgies. 😊 I have 14 Budgies and most of them chew everything they can get, even paper but not eating it. I suppose she is just shredding paper not eating, Budgies don’t eat paper or anything not edible. If you notice she is actually eating paper then you need to remove the paper from the cage. Budgie spending most of the time chirping, sleeping, and being fluffy during the day.
There are a lot of ways to get your Budgie to bath, watch this video Some Budgies don`t like taking a bath. If that really scared him you should stop misting him.
Natural instinct to fight for food. I think there is nothing to worry about. Sometimes is better to feed one by one.
