So, I've had a budgie for about 4-5 years (I think). I used to have two, I'm not sure about their genders. I believe that one is male and one is female according to what the staff at pet stores told me. The one I believe was male used to step onto my finger but couldn't be taken out of the cage. However, that one had passed away. :( Now, I just have my (assumed) female. I've read forums and many said that it is easier to tame a bird when it is alone, so I decided to try to get her to trust me as she was always scared of me and never could go on my finger. I sat with it many times, put my hand in the cage to feed it millet but she never went near my hand. I think that she is a little but more trusting with me now, because every time I go near the cage she would be scared for a few minutes and then start to chat with me. Sometimes if I put my finger through the cage bars just slightly she would nibble it (she never bit me hard, so I think it's friendly). However I've always wanted a pet I could bond with and I begged my parents for a bird but I never got to bond and am quite disappointed...
I admit, I got my birds when I was in elementary so I didn't have much knowledge about animals. On the first day I got them I immediately put my hand in the cage and chased them and tried to grab them. Eventually I was too busy with other things that I just kept them in the cage and came to talk to them every now and then. I regret being careless. I just want my little budgie to love me..
