Parakeet Tricks

Parakeets are small birds that are curious and active. Parakeets are flock birds and need to be around other people or birds, not kept in a cage all day. One way to interact with a parakeet is by teaching it tricks. They can perform several parakeet tricks by using their personality and natural tendencies. Training sessions should be short, consistent and repetitive and rewarded with small treats such as sunflower seeds.

  1. Talking

    • Parakeets do not have a large vocabulary but can learn to say up to 100 words. They mimic sounds that they hear on a consistent basis. Talking tricks include words, singing and whistling. A way to train a parakeet to talk is by setting up a tape recorder that repeats the word or song that you want to teach and play it near its cage often.

    Basic

    • Parakeet tricks include stepping on and over fingers. Stepping up is when the parakeet steps onto one finger and then another. The owner alternates fingers to continue the step up motion. Other tricks include peering into teeth, kissing, climbing up an arm or the top of the owner's head.

    Natural

    • By nature, parakeets love to move, climb and explore. Use their natural instincts with tricks such as dancing, spinning, backflips and stretching their wings over the back. Other tricks include handshaking, high-fives and waving. Climbing tricks often include the parakeet climbing a letter, walking up stair steps or ascending a single rope. Other tricks include fetching small toys or placing them back into a box.

    Acrobatics

    • Some of the most fun parakeet tricks are acrobatic such as riding bikes or skateboards, playing with miniature seesaws, walking a tightrope, or playing ring toss. Other tricks include jumping through rings or crawling through tunnels made of cloth, wood, paper or metal. Parakeets can also learn to play sports such as basketball, golf or kickball. Parakeet tricks involving an obstacle course made of the parakeets toys, ladders, bells, ropes and swings are entertaining and fun.