any bird lovers out there?Need some advice

We have two lovebirds and they were fairly easy to train, but they are only 4 months old. When we got them they were not use to humans at all. My husband worked with them everyday and had one trained to get on his finger at the end of the week. The other bird now does the same but she is still a bit skittish. They ar enot always easy to get out of the cage. Since you have had them so long, you are going ot have a tough time training them. You need to be authoriative with them and make them think you are in charge. When you train them you have to use the same words over and over so they know what you want. As far as them scurrying to the other side of the cage, you just have to be patient. If you are not consisent in what you are doing and leave them alone fore days at a time, they will never get use to your presence. From what I know parakeets are not that easy to train. I suggest you get a book about parakeets as that will be your best resource for training tips.

Most birds do not bond well with humans when they have a companion of their own species.I used to have a cockateil and i made the mistake of getting another one they bonded together and grew rather violent towards me.With birds i have found it is better to only have one if you wish to have a close and friendly relationship with it.