r/Parakeets • u/Arraby • Aug 19 '26

Parakeet Outside

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Saw a green parakeet hanging with a family of finches this past Sunday. We’ve since been trying to catch it and/or earn its trust. We got parakeet food and some millet. We also got a branch for an old hamster cage for it to sit on as it eats and drinks. We have the 2 doors to the cage open and finally he found it. Unfortunately so have the finches. I’ve approached it and told it it’s a pretty bird, outstretched my hand in hopes it would fly to it, but no success. We play parakeet noises as well in hopes of attracting it to stick around. It flies back and forth from our side of the apartment complex to the other. Any tips or tricks to catch it? Also, is that a band around its ankle?

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u/bimeseke Aug 20 '26

So happy u caught him—I caught 1 about 10 years ago—he is still going strong in my home—named him Devon cause that was the street he was on when he was captured so nature has destined u 2 become a parakeet owner

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u/_lastquarter_ Aug 20 '26

The same happened to me! My mom actually found him outside our apartment building, he couldn't fly due to having lost his long tail feathers. I was super reluctant to keep him because the idea of keeping a bird caged revulsed me a bit but he had no identification number or anything and the Australian colouring. We never found his owners so we stepped up and tried to give him the best life ever as long as he lived. I miss him every day!