Budgierigars

Question
Hello Carol,
I hope you can help me...
I have a young budgie,i'v had him/her for a few months now.
Hes tame but not that tame,he will sit on my finger but then will almost immediatley get off again.
He ( i just call him a he ) does eat out of my hand,but i don't feel he enjoys my company really.
When i take him out of his cage he wont stay on my finger/hand,he flies straight off onto the top of the wardrobe and stays without moving.
I dont think hes scared as such,just not liking me really !
My questions are:
How do i get him to stay with me,and not fly off?
If i got another budgie,but not in the same cage as the new one wouldent become tame,during the taming process would the other budgie in the room disturb our training?
Also,how can i teach him to speak/whistle?

Thank you very much,
Jordan

Answer
This sounds like a case of "Clip Those Wings!"
He's not completely taming down because you're allowing him to hold on to his wild behaviors (I understand some people not wanting to clip wings, Some of my birds aren't clipped, but I don't let them fly until they are COMPLETELY trained and I can trust them). When you clip the wings, he wont be able to fly anywhere and will have to rely on you for transportation (and can't leave when he decides he doesn't want to "play" with you anymore)
I wouldn't get another budgie until this one is tame just because I've found that if you get an untame bird and put it in the house with a tame bird, the taming is SO simple. BUT if you take a tame/untame bird (either one) and put it in the house with an untame bird, neither will be easy to tame and the already tame new bird may pick up on bad habits.
Some birds will never actually like you, sorry to say. I have a cockatiel, Bonnie, who is the most well behaved bird in the world. She steps up on command, will come when she's called, and will talk on command. The problem is that she hates people. She is well-behaved, but she is glaring at you the whole time, and really does not like being touched or handled. I doubt yours will be as bad as Bonnie, but even birds that hate you can be tamed and be nice.
Until he's tamed down, talking and whistling is really out of the question. I recommend not teaching him to whistle before he talks because most whistling birds never learn to talk, but talking birds can learn to whistle. Repeating yourself over and over really isn't effective when teaching a bird to talk. Just use the same phrases when talking to him. For instance, each day when you come in the room, say "Hi Jack" (or whatever his name is) and never change that phrase or "event" where that phrase is said. Only say it when you walk into the room. This way, he'll learn what the phrase means, and greet you with "Hi!" or "Hi Jack".