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by tracymulder
Sat May 25, 2013 3:48 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Skittles Progress - Talking & Gender Change, lol
Replies: 3
Views: 1601

Skittles Progress - Talking & Gender Change, lol

Just had to share with everyone here, I had posted back a while ago that i was having problems getting my new IRN to get used to my hands or know the difference between a good and bad beaking. Well that isn't much better but never the less I am having the time of my life with my IRN and the conversa...
by tracymulder
Thu Sep 13, 2012 7:55 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Strange Situation
Replies: 3
Views: 1395

Re: Strange Situation

okay thats great thanks for your advice i certainly will try them all.
by tracymulder
Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:26 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Strange Situation
Replies: 3
Views: 1395

Strange Situation

Hello, there are not really any posts that i can see which are similar to mine. I will start with a history, got her in january at 2 months of age and she is now turning 10 months. She apparently stepped up for the breeder but never did for me, she was terrified of me when i got her home. Wasn't til...
by tracymulder
Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:43 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: biting help please
Replies: 2
Views: 1186

biting help please

Hello, i have an 8 month old female IRN that is now finally taking things from my hand but now she is starting to have less interest in taking stuff and more about attacking my hands, she is still fearful of my hand, i have never been able to touch her or have her step up, she follows me around the ...
by tracymulder
Sat May 12, 2012 8:44 am
Forum: Mutations/Genetics
Topic: my irn
Replies: 2
Views: 1142

my irn

Hello, i purchased what i thought to be a female irn from a breeder, i even have a dna certificate; however, i can't get close enough to check its band against the cert. Pretty sure its a male because of the constant dance and wing show its doing in front of the mirror and for me. lol. Its eyes pin ...
by tracymulder
Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:00 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: new irn question
Replies: 4
Views: 1840

Re: new irn question

hi and thanks for the advice, it is just over a month now that we have had her and she is definitly responding much better to my constant talking to her through the cage. she still won't take food from my hands but the last 4 days i have left it open and put it on the floor she comes out and hangs o...
by tracymulder
Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:50 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: new irn question
Replies: 4
Views: 1840

new irn question

i have had my irn now for going on the second week, she was born on nov 3 2011 and she is still getting used to me, i have not had her out of the cage because she can fly and when she got out by accident she was flying into the wall etc. the breeder said she clipped them but they must have grown bac...
by tracymulder
Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:34 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Help please, new 3 month old IRN.
Replies: 5
Views: 1800

Re: Help please, new 3 month old IRN.

Thanks for your thoughts so far, i have been doing all the things you have suggested, so i guess i am doing something right so far, lol. she just seems so terrified even stepping close to the cage or walking by it, plus I can't avoid changing her water and topping up her food or cleaning the cage an...
by tracymulder
Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:44 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Help please, new 3 month old IRN.
Replies: 5
Views: 1800

Re: Help please, new 3 month old IRN.

the breeder already clipped the wings a week before i got her....problem is she won't let me even stand with my hand on the outside of the cage without freaking out so there is no way i could possibly hold her.
by tracymulder
Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:39 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Help please, new 3 month old IRN.
Replies: 5
Views: 1800

Help please, new 3 month old IRN.

Hello, i have just got my first irn, she is 3 months old from a breeder, i got her on jan 25th 2012 and she apparently had already learned to step up and did it for just about anybody at the breeders. Here, she gets frightened and shreeks and flies around the cage if i get to close to it and definit...