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Beautiful fids! Love the greenery pics

Thanks Dani Regarding noise... I read today to walk away when they are screaming and only go up to the cage when they are quiet.... and yanno.. so far tonite it's worked. Well except for Shelby, she still does the IRN song ... and I'm just waiting now for Rafael to start mimicing that so that it sou...

As I understand it yes, don't they live to be about 30 or so?

Beautiful!

Here's Shelby http://www.century-oak.com/birds/shelby.jpg http://www.century-oak.com/birds/shelby4.jpg Rafael is not real noisy, no more so than Shelby is.. he screeches when he wants attention but he's not bad at all. He's a little hand shy right now but I'm going to try to work through that, he lo...

Thanks everyone I thought he was gorgeous! I've been calling him "Rafael" but have a friend whose husband is Brazilian.. so we might try to come up with a more ethnic name for him lol

Well I've got them sitting on stands a couple feet away from each other... but don't let them out at the same time. They haven't puffed up at each other or threatened.. Shelby acts more curious than anything. She's not clipped and has flown over to his cage when she's out and he peeks at her out of ...

Well I'd wanted one for ages and tonite I lucked up and found a BEAUTIFUL 2 year old male Sun Conure for a steal.. someone moving and couldn't keep him anymore... soooo Rafael has joined our little family Any suggestions on introducing them so we don't have bloodshed? Shelby is way way curious and w...

I love them with wings unclipped... Shelby swoops thru the house flying and really enjoys herself. I'm not sure I'd have the heard to clip them and take that away from her

They tried those with Shelby before I got her... which prompted the one and only time they *think* she actually spoke. It sounded something like FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TURN OFF THE DAMN CD!!!! Guess that shouldn't be too surprising Tho the African Grey they had did learn to say Heeelllllpppppp Meeeeeee...

Shelby thinks when we eat it's time for her to eat and she's got an uncanny pizza radar.. she loves pizza crust. As much as she doesn't like my daughter (doesn't like kids period) she will mooch right up to her, peering over her shoulder on the couch and mooching food to which Megan kind of responds...

I wondered if she was what they called Lutino See that arm in the pic? It's me trying to stand back far enough to get a picture of her lol I really want one with her wings all outspread and fluttering, but she kept turning her head away from me.. I'll try to get some more this weekend

Not at all lol I'm already looking for what IRN I want next! Shelby is solid yellow with some white in her wings, but no sign of a ring or any other coloration. She's not clipped and loves flying around the house .. which works great with cathedral ceilings. She frequently "hides" in the curtains an...

My girlykins Home now that the furnace is fixed and soooo happy to be back in familiar surroundings lol

Thanks! She's a doll when she's not being a moody cow lol Mostly she's a doll though. She's sure attached herself to my husband and myself both, tho much moreso to me.. she likes to sit on his shoulder but doesn't like for him to fuss her or pet her.. with me she just goes all mushy and soppy and co...

Wow does that sound like Shelby made over again It took me months, of nothing but not forcing the issue, feeding her, not running away when she'd strike and try to bite.. giving treats, talking to her and just generally ignoring her bad mood for her to finally decide we were pretty ok and she kind o...

Great! Thanks.. I'll definitely try those

haha making wine? No.. I'll have to try to find that one

Beautiful baby! Nice to meet you

Is it difficult to breed IRNs? Is there a market for the chicks? I went into a petstore recently and when I mentioned I had a yellow IRN the lady told me she quit breeding them because.. and I quote "I couldn't give them away". This seems a bit of an overstatement to me and either says she didn't kn...

Any tricks to get her to talk? She will meow like a cat.. when she's bored and needs entertainment in the form of "playing" with the cats.. they've thankfully learned to ignore her before they lost any digits I've been thinking of getting a young conure and housing them close to each other and hopef...

lool I'll have to get some good pics of her.

I know I should probably know this, but how old do they typically live? She's definitely a character

Shelby meows.. it is funny as she used it to lure the cats to her cage and then tried to bite their toes... Smart girl lol

But I was told that male IRN's tend to talk more and talk easier than females.. is this true? Shelby's prior owner bought a language tape and played it over and over and over hoping to help her talk but she never has. I just wondered, at her age (16) is she too old to learn to talk now? And is it be...

Shelby dunks all her food, well mostly, into the water. Anything like pizza crust or taco shells.. crackers when she gets them.. but I've not seen her dunking toys or nuts in there.

She does bathe in her water dish though.. would that count as a full body dunk?

Love it! So cute Reckon Shelby would have a fit if I brought a Conure home? I just love the colors on those pretties

Hmm.. I wonder if they would teach each other to talk? lol

I wanted to introduce myself and say how glad I am to have found your forum. Last December I became the new guardian of a beautiful, solid yellow IRN named Shelby. She will be 17 next year and the lady I got her from had her from an egg.. so she went from a long long time home to a new place with lo...