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by sonic70
Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:11 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: sick birds go down hill fast
Replies: 2
Views: 1442

sick birds go down hill fast

hi every one after my scare with cosmo i just want to say take notice of your birds personality moods etc. when they get sick they go down hill very fast. so if you notice changes in your bird ie very quite not eating and basically off colour get then to a vet fast. would hate to see any one go thr...
by sonic70
Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:41 am
Forum: News
Topic: cosmo doing well after his kiss with death
Replies: 6
Views: 3816

cosmo doing well after his kiss with death

cosmo is doing better every day since his sudden illness on tuesday night . he has a bacterial infection and is being treated with medicine for the next week. he hasnt got his appetite back completely as yet but i have been feeding him egg and biscuit with strained baby fruit 3 times a day until he...
by sonic70
Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:01 pm
Forum: News
Topic: cosmo very sick
Replies: 12
Views: 5412

i have just rang the vet and pleased to inform you all cosmo has made it throught the night. i am picking him up soon and taking him to a bird vet and will hopefully find out what has made him so sick thankyou all for your support and i will keep you updated with his progress
by sonic70
Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:32 am
Forum: News
Topic: cosmo very sick
Replies: 12
Views: 5412

cosmo very sick

cosmo is really sick!!!! i came home from work today and noticed he was not his normal chirpy self. over the following hours he got worse and was having trouble breathing. i have taken him to the 24hr vet where they are keeping him overnight on oxegen and in the morning i will be transferring him t...
by sonic70
Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:37 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: BITING
Replies: 5
Views: 1835

im having the same problem with my cosmo in the last few days he has just turned on me he has taken a real interest in my feet but if he sees my hands he will do what ever he can to attack me. its not like him at all i hope it is only hormones and not somthing more
by sonic70
Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:31 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Biting
Replies: 5
Views: 1778

its really getting me down as i dont know why cosmo has turned on me in the last few days. he has taken a real fascination with my feet if i leave the room he gets upset and chases me but as soon as he sees my hands he will do what ever he can to take chunks out of them i really hope this is just a ...
by sonic70
Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:11 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Biting
Replies: 5
Views: 1778

Biting

Hi my IRN cosmo has started biting me since its comeinto spring what should i do.
by sonic70
Fri May 25, 2007 4:59 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: eclectus parrots
Replies: 10
Views: 3049

thanx for everything guys i have found a breeder that we got our irn from. which is a score coz she is a excelent breeders and she isnt in it for the money she duz it for the love and passion of her animals. now hear is the fun part trying to think of a name and gender of our new baby that we will g...
by sonic70
Wed May 23, 2007 6:39 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: when do eclectus chicks start hatching?
Replies: 0
Views: 1132

when do eclectus chicks start hatching?

hi im would like t o get a eclectus parrot chick when do they start hatching and is there any eclectus parrot breeder on here from western australia perth. and how much are they to adopt plz reply when you get the chance thank you very much Tam :D
by sonic70
Tue May 22, 2007 11:37 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: eclectus parrots
Replies: 10
Views: 3049

thanx for that um if you dont mind me asking how much did you pay for your eclectus.
by sonic70
Tue May 22, 2007 10:53 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: eclectus parrots
Replies: 10
Views: 3049

eclectus parrots

hi im intressted in getting a eclectus parrot and i was wondering when they start hatching and when do they start breeding. and i was also wondering what there temperment is like.
by sonic70
Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:34 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: what are lorrikeets like.
Replies: 2
Views: 1449

what are lorrikeets like.

hi me and my duaghter want to get a lorikeet what are they like. i have hewrd that they sqirt there poo is there any way to stop that or any thing to ggive them to stop it. and how do u think it would go with cozmo.
by sonic70
Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:27 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Tail Clipping
Replies: 4
Views: 2838

yea wat eva you do dont clip there tail they need it for balance and for stearing in flight. my ex clipped my weeros tail a few years ago and he had probblems with flighing after so wat eva u do dont do it.
by sonic70
Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:21 am
Forum: Ringneck Stories
Topic: give me a a "doggy" back ride:lol:
Replies: 7
Views: 4635

yea cosmo is scared of certtain things like his new cage im hoping if i get him a friend he might go inthe cage then but who knows if cosmo is happy im happy. lol he is only in his cage at night other wise he is out and about. :D
by sonic70
Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:09 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: getting alexanderine
Replies: 12
Views: 5584

yea irn start hatching around then here to. before i forget cosmo has picked up v intamet noises around the house tamara was telling me today.


the place he could have learnt the noises from is the TV.
by sonic70
Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:45 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: getting alexanderine
Replies: 12
Views: 5584

ok well i live in australia so yea in wa perth.
by sonic70
Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:12 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: getting alexanderine
Replies: 12
Views: 5584

will do if i dont Tamara will lol. douse any one know when alexanderines start breeding or the al year round breeders
by sonic70
Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:07 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: getting alexanderine
Replies: 12
Views: 5584

yea so are we we hope she has flown to near by avery or some thing like that so yea..... wwe are talking about getting a mate for cosmo like a alexanderine so ea well my daughter Tamara wamnts to get a alexanderin any ways so yea.
by sonic70
Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:24 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: getting alexanderine
Replies: 12
Views: 5584

thank you ring neck admin

thank you with that helpful infomation if i was to get tamara a baby chick with out feathers and it was raised around cosmo do you think they wll become mates we did that with a weeero we had and they came bf and gf it was very cute unfortunatly she flew away last year. is was sooooo sad Tamara was ...
by sonic70
Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:08 pm
Forum: Ringneck Stories
Topic: cosmo has a fettish for lighters
Replies: 1
Views: 2287

cosmo has a fettish for lighters

my baby cosmo loves lighters i dont know why but he will steal my ciggeret lighters out of my hand bag and run not fly but run as fast as he can and stand them up and do his love dances around them and says hello and whisstles and carrys on im thinking about getting him a mate tamara wants to get a ...
by sonic70
Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:54 pm
Forum: Ringneck Stories
Topic: give me a a "doggy" back ride:lol:
Replies: 7
Views: 4635

give me a a "doggy" back ride:lol:

i have a love bird and he loves to ride apone my daughters dogs back i thort my daughter was putting dico my love bird on mollies back but it turned out it wasnt the case my daughter used take them both to the small park across the rode with them and disco would just sit there on mollies back with o...
by sonic70
Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:20 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: getting alexanderine
Replies: 12
Views: 5584

flight suits

has any one got flight suits if so wat are they like.
by sonic70
Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:18 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: getting alexanderine
Replies: 12
Views: 5584

getting alexanderine

hi my daughter wants to get a alexadarine chick dus any one here own a alexandrine and what are there personalitys like. thanx Sonia and Tamara
by sonic70
Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:33 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Bad Mummy
Replies: 9
Views: 3683

they are funny little creatures. everynight around 8.30pm while i sit and watch television. cosmo comes down to to me and sits on my chest for his kisses and cuddles. then around 9.30 he is ready to go into his cage for bed. there are some nights when he can be really stubborn and not want to go to ...
by sonic70
Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:26 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: fighting birds
Replies: 3
Views: 2060

thanks for posting that comment my daughter is at that teenage age where she thinks she knows it all. i tried explaining that to her and she wouldn't listen to me. the little lovebird is an extreme bully if he is out of his cage with cosmo i keep a very close eye on them both. and as soon as disco (...
by sonic70
Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:18 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: HELP
Replies: 14
Views: 6019

dont know what my daughter has been saying to u people but u are all way off track so is my daughter. my bird dosn't bite all the time. and when he does get into one of his moods like now. cause i have been at work all day. i certainly don't let him get away with it. quite the opposite. he does have...
by sonic70
Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:34 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: fighting birds
Replies: 3
Views: 2060

fighting birds

hi my mum has a love bird and a indian ringneck and they fight wat should we do. the love bird keeps on bashing mums irn up i let them go but ids that the right solution to there problems
by sonic70
Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:32 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: HELP
Replies: 14
Views: 6019

im going to show mum this for sure coz yea its not roight that cosmo bites her and not me. we had a corrella that used to bite her has well but that was after he came home from a holliday coz mum was going threw cemo atm of time and her turned on her we had to rehouse him coz he bit her on the face ...
by sonic70
Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:12 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: HELP
Replies: 14
Views: 6019

nonono you hav got it all rong lol she interacts with him all the time and he dousent attack her all the timeether i dont wat his problem is but yea when he duz try and bite her he whistles and says hello.to be onest the only thing i can put his biting to is he thinks he is higher up the ladder like...
by sonic70
Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:34 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: HELP
Replies: 14
Views: 6019

yea well try telling her that lol he dousent bite me coz when he did i blew on him and put him ion his cage and coverd ghim up fo r 1 minute but he trys to bite mm he is spoilt rotten coz she reared him from a bald chic so he is her baby.
by sonic70
Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:42 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: HELP
Replies: 14
Views: 6019

HELP

hi my mum has a indian ring neck that bites her all the time and she lets im get away with it by laughing at him i keep on telling h er that he thinks he is top bird bt she wont listen wat should we do about his biting........... evey time he bites her she is like "BE A NICE BOY" regards T...
by sonic70
Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:17 am
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: still won't go near new cage
Replies: 6
Views: 3398

thanks for that will give it ago
by sonic70
Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:38 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: still won't go near new cage
Replies: 6
Views: 3398

still won't go near new cage

it has now been 2 weeks since i bought cosmos new cage and still no luck getting him to go near it. i have forced him in a couple of times and he hang on the side terrified. i have placed his old cage directly next to the new cage and he can't wait to get of his old cage to get as far away from the ...
by sonic70
Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:37 pm
Forum: Polls
Topic: does ur irn have a bedtime?
Replies: 48
Views: 29909

no set bedtime

cosmo has no set bedtime. at around 8.30pm i sit and watch telly cosmo joins me for his nightly cuddle. if he doesn't get his cuddle before i put him in the cage he refuses to go in. there have been times when i have had to take him to bed with me. as he has been to stubborn or to clingy to go in hi...
by sonic70
Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:33 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: strange sleeping positions
Replies: 6
Views: 3064

the breeder i got cosmo from told me that is the way they sleep which at the time i thought would be awfully uncomfortable. luckily my boy doesn't do it, he prefers to sit in his rope swing.
by sonic70
Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:18 am
Forum: Ringneck Stories
Topic: cosmo is phone mad
Replies: 3
Views: 3136

cosmo is phone mad

cosmo loves to talk to people over the phone. i put it on speaker so he can hear the people on the other end and he will have quite the conversation with them. in the last 6 months i have lost 2 handheld phones. the 1st he dropped into his water bowl and the second he through in the rubbish bin. im ...
by sonic70
Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:46 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: newbie to this site
Replies: 11
Views: 5040

have tried it all forced him in a couple of times he was not happy so ive just left him for now. like u said hopefully he will venture to the cage on his own. hope so lovely cage and cost a lot of money.
by sonic70
Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:27 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: newbie to this site
Replies: 11
Views: 5040

newbie

im from perth cosmo is blue he is currently asleep on my shoulder as i write this. he loves being close to his mum
by sonic70
Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:23 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: newbie to this site
Replies: 11
Views: 5040

newbie to this site

hi everyone my name is sonia i found this site by accident. as im having a few problems with my boy. i bought him a $350.00 cage the other week and he will not go in it he is terrified of the cage. more about cosmo. he is 18 months old. i raised him from a bald chick. to me he is the next best thing...