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I have a cockatiel hen that started feather plucking under her wings about 6 years ago. I had tried EVERYTHING I could think of, in addition to many ideas I read about. Nothing seemed to work, so I gave up, thinking that it was just something that I was going to have to tolerate. My experience has s...

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I had an IRN but he now lives happily with a friend of ours. Someday I will own another. Currently, I've got a blue-fronted amazon and 4 cockatiels. We (my husband & I) totally enjoy our flock. They're like the comic relief of our lives. When things are good they provide hours of fun; and when t...

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Wow, what a warm welcome back. Thanks all for your loving support. To answer some of your questions: I don't know how Cha-Cha is doing. The friend who now has him has stopped communicating with my husband and me. But, if all's going as before, he's happy as a clam because that guy was spoiling the c...

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Hi, All:
I just had to have my account reactivated due to inactivity. Obviously I haven't been here for a while, but I wanted to check in. This site has improved 10 fold since my last visit!

Great job, everyone. I'm looking forward to the day when I can get my next ringneck.

tzigane

When my IRN, ChaCha, still lived with my husband and I, I couldn't teach him a new word at all! Not through the 5 or so years he lived with us. He now lives happily with a friend of ours who wants to teach him some new words but also is having no luck. Currently he says: Hello What are you doing? Co...

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Sorry for the delay in answering your question: my Internet connections was down a while, but I'm back online now!

No I no longer have my IRN but a friend of ours does. I'm happy to say that he is very happy in his new home and the two of them seem totally cut out for one another!

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Just a suggestion or two regarding the droppings: I've used a towel or a bandana held onto my shirt with a pin. That way when your together time is over you can just throw it in the laundry and wash it. Another thing you can do is use an old shirt as a smock or buy a smock or two that you can interc...

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I have given my birds some yogurt, usually plain or vanilla, diluted with water. You can't leave it in the cage longer than a couple of hours though because the yogurt will spoil otherwise. They seem to enjoy it. If you're providing water in a dish you can try some other flavours with fruit, but sin...

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Just a follow up: I've been talking to our friend who adopted ChaCha and things are going very well with. Our friend lives in an apartment building and he takes ChaCha everywhere he goes in the building. People stop by his apartment because they hear ChaCha chirping and singing and want to know what...

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Thanks, that's sweet of you to say. I must admit just making the decision tore at my heart. Hearing your opinion on this has made me feel better about my decision.
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Wow, Barbara, Birdie sure sounds clever? Did you teach Birdie all of that stuff? I'd sure like to know how you did it, I had my IRN for almost 5 years and was only able to teach him how to say "OW" right after he bit me! It was one of his favourite games even though I only said it once because he ca...

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I have 4 cockatiels and 1 IRN (until recently - he moved to a new home) but I didn't house them together. I don't suggest it as a good idea simply because the IRN is a bigger bird that the cockatiel and if they were to get into a serious squabble the cockatiel could get injuried severely. As a matte...

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I no longer have ChaCha - he's gone to a new home. See my post under "Miscellanous Comments/Questions". He now live with a friend of ours. Not because we no longer love him but because the two of them, ChaCha and our friend, seemed to bond instantly. Do you think that possible, for a person and a bi...

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Once a year seems to be the time for IRN. Usually in the summer - I don't know if that's the usual time for the wild birds but it seems to make sense to me. I mean, if you're going to be half-naked it might as well be while it's warm out ! The duration seems to be about 6-8 weeks. Hope this helps.

tzigane

First, I want to start off saying thank you. Thanks, everyone, for all of the wonderful information that you've provided; including general info and problem specific. A friend of ours was very interested in our lutino IRN, ChaCha. Everytime he came over he went to see the bird and talk to him. On a ...

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I.C., In answer to your question, I don't know where to start. At first things were going better, as I previously described. Now things are just as bad or worse than they were to begin with. The only time ChaCha is not screaming is when he totally gets his way when he wants it or he's covered up -- ...

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Hi, prettygirl: I know what you mean about the chewing. My IRN, ChaCha, likes to test the wrinkles in my clothes to see if there's any flesh located closely underneath. That's because one of his favourite games is to give me a chomp, then dip his head and say "OWW" which he promptly follows with "oo...

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paddyowner: I agree with Jodie. Birds usually bite out of fear. I realize that your bird was hand reared but perhaps s/he is still nervous about the new surroundings. I have a cockatiel that I heard singing beautifully before I brought him home but as soon as I got him home he just clammed right up....

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sooty, I think that this is quite normal. My IRN makes the cutest mumbling, sighing and chirping sounds while he's getting settled for the night. Makes you just want to take him out and give him a big hug'n'squeeze (not recommended though)! Sometimes he will talk a bit but not usually. I would have ...

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Cathy, I seriously thought about what you said so here's what I did: I took a playgym and put it on a table. Then I took all of the cockatiels out of their cage. I provided 2 branch-bridges: 1 went to the playgym and the other went to the cockatiel cage. Then I let ChaCha out of his cage. He made a ...

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Sooty, That's a great suggestion. I don't know why that never occurred to me. I'm going to try a few experiments to determine whether ChaCha is after the cage or the tiels. It's such a simple concept that it never even occurred to me. That's one thing that I love about this site! Keep y'all posted o...

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These sound files are great! How cute your birdie sounds. It's nice to hear the sounds that the IRN is supposed to make. This way folks who are unfamiliar with these birds can hear what normal vocalizations are.

Keep up the great site!

tzigane

I really can't say enough good stuff about this site. Everytime I come here I learn something new. Surfing through all of the new postings since my last visit is quite fun. Also, everyone is full of helpful advice. It's great. I always look at other IRN sites but this is the one that I have on my fa...

tzigane

Okay all, ready for this one? ChaCha's new screaming angle is this: he just does it constantly until he gets his way even when he's covered up! Seems I've created a monster! The more I try to break this habit the worse he gets. Let me back up a bit. I've been letting ChaCha spend time with my cockat...

tzigane

Thanks for saying so! When my husband first took me to see ChaCha I was astounded, I'd never seen a bird like him before. The avatar of your blue is a beautiful head study. The various colours of these birds are amazing. Each of them is so beautiful I wish I had enough room to have one of each! tzig...

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Thanks for the tips! I will try those along with everything else I'm working on. I do not always leave the radio or TV on for ChaCha but maybe I will start doing so. I also have a training CD for whistles and talking. I was using that for awhile but ChaCha just seemed to get more worked up once it w...

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Things with ChaCha are somewhat improved. But only slightly. I have moved his cage to a nice sunny spot where he can see all the people that walk by on our street, which has a lot of foot traffic, and he can see if anyone is on our front porch. No sneaking up on us, ChaCha's a great watch-birdie! As...

tzigane

That sounds so cute! So, did your birdie get his wish of the toy he wanted?

I wish ChaCha would learn some cute tricks like that! He's smart enough but just stubborn I think.

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I was not able to get my image to show up here, but I do have a pic of ChaCha on my personal webpage at http://users.adelphia.net/~alwojcik/
Check it out if you'd like!
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Misty: I have to admit I haven't tried this before. It's possible that I've seen something regarding this type of training before but I don't really recall. ChaCha knows how to say "Come here" and he does have, what I refer to as, his "Come hither" whistle. I will try to see if that works. What a gr...

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Jules, I was looking over some of the postings in the intro section and came across your story with your IRN. I too am having a screaming problem so I am therefore no expert on the problem but I've been working on it for years with IRN, ChaCha. Seems to me, now remember this is only my opinion, that...

tzigane

I, too, have and adopted IRN that I took from some folks who no longer wanted him. Now ChaCha has been with us for about 5 years. He's a great bird and very smart. We've got our little problems to work out yet, but we're giving it our best shot. It's great to know that there are folks like us out th...

tzigane

Thanks to you both for confirming that I am doing all I can to rectify this situation. It's nice to have that positive reinforcement. I've still been trying to figure out if anything is preceding these tantrums (for I can really call them nothing else) but have only come up with the following: As so...

tzigane

A couple of months ago I posted a topic about my IRN, Cha-cha, screaming all of the time. I've been working with him as previously suggested and by letting him visit with my other birds which are cockatiels. I've been making a point of spending more time with him and allowing him to be in the room w...

tzigane

Thanks for the advice. I will try it -- the hardest part will be to get my husband to stick to it! Everything else that I've tried hasn't worked so I've got nothing to lose and will make every effort to make this work. Just a little note of progress: I have been letting ChaCha visit with my cockatie...

tzigane

Yes, I feel ChaCha is bonded with me because when I take him out of his cage he sings, talks and whistles to me. Also he allows me to pet him on his head and scratch his neck. I thinks so, when I come into the room I talk to him, say hello and even walk over to his cage to see him, but when I walk ...

tzigane

I have a male Lutino IRN named ChaCha, he is approximately 8 years old. My husband & I adopted him from some folks who no longer wanted him due to his screaming habit. He is beautiful and loving when he wants to be. Other times he's a total rouge. But people have their bad days too so I just lea...

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You don't know how "happy" (for lack of a better word) makes me to know that someone else has the same problem I do. I too have a Lutino male IRN that screams. I've tried numerous things to get him to shut up none have worked. I also went onto the suggested website and read the article about screami...

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