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by Amazonite
Tue Feb 03, 2009 4:09 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: biting teenager
Replies: 2
Views: 1194

i would stop using the gloves and get him use to your hands, slowly though. putting your hands nearhim and showing them to him or holding treats in your hand for him to come near and take them.

He will take time. Good luck
by Amazonite
Sat Jan 31, 2009 12:24 am
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: youtube
Replies: 3
Views: 1566

i am kiwigirl04 on there and there are a few of amazon, well i think thats my youtube name lol
by Amazonite
Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:21 am
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: We are still here
Replies: 10
Views: 3132

thanks lauren

yea we getting guns now to keep those boys away lol

and thanks bout the hip thing its best for her now
by Amazonite
Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:14 pm
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: We are still here
Replies: 10
Views: 3132

Thanks heaps,

That video made us laugh for ages, Amazon still does it nearly every feed, and Dakota always tries grabbing him.

Someone is going to get hurt oneday and it WONT be me lol
by Amazonite
Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:02 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Hi there!
Replies: 6
Views: 1594

i understand why your doing it, but working two jobs nad studing you can have a bird too, they learn to adapt to your lifestyle. i work, study full time, full time mum and own a business. and i still have time for my boy. Even if they only get an hour out with you a day they are happy. i leave Amazo...
by Amazonite
Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:34 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Its been a while
Replies: 7
Views: 1774

awww so cute, they love baby toys its so funny, Amazon takes Dakotas toys off her all the time
by Amazonite
Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:29 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Rainbow is home--now what! LOL
Replies: 4
Views: 1404

he is beatiful look at that fab ring. Umm with the plucking thats a shame, i would use a conditioning mix with his seed to help let those feathers go back to normal. Is he still plucking, if not give him time they will grow back, if not just look around how everything is. Putting the cage in a corne...
by Amazonite
Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:25 pm
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: We are still here
Replies: 10
Views: 3132

Thanks guys My little girl was born with a disolcated hip, so she had an opertaion to get teh hip back in place, she is in plaster to keep the ball and socket together, we have another 5 weeks to go hopefully, then she will go into a harness to help her ease into using her legs so she doesnt get exc...
by Amazonite
Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:26 pm
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: We are still here
Replies: 10
Views: 3132

We are still here

Have been very busy with a new baby so havent been on much. Amazon is growing my boy is 2 now and talking heaps, very pretty boy. http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/Kiwigirl04/Amazon/Ididntdoitiswear.jpg http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/Kiwigirl04/Amazon/220308002.jpg http://i233.photo...
by Amazonite
Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:16 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: ring?
Replies: 14
Views: 2795

sounds like your DNA testing was wrong, sit it out nad see what happens
by Amazonite
Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:14 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Mirror in cage
Replies: 8
Views: 3753

My boy doesnt have a mirror in his cage but he have time in front of a mirror some days, and he loves it. He also talks.
by Amazonite
Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:35 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: hi!!! I haven't been here in a long time!!!
Replies: 2
Views: 1444

Awsome, good to see you back.

Amazon is growing fast he is now 2 and i had my little girl that i named Dakota she is 12 weeks now
by Amazonite
Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:31 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Uh-oh!
Replies: 5
Views: 1731

IM sorry your baby doesnt like pink my boy didnt like red and he just got over it im not sure how though.

So cool you having a girl in Novemeber i just had my girl in July
by Amazonite
Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:28 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: What colour is your IRN
Replies: 7
Views: 2705

Amazon is a green IRN and i love him heaps he is now 2
by Amazonite
Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:57 am
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: happy hatchday to my big 2 year old Amazon
Replies: 3
Views: 1916

sorry no pictures, as we had a busy busy day, Amazon had a peanut cake, and loved it to pieces well destroyed it really.

i loved watching him grow and still watching him.

thanks for the birthday wishes
by Amazonite
Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:00 pm
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: happy hatchday to my big 2 year old Amazon
Replies: 3
Views: 1916

happy hatchday to my big 2 year old Amazon

Amazon turns 2 today, he has growen so much and is doing so well, i cant believe i came on this site when Amazon was 7 weeks old.

YAY AMAZON
by Amazonite
Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:31 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Neglect
Replies: 7
Views: 2596

chin up gurly!!!!! you know as well as i do that amazon is used to change, and used to kids. just takes him a little while to get his little head around the idea. i remeber him throwing a right tanty when i bought toby home, and he started to display alot of the behavious you mentioned, but after a...
by Amazonite
Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:02 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Neglect
Replies: 7
Views: 2596

Thanks guys that makes me feel a bit better, i spend as much time as i can with him, he doesnt bite me or anything so i think we are still good:)
by Amazonite
Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:48 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Neglect
Replies: 7
Views: 2596

Neglect

Before you all jump on me for this topic please relise i am doing the best i can, with a busy life. Right since i have had my baby, i am also doing a full time course and having to be a full time mum, i need a little advice with Amazon. Since everything has changed in my life i have not been spendin...
by Amazonite
Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:40 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Is 'she' doing what I think 'she' is?!
Replies: 4
Views: 1603

Amazon likes cupboards if im in them then he wants to check it out too
by Amazonite
Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:17 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Flying low?
Replies: 6
Views: 1877

Haha Jibby and Lola those two are crack ups.

Amazon doesnt fly, but he likes to walk round the place:)
by Amazonite
Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:07 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: New IRN need help!
Replies: 3
Views: 1296

First of all, most greens have the blue tail so its still a normal green. Males and Females both go though the bluffing stage, at 4mths old you cant tell if the IRN is male or female. Take time 3 days isnt long at all and you need to have time for your new friend, sit next to the cage and talk and h...
by Amazonite
Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:30 pm
Forum: News
Topic: im feeling old!!!
Replies: 11
Views: 4326

Gemstone wrote:18 you say????

oh wait. this isn't that kind of website


keep it in your pants mister
by Amazonite
Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:28 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Sharlene is this baby here yet??
Replies: 22
Views: 7885

Gemstone wrote:I only popped in here to brag......

I GOT TO HOLD THE BABY :P


Yes you did Uncle Adam:)
by Amazonite
Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:49 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Many recent pics of Sam! He/She is now 9 months old!
Replies: 17
Views: 4155

Very lovely i was guessing male too very nice pictures

Rami 100% guesswork because you cant be 100% your right when you guess.
by Amazonite
Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:20 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: New User, Problems with IRN bought from pet shop in Sweden.
Replies: 17
Views: 3743

Well for starters if the pet shop owner is right and the IRN is only 3mths you shouldnt have too much problems but then again it will be hard work. YOu have only had him/her for 3 days let him/her settle down talk with your IRN while s/he is in the cage and feed some food though the bars holding the...
by Amazonite
Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:13 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Sharlene is this baby here yet??
Replies: 22
Views: 7885

Re: CONGRATS.

Hey, Congratulations! Good going. She's a looker. If you kept her cooking 'til July 28 she and I would have had the same B'day hehehe. God Bless her and you. Ed lol if i kept her there any longer we would have more problems than a dislocated hip, she ran out of room inside, i only have a little spa...
by Amazonite
Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:50 am
Forum: News
Topic: Sharlene is this baby here yet??
Replies: 22
Views: 7885

Thanks guys

I was very blessed with a lovely wee girl and i love her to bits:)
by Amazonite
Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:47 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: New with question
Replies: 2
Views: 1041

If they are brought up with children they should be fine, they can get loud but then again its the way the IRN is brought up, if you get it while its young it should be able to bond with children, if you get one that is a bit older and never bonded with children you might have a problem but you migh...
by Amazonite
Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:44 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Mojito 911 Please Help!
Replies: 15
Views: 3850

My boy does the same if i feed him something red like beetroot then he poos red.

Have you given your IRN anything red to eat?
If you are worried take him to the vet like you said:)
by Amazonite
Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:30 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: I have lots of Questions
Replies: 1
Views: 764

Every IRN is different from anothe IRN just like children, my boy did the bluffing stage at bout 14 weeks old, we just let him get over it, and told him no every time he went to bite, we also didnt scare from him when he went to bite and didnt yell at him when he did it, his bluffing lastest bout 3 ...
by Amazonite
Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:24 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Talking Question
Replies: 5
Views: 1426

i believe its up to the IRN when they want to, but normally they start bout 9mths, my boy started bout 11mths old. They will start in their own time
by Amazonite
Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:13 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: its over
Replies: 115
Views: 22947

Thats awsome Leo that Tango came back to you, those are nasty breaks she got , but im sure with love and care from you she will be better in no time.

Well done for not giving up :)
by Amazonite
Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:02 pm
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: question
Replies: 5
Views: 2338

Its up to you but as Briony said they need to be watched, well i cant talk lol, my boy is out of his cage all day adn goes in at night to sleep then out again, if im not home he is locked in his cage, i dont watch him as such as i know he cant fly and i can hear him, or he will walk to the lounge
by Amazonite
Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:59 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Another baby in my life, but this time....
Replies: 77
Views: 20685

i have posted photos of my girl who was born 15 july 2 weeks early her due date was today, the photos are in the thread called Sharlene is that baby here yet or somthing along those lines lol
by Amazonite
Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:55 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Sharlene is this baby here yet??
Replies: 22
Views: 7885

Thanks all for that

Here are a few photos for you to enjoy. This one is her very first photo taken at 9.34pm 1min after she was born. http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/Kiwigirl04/Dakota/934pm.jpg These photo's were the next day http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/Kiwigirl04/Dakota/SANY0034.jpg http://i233.p...
by Amazonite
Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:16 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: offering water
Replies: 6
Views: 2270

I gave water when Amazon was feeding for himself, as the hand feed stuff has water in it
by Amazonite
Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:00 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Sharlene is this baby here yet??
Replies: 22
Views: 7885

hey guys

thanks for wondering where i am lol. She wasnt due until the 28th July but she was induced on the 15th July so when this thread went up i was still in hosp with my daughter. I was in labour for 5 hours when i got to 10cms she was out in 33 mins. Dakota Carol Ann Wilson was born at 9.33pm weighing 5 ...
by Amazonite
Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:49 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: its over
Replies: 115
Views: 22947

oh noe that is sad Tango i hope you find her soon
by Amazonite
Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:41 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Bluffing Phase!!!! HELP!!!!
Replies: 4
Views: 1892

Every IRN is different it could be bluffing, my boy did his bluff bout the age of 4mths it lastest 2 weeks if that, but thats only because we had two of us home with him 24/7, ad yes our boy ddi draw blood at that age, they dont really need strong beaks to draw blood, skin could be soft and break ea...
by Amazonite
Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:59 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: Cage against a Wall
Replies: 3
Views: 1642

i put a sheet up on the wall so that Amazon cant make a mess on the wall,
by Amazonite
Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:26 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Naughty Yoda!
Replies: 5
Views: 1739

LOL caught in the act, cheeky yoda.

its not just you, Amazon going though a cheeky stage too:)
by Amazonite
Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:22 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: happy 4th of July from Nikki and Lucy...
Replies: 2
Views: 1323

awww 4th July was yesterday for us the best day ever, my birthday lol

your birds are very pretty love the 4th july colours
by Amazonite
Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:39 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Pet Shops GRRR!!
Replies: 7
Views: 1788

I havent come across a pet store telling me that my boy is bad pet etc, i have taught pet stores a few tips on their IRN's that they have in small cages etc. Some people just have no idea, when they start a rant do what i do, and look at them say get your fact right before you talk and leave me alon...
by Amazonite
Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:20 pm
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: Moody Boy
Replies: 5
Views: 2211

Dont rush into giving him new foods so close to each other i would introduce one new food each week just to get his little body use to eating the soilds.

Alot of IRN's do sulk when they dont get there own way they are just like little kids:)
by Amazonite
Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:06 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: free DNA test for tango
Replies: 37
Views: 7194

every body... tango is female... i was disapointed when i read that,... i told my slef not to but i cant help the feeling..... but, after awhile, i look at tango... i start thinking...tango will still be tango... nothing will change... im glad i have her,...she accompany me during my exam, when i s...
by Amazonite
Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:05 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: pellets or seed?
Replies: 8
Views: 2496

Amazon use to do that too with the pallets we just went to seed and never went back to pallets, ami gets veges and fruit every day aswell and he is a healthy weight, size and his colouring is great
by Amazonite
Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:57 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Cupcake Yellow Indian Ringneck
Replies: 6
Views: 2217

nice photos, cupcake seems to like the camera:)
by Amazonite
Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:54 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: He keeps scrapping his beak
Replies: 8
Views: 2410

its a griding noise like if you do if with your teeth, this is fine , means they are happy and relaxed in their environment.
by Amazonite
Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:32 pm
Forum: IRN Lounge
Topic: Describing my bird
Replies: 2
Views: 1553

Well my boy is green, with a blue tail and blue feathers thoughout him and a lovely black ring