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Carly

Just thought I'd put this out there (happens on other forums I visit - but if not appropriate mods feel free to remove) There's a book on ebay (Im not the seller!) and I know its a bargain. I already have it, cost me $45 some years ago and I highly recommend it. Not a particuarly big or fancy book b...

Carly

out of curiosity i just googled to find out what it is m. its just an electrolyte replacement (think glucodin or gatorade). Yes you can use it if the bird is ill, injured etc (we used to use similar products for injured wildlife). Theres no harm in stopping it unless your bird needs it for some reas...

Carly

I agree with Jeremy - the vetafarm are not so great, lots of wastage. I now use Tropican - it smells like bananas and is in flat disc shapes so its easy to eat. weaning onto pellets shouldnt be so painful! the method thats worked for me is to wet them at first, mush them a bit and try feeding it by ...

Carly

sounds like you are doing well! I've always said food is the way to a ringnecks heart.. try sultanas as a treat too.. Good luck!

Carly

Thanks Dani Raj is certainly a character, he's very cheeky! Im told he's been luring unsuspecting housemates by whistling at them while they hang out their laundry, then when they come over to investigate he screams at them to go away.. naughty bird! the job - its keeping me busy! (and paying for th...

Carly

Well its been a while since Ive visited this site and with good reason - I started a new job this year and moved house, as well as the usual christmas chaos. It was crazy for the birds too as they had to live with my parents for a few months while I arranged something more permanent. Im now living i...

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owwweee! that is an awful wing clip. i used to wait until they had fledged and even then only take the primaries, to clip all the secondaries so short on a baby.. ahhh.. its so sad to see birds clipped so badly. my lutino male was permanently flightless due to a bad clip by his previous owner. watch...

Carly

Firstly, Welcome to the board! Eight months old is quite old to purchase an untamed ringneck, and training isnt going to be as easy as it would with a younger bird. That said however, if after 8 weeks you have already got the bird taking treats than you have done well! it sounds like you are on the ...

Carly

She should have food available to her ALL the time, a dish of pellets is ideal. Birds are built to forage (look for food) all day, and their digestive system isnt built to have 3 meals a day, its built for constant snacking. If she already has a constant supply of pellets, than I would suggest she i...

Carly

Thats a ton of good info Athena! I didnt know you had to cook Lima beans.. what about if they are soaked/sprouted? With diet, my birds get: Daytime (outside): Pellets, vege/fruit skewers (with nuts/dried fruit too) and sometimes some boiled egg or beans. Night time (inside): Seed mix (small parrot m...

Carly

The bird isnt rubbing his head between the cage bars or something? funny that they are on top of his head... he cant pluck his own head!

Carly

Can you think of any reason the bird would not want to be in the cage? is there lots of toys in the cage? does the bird get treats in the cage? the cage should be a fun place, not like a jail. try to get the bird to associate fun activities with the cage. some treats to use as a reward for when it g...

Carly

You cant really tell by the tail alone because ringnecks moult every year so they grow new tail feathers every year. The best way is if you can ask the place you got it from, but failing that the beak and eye colour is slightly different in young ones, and if its a male and has a ring than you can t...

Carly

Wow thats so fantastic! well done! sounds like you have a real snuggle-bunny now It feels really great when you make headway with them dosent it! I think Sari is almost through bluffing too, just the other day I got her to step up onto my boyfriend and stay there! she even yawned as though 'whats th...

Carly

Jade: I hear you! I have also been getting mine from pet city at the moment, but I commute between bris and the coast fairly regularly so its not so bad for me. I also have marine fish so pet city is almost a second home to me now! (If you ever think birds are expensive, try marine aquariums!) But o...

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Mikaela i'll PM you the details because im not sure its relevant to dalia's question..

Carly

I have to move again soon too.. I've gone through a few moves so far and they seem to cope fine, just keep the cage the same and try to stick to their normal routine as much as possible. and obviously minimise any extra stresses (try to keep them away from all the hustle and bustle). they wont think...

Carly

I wouldnt even house all the hens together. As already stated by Neokireina, Hens are very agressive, and are perfectly capable of murdering other hens. One hen I had even tunnelled into the next flight to kill another hen. If you are going to build an avairy, why not just have one big avairy divide...

Carly

thanks for the information! also i have a japanese quail (weird i kno but he is gorgeous) he is tame aswell would they have a chance of getting along? Probably not. My IRN hen used to murder the little king quails on the floor of her avairy. I've had jap quails too.. they are so cute and cuddly! an...

Carly

Female eclectus are STUNNING! wow you must be so excited, I randomly bumped into a girl at uni a few years ago who had a young female ecky on her arm, we stopped and chatted for ages, and the ecky kept laughing whenever we laughed... they are just beautiful! an ecky is right up there on my 'dream bi...

Carly

I'm also a pellet convert (thank my vet for that one), but I still let my birds have some seed. My birds have pellets available during the day as well as their fruit/veg for the day. Then at night they have access to seed mix. It can be hard to get them onto pellets, but one way I have done it is by...

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Surferdon: I kept my birds housed seperately (but next to each other) for a good few weeks before letting them live together. Now they are caged together, and have been for 10 months. Yes I handle them every day, and Raj still loves my attention just as much as he did before I got Sari. Infact, the ...

Carly

Im not sure about getting seasick, I think she would be fine, just be aware of her falling in the water! I was house-sitting in a waterfront house and almost died one day when i couldnt find raj and I thought he might have gone for a swim in the canal But if you keep her in her cage you should be fi...

Carly

thats a beautiful photo!

Carly

I agree with Mikaela. definately make sure you handle the baby yourself and that you are happy with it, dont feel pressured to buy if you arent confident that it is what you want. At 3 1/2 months, I would be looking out for how relaxed it is. it is ok for it to be a little wary of you (IRNs can be w...

Carly

Datsun and Family wrote:Carly Raj is soooooooo pretty! I want him!

You cant have him! He's my baby! (well, not literally, although I do feel very maternal when telling people I've had him since he was an egg hehe)

I'm sure you feel the same way about Datsun

Carly

You may eventually be able to house them together (provided cage is adequate and the birds get along), but in the meantime maybe work towards allowing shared playtime in a neutral location like a playstand. Sounds like your alex is a sweetie! It might just take Jazz some time to get used to having a...

Carly

wow thats a cute little baby! congratulations!

I think you need to make the picture a bit smaller though since it is in your avatar!

if you want to put a big one into your post you just use the url from photobucket and put it straight into the message of your post

Carly

elhagan wrote:carly say thats african ringneck

Im sorry, i thought i was asking you that question!

I'm a bit confused by your post... are you saying that your male has a coral red beak but the female has a darker beak?

Carly

It is not only possible, but normal for birds from the same clutch to have slight differences. Just because they are siblings dosent mean they are twins, it is normal for them to have differences, just like people, they are all individuals. What you have is a phenotypic difference and it could be th...

Carly

Thanks for the comments everyone I really cant take to much credit for their appearance, they are just naturally beautiful! The males especially have so much variation in their colour - he has a silvery/blue sheen at the back of his neck and that lovely bright green around his face, and yellow under...

Carly

If you dont want to use sunflower then another option is sultanas. sultanas are yuuuumy and because they are small they work good as a training reward. Personally, I used sunflower for Rajah when he was a baby. In moderation of course! "the best way to a ringneck's heart is through his tummy" Good l...

Carly

Well here's some updated pics of Rajah and Sari: Here's Raj http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/carlicles/raj10-05.jpg And heres Sari! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/carlicles/sari10-05.jpg Sari just turned one in October (from hatching, not weaning). Raj is 5 and a bit.

Carly

Here's the two cages my birds use 1) this is their 'inside' cage - it is where I bring them inside at night time. Its not very big but then again it was never intended to be a permanent home http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/carlicles/DSC02608.jpg and above it I put some rope with a swing and o...

Carly

I have a 'video' mode on my digi camera - its pretty sketchy but i'll see what I can do.

I'm guessing that you would have to host the video on another site and just link to it from here...

Carly

No worries Scarlet, I understand what you are saying but just wanted to clarify that I wasnt sure either.

Carly

from the pics, they look like they have a darker beak, not a bright red beak like most of the birds on this forum. also elhagen is in egypt so its possible! but as I said in my post above, the pics are not all that clear, hence why I'm asking the owner please dont get carried away, i was just asking...

Carly

Its hard to tell from the pics, but are those 'african' ringnecks? They look to have the darker beak colour than P.krameri krameri which is the indian subspecies that most (all?) of us on these boards have.

Carly

Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

I have been ignoring the behaviour but she seems to think its a cool noise anyway

but hopefully its just a phase and she will get over it.

as for the housemate.. he has been warned!

Carly

as Datsun said, I keep my male and female pet IRNs together and they are fine, but: 1) until your girl is behaving well and you and her are best friends, i wouldnt recommend it (in fact, I would wait until next years breeding season before trying to source a mate) 2) why exactly do you want another ...

Carly

The description you have of byndi in your first post is SO much like my first ringneck.. I was working part time at a vet and a green IRN was handed in, it had been rescued out of someone's swimming pool. After a few weeks of TLC the vet let me take it home. I was hoping it was a baby but because I ...

Carly

my IRN's both have indian names - Rajah (the male) and Sari (the girl)

How about aladdin? or apu? hehe

Carly

So my housemate has decided to teach my birds a few words that i would rather they didnt know.. well not exactly 'words' but rather a series of moans.. that sound like they should be coming from the bedroom not the birdcage.. at first i didnt think the birds would really pay any attention because th...

Carly

I second the females being the ones to watch out for. the males are fairly mild mannered but i've had a hen dig her way into the neighbouring flight and murder another IRN hen (well she did the mutilation, the vet had to do the RIP bit) as mentioned already, keep an eye out for any bonding behaviour...

Carly

lol if i can record it i'll let you know..

are they in love? i think its more of a love/hate relationship, he loves her and she hates him!

hehe well not really, but she is definately the bossy one, although i think secretly she thinks he's her idol (she did learn his whole vocab!)

Carly

My pair of IRNs have just started talking in sync with each other! Rajah (the older male) has some very set speech patterns which he loves to repeat in the same order every time he says them. Sari (the baby girl) has learned to repeat many of Rajah's words. But now, i've just started noticing, that ...

Carly

Shoulder time is a tricky one. personally, when i had 'tiels i was alway comfortable with them on my shoulder, but i've never let my ringnecks do it. It is convenient to have them on your shoulder because it means you can do stuff and walk around with them on your shoulder rather than on your hand, ...

Carly

In terms of a 'black umbrella' - i can understand why someone could think this could exist based on the crests. some cockatoos have a very defined, 'pointy' crest eg sulfur cresteds: http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/animal/PIX/GreaterSulfur-crestedCockatoo.jpg and others (like the umbrella) have...

Carly

My IRNs have a cage in the same room as my desk and computer where they sleep at night. Im usually in the room while they are outside of the cage. The other day, I was typing away concentrating on writing a report, and then suddenly my computer mouse stops working. I try the old 'bang it on the desk...

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I was wondering the other day, are regular 'battery hen' eggs ok to feed our birds? Ive heard the rumours about all the hormones that go into those chickens, havent looked it up but could it be worthwhile using organic eggs for our birds? Im assuming any hormone that effects a chicken could affect a...

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