Hey there
I was wondering if it is safe to keep rats and birds in the same house? Currently, I have two ringnecks and a sun conure along with 2 indoor cats (soon to be 3!).
They would be in the same room, if that's any help.
Thanks in advance,
Michaela
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- Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:12 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: Rats and Birds in the Same House?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1373
- Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:11 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: Treats
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1991
Re: Treats
Have you tried cheerios and ice cream cones? I give them a cone sometimes, and they go crazy over how crunchy and noisy it is; they rip it apart more than eat it. Dried peppers may be worth trying, too.
- Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:40 am
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: Strange colours?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1459
Re: Strange colours?
Alright, thank you you guys. I have never seen anything like this before on them, so the "worried mommy" in me took over..
- Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:21 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: Strange colours?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1459
Strange colours?
Hello. Both of my birds, Bonnie and Clyde, are siblings and are caged together. They are 1.5 years old. I've noticed some strange colours in their two blue tail feathers and a lack of colour elsewhere. This is the (assumed) females tail feathers. There is a lot of green where there should be blue. h...
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 2:11 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Sleep time
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1749
Re: Sleep time
I cover mine if they seem chilly, or if I have a light on in that room past their normal "bed time" (they usually decide to sleep around the time it gets dark outside). Sometimes I may forget or just choose not to cover them. Either way, they don't seem to mind. Try it out with yours, and ...
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:05 pm
- Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
- Topic: Olly & Jess
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2331
Re: Olly & Jess
They are both gorgeous Mine love sitting on the monitor, too.
- Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:30 pm
- Forum: IRN Video Forum
- Topic: PEEKABOO
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2463
Re: PEEKABOO
That is so adorable.
- Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:28 pm
- Forum: IRN Photo Forum
- Topic: YOU and your bird!!! - So we can get to know everyone
- Replies: 126
- Views: 78406
Re: YOU and your bird!!! - So we can get to know everyone
Bonnie is the one trying to "bite"
- Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:36 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Maybe possibly get to keep my "temporary" IRN
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2111
Re: Maybe possibly get to keep my "temporary" IRN
I think $200 is fairly reasonable, if not a little excessive when you look at age of the bird and the fact that you've been caring for the bird for a few months, now.
If you can talk her down a bit, go for it. I'd say buy the bird either way, as it seems that you are fairly bonded with her.
If you can talk her down a bit, go for it. I'd say buy the bird either way, as it seems that you are fairly bonded with her.
- Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:32 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: big boy feathers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1296
Re: big boy feathers
Ooo congratulations!
- Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:18 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: will siblings breed?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2736
Re: will siblings breed?
As far as I have been told, there is no real way to stop them from laying. This thread on a different forum has some useful info: http://www.tailfeathersnetwork.com/community/showthread.php/6438-sibling-mating From the link: "What you could do is buy some fake eggs, and replace the ones she lay...
- Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:11 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: will siblings breed?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2736
Re: will siblings breed?
They can breed, but it isn't recommended.
- Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:26 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: how do you name your bird without knowing the gender?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1154
Re: how do you name your bird without knowing the gender?
If you or whoever you have to clip your birds toe nails accidentally clips too far, (quickly) before stopping the bleeding, collect some of the blood on the blood card (if you were to get your results from Avian Biotech), a paper towel, or some sheet of paper. :) Or, you could have a vet pull the fe...
- Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:38 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Seed taking
- Replies: 2
- Views: 997
Re: Seed taking
Mine do the same thing, although they are caged together. I'm not certain, but I've always presumed it was a dominance thing,
- Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:56 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: is it normal..?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1101
Re: is it normal..?
Mine lost their tail feathers during their first moult, at around 8-9 months. At one point, they were down to just their shortest feathers. They look so strange with out them. I never went to a vet, as the breeder said it was normal and to be expected; they weren't acting any different.
- Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:09 pm
- Forum: IRN Photo Forum
- Topic: practicing with new camera. Here are pix
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9317
Re: practicing with new camera. Here are pix
Lovely birds - it's like owning your own rainbow.
- Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:21 pm
- Forum: IRN Photo Forum
- Topic: ah! first proper picture of kiboo!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2466
Re: ah! first proper picture of kiboo!
What is the orange thing he is chewing on? He's lovely.
- Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:39 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: went in to buy a ring neck, came out with a budgie... *.*
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2652
Re: went in to buy a ring neck, came out with a budgie... *.
If the IRN is introduced to the budgie at a young age, I could see it happening. I wouldn't suggest caging them together, though.
Congratulations on the budgie
Congratulations on the budgie
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:42 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: two new baby ringnecks lunging at my tame 1yr old ringneck
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2026
Re: two new baby ringnecks lunging at my tame 1yr old ringne
I have no idea what this might be, as I've never had this problem before. I hope you get help from someone soon, though. :/ Has there been no change since your first post?
- Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:36 am
- Forum: IRN Lounge
- Topic: Bonnie & Clyde
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2938
Re: Bonnie & Clyde
Congratulations on your new birds - It's sad to hear about how mistreated they were, but at least now they are somewhere well.
My two are also named Bonnie and Clyde.
My two are also named Bonnie and Clyde.
- Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:20 am
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: Tilapia? Oats and honey?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1017
Tilapia? Oats and honey?
Would those be ok? I know oats are high calorie and honey high sugar, so I want to be sure it would be ok as a small treat now and then. What about Plain, baked tilapia? I've never heard of fish being bad for birds, but I want to be sure.
What treats do you guys make?
Thanks in advance,
What treats do you guys make?
Thanks in advance,
- Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:18 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: RINGNECKS AS ILLEGAL
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6966
Re: RINGNECKS AS ILLEGAL
dog_glenn123, I know if California we have the worlds largest agricultural commerce--orchards, vineyards, and produce fields. When i am up in Bakersfield, CA it is obvious how abundant these parrots are, it's really a site to see. Like you too have said, the climate is perfect for them to breed her...
- Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:23 pm
- Forum: IRN Lounge
- Topic: FREEDOM of SPEECH or MILITARY RULE?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5729
Re: FREEDOM of SPEECH or MILITARY RULE?
I just read the thread you were talking about. Honestly, the best thing you can do is drop it, or, if it really bothered you so much, talk to --and -- privately about what happened, and try to come to an understanding. There really is no need to drag things on further, and further humiliate someone....
- Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:00 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Is this what it looks like when the ring starts to come in?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1803
Re: Is this what it looks like when the ring starts to come
Both of my birds have that dark spot too, almost exactly like PJ. Mine aren't DNA'd though.
- Mon Aug 22, 2011 9:56 pm
- Forum: IRN Lounge
- Topic: Four weeks away - Wow!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1797
Re: Four weeks away - Wow!
No plucking, luckily. :) I felt around their feathers and there are pin feathers (I think that's what they are?) coming in. The feathers just kind-of fall out when they move, or are preening. I'm not sure if it is a hard moult for them, as this is their first one. They were really scruffy when I got...
- Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:30 pm
- Forum: IRN Lounge
- Topic: Four weeks away - Wow!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1797
Four weeks away - Wow!
I just returned home from a four week trip, only to see two very naked birds - there was green down and feathers all over the bottom of their cage! This is their first moult, and so far, no sign of a ring (although they are still only 9 months old). They look so abused. :P I was worried that the tim...
- Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:30 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Thinking About Getting an IRN
- Replies: 2
- Views: 972
Re: Thinking About Getting an IRN
Hello, everyone. I've only posted one other time on here in the introductory section. I really am interested in IRNs. I have been doing lots of research on them, but I'm a little hesitant on getting one. I have never owned a bird before, but I grew up around my friend's birds. They have a Cockatoo ...
- Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:20 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: Can IRN eat cinnamon sticks? How about cardamom pods etc?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3851
Re: Can IRN eat cinnamon sticks? How about cardamom pods etc
Bay leaves, cardamom, and cinnamon are all fine. Tuna is okay, I would feed in moderation because of possible mercury levels. http://www.holisticbird.org/pages/eplants.htm http://eclectusparrots.net/herbs.html How much of the stick would you suggest giving them, and how often? They do sound like an...
- Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:57 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Hello from Central Ca (and looking for a baby!)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1110
Re: Hello from Central Ca (and looking for a baby!)
Here is a link to her website.
http://parrotfeathers.tripod.com/
The phone numbers are in the top right corner. Both phone numbers work. If she doesn't answer, just leave a voice-mail, she is quick to answer them.
Good luck!
http://parrotfeathers.tripod.com/
The phone numbers are in the top right corner. Both phone numbers work. If she doesn't answer, just leave a voice-mail, she is quick to answer them.
Good luck!
- Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:27 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Hello from Central Ca (and looking for a baby!)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1110
Re: Hello from Central Ca (and looking for a baby!)
Welcome ^^ I do know two people in the central CA area who have eggs laying now, If you would like for me to give you their contact info. One of them has some expected blues, the other all greens.
- Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:58 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Beak Coloring- Is this normal?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1286
Re: Beak Coloring- Is this normal?
I'm surprised he stayed still enough to take the photos.
- Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:59 pm
- Forum: Mutations/Genetics
- Topic: Che mutazione è?????
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2565
Re: Che mutazione è?????
No, it absolutely is not a lutes, when I have him aquistato, you/they have called him/it Lemmon, you/he/she has reflected green and a po of grey clear in the wings. I don't succeed in inserting the images. you excuse the translator. :oops: Sorry, I'm not very knowledgeable on the different mutation...
- Sat Jul 02, 2011 7:09 pm
- Forum: Mutations/Genetics
- Topic: Che mutazione è?????
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2565
Re: Che mutazione è?????
It looks like a lutino to me.
Sembra un lutino per me.
- Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:04 pm
- Forum: IRN Video Forum
- Topic: Goofy Bonnie
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1926
Re: Goofy Bonnie
I'm pretty sure that's the male 'look at me I'm so good' dance so Bonnie is probably a he although I think I remember reading that adolescent birds may show male and female sexual displays like this but I dont know if that is true. My adolescent male does that same dance to our female. Thanks for s...
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:32 pm
- Forum: IRN Video Forum
- Topic: Goofy Bonnie
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1926
Goofy Bonnie
Bonnie decided to show of his/her dancing today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PyMmvc0kMQ
Silly question. Do any of you think that it was something territorial, or just her being playful? Her eyes pinned off and on so I wasn't really sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PyMmvc0kMQ
Silly question. Do any of you think that it was something territorial, or just her being playful? Her eyes pinned off and on so I wasn't really sure.
- Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:05 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: HELP! Too young to be plucking!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 587
Re: HELP! Too young to be plucking!
Do you mean soft feathers as in the little white peices of down? As far as I can tell, those come out all throughout the year.
- Sun Jun 26, 2011 5:35 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Talking ability?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1664
Re: Talking ability?
One of mine is starting to talk (mumbling "hello"'s) at almost 8 months old.
- Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:02 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Black feathers already appearing!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 808
Re: Black feathers already appearing!
I'm going to guess it is normal. Mine were not DNA'd but at 5-6ish months started to show black feathers under their beak and from the cere to their eyes.
- Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:26 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: 3 MONTH OLD IRN BEHAVIOUR CHANGED WHY?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1340
Re: 3 MONTH OLD IRN BEHAVIOUR CHANGED WHY?
Sounds like bluffing. Your baby is all grown up Here is some info on bluffing: http://www.indianringneck.com/bluffing/
- Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:28 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Alexandrine Parrot of 2 years
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1702
Re: Alexandrine Parrot of 2 years
You could try setting your hand inside of the cage, and get it as close to him as you can without causing a negative reaction. Then just gradually move it closer to him as he gets more used to it. Setting food/favourite toys in your hand might help, too. You could also try having your hand near your...
- Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:24 pm
- Forum: IRN Lounge
- Topic: Petco..
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2157
Petco..
Argh. This is more of a rant than anything. I went to Petco today to look around and nearly threw a fit. They had a beautiful sun conure stuck in a glass cage (that was half the size a bird like that should have been in), with the only thing to entertain him being one toy and passer-by's. The poor t...
- Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:10 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Green with the recessive yellow trait
- Replies: 0
- Views: 800
Green with the recessive yellow trait
Is it possible to breed these birds with another colour to get a yellow? And if so, which colour? Also, what could I get from the green that has a recessive yellow trait with a cobalt blue? Green and recessive yellow with a turquoise?
Thanks
Thanks
- Sat Jun 04, 2011 8:57 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: how old can an irn live to?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1219
Re: how old can an irn live to?
30+ years
- Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:10 am
- Forum: IRN Photo Forum
- Topic: my 2 new babies
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1951
Re: my 2 new babies
Purty. To this day, I am amazed by their necks.
- Mon May 30, 2011 9:02 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: I'm new to Indian Ringnecks,is this normal behavior?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1009
Re: I'm new to Indian Ringnecks,is this normal behavior?
I'm pretty sure it is normal Mine do this the second the sun is up (yay me ) and as it is going down.
- Sun May 22, 2011 10:24 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: How long is the adjustment.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1085
Re: How long is the adjustment.
Mine were like that when I first got them too. It took them about a week to step up and stay, and two or three to take food straight from my hand.
- Thu May 19, 2011 12:59 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: Scented candles?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1497
Re: Scented candles?
Ah, I meant were they safe around my birds. Sorry - I probably should have specified more. :/
- Sun May 15, 2011 10:05 pm
- Forum: IRN Photo Forum
- Topic: YOU and your bird!!! - So we can get to know everyone
- Replies: 126
- Views: 78406
Re: YOU and your bird!!! - So we can get to know everyone
Clyde mauling my hair. ^^
- Sun May 15, 2011 9:15 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: compatibility with other birds
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2446
Re: compatibility with other birds
Mine love my cats, if that helps any. I've never had any experience with guinea pigs, though, so I would have no idea. :/
- Sat May 14, 2011 10:11 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: compatibility with other birds
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2446
Re: compatibility with other birds
Most Indian Ringnecks aren't social with other non-IRNs by nature. But I have seen a few that are very social with other birds; it's a hit and miss.