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Fidgit_Green

Hi there, I am looking into getting my bird a friend to keep him company. I was wondering if it is OK to house them both in the same cage if they are OK with it? My cage is 100x75x50. I don't have the space to have another cage in my house, plus I don't see how they can keep each other company if th...

Fidgit_Green

Thanks your your advice. Fidgit got loose and went missing for 3 months and I was lucky to get him back. When I got him back he straight away took a shine to my mother who before, he had not let touch him. Also he is friendly with other people as well, like he figured out when he was lost that peopl...

Fidgit_Green

Sorry just realized I didn't say that I'm in Brisbane QLD.

Fidgit_Green

Hi there, could someone possibly let me know whether a male or female ringneck would be best to try and pair with my bird. Also does any one know of any mature birds that are in need of a home. I would preferably have one that is OK with being handled, but I can always work with them to get them bet...

Fidgit_Green

thank you for you replies. it always helps when you know that there are others out there that do care and understand. i have had his cage outside within the hour of loosing him. what you said about things not looking the same from up in the air has been one of the main worries going through my head ...

Fidgit_Green

hi guy, my little guy got away from me on saturday evening and i havnt seen him since. if you are in the area or know someone in the area could you please keep a ear out for him please. he is not used to anyone but me so he is unlikely to let anyone get close to him. he is just coming up 3 years old...

Fidgit_Green

Hi there, I am looking for a reputable breeder where I can adopt a DNA confirmed Male Cobalt blue IRN. I got my first boy when he was 5 days old and hand reared him myself. I am not looking to get one so young again, but I would like to get the last couple Weeks of handfeeding to start building the ...

Fidgit_Green

Hi guys, I have recently been thinking about getting Fidgit a friend because I haven't had as much time to spend with him as I use to, however, I haven't yet decided between getting another IRN or possibly a different breed of parrot. I kind of want to get him a mate, but I don't think I want to go ...

Fidgit_Green

How do i know if Fidgit is trying to mate with me or not? there have been a couple of time where Fidgit has done a strange little thing to my hand. he starts by standing beside my hand and will start pawing at it with his foot, and the he will shuffle himself up to my hand while sitting really low, ...

Fidgit_Green

hi there im at wits end and need some help. i have been trying to train Fidgit out of his squawking. at first it was just when i would leave the room and leave him by himself for a while. then it started even when i was in the room and standing right next to him, and then it started when he was put ...

Fidgit_Green

hi everyone i was wondering if anyone from Brisbane knew of any body that boards Parrots that doesnt cost an arm and a leg. i could be needing to look at boarding Fidgit for a couple weeks around October while i have to go back to NZ. unfortunately i have rather limited funds so i dont have a lot of...

Fidgit_Green

thanks everyone for your replies there was more replies about this than i had expected. firstly, yes Fidgit is a boy, i had him DNA sexed at about 2 months old. Willowisp, its hard to see exactly what your guy is doing so im not sure if its similar or not. as for the idea of jealousy, im not to sure...

Fidgit_Green

well if i pick it up to use it and he is sitting on me within at least 2 feet of it he will start by getting really pissy about it. (puffs the feathers on his head only, pins his eyes and moves in really slow motion and makes his chittering sound that he does when he gets annoyed about something lik...

Fidgit_Green

hi everyone.

i just wanted to bring this up again to see anyone could give me some advice on it

Fidgit_Green

WOW!! Leo, you make me so jealous. Fidgit is coming up to 8 months old and he still hasnt really properly learned a trick yet. i have tried to teach him to "Shake" but he hasnt figured out what he is doing yet, i put out my thumb and tell him to shake and when he grabs my thumb with one fo...

Fidgit_Green

you make a very good point, a point that i have given some thought to. it is possible that a good breeder could get a bad rap from one person who had a bad experience. so that is why i would like a couple of experienced people that will understand whether an experience a person has is due to a bad b...

Fidgit_Green

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Indian-Ringneck-Breeder-Name-n-Shame/375434982565248?ref=stream i have just started this page on face book where people can come and tell everyone of a breeder that they think should not be aloud to be a breeder because of neglect, recklessness, dishonesty or purely no...

Fidgit_Green

yea you can post breeders you want to recommend, also people can post to ask for a recommendation or to ask if the breeder they have in mind is any good or not. i have kind of just started the page when i figured it could be a good idea, i havnt actually put in to much thought about it just yet so i...

Fidgit_Green

reading this post has just inspired me to start a face book page for people to come and name and shame bad breeder of irns. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Indian-Ringneck-Breeder-Name-n-Shame/375434982565248?ref=stream i have also posted the link for this site when it asked for a website. i know that...

Fidgit_Green

i love it, that is absolutely gorgeous
do you wanna swap? lol.

i hope i can manage to get Fidgit to do something like that one day.

thanks for the clip, it was awesome.

Cheers
Paul

Fidgit_Green

thank you everyone for the information it has been a very interesting read and has help me to understand the risk of them focusing their feeding and mating desires on a human. there is still a bit of researching i need to do to understand everything completely but it is a good base to start from. th...

Fidgit_Green

thanks Missk. i can tell you now, i will do everything i can to avoid having him feed my ear, or any other part of me. and because 90% of the time that hes not put away to bed he is with me, on me, if you believe that he should not get used to trying to feed me as a regular thing then i will do what...

Fidgit_Green

hey guys. i just wanted to say that after the advice and no longer worrying whether the behavior was negative or dominant, i am now able to appreciate it for what it is and it is really interesting now to sit back and observe him doing his dance and its like you said Missk, its really cute and it is...

Fidgit_Green

he is 7 an a half months old.
what exactly is the feeding response meaning, like does it mean that im one of the flock and hes feeding me, or is it some weird hormone thing?

Cheers
Paul

Fidgit_Green

thats awesome, dont you just feel so happy now? i felt giddy for hours when Fidgit said "baby" when trying to say "hello baby" the bummer for me though is that he hasnt said it again since, and doesnt even seem like he is trying to say it again. i am happy to hear that your littl...

Fidgit_Green

hi all. firstly i would like to say that last night Fidgit enjoyed himself in the shower for the first time. now i dont have to stick to only the spray bottle. i ended up not giving him a bath for about a week so that he would really want to get into some water, and when it got to the point that he ...

Fidgit_Green

oh ok, i see. i dont mind your long posts at all, the longer the post the more information i get which you can never go wrong with. i prefer someone to give a detailed answer rather than giving it in the shortest way possible with very little info so then you have to keep asking questions to get all...

Fidgit_Green

i apologize if it comes across like i am groaning about things in my posts, i have a habit of just saying things and not realizing how they come across, it is an issue i have in person and apparently it comes across in my writing to. lol. and i tend to just to let you know that however it may come a...

Fidgit_Green

the only reason i was wanting to find out if it was dominance was so that i could figure out how avoid any negative behavior from it, but now that i know that it isnt, i am more than happy to sit back and enjoy it. it never really bothered me apart from the possible negatives of it if it was dominan...

Fidgit_Green

if this is just part of who he is and it is something that he just does, then im more than happy with that. the reason i was thinking that it was a dominance thing is because of they way he does it an focuses it toward something, it comes across as though it is supposed to be intimidation, also he m...

Fidgit_Green

wow, lol. i see that there is a lot more to a bag of pellets than just buying a bag of pellets, ill have to do a lot more research on the pellets we have available here in australia and find out which one is the best to use. it seems like the pellets are more of a quick easy option for people, the e...

Fidgit_Green

hey guys. i have been doing a bit of research online about parrots being doninant. the problem i have run into is, there are a few sites that give suggestions of how to bring a dominant parrot down a few notches, but then there are just as many sites that say there is no such behavior as dominance p...

Fidgit_Green

perhapse if you could manage to get a video of it and post it on here then maybe someone might be able to identify if better for you.

just my 2 cents

Cheers
Paul

Fidgit_Green

the way i knew when Fidgit was trying to talk was from watching videos on youtube of other ringnecks talking. i dont know if it is the case, but to me it seems like that all irns sound the same when they talk, but i dont know if thats just me or not. but if you watch the videos of them talking and y...

Fidgit_Green

i have a little soft toy that is about the size of Fidgit himself, its one that you can clip on as a keyring. i put it on my bed with his other toys, but because all Fidgit ever does is just chew everything, all me does is chew on it, but he does drag it back and forth to where he wants to be chewin...

Fidgit_Green

i know that it is not good to feed a diet of just seeds. but, i was just wondering if a pellet feed is ok to feed to them as an everyday diet? although i do feed Fidgit a variety of fresh fruit and veggies, i also give him a pellet feed as well, and i am just wondering that if something unexpected w...

Fidgit_Green

you would probably be best to ask this question in the "mutations/genetics" section

Cheers
Paul

Fidgit_Green

do a search within this forum, there is a lot of good and detailed advice that has been given over the years. i can guarantee that if you do some searching on here you will find exactly what you need to help you.

Cheers
Paul

Fidgit_Green

hi guys, sorry for the late reply, thanks for the advice. i will keep putting Fidgit in the shower with me and hope that he starts to enjoy it. and to Missk, thank you for the idea of a slide whistle, it had never occurred to me as they dont seem to be a very common thing where i live, but i had a q...

Fidgit_Green

i tried Fidgit in the shower the first time just the other day because i have been trying to get him to bathe on his own instead of only liking the spray bottle. he really wasnt impressed with being in the shower so he just sat on the end of the perch as far from the water as he could get and sat th...

Fidgit_Green

hey ellie, unfortunately due to my medical condition and its effect on my body i am unable to whistle. which it has really sucked for me because i have really wanted to teach him some whistling tunes. i have thought about recording something and playing it over and over for him, but that just seemed...

Fidgit_Green

Fidgit only gets talkative in 3 situations. if i leave him sitting on top of his cage to long (well to long for his liking anyway) if he is on my should and there is a fair bit of back ground noise, e.g. the fan on in the bathroom, noise in the kitchen or having the radio on. and on the odd occasion...

Fidgit_Green

well from what i figured out from raising Fidgit is that when he is ready for something it will be pretty apparent and if he wasnt then you would know. i also went from feeding formula to trying out apple and found that he loved it like yours does, i also figured out that he was ready to be wean by ...

Fidgit_Green

I am so over the moon tonight as Fidgit said his first word earlier. at 7 months and 5 days old i am so happy that he say started to talk already. over the last week i have been saying "hello baby" to him repeatedly when ever he was in a chatty mood because i had noticed he had kind of mim...

Fidgit_Green

hi there, i am curious of a couple things. firstly did you not do any research on hand feeding before you chose to get your bird? also, did you ask the breeder these question? because from what i understand, a breeder that is breeding out of love and not just money would have made a point of making ...

Fidgit_Green

well after reading everyones replies it has made me realize that alot of my problem is that i am still in the frame of mind of thinking i can train Fidgit to be obedient like you can a dog. an like missk mentioned, i should start looking at thing alot more from his point of view, which after all is ...

Fidgit_Green

hello there, i would just like to add from my own experience (which isnt much at all), i have my first irn that is only 6 months old. i had the same thoughts about a ringneck when i decided i wanted to get one. i got Fidgit at 5 days old and hand raised him, and i have to say that i got great feelin...

Fidgit_Green

hi Ellie, my play stand is currently partly under construction and mostly still being designed, if you know what i mean. i am want to make it so that he has a lot of different things to keep him occupied, i want to make a good range of things so that he doesnt get bored of it very easy, plus i want ...

Fidgit_Green

thanks for the advice missk. i thought that if i guided his behavior as he got a older i would be alright, but he decided to have a bit of an attitude change a couple weeks ago and no longer wanted to do things the way he was doing the before then. i am a little more used to doing thing a bit hands ...

Fidgit_Green

i was just wondering if anyone had any advice that could encourage Fidgit to start bathing himself is a dish of water? now, i know that ringnecks often have a preferred way that they like to be bathed, but i would like to know that he has actually had the chance to decide which way he prefers. i usu...

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