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Shiko, i think ringnecks have a very strong instict for survival, I call them "sensitive". They are all about flight or fight if they are backed into a corner. They also cheap to buy, very common and very striking. I think this combination does mean that people are more likely to buy one ...

Perhaps "known" biters wasn't accurate... more like tbe species that people tend to complain about biting most commonly on forums.That's not to say it's the bird's fault, because I agree - it's not. It's the individual not understanding what they are doing to illicit it (I'm still at a los...

Bite pressure training is often used with large macaws rather than with smaller birds, but because IRN's are known to be biters I worked with Shiko on it. It's teaching a bird that beaking is acceptable to a certain degree... and after a year and a half of never once receiving a hard bite from eithe...

Chop is a pre-made fruit and vegetable mix with 10-15 ingredients in varying proportions of each. For example, this chop includes: - broccoli - cauliflower - sweet peas - green and yellow string beans - yam - wild rice blend - brown rice - kale - 6 bean medley - quinoa - apple - puréed strawberries,...

This behaviour happens whenever I try to give him or my other bird a recognizable training treat, inside or outside of training time. I don't have a "strict" training schedule if you will, instead I take about 5-10 minutes out of the day to just go over what he has learned or to try and in...

No changes to his diet - every morning he receives a fresh chop that is 20% of his body weight in grams (approximately 23g of food), then once he finishes that he receives his pellets - 1 tsp of Roudybush, 1 tsp of Harrison's, 1 tsp of natural Zupreem, 1/4 tsp of Goldenfeast hookbill seed blend. If ...

Hi everyone! I've been a lurker on this site for awhile, and generally my IRN is as sweet as can be. He's almost exactly a year and a half old and has already gone through his bluffing stage. I have however encountered one problem that I can't seem to find any information on, and that is his aggress...

Hi everyone :) I've been a lurker on this forum for sometime prior to obtaining my IRN Shiko. My name is Chantal and I'm from Canada :) On Friday I finally welcomed my new baby boy into my little flock of me, my boyfriend, and my green cheeked conure Avery. He's very well socialized and a sweet hear...