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by Afraz
Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:06 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Baby ringneck not opening one eye? Help!
Replies: 1
Views: 708

Baby ringneck not opening one eye? Help!

As of yesterday, my baby IRN has almost completely stopped opening his right eye, except when eating. I can't see anything wrong with the eye. Is it just a phase he's passing through or could it be more serious? Please help!
by Afraz
Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:06 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: Mixed species aviary?
Replies: 3
Views: 1721

Mixed species aviary?

Hello guys, I currently have a 2 week old IRN. He (or she, we'll just have to wait and see :) ) is the fuzziest and cutest thing, and just loves snuggling in my fingers! Anyways, my friend has quite a few cockatiels, and a pair of them laid eggs. He doesn't have any more space for them, and he put t...
by Afraz
Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:00 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: PLEASE HELP ME CLARIFY IF MY BABY IS A BOY OR GAL 2.5YRS OLD
Replies: 2
Views: 795

Re: PLEASE HELP ME CLARIFY IF MY BABY IS A BOY OR GAL 2.5YRS

Hi Glamorli. I think that by now, if there's no reddish/rosy line along with the black line around its neck, it's probably a female. 2 and a half years means it is an old juvie or a young adult, so yeah. Its relationship with other birds depends a lot on its personality. Sometimes, males will fight ...
by Afraz
Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:51 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: my indian ringneck won't eat....help!!!
Replies: 3
Views: 2962

Re: my indian ringneck won't eat....help!!!

Did you try tube feeding? I don't especially like it, but my baby bird refused to eat food when I bought him (or maybe he was confused, I dunno) so I had to use tube feeding. I wouldn't call it force feeding, because they don't struggle or squawk or anything, but I only use it as a last resort since...
by Afraz
Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:43 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Hand-Feeding and Weaning
Replies: 56
Views: 101942

Re: Hand-Feeding and Weaning

I tried cup feeding my baby IRN, but he absolutely refuses to eat it. Finger feeding doesn't work either. He had gone without food for almost a day so I decided to tube feed him. It feels sad every time I do it, I dunno if he gets distressed when feeding him like that, but he just refuses to eat. I ...
by Afraz
Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:14 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: Raw meat
Replies: 24
Views: 4880

Re: Raw meat

I wouldn't be comfortable giving meat to my birds. They don't eat any in the wild (except maybe insects), so I highly doubt that they'd be able to properly digest all of it.
They might also get worms.
by Afraz
Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:08 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: What to Feed Your Parrot (recipes, toxicities, links too!)
Replies: 183
Views: 676076

Re: What to Feed your Parrot (recipes, toxicities, links too

Very informative, thanks :D
I'd heard that avocado was no good for sparrows and mynahs as it could be toxic; does the same apply to IRNs?
by Afraz
Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:04 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: How to remove crusted poop from my baby ringneck's leg?
Replies: 2
Views: 1431

How to remove crusted poop from my baby ringneck's leg?

I just bought a baby ringneck a few days back. It's my second time with baby birds, the first being with sparrows I rescued from some local kids. The thing is, he poops a LOT :lol: . And while that may not be a problem, his poop gets stuck to the matting (currently I use jade strings), and it then c...