I'm losing 2 Pounds a week, when I enlisted I was two and a half stone overweight and the MO told me to lose the excess. My stepmother only knew how to cook stodge, stodge and more stodge.
Yes, according to Skypets that was supposed to be a Kings (rainforest) cover, suitable for the Voyager.
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- Sat Mar 11, 2017 2:47 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
- Sat Mar 11, 2017 9:19 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: HELP!! My 2 baby birds 5 weeks old scared of me. What can i do??
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3300
Re: HELP!! My 2 baby birds 5 weeks old scared of me. What can i do??
You can buy little snuggle tents for cages, maybe they'd feel more secure in one.
- Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:27 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
I've never seen weightwatchers malted, and two pounds a week is exactly right, when I was in the army, I got a dietician friend to write me a diet sheet, it was a "high protein" diet, they call it "the Atkins Diet" nowadays, my aim was to lose a stone in a fortnight, I actually l...
- Sat Mar 11, 2017 5:05 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: HELP!! My 2 baby birds 5 weeks old scared of me. What can i do??
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3300
Re: HELP!! My 2 baby birds 5 weeks old scared of me. What can i do??
I'm no expert, but when I got my bird at 8 wks old he was very nervous too, I think they will grow out of it, as species, the IRN is quite a bold feisty bird.
- Fri Mar 10, 2017 3:16 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
Ms Sanjay? Hormonal?, nope. Not displaying any signs, just typical fickle behaviour. Big clean tomorrow, where does the time go?, seems like only yesterday it was done. Well, thanks to my weightwatchers meals I lost 2lb the first week, and another two this one, I found calorie free sweeteners, and o...
- Fri Mar 10, 2017 3:34 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: 3 males and 1 female together
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1294
Re: 3 males and 1 female together
Sorry, I own a single indoor bird, can't help,
- Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:46 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
Sanjay isn't a floor person, just as well, or he might get ideas too. He is getting quite brazen about letting me know how he feels, I offered my wrist today and he flew at it for a nip, luckily I dodged him!. Another recent trait is impatience, he gets frustrated if his needs aren't met immediately...
- Wed Mar 08, 2017 11:18 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
Ms Sanjay was so pleased today because I came home with Guavas, he rewarded me with priddy toons all afternoon, a tad loud, but priddy. I went into town for Eostre gifts for Jack, Isabel and their mummy, and thought Id have a mooch around the market. It was a mild day, but damp and miserable, some c...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 11:57 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Hello feather loving friends
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1409
Re: Hello feather loving friends
Hello and welcome to you both
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 9:03 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Overpreening mate
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1055
Re: Overpreening mate
Birds often preen the areas the other bird cannot reach, this could be over doing it, Or a sign of dominance.
- Mon Mar 06, 2017 11:20 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
When we first moved in, many years ago, the front garden was a mess, the guy only ever cut the grass out back and trimmed the shrubbery out back, so tentatively I began with window boxes, then hanging baskets, then adopted the border, the neighbourhood officer came one day and was over the moon, she...
- Mon Mar 06, 2017 9:46 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
When daddi weighed the dogs, he'd pick them up and step on the scales, then deduct his weight, I knew when they had gained weight, when I struggled to lift them on to the grooming table!, or into the bath tub. Ms Sanjay is more thrush than blackbird, I got a nip today because I wasn't putting his fr...
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 12:27 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
I have a weightwatchers fish pie, it has veg too, 3 for a fiver in Iceland, I've already lost 3lbs this week, one coffee in the morning (black) and water the rest of the day. I also buy sandwich thins instead of bread, 99calls each, and the pocket toasties are yummy too. I will dig out my tablet sho...
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 9:14 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: how to tell the age of a indian ringneck
- Replies: 23
- Views: 38931
Re: how to tell the age of a indian ringneck
A young adult, maybe female?, more than two months, but possibly younger than two years, imho,
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 9:09 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: eye pinning
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8168
Re: eye pinning
It's Not just anger, Ms Sanjay raises head feathers and pins when he is excited, if I ask "do you want a fig?" That's the cue!, as they don't have facial expressions, I think this is a warning signal or a happy one, depending on other body language and circumstances.
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 9:04 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Training Miss Daisy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1441
Re: Training Miss Daisy
When Ms Sanjay gets the hump he goes into Vulture mode, head down shoulders up!
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 8:59 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
Dirty Mc Squirty!, Ms Sanjay asks for the squirts once a week, usually just before the big clean on Saturdays, my Fischer Lovebirds had their bath on big clean day too. Have you read the recent post "Help, my bird layed (sic) an egg" ?, the lady has more questions only you can answer. I go...
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 5:31 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
Aren't you the lucky one!, as soon as Ms Sanjay hears me come through from the wet room he starts ringing his bell and setting babble ball into conniptions!, more later ......
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 5:26 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Can 12 yr old IRN be trained to stop biting?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2252
Re: Can 12 yr old IRN be trained to stop biting?
Two things spring to mind, fear (angst biting) and territorial, because from what I gather, she is more feisty when you put your hands inside her cage, I don't believe it is too late, because, despite the old saying, one Can teach an old dog new tricks, I've done it!. I agree that she may have been ...
- Sat Mar 04, 2017 11:28 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
The old lady should have put it in her will, ok, the dog was elderly, but she still enjoyed life. I haven't received your reply as yet, and I checked spam just in case. I don't eat Muesli, but then I cannot stomach breakfast full stop, even as a child, my step mother used to try and force me to eat ...
- Sat Mar 04, 2017 9:26 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
I'm not sure a USB would work with a tablet, anyway, the ink head is dried out, I looked on line and Rymans print pdf files quite cheaply. Big cage clean accomplished, the ease of cleaning after that huge cage is phenomminal. Lovely spring sunshine today, my tulips and wallflowers have flower buds, ...
- Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:59 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
That is the exact same problem with my printer, I put in the string of numbers/letters and connected it, but my tablet "can't locate " it. Plus the ink head has dried out. I watch Bargain Hunt too, but it ain't the same without Tim. Today when Ms Sanjay flew down to check out the fresh rat...
- Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:20 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Training Miss Daisy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1441
Re: Training Miss Daisy
You're right to be concerned, they contain acid, and it's very corrosive, her beak is sharp and could perforate the battery. Why she does it?, only Daisy knows!
- Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:39 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
It's surprisingly more expensive!, when you can buy cheap flat sheets. Ok, I sussed the printer, but when I tried printing from my tablet nothing happened, so I had a go at photo copying, the ink head has dried out!, I even tried new ink cartridges. I will see if I can get the pdf files printed in R...
- Wed Mar 01, 2017 6:47 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Help with my new irn!!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1215
Re: Help with my new irn!!
Well, its an adult!, you will have to wait and see if it gets a collar at 18 months. No, don't allow your bird to fly around all the time, they need their own space to eat and sleep, covered for a good 12 hrs a night,
- Wed Mar 01, 2017 8:52 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
Don't they all?, parrots as a species are very fickle, and it is something would be owners need to be told, unlike dogs and cats, where there is no middle ground, they either love you or hate you, parrots change at the flick of a switch. Another chilly, windy day here, but at least it's dry, Ms Sanj...
- Tue Feb 28, 2017 2:45 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
Furnace?, my German landlady had a huge coke fed one in her cellar, which heated the radiators etc. I always walk into town and bus home, it's just enough exercise for me, very cold and sleeting out, but March comes in like a lion etc, And the Blackthorn flowered early, so I half expected a cold sna...
- Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:05 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: New user her
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1137
Re: New user her
Hello Ali, welcome, we need new experts here, as some of us do not have the experience they have,
- Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:35 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
When I was misdiagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis, I was put on prescription strength Diclofenac (Voltarol) tablets, it was amazing, I could really shift without pain, but just four months later I had to come off them because they "poisoned" my liver, it's a strange liver, it didn't like A...
- Tue Feb 28, 2017 6:39 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: HELP! my bird layed an egg!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2518
Re: HELP! my bird layed an egg!
There are more experienced people than me, here. But I Do know animals won't breed etc unless their environment is conducive, shredding things mimics nest building, as these birds chew and shred tree trunks to hollow out a nest. Personally I would leave the egg, I believe the limit is five, whatever...
- Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:16 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
It's chillikins here tonight, its horrible when you "twinge" a knee, have you taken Ibrufen?, I find anti inflammatories good for that sort of thing, I agree with you, let them live in fear, Ms Sanjay has taken to ringing his bell after being covered!,, just a short burst, goodness knows w...
- Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:31 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
No peace for the wicked, eh? It wasn't too bad outside, we even had sunshine, but had hailstones after I got home. The only times I've been to Brum, was for Crufts at the NEC, it was an awfully long journey!, but when the dogs qualified for Crufts, wild horses wouldn't keep us away. Bedford changes ...
- Sun Feb 26, 2017 5:19 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: I need your help!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1679
Re: I need your help!
If it was mutilation, I doubt if Scaly foot would be present,
- Sun Feb 26, 2017 10:48 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
Ms Sanjay can take or leave pomegranate, strange, because he normally goes daft for seedy foods. My cousin has sent pdf files, censuses and certificates etc, now I have to figure a way to get my tablet to communicate with the printer, I still haven't perused the instruction manual that came with the...
- Sat Feb 25, 2017 12:28 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
That sounds lovely!, and no cooking required as such, I like my bananas lovely and ripe, can't stand them hard and tasteless. No, it's not the seed catcher, too big. But the cage isn't in any danger of falling to bits without it, yet!. Plus I would have found a bolt?. Ms Sanjay is having her pre bed...
- Sat Feb 25, 2017 11:22 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
It sounds lovely, but I'd have to omit mixed fruit as I cannot stand mixed peel. Just as I'd decided to go back to weightwatchers meals!. I gave the cage it's Saturday clean, and I was right, by using p off daily, it was much easier to clean. However, I found a screw on the floor afterwards, and can...
- Fri Feb 24, 2017 4:52 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Night-time digging
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1404
Re: Night-time digging
Sounds like nesting, they chew holes in wood to create a nest,
- Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:22 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
I love the spring, my crocuses aren't flowering yet, but plenty are, I have double Hellebores in shades of pink, white and Cerise, they look lovely among the daffs. Big cage clean tomorrow, starting with putting the covers in to wash, they only take an hour to wash and dry, I think, by using this ne...
- Thu Feb 23, 2017 11:43 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
Yes, Fairy Platinum is excellent, and with the cost of p off, it's ideal to alternate cleaning products.
Old toothbrushes are good for crevices too. The wind has been awful today, it kept blowing my windows shut!
Old toothbrushes are good for crevices too. The wind has been awful today, it kept blowing my windows shut!
- Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:45 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
I phone my repeat prescriptions in, and have them delivered. It's very windy here, but lovely spring sunshine. I don't walk anywhere near as much as I used too, because of pain, and nocturnal cramp after exercise, can't take quinine tablets, so I end up drinking tonic water, very bitter because of t...
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:13 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Introducing Teresartist and Kiwi!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1418
Re: Introducing Teresartist and Kiwi!
Welcome, they are wonderful therapy, there is a female prison here in the UK, they have rescued parrots, and the prisoners who work with them are self harmers, the psychology of this is brilliant, because many rescued parrots self harm, the prisoners learn how their families worry in the same way Th...
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 1:16 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: New user here
- Replies: 1
- Views: 945
Re: New user here
And?, what is your Indian Ringneck Parakeet called?
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:41 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
It's amazing how many words they understand, Ms Sanjay knows "bedtime?" And "No! Naughty", did I tell you I actually got my March edition of Parrot magazine on time?, my gast was flabbered!. My nylon scrubbing brush has a new vocation, guarding my shelf and wall corner from being...
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 8:53 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
I didn't need two applications, and it does a decent job, But! It smells horrible, so I shall wring my wiping cloth out in diluted Zoflora tomorrow onwards. The foil lid had a little dot, where to pierce it. As for the packaging, oy vey!, a big cardboard box, stuffed with air pocket padding and one ...
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:50 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: I need your help!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1679
Re: I need your help!
PS, the parasitic infection is called Bumble foot
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 4:35 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: I need your help!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1679
Re: I need your help!
I think this is "club foot" which is commonly seen in feral pigeons, sometimes feet get tangled in netting, circulation is cut off, and the toes die and fall off. Or, it could be scarring from an infection, only an avian vet could tell for certain.
- Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:19 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
I don't have a problem with petrified do do, Ms Sanjay goes before leaving the cage and doesn't go again, until he is back indoors, I never get fruit flies near the cage, they hover around the fruit bowl, but it has a domed cover, I am hoping the product shifts dried Papaya and passion fruit juice, ...
- Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:49 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
Ms Sanjay has always loved Papaya seeds, and Passion fruit, thanks for the tip re "poop off", its the one with the brush Ive ordered, I might order the refill container If its better than the anti bacterial cleaner I use (safe around people, food etc) I found it quite expensive, and Very e...
- Mon Feb 20, 2017 2:37 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Ringneck is Scared
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1055
Re: Ringneck is Scared
Please don't give her whole apples, the seeds are toxic, they contain cyanide. Just spend time with her, sit beside her cage and talk to her, eat your food next to the cage and she will want to share suitable morsels, offer her a treat through the bars, let all your movements be slow,
- Mon Feb 20, 2017 12:54 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Billie&Sanjay
- Replies: 238
- Views: 381789
Re: Billie&Sanjay
Hard stares can be very useful. Well, Lidl was open, it was immaculate, and whiffed slightly of bleach, so Ms Sanjay has his coloured peppers again, also, surprise surprise, my Parrot magazine was in!, I saw the advert for "poop off" (oy vey what a name!), and because it gets rid of food s...