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What size harness did you guys buy. I think I have the right one in my amazon cart. Just checking though. Is x-small right?

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I too would like to try clicker training. On my bird, my dog, my kids, and my husband. You said your boyfriend was able to get him to step to his hand. Have your boyfriend hold small pieces of peanuts in one hand and as he steps up say the command step up and offer the small piece of nut. If you can...

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Great!!! Now I have another thing to worry about darn you

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Hahahaha...ill do you one better. I zip tied all the doors shut on my travel cage :lol: I agree on the harness. I will be starting young too getting mine used to the idea. I love the idea of giving him the freedom to be outside without all the worry. Of course ill still worry that the bungee will ma...

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You're not the only one lol. I have bad visions of open doors and my baby flying right out the door. It's made me a bit neurotic

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I did indeed...thank you. Just waiting on my new cage and the Alex will be coming home.

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I've found that apples are the Achilles heel for IRN's. they love them!! Do a search for IRN diet and you will come up with multiple threads that address your concerns and will give you tips on proper diet and introduction of new foods. Good luck

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Some IRN's will never talk unfortunately. Do you speak to her a lot? Play music? Are you away from the home a lot? Do you have other birds? Also you say she's not scared of you, but still wild. What do you mean by that? We can all try to help

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I thought about training Skye to pick up dirty socks and put them in the basket. But knowing him he'd take it back to his cage and make it his girlfriend :lol: Congrats on the turn around trick. It's one of my favorites. Nothing cuter than a bird spinning in circles for a treat :) you could add a sh...

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You're good...lol. 38 last month

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I can't really offer advice as I'm in a similar boat as you Claire. I'm still shopping around though. I've heard that if you start young that it is easier. My boy is 12 weeks so I'm wanting to start soon. I will wait for responses to your questions.

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That is great idea :) and I googled the cage, that is more than sufficient enough for traveling. The more you travel with him the better he will get at it. In the beginning you may have to cover his cage while he's in the car because sometimes the blurred images flying by confuse them. But good for ...

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Maybe you could incorporate it into a play gym

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Age has nothing to do with it. Just a lover of the classics.

one of my first memories as a child was listening to Innagodadivida. Can you guess my age lol

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Skyes-crew; you guys must have the most popular campsite, I bet half the kids in the district would be hanging around. I love it! Our harness training leaves a lot to be desired. I will start a new thread on it, I'd love to discuss it and hopefully get some insights from you and others. Claire Yup ...

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lol...obviously not the only one. ;)

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The harness was going to be one of my next posts. Advice, suggestions, recommendations etc. As for the 2 nights away, I couldn't do it. I would worry the whole time. I'm not really the go away for the weekend type, but we do go away once a year camping. My whole fan damily comes with. The three dogs...

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That's great!! I hope it continues to be a happy ending for you both

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Welcome Nico...congrats on your new baby. :) I just brought home my new baby 4 days ago. This is my second IRN, but my first baby IRN. Mine too was hand fed too. But it's like a new beginning when they come home. The person who hand fed them and handled them is not around, and they have new surround...

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Skye started the head bobbing thing a few weeks ago. Only thing coming up so far is the sticky white paste. Yuck!!! As soon as he starts I redirect his attention somewhere else. It is my feeling that birds should love us, not want to mate with us. So if he must do it, like MissK said, it is much bet...

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One of my foraging toys I use is a stainless still drink mixer ball. Comes in sport drink bottles from places like GNC. It's super flexible and I can stuff tons of stuff in there. I feed Bfast in a bowl. That way I can monitor what they've eaten at least one part of the day. My birds are late aftern...

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From reading your most recent posts, this is my take on it. Your baby girl has imprinted on you as her mate. Just like when males see a certain shape, they do their little dance...she has taken a liking to you in the glasses and it puts her "in the mood". Now she wants you as her mate and ...

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My husband eats these coconut ice bars...Skye loves them!! Never seen a bird lick something so intently lol. Good to know I'm not the only one with a frozen treat lover

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Your third paragraph had me thinking... 'Cause I'm a picker, I'm a grinner I'm a lover and I'm a sinner I play my music in the sun I'm a joker, I'm a smoker I'm a midnight toker I get my lovin' on the run STEVE MILLER BAND - THE JOKER LYRICS It was just the way you wrote it lol. Anyway, I commend yo...

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Two of the babies resemble VioletBlue pallids to me. Although I guess it could be the lighting.

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I'm guilty of the late night treat too lol. For greens that last long...try snap peas, mine loves to dig out the peas from the pod. Green pepper, jalapeño pepper, kale, broccoli, red leaf lettuce, dill, parsley, zucchini, green beans. You could do sprouted seeds. You can grow those indoors all year ...

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Are you looking at a mature Alex or a baby? My breeder ships

Also check jersey. Since IRN's were banned there more and more people are getting rid of them.

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I've tried frozen before. Nutrition wise, I don't think there is much difference. But I found that the water content in them is way too much. So for personal preference, once a week I prepare all the cut veggies and put them in ziplock bowls. My birds like the canned organic kidney beans. I just rin...

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You're doing a great job! :). I would just modify it a little bit. Add more dark green veggies. Very important for their diet. Cut back on the nuts. Try only giving as a reward in small pieces. Try to feed either one bigger meal same time every day or two or three smaller meals. Depending on your sc...

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My bird had a similar problem with the manzanita...I cut notches in it and wrapped it in jute to break up the color. I read somewhere recently that IRN's as babies have a strong dislike for the color red. It lessens as they get older. But be careful with that color as it may induce rage as an adult ...

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Milk is $7 and gas is...well it's better to just walk ;) But if you ever need a good price on a bird...enough said :) I had budgies and zebra finches when I was a kid....many many moons ago. My budgies never cuddled or bonded. My finches, even though raised from hatch always hated each other. But my...

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I want to hear the results of that...I have a boy named Skye lol. The only thing that sounds close is guy. My kids are calling him Luke skyewalker

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There are a couple of different methods. It's quick and just cuddle the heck out of him when you're done lol. Here's a link to a DNA site. This is who I used. The test kits are free.

http://www.avianbiotech.com/

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It does look like an olive...I'm no expert though lol. Ill leave that to someone else. My boy started at around a year getting the dark black across his eyes. But I know every bird is different. Does he she have an specific behaviors or something that may give you an indication? The only sure way to...

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Thank you for your Input MissK and molossus...the unexpected breeding came from a late clutch. He was about to pull the box and noticed two eggs. One didn't make it. We've had an iffy breeding season this year here in Hawaii. Wow MissK...$250 for a normal green?? I just paid $275 for my DF violet. H...

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MissK- I get what you're saying. I can see your point if view. I just don't like when people get their pet a pet to try to fix behaviors. It almost never works. Unless you want two completely anti social birds. I am now the owner of a second IRN so I am all for Having multiples of a species. Althoug...

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I agree with Ellie and missK. Female IRN's need boundaries. Otherwise they claim every territory as their own and females are very territorial. Overall, increasing cage time I think is your best option. Especially during breeding and molting time. I'm of the opposite belief that you should never buy...

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How old is he?

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The breeder I just got my new IRN from has a baby alexandrine, 4weeks, that he said was from an unexpected clutch this year. I pretty much fell in love with the bird. My question is how well do they get along with IRN's? Are the alexandrine personalities and temperament similar to IRN's? And is $250...

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We all make mistakes. But the great thing is that you are keeping this bird and giving him the second chance he probably desperately needed. I used to think puppy mills were the biggest backyard breeding problem. After some research, I discovered that there is a way bigger problem with birds. People...

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I was told it was a DF Violet, but I usually ask for a second opinion ;)

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Is there a review spot on bird trader? Give her a bad review. Good for you for getting her name out there. I recently came across breeders just like you're describing. If you can't see the breeders set up and they are selling out of the back of a van, that is a big red flag for me. I just got a new ...

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I decided on this bird...what do you think? He came home with me today. I named him hamlet. Also how much do these birds normally run? Thanks

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This is so exciting!!! Will you candle the eggs?

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I finally decided on one of the 4 babies I was looking at and he came home with me today. I'd like to introduce everyone to my new baby Hamlet. He is 12 weeks, a little scared at the moment, but totally cute!!! Skye caught sight of him when I was putting him in his quarantine cage and started callin...

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Also...can you give me a lesson on identifying the differences between sf and df violets?

Thanks
Melissa

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Thank you for all of your advice and insight, it is much appreciated. I will think this over and see if I can come up with what works best for me and the birds.

Mahalo
Melissa

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I've read and seen some start that early. Mine didn't start turning his muttering into words until 13 months.

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Why not just buy a VioletGreen? They'll be about the same price as a sfViolet(Blue). Option 2 will breed 100% sfViolets- but could be of either series as you won't know if the Green bird is split for Blue I would love to be able to buy one. I seem to live in the land of the idiotic breeder though. ...

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If I were going for a violet green...would I pair sf violet X green or DF violet X green. Or do I have it all wrong

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