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julie

its something that will come and go, a lot depends on how we handle it. My boy indie is super friendly and i have had him for around 8yrs and he will still try bluffing.

julie

welcome to bluffing :lol: i shouldnt laugh but your description makes me think of mine. when mine do it to me i make a point of not backing down, i kinda treat mine like kids do to other kids (and some adults :shock: ) i dont back away and i say ooh whatcha gunna do hey tough guy, you dont scare me....

julie

i wouldnt reccomend taking indy outside either. I almost forgot pinky was on my shoulder as i walked out the door yesterday

im so used to him being on me i just about walked straight out.

julie

wow thats a lot of chicks. Have you got any pics?

julie

luchen its plain green.

julie

maybe it would be better to go off the bird you are going to purchase condition and ask around for other people that have a bird from the breeder.

julie

amourdeparis wrote:He always crash lands. It's quite traumatic for him.

This part worries me thats why I would clip first and treat him like a fledgling. I wouldnt do a full clip though.

julie

The breeder may think something is up with you too, there is no way Im showing anyone i dont personally know my house or my birds and other animals. People get robbbed and animals taken sometimes by people answering adds ect and bassically casing the place under the guize of buying a pet.Its a shame...

julie

also with teaching him to land try standing a short distance from his cage or another place he can land and having him sitting on your hand or arm slightly move so he flies off of you and onto cage. Gradually move back a bit so he has to fly further and gets used to landing properly. You can safely ...

julie

I would have him clipped again and let him have plenty of on top of cage time, when he holds on with his feet and starts flapping encourage him to do it. Doing that makes his wings nice and strong. When Mika starts going nuts and doing the flapping while holding on we say go go go to him to encourag...

julie

yep thats what i use on our cages and on the floors around the cages. if its possible try putting some bi carb on the perch then add some vinegar to it, doing it like that makes it fizz and it gets it clean really well.

julie

I have one around 4mths and he does exactly the same only he doesnt bite my mouth he kisses me or headbutts my lips with his beak. He also gives me a good telling off if i dont have anything for the little bugger. He eats whatever I give him but i dont give him a choice.

julie

have you tried some bicarb soda and vinegar mixed together?

julie

go to a pet shop and get some bird insect spray, cloud and his living areas (cage) need to be sprayed. if it is living on him and it sticks i wouldnt think its a fly rather some type of mite. I know vetafarm has a good spray that works well.

julie

Is the chicks being hand fed now?

julie

He looks older than what hes supposed to be and is he possibly an african?

julie

ellie with the bird in the pic it looks more like a shadow from the head to body. Kinda like the head has been stuck on later. Surprisingly some hens have really pretty rings.

julie

how was she at the shop, did she get much interaction from people or was she an aviary bird?

julie

english please

julie

yep I have 1 alex named Mika, He was handraised by me and is very tame.He is around 4yrs old.

julie

Hi and welcome. Some of us have Alex"s aswell as IRNs. Please feel free to ask whatever questions you have. If your after an answer and no one has been able to help try the search function. Alex"s are very similar to irns so the answers are pretty much the same for both.

julie

Not sure about green turning Blue but i know blue can go green. check out spike in this thread, was blue when young and green later. http://www.indianringneck.com/forum/vie ... ike#p58023

julie

I know exactly what you mean, my little otherwise sweetheart is doing it. I push his beak away and tell him no, its slowly working. No seems to work better with him when he is trying to eat the curtains thou. Mine is around 4 months.

julie

if you could imagine what it would be like to be taken to a new place where you dont know whats going on and have someone grabng at you ect, it would be pretty scary. Thats why I always say let them get used to being there and let them see whats going on and dont push it too quick. Its good that you...

julie

Thanks for thinking of us

julie

I too hope the people who are up that way are ok. We have had flooding all over the place but QLD seems to have copped a flogging.

julie

if it is pallid i would say its the other way round and the lighter one is lutino and the one with a green tinge is the pallid (if it is a pallid).

julie

soon he will click to whats going on a yell at the dog when it barks. my boys yell at the dogs but they also change the name and yell at us like they are yelling at the dog.

julie

The avairy birds food and water is on totally different sides with no perches and they still manage to put food in the water. They must take 1 seed at a time and fly backwards and forwards from one bowl to another.

julie

LOL salvador sounds like pinky. I havent taken him into the shower yet, will have to see how the little monster takes to it.

julie

LOL as funny as it sounds he may have chosen your hubby as his mate :D and thats why he is protecting him. Does your hubby give Fred treats or is he the one that feeds him? For ages I was wondering why my boy indie (irn) was more interested in my hubby and one day I caught him sneaking him treats :o...

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one of My little buggers is so hypo he keeps climbing onto the armchair im sitting on and jumping onto me, he climbs back onto the chair and goes to the top and wham he does it again :? He is actually jumping and landing perfectly with two feet at a time. If I dont pay attention to him he comes up a...

julie

My youngest who is around 4 mnths was trying to impress a butter knife the other day

julie

I have both an alex and irns and they Have the exact same behaviours. And both males and females change during breeding season (winter) treat them the same as bluffing.

julie

yes even my avairy birds do it. They take the seed from the bowl and fill up their water bowls with it

it must take them a while to do.

julie

yep sounds like bluffing. I laugh at mine when they do it to me, i just stand there and laugh right at them and then say ha ha you dont scare me. They stop and give me the worried look (kinda like they think ive cracked it). If it goes on for a bit and they start getting bitey I use my fingers as a ...

julie

Do you have any favourite tv shows with cool names? Im not the best with names, i have a blue irn thats called pinky

julie

oohh very pretty . Mine is bluffing too, and the little bugger is making funny little noises like the party whistle things that when you blow it rolls out the paper.

julie

now is a good time to give him scratches and get him used to being touched. He will really like the scratches when his feathers are coming through, touch him around the beak to get him familiar with your hands.

Have you given him a name yet?

julie

what about mice bringing them in? if the other cage is outside mice could have been running around in the cage.

julie

Id say it will be a pastel grey cause its got green coming through on its tail feathers too.

julie

I have a definate male indian and a definate male alexandrian who are housed together. The alex feeds the irn all the time.

julie

In wouldnt try to remove it unless you absolutely have to.

julie

my young blue rubs his beak on everything, especially me. Does he like to chew stuff? if so the beak gets chipped fairly easy, im pretty sure it doesnt hurt them.

julie

LOL either way tame or untame they are going to be a pain to get back in the cage :lol: mine get up out of reach and mock me saying "here boy come here boy". Im surprised mine havent started saying your getting clipped yet. I would clip her, especially with her being new she has a good cha...

julie

Mika cost me $150 aust. How much do you pay for your irns in aust dollars SCB -SA ?

julie

use your internet to search the classifieds to find the prices. please dont get one that is too young for you to look after.nand research them before you get one or more.

julie

There is some colors that trigger other reactions too. One of my breeding birds has a weird thing with black t shirts :? if i wear a black shirt into the avairy he comes up to me and makes this weird noise and grabs my shirt and lifts it like he is trying to see up my shirt. Other colors he backs aw...

julie

It will take a little while to get her confident enough to venture out and start checking things out. When you get your baby out say what you are about to do IE if you want it to step onto your hand say step up or whatever it is you want to say, if you go to scratch the head say scratch. This way af...

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Did it get worked out what bird it is?? got me curious.

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