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- Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:56 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: Cage
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4990
Re: Cage
I'm sure there are heaps of posts on these topics already, but the gist of it is: quite a few parrots are very scared of new objects, even Nila was scared of new toys when we got him. Toys must be introduced in a non threatening, careful manner. First by leaving the new object in sight but not close...
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 7:48 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: New IRN, Few Questions!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1825
Re: New IRN, Few Questions!
That's great! I hope everything goes smoothly for you.
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:10 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: Cage
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4990
Re: Cage
Did I read this right: your bird is covered from 8:30 pm until 1pm? No lol I'm not the only one who cares for him in my family my brother opens the curtains and takes the blankets of and give him fresh food and water at about 9-10 o clock Thank heavens for that! But your bird is spending a lot of t...
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:54 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: Cage
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4990
Re: Cage
Did I read this right:
your bird is covered from 8:30 pm until 1pm?
your bird is covered from 8:30 pm until 1pm?
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:51 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: Cage
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4990
Re: Cage
I don't think a cage can be too big, seriously, I just bought this for my girl http://www.indianringneck.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19888 I don't think it is too big. Have you taught your bird that the cage is a nice, fun, safe place to play? What can you do to make his time in the cage more ...
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:27 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: New IRN, Few Questions!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1825
Re: New IRN, Few Questions!
There is a sticky on hand feeding and weaning on this forum by Melika. You may find it helpful. I am a huge fan of having a new bird health checked by an Avian Vet anyway. Not just for diseases, but a good avian vet has a lot of knowledge of behaviour and diet advice and can set you on the right pat...
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:38 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: The power of choice
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1162
Re: The power of choice
Well, Nila is pretty clever, he probably lets Sapph out in the middle of the night to skype mr bell while we sleep! You're right about listening to what your animals want you to do too! It's not much of a relationship if it always goes one way! We are lucky that our birds are very good communicators...
- Thu Jul 17, 2014 7:53 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: The power of choice
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1162
The power of choice
At the IAATE symposium I attended recently a really key point that was often mentioned by the speakers was the importance of allowing the bird to choose how to behave. I just witnessed a really nice interaction between Sapphire and my boyfriend that not only illustrated that but convinced Sapphire t...
- Thu Jul 17, 2014 2:32 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: New information about Chester
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2893
Re: New information about Chester
I don't know if Chester has the same taste, but something my birds LOVE is harrisons high potency pellets made into a porridge with hot water. They lick the bowl clean! I usually mix a tiny piece of guava in to it. It might be worth a try.
- Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:02 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Growling
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4523
Re: Growling
Donovan, did you read my link? It has some interesting points to ponder.
- Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:59 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Help! Severe biting from IRN baby
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3108
Re: Help! Severe biting from IRN baby
This is a pretty comprehensive list on suitable foods on this thread http://www.indianringneck.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8078 I present vegetables in lots of different ways, on skewers, pegged to the side or roof of the cage, chopped, diced, finely chopped together or blended. Nila likes cer...
- Wed Jul 16, 2014 3:04 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Growling
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4523
Re: Growling
This is what I used to tame my bird http://learningparrots.com/blog/trainin ... l-parrots/
A nice big cage is helpful for scared birds so they don't get forced to be closer to you than they feel comfortable.
A nice big cage is helpful for scared birds so they don't get forced to be closer to you than they feel comfortable.
- Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:43 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Help! Severe biting from IRN baby
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3108
Re: Help! Severe biting from IRN baby
Try giving her new foods in her dish, I think at that age one should be offering a variety of different foods for the little one to try..
I got my birds a little older. One loved fruit and the other loved sunflower seeds.
I got my birds a little older. One loved fruit and the other loved sunflower seeds.
- Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:17 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Help! Severe biting from IRN baby
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3108
Re: Help! Severe biting from IRN baby
I had a similar experience, I think, when I first started wearing socks around my new bird this winter. She has sat on bare feet heaps and then one day she lands on my foot and it is covered in a rainbow striped sock. This is new and novel so she chews it, I peel off the sock and she stops chewing m...
- Tue Jul 15, 2014 2:42 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Angry ringneck
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1218
Re: Angry ringneck
Hey Hannah,
Is this a seasonal phase? Hens especially can be very territorial over breeding season.
Ellieelectrons may have tips, you could try sending her a private message on here.
Regards,
Claire
Is this a seasonal phase? Hens especially can be very territorial over breeding season.
Ellieelectrons may have tips, you could try sending her a private message on here.
Regards,
Claire
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:21 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: New information about Chester
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2893
Re: New information about Chester
I hope he starts perking up soon! a couple of suggestions for making things less traumatic: I really, really, really recommend you read this: http://www.naturalencounters.com/documents/ThePowerofTrust.pdf it is about building trust and mentions some strategies for vet care that can minimise damage t...
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 3:56 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Buying another ringneck HELP
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2102
Re: Buying another ringneck HELP
I think it is easy to get emotionally overwhelmed by any bird you meet that has substandard living conditions and want to take it home. It is easy to end up overcommitted! I was offered a couple irns that were dumped at the vets clinic not long after i got Sapphire and I seriously considered adoptin...
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 2:22 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Recommended reading for loving parrot owners
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2778
Re: Recommended reading for loving parrot owners
Ok, now all I have to do is whittle through the hundreds of papers, articles and websites I've read so far and write a quick intro to each and list it under the appropriate heading. I'm fing mad! Do you think anyone will even read them? Is anyone else on board? I have read quite a lot on a few diffe...
- Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:27 am
- Forum: IRN Photo Forum
- Topic: Börek's photo album
- Replies: 54
- Views: 27161
Re: Börek's photo album
Such great pictures! You have a lot of talent.
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 11:04 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Website with mutations
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1737
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 3:15 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: can any one identify these two indian ringneck species they
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1573
Re: can any one identify these two indian ringneck species t
or echo parakeetsMissK wrote:S/he might be wanting to know if they are Alexandrian, Indian, or African............
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 3:13 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Food dunking
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1597
Re: Food dunking
Because he's a parrot
- Sun Jul 13, 2014 3:10 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Recommended reading for loving parrot owners
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2778
Recommended reading for loving parrot owners
*Huge Edit* So, this is a great big topic and I have decided I don't have time to explain what every article is about, so I'm just going to link the best websites for extending ones knowledge. If you want to add your favourite articles or sites please post them below and I will add them to this post...
- Sat Jul 12, 2014 2:08 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Nila is a genius
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5143
Re: Nila is a genius
Do you suppose this sort of phenomenon is how we got the idiom "on the fly", for meaning (basically) adjusting for current conditions as you find them? :wink: I can totally see that in action when Nila plays the hoop game. It has also drastically improved his confidence flying in new hous...
- Sat Jul 12, 2014 4:42 am
- Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
- Topic: What's it like to live with a flock?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1916
Re: What's it like to live with a flock?
We don't have a flock, just 2 very different and distinct personalities. Sapphire is almost always busy! I'll have to take a photo of her cage floor after we have left her at home for a few hours. She does her foraging, destroys a couple foot toys, chews a hanging toy or 2 and then settles down to s...
- Fri Jul 11, 2014 3:44 pm
- Forum: Feather Plucking / Feather Mutilation
- Topic: Feather Plucking Section
- Replies: 46
- Views: 33734
Re: Feather Plucking Section
Imran, thanks for putting a comprehensive post of the steps you are taking and results. I will be following your progress and wishing Osiris the best. A couple people I have heard at talks stress the importance of flight and that clipping wings can be a contributing factor to feather distructive beh...
- Fri Jul 11, 2014 3:24 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: Fat and Grease
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2595
Re: Fat and Grease
I have no idea. I go by "when in doubt call the vet".
- Fri Jul 11, 2014 3:17 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Sounds
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4389
Re: Sounds
I really need to start a thread of essential links for new parronts, so I don't need to trawl the Internet all the time to find my favourite articles on certain subjects. In regards to touching certain parts of the bird, like belly and under wings http://www.rationalparrot.com/tease.html Introducing...
- Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:10 pm
- Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
- Topic: The Linnie!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3378
Re: The Linnie!
my own birds like to have fun and interact but the reality is that most time they're just sitting around doing nothing. lucky you! I live with the energizer bunny disguised as an irn! She just goes non stop, has a quick nap (which she talks through) and then goes again. Nila is a bit more laid back...
- Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:26 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
- Topic: Age/sex of new bird
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2194
Re: Age/sex of new bird
I'm not a expert or breeder, this is just what I have learnt so far. Yellow feathers can be the result of health or diet issues. I'm on my phone so I can barely see photos. I think it is worth taking any new bird to an avian vet for a health check anyway. I believe they can be naturally occurring al...
- Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:31 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: First time IRN owner need help!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2991
Re: First time IRN owner need help!
Good on you for taking him to the vet. Best of luck.
- Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:32 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Sounds
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4389
Re: Sounds
Is he friendly? To find his favourite treat, put a variety of treats in a bowl and see what he takes first, second and third. When you have determined what he likes best try different ways of offering it too him from your hand, he may have a preference for how the treat is held. Always let him choos...
- Thu Jul 10, 2014 2:39 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Nila is a genius
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5143
Re: Nila is a genius
To make him slow down decrease the size of the hoop which by itself can be interesting. Mr Bell can fly through a very small opening in a door no wider than the length of your finger so nila can too. Try upping the ante. I wish that I could capture the door thing in slow motion. He has different te...
- Thu Jul 10, 2014 2:45 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Nila is a genius
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5143
Re: Nila is a genius
Dave put hoops up and Nila is wildly enthusiastic, waay to enthusiastic! And that's after he's had dinner... How do you teach a ringneck to slow down? :lol: He's done some pretty good stunts so far, but we have a whole lot to work on including verbal cues and cueing the different hoops by colour. He...
- Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:32 pm
- Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
- Topic: The Linnie!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3378
Re: The Linnie!
Can I say: "What a little cutey pootey! Awwww!" Or will that result in missk blocking my posts?
And so clever to work out how to get all the millet husks out by himself!
And so clever to work out how to get all the millet husks out by himself!
- Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:50 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Sounds
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4389
Re: Sounds
:lol: perfect question to set me on a rant :lol: I am very skeptical about bluffing, to the best of my knowledge it is part of the weaning stage... It seems very common that people handle their birds insensitively and then say it is bluffing no matter how old the bird is. That is not bluffing, that ...
- Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:20 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Sounds
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4389
Re: Sounds
That's a wise idea. 2 females can be problematic over breeding season, as far as I know. Even one female can be problematic over breeding season, it seems.Princess Yuz wrote:Thanks everyone I am going to do a DNA test first because I don't know if skyler is a boy or girl
- Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:16 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: the importance of socialising adolescent parrots
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1415
Re: the importance of socialising adolescent parrots
Great topic, Ellie. I grew up with a succession of small pets and horses. It was firmly drilled into me by my mother that social animals need a companion, so I always had 2 of everything. Except the cat, until he adopted a stray kitten and it moved in too. If my memory serves me correctly, the vet a...
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:55 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Sounds
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4389
Re: Sounds
Two males is good because it equals zero eggs!
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:52 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Is my cage big enough
- Replies: 3
- Views: 956
Re: Is my cage big enough
I totally agree with Missk. I think I have a similar size cage for Sapphire to use when we go for car rides and stuff.
Another thing is natural wood perches are really good for little birdy feet.
Another thing is natural wood perches are really good for little birdy feet.
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:20 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Nila is a genius
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5143
Re: Nila is a genius
Dave is going to make a redbull air race with hula hoops for Nila around the house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BycHBgQKnQ0MissK wrote:Please, for me, can hula hoops be a set of fly-through weave poles?
It looks like a game Nila would like.
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:06 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Nila is a genius
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5143
Re: Nila is a genius
This is the best targeting how to video I've seen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaOicTtwIZo&app=desktop
I use my finger as the target and my birds touch it with their beaks. I've seen videos of birds that have been trained to touch the target with their foot instead.
I use my finger as the target and my birds touch it with their beaks. I've seen videos of birds that have been trained to touch the target with their foot instead.
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:30 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Nila is a genius
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5143
Re: Nila is a genius
I targeted rather than lured for most of the agility course training. I did use a little trail of sunflower seeds to get them to explore the blue tunnel though. The weave/slalom was broken down into smaller increments. I think we started with 3 poles. Definitely try Mr Bell with the hoops, he sounds...
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 4:05 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Nila is a genius
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5143
Re: Nila is a genius
We upped the hoop game to 2 hoops (a suggestion from someone at parrots2014) to extend Nilas trick further and he figured it out almost immediately. He needs to adjust his flight speed to get through them and I just love watching him thinking on the wing! I think this game is the best flighted bird ...
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:45 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Sounds
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4389
Re: Sounds
I hope it suits and they get on. We found adding a second is more work, more noise, more mess and more parrots to "help" you with anything you want to do without them! But we love watching them interacting (when they decide to get along), talking and learning from each other. I recommend g...
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 2:53 pm
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Question for breeders - My IRN cries like kitten " Meow "
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2088
Re: Question for breeders - My IRN cries like kitten " Me
Baby birds are not my thing. I'd recommend you go to your avian vet for a well bird check, a good avian vet will provide you with information about weaning, enrichment, diet, behaviour etc as well as a health check. My-not expert- guess is he is begging and there are a few reasons why a bird that ag...
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 2:48 am
- Forum: Ringneck Stories
- Topic: Neko the new guy
- Replies: 180
- Views: 49352
Re: Neko the new guy
That aviary looks like heaven! It's the middle of winter here and a little cold. Our guys had bathtubs, but haven't been using them and I've been away so they haven't had a shower for a few days (my boyfriends work hours don't suit winter bathing, they sleep on the perch while he showers). They went...
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:43 am
- Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
- Topic: Sounds
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4389
Re: Sounds
Well, the brutal truth is that parrots are flock animals. They are in pairs and these pairs form fluid groups. A lone parrot is a dead parrot in the wild and this is hardwired in. My boyfriend and I play a game of counting lorikeets as they come in to roost, you need to know your multiples of 2 to p...
- Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:33 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: First time IRN owner need help!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2991
Re: First time IRN owner need help!
Sapphires cage is seriously cool! I love it soo much, I just cleaned it and it was so easy and both birds came in and "helped" me. When I was deciding on that cage, I asked about it on another forum and someone from the usa said they got the same size and style for about $500, though that ...
- Mon Jul 07, 2014 6:05 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Welcome Mr. Sinbad Silly Pants!
- Replies: 109
- Views: 60412
Re: Welcome Mr. Sinbad Silly Pants!
Missk Silly-Pants!