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Donovan

all of these weird terms you breeders have for the IRN mutations.... how do you present them to laymen customers?...

I see a green IRN with a blue tail... pretty interesting really.
If a seller told me they had a sfViolet TurquoiseBlue SL Edged Indian Ringneck I would go cross eyed at them

Donovan

If no one answers this question.. go to the mutations section or the breeders section and ask again or do a search for 'babies' or 'chicks' 'age' etc.. anything that might by chance answer your question. i suspect that information is already on the forum somewhere.... either way.. it's a lot easier ...

Donovan

AJPeter wrote:Is Swede okay? Its a root veg, my Alex loved it cooked and raw

Chard?.. that red celery looking stuff?

If so, then yes.. it's good for them.

Donovan

I've always wanted my bird to eat sprouts but i haven't been very consistent in trying to convince him to try them. I am getting a new bird soon.. in about 6 weeks.... and considering how young he is I think I'll be able to correct some mistakes made with my current bird. So I am hoping to teach him...

Donovan

Mr Bell was 6 months old when I got him and so fully grown other than flight feathers on his wings. I thought about giving him the new cage just because he's put his time in with me and has technically earned an upgrade. But I don't want him claiming ownership of both cages. So Neko (is a MALE not a...

Donovan

InTheAir, i wasn't criticizing I promise.. i was just entertaining myself really

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Donovan

Well.. you can't just give them that food and expect them to have a grand epiphany about eating it. Birds, like people, get set in their ways. Your birds were fed only seed and so that's the only thing they consider food. It's all about presentation. It's unlikely you can chop up a bunch of healthy ...

Donovan

I don't believe there is a decent book on Indian Ringnecks. The best thing to do is to research multiple sources. This forum can be considered a number of sources but there is considerable chit chat involved here so search the forum .. read through threads that catch your attention. Do a forum searc...

Donovan

So I read this wrong at first glance, got a kick out of it I have been pretty amused lately by watching different responses my boyfriend and I get from the birds when we are eating. I read it as responses we're getting from birds we're eating. you're not raising irn's for chicken tenders are you? an...

Donovan

my understanding is that they'll live up to around 25-30 years. This is under ideal conditions... a proper diet, an excessively happy life, etc. I don't feed my bird a perfect diet. He gets the things he's supposed to but he also gets a little junk food like salt and sugar. I don't expect my bird to...

Donovan

moulting / molting (how is it spelled? is this an american vs english spelling thing?) My bird seems to be moulting all the time. Not sure if that makes sense but about once a month he loses a couple of big feathers... though, to be fair, it's been a couple months or so since i came home to find a h...

Donovan

Donovans bird is in a different sitution and is lucky enough to have a lovely aviary to zoom around in all day during the warmer months, most birds don't. Most pet birds are confined to small cages most of the week while their owners make a living. Okay.. Yes Mr. Bell has a large walk-in cage outsi...

Donovan

y'all have succeeded in confusing me haha..

what's this about cage depth and the like?...

mr bell spends a lot of time out of his cage and neko likely will also.. ... neko is a 'he' btw...

Donovan

. . Alright, here's Mr. Bell's cage http://pet.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pPETS-14469188t300x300.jpg The measurements on this cage are something like 30"H .. 22-24"W .. and 19"L .. .. that 19"L is the problem. It's tall enough, and wide enough, but still a bit narrow. The...

Donovan

I apologize for taking this thread in a different direction, but i'll justify it by saying that the ability to handle or even pick up my IRN could actually help in an emergency :) That being said, InTheAir, I tried your method for gradual touching. I am allowed to touch his beak already so there was...

Donovan

Well, it's done. I spent all day and a tank of gas visiting pet shops across 3 cities. It is amazing how few bird cages are out there.. real cages... apparently pet shops think "bird" means finch and budgie. Every cage everywhere was tiny. I found a couple of medium size cages that were cl...

Donovan

IntheAir, do you have other threads that detail that method for training them to be touched and grabbed?

Donovan

haha throw a towel at a flying bird.. he'll be 10ft away by the time the towel reaches the spot you threw it to

Donovan

I am a bit leery of buying a bird cage online. I really want to see the cage.. hold it.. examine it. Yes that's a little weird i suppose. I am about to buy a cage tomorrow and I have decided the cage will be small enough to carry but large enough for an Indian Ringneck to live in at least 12-15 hour...

Donovan

this is an interesting article, thanks for posting it. About a year ago I had a kitchen fire that was quickly getting out of hand. I went to the room where my bird is (I only have one bird) .. he's flying around enjoying the sound of the fire alarm. So since I opened the door the smoke was suddenly ...

Donovan

Maybe change his water source if possible.

Donovan

http://petsmart.com/mt/www.petsmart.com ... lInUS%2FNo

Again, the cage is too small, but it can be carried easily out to the big cage.

Donovan

In the somewhat near future (8 weeks maybe pending certain variables) I will be getting my second bird. I would like to go cage shopping soon. Now the local pet store doesn't have a great selection for cages. My current IRN has a cage that's big enough but admittedly a tad too small for him. That lo...

Donovan

What sort of training do you want to do with him?..

I mean, do you want him to sing and dance?.. fly to you when called?.. or just be petted?

petting can be tricky with IRNs because I believe for the most part they don't like it, though there are some who seem to love it completely.

Donovan

i'm out a chair that i didn't use and a small table

Donovan

In my experience it's a real tossup on teaching him to talk. In order for him to mimic you he has to find you extremely interesting. To become extremely interesting to him you need to spend as much time as you possibly can with him. There is no number, no amount of hours to answer your question. .. ...

Donovan

Eclectus have always seemed like pretty laid back birds. I saw my first one recently (in person vs online) and I didn't realize how big they were.

Donovan

maybe putting them near each other for a couple of weeks (but separate so she can't hurt him) would be a good idea... let them get used to each other. she obviously needs more time.

Donovan

Mr Bell likes to drink beer with me on the weekends. The bottles condensate so he'll lick up all the water.. thinking he's sharing

Donovan

I already rearranged everything. It was pretty warm out yesterday so he got to go outside for a while. I took the time to change things around. It hasn't phased him a bit. He doesn't seem to care that things got moved around. I have a little tree that I cut down and it was back in a corner. I moved ...

Donovan

one of the IRNs at the breeder was a year or so older than mr bell so definitely full grown.. Bell is just, bigger.. maybe he's fat. I'll have him weighed one day I suppose.. They got on to me when i told them my current bird (mr bell) was fully flighted.. saying i should keep his wings clipped... i...

Donovan

I'm moving bell several weeks early to help alleviate the jealousy. He is out of his cage most of the time so he shouldn't end up with too many issues. I dont know how much he'll take to s yellow bird though. I went to the breeder today. Phenomenal environment and although there were dozens of speci...

Donovan

Okay, so moving forward.... today I plan to completely rearrange my environment. It will be weeks before the new bird gets here. (assuming they're not all sold out already) So I want to move Mr Bell's cage to the other side of the room and free up his current location for the new bird. Also I want t...

Donovan

haha AJPeter what does that even mean?...

Do you mean to say you got the animals that weren't chosen early on?

Donovan

one of the disadvantages of not buying on the spot would the next time you went one of your hopefuls would have been promised or sold to someone else. I will likely purchase the bird before choosing and possibly reserve the one I want later, I don't know yet really, also i'm kinda interested in con...

Donovan

Mirrors are wonderful for indian ringnecks. If you want to put one in his cage put it somewhere he can see it and touch it, and make sure it's not somewhere that will force him to see himself all the time. My bird has a different relationship with about 3 mirrors in the house. It makes them happy to...

Donovan

Is it common for potential buyers to come check out the babies, possibly more than once, before they're weaned? I am looking to buy a young male soon and am considering going to the breeder two or three times before the babies are weaned. In my mind it will help me decide which to buy when they're r...

Donovan

wow, slow motion would be amazing on that.. i could attempt a regular crappy cellphone video of it but some how I don't think it would look as cool as it sounds

Donovan

keep updating your progress here. Most of what I said is just theory to be honest. I have only one bird and this is my entire experience with birds. I am about to get a second bird in about 2 months. I really have no idea what to expect and I am curious if this process I described works for other bi...

Donovan

I love the dog in the picture... it's like he's competing with the birds in a way.... I wonder if there is newspaper under his bed

Donovan

if she takes a toy and throws it.. pick it up.. and toss it to a new location.. make her go after it if she wants it on the floor so badly.. (by toss i mean a slight flick of the wrist where you toss it a foot or two away but still in what she is claiming to be her personal bubble) If she chases the...

Donovan

I've found mine benefits from processing the day's events overnight. The best surprises come a morning or two after I thought he was going to need a lot more exposure to a new concept. I have seen this many times. In particular, a while back when I was trying to teach my bird the difference between...

Donovan

Okay, so he will take a treat you leave for him.... as long as you walk away. What you could try is this: first of all move the cage to your primary living area.. and by that I mean practically within arm's reach. Now, you say that he certainly won't pick up his treat with you standing there... okay...

Donovan

When my bird flies through the small gap in the door.. he does it one of two ways... sometimes he turns sideways with his wings spread wide.. turning his wingspan vertical.. but most commonly he gets momentum going and folds his wings (or raises them way up so the tips are touching) as he passes thr...

Donovan

I just spent forever typing up a nice response from my phone and it got erased by posting while my signal was bad. I'll repost from home later

Donovan

Birds don't always handle change so well but they -do- adapt after a short time. Admittedly I have not read every word on this thread, but I did see the pictures. (Nice place btw) The old cage was practically sitting on the floor, and even the new one should be placed onto some kind of little table ...

Donovan

Mine somehow dismantled a pair of fingernail clippers... i have yet to find the rivet part.. you know the part that the cutting part swivels around on. Also, if I leave the room and don't shut the door all the way he will fly by the door several times until the wind from his wings makes the door ope...

Donovan

Will a young IRN develop his own little sounds to make? Mr. Bell is so corrupted by youtube that none of his sounds are original anymore. Though I'm certain a new bird will pick up his noises I am considering doing away with the youtube playlist that i use to keep mr bell company..... in hopes of en...

Donovan

I would rather he be clipped before I got him so I can handle him more. A clipped bird can be a bit more tolerant of things he doesn't like Mr Bell was clipped .. i have never clipped him since, but it took him 6-8 months before he could fly. Once he figured out he could fly he no longer tolerated c...

Donovan

when/if I get the bird it should be 13-15 weeks old... and has supposedly been hand raised. I have a good feeling about the source.. http://www.luvnbirds.com/ these are the people, about an hour and a half drive from where I live. Their yellow babies are just now being born. I'm not sure the exact d...

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