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Hey Subodhhire, I hope you succeed. I have been reading quite a few articles on free flight, and I love the idea. I am worried that ringnecks are flock creatures, and instinct will override training (ie he could panic when loose and fly away from us to bird companions that are similar to keep him sa...

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I love the action shot. I very much doubt we will free fly him outdoors, though i would love him to be able to be free. He is a bit nervous outdoors, and I think he would feel to vulnerable by himself.. Also he is only obedient when it suits him ;p Just incase i ever I'm rich and famous I have alrea...

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Hi All, Thanks for all the nice things you are saying about Chanakya. He is very loving and also likes to cuddle to some extent. He is the happiest when he is around my son. I am not training him any tricks but still he has learned the bat trick on his own. I am trying to teach him flight recall. I...

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Aww, isn't he a handsome lad... Looks like a character too

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Wow, Redzone, Did you just say your thinking about putting a ring (neck) on my finger... Or were you just planning to get it for Nele?

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Thanks again, I'll pass it on to Nele... Hopefully his head doesn't get too big to fit between the poles! MissK: people where you live must talk funny! :mrgreen: Nah, i like accents, I've always had trouble understanding my grandma who lives in Massachusetts though.... Ellie: don't worry, once your ...

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I saw the vid - actually he is dreaming. I can translate: "Apple.....apple.....apple.....apple.............................apple......" And when he wakes up, it is: "I had a good dream. Did you bring me apple?" :D Very cute. -MissK Thanks Missk, I can't believe we missed that! P...

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Thanks guys. I'm sure the credit is all due to Nele, what he lacks in coordination he makes up for in brain power! I had this brilliant idea that I should try some dog agility tricks on him over the weekend... It's far from looking agile, but it's been keeping us in stitches watching him pattering a...

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Heyo, I've mostly got repurposed kids toys for training, i saw a basket ball training set at http://www.myparrotshop.com/training-toys-etc/basket-ball-set-with-training-guide-and-clicker-mini/prod_719.html though. It seems a little pricey to me... I think the homemade one is a great idea. Dave video...

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Lol redzone. I'll spam on your behalf then.
The video is at www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEQCgRFs3jk

Claire

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Hey Melika, Great resource, thanks! Do you know of any resources that cover wildfood/weeds? Also is quinoa a safe grain? I noticed it on an ingredient list for a brand of pellets (can't remember which one). Fed it to our ringneck (freshly cooked) and it is our ringnecks favourite food (this week)

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Good luck with that - ... so we went looking for a cat and came up with Janey our IRN instead. I then managed to convince him that we needed to get her a friend but I think it unlikely I could convince him we need more. I keep telling him my next bird will be an Eclectus! Ellie. Hahahaha, but serio...

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Hey nalukai... I haven't tried clicker training, but I'm sure ringnecks catch on to it quickly. Are you planning to teach him/her tricks, or just basic good manners? Our little bird has picked up tricks very quickly, and seems to enjoy little puzzles (for example; fetching his ring from different pl...

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Hey everyone, Do many of you teach your ringnecks tricks? I'm an absolute newbie with parrots, and am trying to learn more. I'm interested to hear about peoples experiences and techniques. I've never come across an animal so motivated by food! He seems willing to try almost anything if he thinks the...

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Hey there, I hope you don't mind me adding our birds funky foot issue to your post. It has just been pointed out to us that our ringneck appears to be pidgeon toed. Has anyone one got any advice on this? Here's a picture of him standing on a flat surface: http://www.claireintheair.com/Pic.html (sorr...

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Haha that is so cute!

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Hey Ellie,

Afternoons are generally better, but I should be able to make an exception for it anyway.

Claire

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Hey pinkdevil, Yes, isn't it amazing how much personality can come out of about 100gms of bird! I love that he had fallen off the desk a couple times before due to reversing after flicking the O-ring around his neck, and the fascination of pulling it apart still overcame falling off the desk! He's a...

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Thanks, Fi.

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Hey everyone,

Just wanted to share a montage vid of Nele playing pitcrew on one of Daves remote control cars. Please excuse the shaky camera work, and sketchy editing...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QGxjrIxRcKc

I hope you like it.

Claire

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Great topic! Our little bird keeps us giggling most of the day (its rather distracting at times, especially for my boyfriend who takes him to work a few days a week). Our current favourite antic is when hand him a nice piece of fruit he'll lick it and make a cute little noise like "mmm ooo!&quo...

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Hi Allira, We have a 6 month old that we got at 12 weeks old and have not clipped him. The breeder recommended we let him fly for a week our 2 after we got him as he was the runt and had only just learnt to fly, and hadn't muscled up yet. about day 2 after he moved in we taught him to come when call...

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Our ringneck puts up with the harness. We don't use it for flying though, just for taking him on outings on our shoulders. At home he zooms around the house like a little jetpilot, and we don't want to deprive him of his birdliness. We wanted to be able to take him to friends houses and suchlike so ...

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Welcome. Wow, sounds like a great house hold to be a bird in. I bet your ringnecks are relieved that they've found a home they can flourish in and will be delightful pets for you.

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I'm glad you guys stayed dry. We were fine, just had a couple branches come down on the lawn. New perches for Nele

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MissK, i think he's so proud of his baby he can overlook it lol.

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Hey Ellie and Fi. How did you guys fare in the storms on the weekend?

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Hahaha bombs away would have been a good choice of words as the don't frequently come up in conversation... It's a bit unfortunate when i mention the toilet while Nele is on Daves shoulder lol

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We haven't played much music specifically for Nele, but he was in the car the other day when a song came on the radio with a harmonica solo. Nele started making his angry noise along to it, then was quiet after the solo finished. I've been meaning to get some harmonica music to see if that happens a...

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Our ringneck loves to cuddle up if we take a nap. He gets his little chest down on yours and falls asleep. If you scratch the right part of his head (which changes on a daily basis) he puts his head to the side and snuggles down like a baby. If you want to get up before him he tries to pretend there...

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Thanks for the info. That's quite a hike, you wouldn't want to have to go there often, but it's definitely worth having a good vet. The one we went to for DNA test wasn't super forthcoming with info or advice and I didn't feel very comfortable talking to him and asking dumb, new bird owner questions...

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Thanks guys... It's comforting to know that boys are a bit more easy going. Dave is quite stoked his baby will grow a pretty ring and look even more beautiful. Nele is pronounced like Neil-ah (please excuse my bad phonetic spelling... That's the best I can come up with ) according to bablefish it's ...

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Hi Ellie, I really like this style of toy myparrotshop . com/bolt-on-toys/mastermind-heart/prod_1083.html and this myparrotshop . com/hanging-toys/birdy-plunk-forager-small/prod_784.html . Sorry about the weird format, I keep getting the 'your post looks too spammy' error There are so many awesome f...

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Missk, That's interesting, and makes sense. I've always found that works with horses. Nele is more inclined to fly down to their shoulder to and make angry noises and threaten them if they try to remove her lol... probably not pleasant for the victim, but so cute and funny for us... ;p possibly a do...

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Thanks for the info Ellie. Ewww Our previous flatmate was really good at growing maggots... But not on purpose (or at least not for pets) lol We actually grow mosquito larvae for treats for our fighter fish... :p We are a bit short on seed, so I'll check out best friends next week. The parrot societ...

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Second half of march suits us. Sounds great.

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Hi Ellie, I watched that video of your birds that missk recommended. The three of you are so clever! I'm inspired. I'll definitely have to get that DVD. It's great to have more ringneck lovers on the coast, most of our friends seem to think we've gone a bit mad since Nele moved in. Lol We feel so l ...

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Wow that place looks amazing!
I'm definitely keen.

Claire

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Thanks for sharing, missk, thats so cute! We'll have to make her a lil play stand perch so she can do trapeze tricks too! She's just got a mini swing set at the moment. She was keen to do something new this morning so i have been showing her how to take a wheel off my boyfriends remote control cars....

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Hi all, We live in the sunshine coast in oz. I bought a blue green lacewing/pallid ringneck for my boyfriends birthday in November (well s/he choose him actually) and she is the most delightful little munchkin! she was 12 weeks old when we got her, and the runt. She's still quite small. We had her d...

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