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Looks like early ring to me

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http://youtu.be/V6Fxclwdfxc

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I'm in the smokey mountains

And uri geller was a spoon bender ajpeter

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I like putting bird seed in mine

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Ugh, chewing nails about sums it up. I'm not gonna call to check on them until wednesday or thursday.... dont want to seem too anxious. I requested treats for free be given as well as personal attention through the bars be given but I don't think that will actually happen. But I know the food and wa...

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Easier said than done. I've had my job for 7 years so there's a certain amount of comfort level involved. The birds will be fine, I just feel really bad for them. If neko could fly I would just put them both in the aviary and put a tarp over the to, however that isn'tthe case. So mr bell will now pa...

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My lutino was clipped when I got him and so he took a few nasty spills. He also ended up with a couple bloody tail feathers. As far as I can tell it's basically harmless as long as it's a very small amount and not continuing to bleed. Maybe it's self inflicted. Keep an eye out. My bird didn't have n...

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Well it's done. I'm gone and the birds are cage bound until next saturday. I felt rotten about doing it but I did supply new toys and foraging for mr bell. I also moved his cage next to nekos and put him by the window where he used to be before I got neko. That seemed to calm him down pretty well. H...

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So I went out and bought a handful of new toys today... Mr. Bell will get each of them.. all at once... tonight when he goes into his cage he won't get out again for 7 days.... so .. new toys

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I enjoyed the video. Way to teach the towel is a fun place to be

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On occasion the nature of my job pulls me out of town. This hasn't happened in two years, but now I'm being sent away for 2 weeks. My first thoughts are about my birds. They will receive fresh food and water while i'm gone but there will be No out of cage time. From sunday all the way to friday they...

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money saving toys...

turn healthy food into toys.. double whammy

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If you don't get any replies to this in a day or two, repost it in the Breeders section of the forum and maybe add something to the subject line to attract their attention

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There is no such thing as a cage that is too big.. don't ever forget that or attempt to think differently.

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When something says it's not for human consuption they mean that it hasn't been saturated with preservatives..

So don't consider that label as being a complete negative.

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I have two birds,.. bird1 and bird2 Bird1 wants nothing more than to be friends with bird2.... but bird2 wants nothing more than to be left alone so they clash. However I have noticed less aggression out of bird2 when both birds are out of their typical element. maybe a change in venue can be benefi...

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That "where's sapphire, peekaboo" game is my bird's favorite. He would rather do that than get treats to fetch a ball, .. which I think is cool because it s hows that he's more engaged in the activity than singing for his supper. He has recently decided (again) that going to his cage at ni...

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any time you ask... "is this cage big enough"... and you ask it with a tinge of doubt, the answer is NO. How would you like for your entire life to be lived in your bed room... in a prison cell?... So as far as cages go, the bigger the better. If you question the size of the cage your bird...

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Do Not clip his wings. I've had more injuries with unclipped wings than with wings that are clipped.. The reason you don't see IRNs growling on youtube is because people only record and post the happy moments. my bird allows me to handle him but if he's not in the mood he snaps at me and makes a gro...

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well, how old is the bird...

and there's only one way to find out if she likes water

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I don't use millet for training for a few reasons, including because my birds think it is a very low value treat. I have found a great training use for millet (sorry to divert from the appropriate subject). There is tension between my birds. They both love millet. So I use millet to keep them on th...

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I think at your bird's age he is likely just experimenting and somehow decided he likes doing it.... try making your finger taste awful

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Totally normal

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http://www.indianringneck.com/forum/vie ... f=3&t=8078

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there is a comprehensive list of good and bad foods on in the diet and housing section.. but to answer your question, yes dried peppers are fine.

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AJ..

In an effort to make sure no question has a simple answer.. i have created this step by step jpg for doing quotes.

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Enjoy

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When Nila went through a little phase of not wanting to be in his cage, my boyfriend and I realised we had to make his cage a treat (our guys are out of their cages most of the day every day). He loves foraging, so we would set a heap of toys and puzzles up and show him they were there and he'd go ...

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This weekend's aviary shower..... very very hot outside.. both of them very glad I turned the water on. (this cage is not as cluttered with perches as it looks in a picture :P ) http://s26.postimg.org/en6aic9zd/217.jpg http://s26.postimg.org/h5rzj0vpl/205.jpg http://s26.postimg.org/4tp35j7ux/202.jpg...

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I had to avoid buying a bird in a pet shop recently because the people in the pet shop ... well.. they just have a job.... the birds were in bad conditions though... cages hadn't been cleaned in several days... looked like 2-3 day old water too... gotta pick your battles.... that being said.. i thin...

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I think there's a recipe for bird bread right here on this forum in the safe / toxic food thread. It's a sticky so it's at the top in the diet and housing section...

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Yes, chocolate is very toxic, so is salt. A little salt is ok, and by that I mean a tiny nibble once every couple of weeks. Now how to reintroduce her to bird food. First determine the food she likes that is safe like toast or something without salt or butter. Feed her that to keep her from starving...

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It'll be read as long as it doesn't disappear into some deep corner of forum somewhere

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for the love of god.. these birds are like little vultures.

I sit down with a burger and next thing I know i have a bird crawling up my arm towards my hand with his beak wide open and the other on my head leaning over in my face going, "what about me?"

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haha great toilet paper pic

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I don't know mutations but i saw green-grey recently.. they were kinda olive green

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He/She wants to know the name of the mutation ..
I wonder if they're green-greys

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sounds like he scored a decent home. You'll find an Indian Ringneck to be a little different than you're accustomed to .. so be sure to study the forum and to ask questions when you can't find the answer.. Yes they're jealous birds.. and sneaky too. They love to think they're getting away with somet...

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My bird drops his head and fluffs a bit when i try to give him attention while he doesn't want any.

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is he lunging and attacking?...

from what I can tell every bird seems to have a slightly different reaction to seeing themselves in the mirror... just make sure he isn't stuck in front of the mirror in case he doesn't like it.. If he insists on attacking himself just let him.

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I've learned that riding on your shoulder is a skill.... mr bell can ride like a champ.. poor neko is young and inexperienced and always struggling. When I come home in the afternoons they've learned the sound of my vehicle and start screeching. It's funny because even though all Neko does is the ty...

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You can use really warm water... by the time it bounces off the wall in the form of mist it's pretty cool... and the warmer water hitting the shower wall keeps the surrounding air warm.

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I'm not concerned enough to rush him to the vet over eating a little piece of junk food. I just want to know what a good counter for grease is.

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So, my bird raided my trash can and stole a piece of fatty, greasy pork fat. It took me a few minutes to notice he wasn't following me around the house. So I went to check on him, and there he was, stolen piece of fried fat dripping with grease.. and eating the hell out of it. So, i took it from him...

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would you say that the majority of all the birds' time is spent just kinda sitting around doing nothing?

my own birds like to have fun and interact but the reality is that most the time they're just sitting around doing nothing.

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I think to help him with this... tilt the hoop downward just a little... angle it so that he can use both gravity and momentum to carry him through. Mr. Bell flying through the small opening in the door is done different every time and I think it has to do with where in the flap he is when he arrive...

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Could he be scratching them off?

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I have learned that turning the shower head toward the wall that the mist will bounce off and it turns out that's better than letting the bird sit there and saturate.

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Is there any way that eitherof you can capture the sound and share it here

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They have separate cages.
The older one wants to get along but the younger one seems to prefer the company of people

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The first one was a toss in the wind, the second was sexed before I bought him. Both are male

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