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I do utility work. At any time i could be sent out of town to work for over a month. I've had my bird for a year and a half and luckily I haven't had to go out of town in that time, but it is a very real possibility. I don't have anyone I can trust with my bird for that period of time. I won't toler...

wow, lucky to get one that's a fresh pick.. mine was already 6 months old when I got him and a bit rattled from being moved around place to place. Found him in a ratty little pet shop that smelled like cat urine. Despite all that he seemed mentally stable. He's turned out to be a great bird and lots...

AJPeter wrote:What is the Irritation game?

AJpeter

lol, that's when I'm done playing but he isn't

My bird, Bell, is subject to my whims and the weather. I get up around 5:30 am to go to work. 6:00 am I send the bird outside to a large cage where he can actually fly around a little. (his house cage is small, the outside cage is 7ft tall, 8ft long, 6ft wide). So anyway, if I don't wake up early en...

Okay,.. admittedly I didn't read everything on this thread.

but to help reduce sceaming you might also try creating a YouTube playlist of Indian Ringnecks (and other birds) making interesting noises.

If nothing else it could teach your bird to make more pleasant sounds than just screaming

My bird is not a big talker either. I tried. I always said certain things at certain moments that he should be able to figure out but he never really repeated them.... with one exception When I would give him a treat i would say the word 'treat' when he would take it I would then say 'thank you' hop...

You can absolutely give your bird popcorn as long as it is unsalted, sugar free, and butter free

popcorn on the cob.. fresh from the stalk is probably best

plus it makes a great toy

I have a blue IRN.... he has blue eyes

What color eyes do the other mutations have?? blue also?..

like, right now i'm looking at a huge picture of an IRN at the top of this screen..
the bird is green but he looks blue eyed

If space is not an issue and you have the funds, then have one built. I have a nice walk in cage (it's just for outdoors though). Had I spent that same amount of money I could have gotten a large cage, but having it built from scratch (wood and wire basically) I was about to triple the size if not m...

I'm sure dry lips would be an acceptable compromise.

Long as your not giving your bird sloppy kisses... which... who does that!

and it's not like taking chewed up food and giving it the bird.

Surely kisses are okay.

It came up because i did a search on dandelions and they were mentioned in this thread and I was trying to keep from creating a new thread where possible ... i should have used a quote

I can always tell what kind of mood my one IRN is in by the amount of birds that come flying into the living room from the bird room shortly after I let them all out for playtime. She will kick them all out of the tree lol and they escape to me or to other perches in the house. :D and some of my bi...

I gave my bird the tough love treatment regarding ceiling fans. Once he was able to fly I turned off the ceiling fan. Later he started getting on it and chewing on it. So my solution was to turn it back on at a very slow rate. With it only slightly rotating he would fly up to it... sort of hover try...

From Bell's perspective: "Today I was once again awakened by that dreadful screaming sound. As always it was accompanied by the miserable groans of my captor as he begins to wake up. Then, I hear his feet hit the floor. Each day I wonder what will be done with me. Will I be kept isolated in th...

Dandelions.

I keep hearing how good they are for birds..

are these the same dandelions growing in my backyard... the ones that make the fuzzballs that little kids like to blow into the air?

My IRN, (Bell) always wants to see what's happening on my phone. I made the mistake of showing him lots of bird videos on it.. now he surfs youtube on his own. Makes it hard to take videos or pictures of him now. And on another kind of odd note. He's blue.. he gets upset seeing other blues on the sc...

Read up on tomatoes for birds. Some lists say don't feed it to them, and others say in small amounts.

Apples, blueberries, blackberries, grapes, and kiwi are all fruits that my bird seems to enjoy quite a bit.

Yeah I have a playlist thats about 3 hours long of parrots. I will put it on repeat for him sometimes. I am hoping to find some newer ones. His favorite is one called "Sounds of My New Indian Ringneck Parakeet" from Junglecat80 and then "Maui the talking parrot" from Jeremy Ferra...

I agree that they say what they want to say. Mine has been saying peekaboo regularly the last couple of days. First time I said it to him he seemed completely amazed by it. Even now he responds better to peekaboo than he does his name, (Bell). Also I heard that birds like the "k" sound and...

lol I am still new to birds.. I have no idea what oat groats even are...

I've been meaning to look up some of the stuff I see people on the forum talking about that they feed their birds.

The most significant milestone with my IRN was him learning to fly. He was 6 months old when I got him and it took forever for his flight feathers to come in. (another 6 months) When he would try to fly he would just go straight to the floor. Then one day he tried to fly away I noticed he caught som...

Does anyone else's bird like looking at that big IRN at the top of this screen?..

Mine flies to my monitor and starts touching its face. And other pictures that people have posted get his attention too.

Oh, and yes, from what I understand training can be achieved with older birds though I have no experience wiith it myself

Mine responds well to almonds and peanuts, (tiny bits) but i'm trying to find an alternative because those aren't very good for them and they'll spoil his super.

It all boils down to the bird. Whatever makes him want to step up or fly to your other hand

I tend to agree. The guy had no neighbors though.... out in the country... and the cage doors were simple hook latches.. Truth be known it was probably one or two that he let out and the guy talking to me poured the story on pretty thick and made it into all of his birds haha.. either way i enjoyed ...

One of the best tricks to teach a bird is Flight Recall, coming to you when you call him. I like it because it might help if he ever gets out. very easy to teach. Hold out a treat but have your other handd between him and the treat so he has to step up to get the treat, next time hold your hand furt...

I had to learn how to get my ringneck back to his cage. At first I would chase him around the room, telling him "go to your cage", eventually he would land on his cage and go in. I would praise him for it and give him a treat. Eventually he developed a sense of time and became easy to conv...

Mine gets excited when I sing. Also, during the day I leave the tv on children's programming. One day I came home and didn't bother changing the channel for a while. Eventually one of those cartoons started singing with a soft clear voice and the bird went over to the tv and was completely captured ...

My most recent creative idea was to hide a small toy inside of a bell pepper. I want my IRN to eat bell peppers but he won't. However I discovered he enjoys tearing them up to get to the toy so I am hoping he is getting some degree of benefit from tearing holes in it. (gotta replug the hole in the p...

I met someone recently who was breeding quakers. I told him about my IRN and he said he onced raised them but they were too much trouble. He had about 20 of them in separate cages. One day one of them managed to get out. The bird went around and unlatched all the other cages and -every- IRN escaped....

I wonder if a menu actually could be possible. A group of images shown to the bird, then give him the one that seems to get his attention the most. Food for thought.

My IRN loves broccoli and collard greens, but he doesn't actually eat them. He destroys them. He reduces them into confetti. Is he still getting the nutritional benefits? (I assume he is because if he were shredding up something poisonous it would make him sick, so by that thinking i suspect that sh...

Okay... probably shouldn't give the bird tomatoes.. The way I understand it a little is okay.. keep it rare.. certainly not daily.