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Also, when you're starting to train her, you need to get her at the right moment, when her body language tells you she's ready to fly to you for a treat. If you know where she likes to hang out, once she coes to you, you can put her in her fav spot so that she learns that just because she flies to y...

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She is beautiful. Best wishes for the breeding season. What colour bird will you pair her with?

Ellie.

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Lovely to see. Thanks for the update. I'd love to hear how these to go as they mature

Ellie.

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I have just checked the Parrots in Paradise website and it looks like the 4th of August is already booked out, therefore, we won't be able to go there for our first meetup. Claire and I are organising another venue and I will provide more information on this soon. We are thinking about a 1:30 pm sta...

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Wow Claire. That's fantastic! Well done.

Ellie.

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They are sooooo clever!

Just to be clear, are you talking about toy number 6 in you initial post? Would you recommend it?

Ellie.

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Janey does like to keep you on your toes, doesn't she! She certainly doesn't leave ANY room for complacency. She is a challenge but we love her sooooo much that she's definitely worth it! I must say that her nesting behaviour has been easier to manage this year than last year despite still presenti...

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P.S. very cute vid!

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It's possible but I think she might just be playing. Janey tends to try to crawl under the fabric when she is in nesting mode.

Ellie.

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Janey hasn't regurgitated to us. She has a male bird, so she can regurgitate to him. With foraging, start to introduce extra challenge e.g. by wrapping the food in paper. Regarding diet changes, my observation has been that these are long term strategies, not short term ones, so you need to keep it ...

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Well done! She's such a sweetie! I always get embarrassed by my voice when I talk to my birds on video too. You sound fine.

Ellie.

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Interesting, thanks. Out of all the people I've spoken to about this problem, that's the first time I've heard of doing it that way. I might see what my avian vet thinks of that approach. Thanks so much for the idea.

I will definitely check out the vid if you find it.

Ellie.

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Thanks everyone. Skye, when you say dummy eggs, were you meaning put them in a nestbox and give her a nestbox? I thought usually you replace existing eggs with dummy eggs? I honestly thought this year was going better than last year re nesting behaviour... And it is... However had to share the scary...

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Thought I'd do a 2013 update on Janey's nesting behaviour. So far this breeding season, we haven't given in and given her a nest box yet although she is still investigating potential nesting places. When she first started, I could almost always get her to step up for me when I wanted to get her out ...

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Firstly, good on you for getting Lola a new cage. Secondly, I think the cage is fine but thought I'd raise some points for you to think about. I almost bought a cage of that design for my two. My dad persuaded me against it because he felt they would confine themselves mostly to the highest bit so t...

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The only place I've heard of feral ringnecks in Australia is Western Australia. The Alexandrine we caught during our holiday a couple of weeks ago was in no danger of turning feral. He was soooo hungry that he flew to me as I crossed the road with food and he was pecking an old lady's toes as she wa...

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No need to apologise. He's beautiful. He reminds of the Alex we found a couple of weeks ago on our holiday. I still feel guilty that we didn't bring him home when we couldn't find his humans <sigh>.

Ellie.

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thanks for sharing. He's a beautiful boy. He's an Alexandrine right?

Ellie.

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i do use printed on newsprint but not glossy paper. My avian vet recommended it. My understanding is that in Australia we used vegetable based inks. i do agree that non printed, non bleached paper is probably safest. regarding tape, at Barbara Heidenreich workshop, she said masking tape was safe, wh...

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That stage is normal. It helps them explore and understand their world but it can hurt. Perhaps you could wear a beanie to cover your ears? Regarding hands, my guess is if you can do lots of step up practice with him and perhaps other training with positive reinforcement, it may help the phase pass ...

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Hey ozzy

Pamela Clark does Skype consultations and can help with feather picking. I don't know how much she costs. I'm sure it wouldn't be cheap but I have a feeling it would be worth it.

http://www.pamelaclarkonline.com/

Ellie.

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Claire: you used the right terminology. I didn't know that normal tape was birdy safe. I am surprised.

Ellie.

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Chloe, If your bird is throwing something on the floor, at least it means she is interacting with it. Everyday I put a few pieces of birdy safe wood pieces in a coop cup about three-quarters down the cage. Everyday they've emptied some or all of the wood out of the coop cup and sometimes they've che...

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Claire, when you say Sellotape, do you mean masking type (white tape)? I think of Sellotape as being clear tape which I've never heard as being safe for parrots. I could be wrong or maybe we have a cultural difference?

Ellie.

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Hi Chloe I'm just wondering, does Lola get out of her cage and if so, how much out of cage time does she get? What does she do when she's out of the cage? Is she clipped or flighted? A workshop I attended suggested that birds should get between 3 and 4 hours out of the cage every day. There are four...

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Glad to hear it went well.

Ellie.

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Great - I didn't know their habitat extended to cooler areas like that - but I guess it makes sense that it would as I've seen them in colder areas of Queensland too.

Ellie.

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Whereabouts are you from?

Ellie.

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Glad someone was able to help. I am from Qld but know NOTHING about plants. Sorry.

Ellie.

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Erin, this post my also be of interest to you: http://www.aussiebirds.proboards.com/thread/10702/introducing-sasha-jello The birds described in that post are the parents of my IRN Charlie... but you'll read how they went through a few females before they found Jello. BTW - IRN males will get along w...

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How did you go about introducing them? Are they currently in separate cages? With mine, I kept them in separate rooms to start with and I didn't let them out of the cage at the same time. I gradually moved the cages closer together and then started having some heavily supervised out of cage times to...

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Awwww, she is beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

Ellie.

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Claire: I agree - regarding invincibility: I found the Ant Smasher exited too quickly if they missed one... rewards of seeing a parrot video is pretty cool too!

Ellie.

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You're lucky. Charlie likes to shoulder surf but when he gets bored he likes to nip my ear!

Ellie.

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Mine LOVE iDevices too, especially Charlie, I think it's because I showed him lots of vids of birds on it when Janey was nesting last year. I bought the Fisher Price case for my ipad (actually my mum bought it for my birthday) and I'm confident to let him chew that although I was a bit disappointed ...

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Beautiful!

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Sorry I didn't reply sooner. My birds aren't monogamous with their sleeping perches and aren't scared of their cage, so I don't have that particular problem. The only other thing I can add to what Skye suggested was, did you put new things in th cage? If so, that could b what scared her. You can mov...

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I'm not sure how risky it is - I'm just not prepared to take the chance with my birds.

Ellie.

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My Janey engaged in similar lashing out at people who offered her treats. It has almost been eliminated by increasing foraging. Please check out these links: http://www.indianringneck.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11701&p=69400 http://www.indianringneck.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1346...

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Hi J Congrats on your progress. Keep going! You won't be able to post links or images until you've reached a minimum number of posts and been a member for a minimum amount of time. It's an anti-spam measurement put in place by the person who owns this forum. It does make it hard for new members thou...

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MissK could be right but it could also be that Luna is establishing a pair bond with you... and if that is the case, you want to discourage it. It is not healthy for a bird to have a pair bond with a human. Don't panic though, you haven't given enough information to indicate that is definitely a pai...

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Hi JConvry Welcome to the forum. I have two IRNs who were both clipped when they were young who are now both fully flighted. We clipped our first bird shortly after she fledged (possibly too soon after she fledged). Our second bird was clipped by the breeder when we brought him home. We clipped our ...

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I suggest you read this: http://www.tefal.com.au/tefal/Consumer_service/Questions_and_answers/HomeQuestionsAndAnswersTemplateFile.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7b0AA13A77-4D43-477F-BFDB-28757D64F2EA%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2fConsumer%2bservice%2fQuestions%2band%2banswers%2fHome%2bquestions%2ba...

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Further to wait Skye is saying there... make sure he has things from home that he's comfortable with (eg. his normal toys). When my birds go on holidays I also make sure they have their regular cage cover that they use at home at night time.

Ellie.

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I am so sorry to hear about your bird. What you are describing is a health issue and I think your avian vet is best qualified to answer your questions. I suggest another phone call if your questions weren't answered adequately. Did the vet say your bird is experiencing liver failure? If so, I unfort...

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I would call your avian vet to discuss options. My 2 have never bled like that. If they did I would get them to our avian vet. I have heard you can use something to coagulate the blood (I think it was corn flour) but once again I'd discuss that with my vet. It is possible that this is caused by a di...

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I think it will be okay. I find that whenever I've brought my guys home from being cared for by someone else (even when they were young), it takes 1-2 days to get "back to normal" and then they are fine. Their ability to remember things is quite good. At such a young age, your relationship...

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Yes, it's wooden... and the same happened to me.

I don't mind them chewing things up, it's a very birdy thing to do... but I don't like to spend too much on something they demolish _really_ quickly.

Ellie.

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.. and yes, my guys loved it too.

Ellie.

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I think this is it:
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