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Hi Justin Please don't give up on Oliver. You've only had him for 6 months. That's a very short time in a birds life. Are his wings clipped? If not, get an experienced person to do this. Make sure you don't reward Olivers biting by yelling at him. He'll think it's funny, and will bite simply to hear...

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Cockatiels are actually a cockatoo species... Nothing to do with budgies at all. Some are very gentle birds. I was fostering one here (for training), who was not so gentle... Took me 2 months before I could rehome him.

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Training birds require 2x5 minutes per day... I also live alone and work more than full time.

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If you search for Bird Click you'll find a group dedicated to that. It's a Yahoo group.l.. If you sign on there, you don't need any books.

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I use 'AH-AH!' for my birds... In fact, it also stops my grand children in their tracks. Of course, my ringneck is a different kettle of fish, but he does stop for a milli second, where I get time to say 'gentle' and 'good boy' and give a treat... Duke, my Green Cheek Conure, came to me after being ...

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Don't let your bird into your mouth. It contains too many bacteria (the human mouth)

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I clicker train all my birds, but haven't started with Paulie, yet, as I said. By the look of it, he's going to be a pleasure to train. It took me a month and a half to teach Duke, my Green Cheek Conure, to retrieve.. It was soooo frustrating. He could do so many diffirent tricks, but I could not te...

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nil wrote:whole grain rice boiled for few minutes is ok.
Also you can boil with rice peas, beans, oats ( quacker), and corn.

Oh, No.... Don't boil the Quaker.... lolol

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Fleur... Macca is gorgeous!

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I haven't started training Paulie, yet, because he still doesn't take treats really well... Anyway, the last few days he's starting to teach himself to retrieve to my hand. I have him on his playstand on my filing cabinet next to my computer desk. He'll grab a foot toy, come to the edge, hold it til...

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Only house with the same species. You can probably have 4-6 pairs in that size aviary.

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Hi Fleur You have already done the appropriate things to get them to know one another. I would try and put them together. Put Peanut in with Macca for a little while and see how they go. You may have to get out of sight, as one of the birds could be too confident with you there. They are unlikely to...

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Paulie does that as well... I've had him since late October and got him as a baby. I walk around all the cages and give everyone a treat. When I get to Paulie's cage, he tilts his head back, bottom up and tail down and my daughter says he sounds like a monkey. He will not reach out and grab the trea...

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I use treats... I say 'step up' and as soon as the bird leans towards me I put a treat in his mouth... That way he can't bite, and after a while he simply stops, because biting is no longer valuable to him.

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It looks like it's just one wing clipped, and not just the flight feathers.

The bird needs to have both wings clipped equally, in order to maintain balance, when its gliding to the floor.

Here a site which shows a great way to clip:

http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/clip.html

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Hi Jo

Welcome to the list. I'm also from Brisbane. I've also had my ringneck for a couple of months.

I also have other birds:

Charlie - Sun Conure
Shrek - Quaker
Duke - Green Cheek Conure
Teeko - Cockatiel
Cory - Shortbilled Corella

My IRN's name is Paulie.

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Hi Ti@

Congratulations on your Sun Conure... I'm sure you'll be happy with your choice. I find the Suns to be extremely affectionate. In fact Charlie (Sun) is the only bird I fully trust with my grand children.

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At 8 weeks he probably still need handfeeding. If he's been forced weaned he could have behaviour problems. My IRN was 8 weeks, when I got him, and I kept feeding him twice a day. After a week, he no longer wanted the morning feed, but I continued with an evening comfort feed for another couple of w...

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OMG... he's beautiful!

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They're gorgeous... Are you sure they're both girls?

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My baby has started tilting his head like that... I thought he had regressed, and was begging for food? He's about 3 months old.

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What about the poo.... It dries and you scrape it off....

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It certainly looks like mating behaviour... Gorgeous bird.

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Wow! Tango is gorgeous.... Love the colour

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Yep, I always have to be on top of my kids, when they visit... I don't want my birds to pick up on their swear words. English is my second language, so swearing - especially in English - doesn't happen with me. My Quaker - Shrek - says a polite 'thank you!' when I put a treat in his bowl. Paulie, my...

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Apart from that... I don't think a message board , such as this, should be used to aquire money...

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I believe all this information is on the web.... Do a search....

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Start clicker training and avoid all bites.

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I use stainless steel.. Never had a problem with cleaning.

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Welcome to the board...

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I'm shocked!!! Do you let your kids have it as well?

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Beautiful photos!

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Dogs all came from wolves, who hunted all their food... Dogs have since been selectively bred to carry specific genes. If your baby knows from the start, that the bird is off limits, you shouldn't have any problems... My guess is the IRN will teach your puppy to stay away from him.

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Yep, that's what I was going to say...

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Hello again... Well, I never did get an Alex A few days later, a man contacted me about a Corella (BE2), he needed to rehome. He came to my place with the bird, so I could meet him, and I agreed to take him in. He had only had him for 4 months (impulse purchase) and he came with 2 brand new cages an...

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The breeder has 3 breeding pairs of pure Alexandrines, like they haven't been crossed with the IRN for mutations.

Hopefully out of the 3 pairs, she'll get a male. It'll be surgically sexed, and handfed until weaned.

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I loved watching those videos. Thanks for sharing.

Is Baby and Alexandrine?

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Hi Alan

I work with my birds separately while the others watch... They learn so much from watching.

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Hi there I just joined this forum. I'm getting a male Alexandrine, and would like to know more about them. I have read a lot on the net, before I decided on one, but a forum such as this is better, I think. He could be a long time coming, because the egg isn't laid, yet. The breeder reckons he'll be...

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