Mean Babies!
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:57 pm
I recently bought 2 baby ringnecks out of the nest that where about 3 weeks old from a breeder who just didn't want to feed them. I also wanted a ringneck as it is my dream bird so i decided i would keep one and rehome the other. It took them awhile to get used to me feeding them i guess, but they eventually got the hang of it (although they never ate as much as i thought they should).
Well anyways i hand fed them from 3 weeks and the previous owner had also started hand feeding them at 2 weeks. They are now fully feathered/flighted and just about weaned, but they are so mean! They act as if they were parent raised! When i want to play with them and try and get them to step up or do anything with them besides feeding them they just lunge at me and try and bite me and then run away.
My breeder friend said that you can't keep a IRN that you raised because they basically hate there parents, but would love everyone else besides me and my husband (flight instructor lol), so i tried bringing in a random person they have never met and they acted the same way.
Is there a special way you have to raise IRN? I'm just at a loss and i am very disappointed because i very much wanted a tame bird for a pet but i feel like that dream just flew out the window. I DNA'd them and they both came back as males, i was excited about that because i was always told that males were so much sweeter in the IRN world.
They are still in a cage together, which i thought might be the problem so i am contemplating separating them , I've also thought about cutting there wings. Any advice would be great and greatly appreciated!
Well anyways i hand fed them from 3 weeks and the previous owner had also started hand feeding them at 2 weeks. They are now fully feathered/flighted and just about weaned, but they are so mean! They act as if they were parent raised! When i want to play with them and try and get them to step up or do anything with them besides feeding them they just lunge at me and try and bite me and then run away.
My breeder friend said that you can't keep a IRN that you raised because they basically hate there parents, but would love everyone else besides me and my husband (flight instructor lol), so i tried bringing in a random person they have never met and they acted the same way.
Is there a special way you have to raise IRN? I'm just at a loss and i am very disappointed because i very much wanted a tame bird for a pet but i feel like that dream just flew out the window. I DNA'd them and they both came back as males, i was excited about that because i was always told that males were so much sweeter in the IRN world.
They are still in a cage together, which i thought might be the problem so i am contemplating separating them , I've also thought about cutting there wings. Any advice would be great and greatly appreciated!