I just got a ring-necked parrot
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 3:27 pm
I'm from Macedonia and I've been looking for a medium sized parrot for quite some time now. Given the characteristics and the prizes, the best option for me was a ring-necked parrot. I've had 2 budgies before and I did a lot of research for them.
I got my ring-necked parakeet from a pet shop. The pet shop has had the parrot for a month, and before that they got it from a private breeder. It's hand-fed so it's very tame and I could actually pet it the first time I met it, but it was probably too stressful for him and I wont force any petting from now on. The pet shop owners were not that gentle with him, they just stick their hand in it's cage and got the bird out. When they got him out it was tame and didn't bite. I also noticed the private breeders did the same to their parrots. I can't imagine that's okay. Maybe that's just the way of the people treating the parrot badly.
Anyway, the tips they gave me were for diets (fruits and veggies, seeds, no salts or sugars, no chocolate, no avocado, no apple or cucumber peels etc). And I did some research for medium-sized parrot diets and ring-necked parrot diets. I'll try to include everything in it's diet and try to give it different foods each time.
What I want to know is, from your (professional) opinion, EXACTLY what kind of bird (species) is it? I know it's a ring-necked parrot, most probably Alexandrine. But when buying the parrot the breeders told me that there are different kinds of Alexandrines that I actually saw (small, large, blue, white, yellow). They told me that this is a small Alexandrine, about 4-5 months old. I will include some pictures in my post. I want to know the exact species because I want to do throughout research for them. If you can recommend some books or websites about my type of parrot please do.
I know that my cage is not that good. I'm going to buy additional toys and better perches. I'm going to look into that more after I know the exact species of my parrot.
Here are a few (not that good) pictures. I'll leave them as links so I don't screw up this thread with too many
http://i.imgur.com/7aiw6HR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ha6MB3i.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8PnYfil.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CTNzkdn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DCWz9x3.jpg
I know that it's a bit of a tl;dr text but trust me, I'll be an active member here! What I've noticed is that most animal-related forums and communities are full of nice people!
I got my ring-necked parakeet from a pet shop. The pet shop has had the parrot for a month, and before that they got it from a private breeder. It's hand-fed so it's very tame and I could actually pet it the first time I met it, but it was probably too stressful for him and I wont force any petting from now on. The pet shop owners were not that gentle with him, they just stick their hand in it's cage and got the bird out. When they got him out it was tame and didn't bite. I also noticed the private breeders did the same to their parrots. I can't imagine that's okay. Maybe that's just the way of the people treating the parrot badly.
Anyway, the tips they gave me were for diets (fruits and veggies, seeds, no salts or sugars, no chocolate, no avocado, no apple or cucumber peels etc). And I did some research for medium-sized parrot diets and ring-necked parrot diets. I'll try to include everything in it's diet and try to give it different foods each time.
What I want to know is, from your (professional) opinion, EXACTLY what kind of bird (species) is it? I know it's a ring-necked parrot, most probably Alexandrine. But when buying the parrot the breeders told me that there are different kinds of Alexandrines that I actually saw (small, large, blue, white, yellow). They told me that this is a small Alexandrine, about 4-5 months old. I will include some pictures in my post. I want to know the exact species because I want to do throughout research for them. If you can recommend some books or websites about my type of parrot please do.
I know that my cage is not that good. I'm going to buy additional toys and better perches. I'm going to look into that more after I know the exact species of my parrot.
Here are a few (not that good) pictures. I'll leave them as links so I don't screw up this thread with too many
http://i.imgur.com/7aiw6HR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ha6MB3i.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8PnYfil.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CTNzkdn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DCWz9x3.jpg
I know that it's a bit of a tl;dr text but trust me, I'll be an active member here! What I've noticed is that most animal-related forums and communities are full of nice people!