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by justjohn
Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:25 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Food management- Am i feeding too much/little?
Replies: 6
Views: 1790

Re: Food management- Am i feeding too much/little?

the attaking fingers is one i had to deal with alot i was told that alot of birds react to fingers like that due to preservation instinct beacause fingers can look to a bird like snakes try offering a fist to the bird instead i cut strip of apples so i can jam them between my fingers in the fist so...
by justjohn
Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:06 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Food management- Am i feeding too much/little?
Replies: 6
Views: 1790

Re: Food management- Am i feeding too much/little?

just baby sitting a red rump parrakeet. She is sitting on my coffee table in a cage. Casper is totaly ignoring it!!!!
by justjohn
Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:26 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: my bird are irritating
Replies: 2
Views: 1025

Re: my bird are irritating

how long have you had him and what does he do when you approach him?
by justjohn
Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:16 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Food management- Am i feeding too much/little?
Replies: 6
Views: 1790

Re: Food management- Am i feeding too much/little?

Hi justjohn. I am not sure just how much 15grms of seed would be. I give my birds just under 1/4 cup of seed and they get fresh seed when most or all is eaten. This encourages them to eat their less favourite seeds instead of always picking out the best bits and leaving the rest. If it looks like y...
by justjohn
Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:52 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Food management- Am i feeding too much/little?
Replies: 6
Views: 1790

Food management- Am i feeding too much/little?

Hi All I have an indian ringneck called casper, probably around 5ish months old. I have had him aprox 1 month. Casper gets out off his cage for aprox 7 hours per day during week and aprox 11 hours per day at weekends. Our first problem was he would not go into his cage at night so decided too use fo...