do you know what my IRN means by doing this?

[jennamarie]

i bort my IRN about 2 weeks ago and he's only 11 weeks old. He is still very scared of me and wont come near me but sometimes will let me stroke him. however when i put my hand in the cage he will do what ever he can to get away. Also he doesn't make any noices except every once in a while he'l squark as if to get my attention. He also squarks when i leave the room. do you know why he does this.
He also acts like he is going to bite me however doesn't actually bite and he just puts his beak around my fingers. I have trained him to stand on a perch which i can move him around the room on however he will not go near my hand if i try to get him to sit on my finger. is this because he isn't used to me yet?
Can any one help ?

Jenna

[U.S Marine]

This sounds very familiar ..

My bird was the same way until a week went
by, I then decided to let my bird come out its
cage on its own will. My Bird never bites , Just
pretends to bite, So what i did was once my bird
got out of the cage by itself i tried perching it with
my finger & i got it up there! Why? Because it never
bites..

After all that i then took my bird away from its cage
from my finger into another small room so it got used
to me, Reason why i took it away from the cage is
because wen it see's cage..It wants to fly to cage
for safety. Try that, It works

[jennamarie]

o thats great, well at the moment he wnt even get onto my finger lol so i'ljust have to give him more time lol. Do you have any idea why he squarks when i leave the room? is this ebcause he doesn't want ot be left alone?

[Lags]

he/she squawks when you leave the room because he is using his contact call. Bird in the wild would use this call to keep in touch with each other even though they can't see each other, such as in a bushy tree, or long grass.
If you don't like her squawking then you have to try to teach her a whistle you like and only respond to that call when she does contact call. If you stick your head in the room every time she screams, then she is getting a response from you that will re-enforce her behaviour. Usually a sound is reaction enough, so try whistling back at him and he will evntually pick it up.

[jennamarie]

ok i'l try that thank you

[rose_2783]

The birds call to me and then wait for a response, they want to know where I am. If I reply, so do they. Also the biting threat is what breeders and trainers are calling the bluffing stage. I found an artical about the bluffing stage.

http://www.indianringneck.com

I don't try and pet them if they don't want me to. I take Q's from them as to what they are comfortable doing. It is sometimes easier to have them step up on your hand from the ground up. They feel vulnerable and will sometimes allow this to get up higher quicker.

Trying to confine, cuddle or pet them when they just want to fly for the first time was a disaster for me in the past. I had been use to hand feeding and training Cockatiels, Lovebirds, Conures, etc.

IRN's are totally different. I treat them with kid gloves and don't push them. Now I am having some really great success with them. It is a test of wills and the IRN will always win. But the good thing is that they eventually will come around to training, once they mature if I am consistant, they seem to stay tame but there is a crucial period in their development that we are just starting to understand. If you make it past that stage then you will have a really great pet. You just have to make it their idea to want to be tame and trained!

[jennamarie]

that sounds perfect, i think i'm just being too eager and trying to make things go faster. i just cant wait to have a great relationship with him like i see with other people, but he's only young yet. thanks for the advise though its really helped x