Question about Ringneck....
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:52 am
Soon I will be buying a Ringneck parrot from a breeder that I can trust.
I just want to ask a few questions. I was thinking of making a breeding box (post) but
not for breeding, for it to sleep in it if it wants to. Most of the time it will only go in there to
lay eggs but If it gets cold, it can crawl up into it. I do have a cage which is 160cm (H) 40cm (W) all 4 sides of it. Most of the day the bird will be out of the cage, proably only if I go somewhere
or when it goes to sleep. In your opioun, is the cage an O.K size?
Also, when the bird will have it's bed time; whats a good time for me to tuck it in? I'm guessing
an hour before I go to bed. I'm going to make a sheet to put over the cage when its a sleep (becuase they feel more safe and protected when covered). I was thinking of buying a big nice (not too thick) blanket from St vinnies (cause they always get big blankets there) and cut it into 4 pieces each the size of the cages lenght. I might glue one end of the blanket to the top of the cage and on other end f it, a piece of wood glued to it. Thats for each side of the cage. So I can roll the blanket up to the top of the cage. If it's a windy night, I could attach a hook to the bottom of the cage so could connect the blanket to it so It dosn't blow up and scare the bird.
Another question,
How many hours can a Ringneck stay in a cage for until It gets angry? Somedays of the week I'm out for 7 hours; I know, it's pretty long. I'm thinking of asking one of my friends (who loves birds to bits) to come over and take it out of the cage and bring him/her inside. Is that a good idea, ifso. How many hours out of the cage? If the Ringnecks not hand reared, is is really hard to tame? I know some ways to tame a ringneck but could you please suggest some. Mines not going to be
hand-raised so I'm doing it myself. I'm going to be calling my Ringneck Sprout! Do you like the name, 10 points if you find out why I'm calling it Sprout!
Thanks
Hope you can give me as much info as possible and more!
-Michael
I just want to ask a few questions. I was thinking of making a breeding box (post) but
not for breeding, for it to sleep in it if it wants to. Most of the time it will only go in there to
lay eggs but If it gets cold, it can crawl up into it. I do have a cage which is 160cm (H) 40cm (W) all 4 sides of it. Most of the day the bird will be out of the cage, proably only if I go somewhere
or when it goes to sleep. In your opioun, is the cage an O.K size?
Also, when the bird will have it's bed time; whats a good time for me to tuck it in? I'm guessing
an hour before I go to bed. I'm going to make a sheet to put over the cage when its a sleep (becuase they feel more safe and protected when covered). I was thinking of buying a big nice (not too thick) blanket from St vinnies (cause they always get big blankets there) and cut it into 4 pieces each the size of the cages lenght. I might glue one end of the blanket to the top of the cage and on other end f it, a piece of wood glued to it. Thats for each side of the cage. So I can roll the blanket up to the top of the cage. If it's a windy night, I could attach a hook to the bottom of the cage so could connect the blanket to it so It dosn't blow up and scare the bird.
Another question,
How many hours can a Ringneck stay in a cage for until It gets angry? Somedays of the week I'm out for 7 hours; I know, it's pretty long. I'm thinking of asking one of my friends (who loves birds to bits) to come over and take it out of the cage and bring him/her inside. Is that a good idea, ifso. How many hours out of the cage? If the Ringnecks not hand reared, is is really hard to tame? I know some ways to tame a ringneck but could you please suggest some. Mines not going to be
hand-raised so I'm doing it myself. I'm going to be calling my Ringneck Sprout! Do you like the name, 10 points if you find out why I'm calling it Sprout!
Thanks
Hope you can give me as much info as possible and more!
-Michael