IRN questions

1. When I purchased him I was told he was 2 years old. I was told he was a great shoulder bird. Upon reading and my observations it's like he is hiding up there and uses the should neck area as means of protection.
2. When trying to hold him while he will step up he won't allow us to hold him. Even though his wings are clipped he refuses to stand on your finger. He immediately takes flight and runs away from you on the ground. He is very happy just playing on his cage. By the way he is very vocal.
3. He is only on seeds and I see that he should be on pellets any recommendations on how to switch him over?
4. I did recently get a Galah cockatoo which is in the same room but not next to each other. I am assuming that is ok. They were from the same store.

IRNs are famous for fear of fingers. Try making a risk and asking him to step up onto your wrist instead of your hand. Bribe him rather than force him, but try to offer treats from a fist instead of fingers.


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To be honest I never understood people's need to force parrots to eat pellets.Everywhere I read everyone saying their parrots don't like it yet they are persistent to teach them to eat it.Why? They live without in nature, why can't they live without it in our homes?! Mine never eats that and is perfectly fine without them! He eats his seeds and all the veggies and fruits from safe list that I run onto in shops, I see that as better solution to proper birds diet. I've seen some pellets in food we recently got and what he does with them is soak them in the water and never eat them.Nor did he drink that water either.And no wonder he won't water got completely colored by them so I can completely understand it's not appealing to him, wouldn't be to me too. Make sure he gets veggies and fruits on daily basis and you should be fine with your birds good diet. I know some may argue this but my point is birds should eat as close as possible to what they eat in nature. And as for fear of fingers, true, try with your wrist or entire hand instead.Don't offer a finger to step on but your wrist for example.Mine isn't afraid of fingers but never goes to finger, ti's just how he's used to

He is on the pellets since they were recommended by our vet. He does get fruits, vegetables, millet, nuts ect. Like I said, he has a healthy appetite and getting him to eat is never a problem. We have never forced him to eat anything, we offer it and he eats. He does dip his food, but pellets are not the only food he does that with. Like I said before, I will and have tried many different things with him and will continue to do so.