Does this IRN look like a "baby" or a very young one??

Here are videos of the IRN my neighbor and I just rescued. Does he look like he could be a very young IRN? Is the ring around his neck fully formed? I'm super curious what his approximate age might be... is the below what adult IRNs look like wen they molt? I've had tiels my entire life and my tiels NEVER looked like that unless they were babies going through their very first molt (I'm referring to the tons of baby feather growing in on his head)... this is what makes me think this IRN is a baby??

[ame="https://youtu.be/g_d89FEaI2E"]Close up of rescued Indian Ringneck - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://youtu.be/RNTF8wrcb9M"]Rescued Indian Ringneck eating dried mango - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://youtu.be/y8Wa49XEzzQ"]Rescued Indian Ringneck eating dried apricots.... - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://youtu.be/KoOmkIOAgRk"]Rescued Indian Ringneck enjoying some almonds - YouTube[/ame]

After looking at the video that's an adult male. Any age over a year, and going through a molt.


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I'm going to take a blind stab and say he's around 2-4 years old

Interesting, I guess this means IRNs look different than ADULT tiels who are molting because adult tiels heads NEVER look like that when they are molting. I've had tiels my entire life (turning in 40 in two years... yuck!!!!! At my age I should NOT be where I am shame on me!!!!!) and the ONLY time a tiel's head looks like that is when they are molting their very first molt when they are losing all the baby feathers and replacing them with their adult set

Yeah Irns look like death warmed over during a hard molt. And it starts overnight lol. I leave the room one night with a bunch of healthy looking birds, and Coke in the next morning to what looks like a blizzard and a bunch of birds half dead from cat attacks. Then in a couple of weeks I get my shiny healthy babies back


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SilverSage said:

Yeah Irns look like death warmed over during a hard molt. And it starts overnight lol. I leave the room one night with a bunch of healthy looking birds, and Coke in the next morning to what looks like a blizzard and a bunch of birds half dead from cat attacks. Then in a couple of weeks I get my shiny healthy babies back


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LOL I see... well I guess that takes care of that then. It drives me CRAZY... absolutely CRAZY not knowing his approximate age... this applies to all animals when I can't at least have an accuurate approximate age... now we are all just guessing haha Oh well.

At least I have now learned that IRNs simply look entire different than a molting tiel (I'm referring to adult molts only) and not the very first molt when baby molt into adult feathers.

I wish I could see pics of IRNs who are going through their very first molt etc. and at what age do IRNs ring around the neck in adult males fully form... a year old?

Just like the snake bird in Florida! Funny bird! Even with no feathers, he will sit on a branch, wings spread, to dry out!
https://www.google.com/search?clien...5...35i39k1.1ORRRkwWNYg#imgrc=8Rh3qVbFHDfNQM:

Flboy said:

Just like the snake bird in Florida! Funny bird! Even with no feathers, he will sit on a branch, wings spread, to dry out!
https://www.google.com/search?clien...5...35i39k1.1ORRRkwWNYg#imgrc=8Rh3qVbFHDfNQM:

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LOL oh yes!! I actually have a pitch black bird (feathers have that oily look to them) and he has a super looooong neck and he always dives into the lake head first and goes completely under the water and then just sits there with his wings spread out in the yard. He looks funny

Boys get their rings anywhere from 1-4 years, with 2 years being considered normal. With the state of molt he is in you can't really tell if he is getting it for the first time or if he has had it for years. I would say 2-4 years is a decent estimate since most boys don't get their rings until around 2, and most people sadly don't keep their birds alive for more than 5.


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Keep in mind a "fully formed" ring is black AND WHITE; your boy has a fully formed ring. The black often doesn't go around the back of the neck ever.


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SilverSage said:

Boys get their rings anywhere from 1-4 years, with 2 years being considered normal. With the state of molt he is in you can't really tell if he is getting it for the first time or if he has had it for years. I would say 2-4 years is a decent estimate since most boys don't get their rings until around 2, and most people sadly don't keep their birds alive for more than 5.
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Gosh that is awful news. So sad and disappointing.

Unfortunately it's true. I like to think that as a group we parrot forum peeps are an exception but I hear about young deaths all the time. It's become part of my routine screening to find out how any previous birds in the home died, and I have denied adoptions based on those stories.


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I love ringnecks when molting! they look like proper little scruff-balls, it's adorable. To me I'd guess he's had a couple molts as it doesn't seem to bother him and he appears pretty confident. I think he's well cared for but whoever owns him just doesn't know he's been found. I mean he's clearly had some training (gives kisses), is well socialized as he already trusts you, although looking a bit tatty from molting and being in the outside for a while he looks to be pretty well-kept and clean. I do hope you find his owners

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Boys get their rings anywhere from 1-4 years, with 2 years being considered normal. With the state of molt he is in you can't really tell if he is getting it for the first time or if he has had it for years. I would say 2-4 years is a decent estimate since most boys don't get their rings until around 2, and most people sadly don't keep their birds alive for more than 5.


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Any idea why this happens? Something I should look out for? :02:

Simple things
-not going to the vet when they should (such as as soon as the bird comes home, at the first sign of distress, and annual exams) and not paying for gram stains or blood work when they DO go to the vet.
-feeding a poor diet
-not taking proper safety precautions (cookware, pets, ceiling fans, toxins, etc)

These are the things that seem to kill most of them.


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SilverSage said:

Boys get their rings anywhere from 1-4 years, with 2 years being considered normal. With the state of molt he is in you can't really tell if he is getting it for the first time or if he has had it for years. I would say 2-4 years is a decent estimate since most boys don't get their rings until around 2, and most people sadly don't keep their birds alive for more than 5.


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Any idea why this happens? Something I should look out for? :02:

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poor diet, use of non-stick cookware, really hard crash, other pet gets them, they get sick, eat something toxic, they fly out the door/window never to be seen again. The list is long to say the least. Poor diet being the most common really as far as I can tell. The old adage of throwing some seed in each day is still very much alive

I have an empty sign I was about to fill in (going to put it near the entrance to the major highway) pretty much everyone here uses and the turnpike and I guess I'm going to put FOUND PARROT on it since too many morons out there do not understand what FOUND LOST PARROT means!!!

I am sitting here about to fill in the sign and to me FOUND PARROT makes LESS sense than FOUND LOST PARROT!!! ... but I guess FOUND PARROT is what I will use for this last sign.

Tropical said:

I have an empty sign I was about to fill in (going to put it near the entrance to the major highway) pretty much everyone here uses and the turnpike and I guess I'm going to put FOUND PARROT on it since too many morons out there do not understand what FOUND LOST PARROT means!!!

I am sitting here about to fill in the sign and to me FOUND PARROT makes LESS sense than FOUND LOST PARROT!!! ... but I guess FOUND PARROT is what I will use for this last sign.

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people focus on the word lost. We're a very negative species so will look at the negative in a sentence. in this case that would be lost. Although I don't get why people would be calling you to ask if you are the person who lost a parrot unless suddenly there have been a spate of people finding parrots

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Tropical said:

I have an empty sign I was about to fill in (going to put it near the entrance to the major highway) pretty much everyone here uses and the turnpike and I guess I'm going to put FOUND PARROT on it since too many morons out there do not understand what FOUND LOST PARROT means!!!

I am sitting here about to fill in the sign and to me FOUND PARROT makes LESS sense than FOUND LOST PARROT!!! ... but I guess FOUND PARROT is what I will use for this last sign.

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people focus on the word lost. We're a very negative species so will look at the negative in a sentence. in this case that would be lost. Although I don't get why people would be calling you to ask if you are the person who lost a parrot unless suddenly there have been a spate of people finding parrots

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And we are the major species on this planet

When you observe native animals and birds they seem a lot happier than humans do on the whole. Sorry complete deviation here!

I put 4 BIG signs next to highlyway entrances/exits and on main roads. I also wasted my time and drove a 30 miles radius LOOKING for any worried bird owners who LOST their beloved pet hoping I would a least see a couple signs posted somewhere but NOTHING!!! I only saw the signs I put up!!!

I know these birds can fly long distances but in this EXTREME heat/humidity there is noway that bird flew more than 30 miles and I covered that area.

The reality is if the owner lives in this 30 mile radius he will 100% without a DOUBT see my signs because it would be IMPOSSIBLE not do. If he EVER drives on the higghway or leaves his house he will 100% see my posted signs.

I got 3 calls today from my signs... NONE were for this bird. I do not think people can't understand my signs... I think perhaps the security guy and HOA was just making sure JUST INCASE... since I did tell them to keep an eye out 3 days ago.... so naturally when they heard of a sign regarding lost parrot they were just double checking

... so my signs are working.. where is the real owner?

If there is still no signs like this in another few days then I can honestly say I would MUCH RATHER find this bird a RESPONSIBLE caring home because it is simply unacceptable that I am doing far more work and EFFORT into finding the owner than the owner is. Something is wrong with that. I can't even find any posts online.... nothing!

It is very difficult to find something (the owner) when that something (the owner!!) is not also putting effort into being found!