how to hand tame 14 week old IRN

Ginab222 · Oct 13, 2019

hi, my husband bought me an IRN yesterday, we have read up for weeks about them but we don't know everything about hands on training.

Jasper is a blue IRN hes hasn't been hand reared and was bought from a reputable petshop who uses reputable breeders.
We have had him/her for 24 hours and hes settling in lovely but anytime I go over to the cage to do anything like change water or give him a treat he panics.

My question is, should I start handling him straight away or should I work really slowly with him?
When should I let him out of the cage, before he lets me handle him or after he is comfortable with me handling him?

I am sure I will have many more questions to come but first things first lol :blue:

SilverSage · Oct 13, 2019

Well, you have your work cut out for you for sure! The theme of the week seems to be people selling completely wild Ringnecks as pets.

Indian Ringnecks are extremely unique and very difficult to tame if not hand raised and socialized correctly. I have an article with my best advice for working with a wild IRN and I’ll link it below.

http://www.silversageaviaries.com/tamingyourringneck-1

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Ginab222 · Oct 13, 2019

Thank you, I had read your article but wasn't sure if that was for older birds , I was putting his behaviour down to literally having hood thrown over his head and kidnapped from pet shop cage. I will take it slowly re handling then, but what about letting him out of the cage?

SilverSage · Oct 13, 2019

I don’t think it’s wise to let him out until he trusts you enough to put him away, if he ever gets that far. The worst thing for trust is to have to chase him down and terrify him all over again.

The article is for all untamed Ringnecks.

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Ginab222 · Oct 13, 2019

ok, thank you ,I really do appreciate your help . Hopefully with a lot of time and patience we will get there.

Terry57 · Oct 13, 2019

First, welcome to the forum!
You can definitely get there with time and patience. I have 3 Ringnecks who were all older wild breeders, and we have had great success with taming them. Our local rescue has tamed literally dozens of IRNs, the owner loves the Asiatic parrot species and she has been able to find wonderful pet homes for them all. This doesn't mean it is easy, but that makes it all the more rewarding

Here is a wonderful link about bonding and building trust, and the writer has an IRN:

http://www.parrotforums.com/general-parrot-information/49144-tips-bonding-building-trust.html

Best of luck to you and please update us on your progress!

SilverSage · Oct 13, 2019

Please keep in mind there is a huge difference between taming a completely wild bird, and REtaming a bird that was once a pet, even if both act wild. I work day in and day out with these birds. There are people who have success, but some Ringnecks will not tame no matter what. It’s important to have realistic expectations so that in the end the needs of the bird can be met not matter if they are successfully tamed or not.

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