Hi,
I have been trying to read up on Indian ring necks and either I am not looking in the right places or there isn't much information. I even brought a book from Amazon and it was hopeless!
Background:- rescued my little ball of feathers when she was 12 weeks old, she was reared by her parrot parents so she is very hand shy. Until I brought her home she had never even been out of a cage. We assume that she is a girl but I don't know for sure. We named her Echo so it doesn't matter if she is a girl or boy! She was eating an all seed diet :-(
We have had her for 8 weeks.
She is out from 3 hours to all day and she is an excellent flier! She has figured out that windows are not to fly through and how to fly upstairs to find me! She is eating parrot pellets, fresh veg and fruit, nuts and a tiny sprinkle of seeds on new foods. She is doing great! We had a vet check her over and they said that she was in remarkably good shape considering her history.
She doesn't totally flip out when we go near her cage now although if I put my hand in she thrashes about like satan is about to steal her soul!! I let her out before I change her water and food and she watches me suspiciously from a safe distance.
I have a few questions.
1. Is it normal for her to be so cautious after eight weeks? How long does it normally take to hand tame them?
2. She has little grey fluffy feathers that are under her wings and falling out is that normal? She has lost two bigger tail feathers too, she's not pulling them out I am watching closely for that. Is that normal?
3. I have heard that IRN are noisy birds but she hardly makes a sound. She shouts at the cat maybe once or twice a week if the cat gets too close. In all honesty the cat could not be less interested and struts off if Echo shouts at her. Once in a while Echo will sort of chirp once for me if I am upstairs and she is still in her cage. The only other noise she has made was when we made her a play area out of drift wood and other natural woods, she climbed all over it sort of tweeting and making grinding noises (I am describing it so badly! It was very cute). Is it normal for her to be so quiet!?
Is there anything else, any tips or hints for us? Anything to avoid? (We know that avocados are bad and she is never ever left unattended while she is free flying!)
Many thanks in advance!
I have been trying to read up on Indian ring necks and either I am not looking in the right places or there isn't much information. I even brought a book from Amazon and it was hopeless!
Background:- rescued my little ball of feathers when she was 12 weeks old, she was reared by her parrot parents so she is very hand shy. Until I brought her home she had never even been out of a cage. We assume that she is a girl but I don't know for sure. We named her Echo so it doesn't matter if she is a girl or boy! She was eating an all seed diet :-(
We have had her for 8 weeks.
She is out from 3 hours to all day and she is an excellent flier! She has figured out that windows are not to fly through and how to fly upstairs to find me! She is eating parrot pellets, fresh veg and fruit, nuts and a tiny sprinkle of seeds on new foods. She is doing great! We had a vet check her over and they said that she was in remarkably good shape considering her history.
She doesn't totally flip out when we go near her cage now although if I put my hand in she thrashes about like satan is about to steal her soul!! I let her out before I change her water and food and she watches me suspiciously from a safe distance.
I have a few questions.
1. Is it normal for her to be so cautious after eight weeks? How long does it normally take to hand tame them?
2. She has little grey fluffy feathers that are under her wings and falling out is that normal? She has lost two bigger tail feathers too, she's not pulling them out I am watching closely for that. Is that normal?
3. I have heard that IRN are noisy birds but she hardly makes a sound. She shouts at the cat maybe once or twice a week if the cat gets too close. In all honesty the cat could not be less interested and struts off if Echo shouts at her. Once in a while Echo will sort of chirp once for me if I am upstairs and she is still in her cage. The only other noise she has made was when we made her a play area out of drift wood and other natural woods, she climbed all over it sort of tweeting and making grinding noises (I am describing it so badly! It was very cute). Is it normal for her to be so quiet!?
Is there anything else, any tips or hints for us? Anything to avoid? (We know that avocados are bad and she is never ever left unattended while she is free flying!)
Many thanks in advance!