Behaviors I should expect from previously owned IRN

[t0mmick]

I'm adopting 2 previously owned parrots one is a ringneck and the other a green check conure, I have experience with both birds but never owned a bird that had an owner before me , so I'm wondering if anyone has tips for me , what behaviors I should expect, how much time I should give them to adjust to the new home before handling them????Help!!!

 

[strudel]

I think you'll need to wait and see. It will depend on the upbringing that the birds have had and also their personalities. My adopted galah is wonderful, her previous owner trained her and she's just about perfect in my eyes. My weiros weren't handled and aren't hand tame. Has the owner given you any info about them?

 

[t0mmick]

All I know is they were in a family setting , they are tame and apparently very sweet. The IRN is about 5 yrs he talks and the conure is 3, they are used to other animals dogs and cats. They stay in the same cage. I'm going to get them on the 30th of nov, seen as the owners just left on vacation, travel is the reasons they want to re-home them.

 

[strudel]

Oh, if they are well adjusted I wouldn't anticipate anything in particular. Just let them settle in on their own terms. If they are used to people they'll let you know whether they want to talk to you or run screaming for their lives My weiros would "run away" when I first got them, but then they got used to me and they are happy to "talk" to me through the bars without fleeing. My galah was all tame and was happy to come to me from day one.

Feed them lots of nice things. They'll quickly get to like you.

 

[t0mmick]

Ok great thnx my biggest fear was bringing home 2 birds that were supposed to be nice but due to change suddenly became devil birds lol

 

[strudel]

I was quite apprehensive when I got my galah that she'd be traumatized by the change in her circumstances, that she'd fret for her former owner, that she'd hate me and freak out about being in a "strange place", etc etc etc. She was fine. Settled straight in. Happy to come to me, etc etc.

I think the main thing as I've read is not to force yourself on them. If they are trying to get away from you, let them, you dance to their tune not the other way around.

As I said my weiros were less friendly, but originally they were out in a patio cage. I've brought them inside and they are much more used to me now being right in the "thick of things".

 

[t0mmick]

It's great to hear that you have had success with previously owned birds , gives me hope that mine will adjust too!! Thnx