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by Bird crazy
Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:54 am
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: wish "us" luck
Replies: 10
Views: 4361

Pellets, yum

You done good but I bet Louis is upset that you caught him in the act.
He's probably liked them all along just thought he'd give you
a run for you money on this one. :lol:
by Bird crazy
Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:47 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Help?
Replies: 3
Views: 1359

Perhaps she is more cage protective than fearful of hands. Do you have a play gym for her? If you get one on wheels and you set it next to her cage where she can go from one to the other then you can slowly acclimate her to being furhter away from the cage on the play gym. May help, may not but it w...
by Bird crazy
Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:47 pm
Forum: Ringneck Stories
Topic: I found the toilet!
Replies: 8
Views: 5110

That's not sorry mummy

that's the rasperries he's giving your friend who didn't like his
perfectly placed pile of poop.

I know this sounds silly but it's because they are clean animals really that they poop off the side, They don't want to walk in it or live with it.

Now you walking in it is their entertainment :lol: :lol:
by Bird crazy
Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:43 pm
Forum: IRN Video Forum
Topic: Money and Tika
Replies: 4
Views: 3526

evil female looks

Oh yeah. Priya is great at it.
She puts that head down and watches Nila and after
putting up with his prancing and talking she'll go for him and
try to bite his feet. :lol:

And he always screams and flaps like she's killed him.
by Bird crazy
Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:37 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Bet I can destroy this before Santa comes!
Replies: 5
Views: 1737

Now that's funny

Your hobby besides providing a chair for the cats is buying bird toys

I love it.

You my dear have a healthy lifestyle and don't let anyone tell yo different.
by Bird crazy
Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:34 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: DNA test
Replies: 2
Views: 910

boy or girl

I think it's fun to know before the ring comes in.

I am way too impatient for that.

I'll be waiting to hear if you have a boy or a girl peanut. :lol:
by Bird crazy
Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:31 pm
Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
Topic: Seperate cages
Replies: 4
Views: 3383

Sleeping together

I'd let them sleep together too until it becomes a problem. If they begin to fight then you'll have to separate them and you already have the cage so it shouldn't be traumatic for either one of them. My two sleep together and Priya runs Nila off the perch, so I finally put two perches at the top of ...
by Bird crazy
Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:28 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Noooo! Psittacosis?
Replies: 22
Views: 10403

Hope it's ok

We'll be thinking of you and yours. Hope they do well with a little medicine and all will be healthy and happy in a few days.
by Bird crazy
Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:26 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Bluffing stage started
Replies: 5
Views: 2678

bluffing

Not sure if I do the right thing or not but I force Nila to step up and down several times and then reward his good response with a sunflower seed. But the times when he steps down and turns around and tries to bite again I may do the step up but if he persists I turn my back on him, That always get...
by Bird crazy
Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:47 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: how indignified! *hmmph*
Replies: 3
Views: 1222

Duck butt

Cute duck butt.
by Bird crazy
Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:46 pm
Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
Topic: Bet I can beat Magellan.....I have Tillie to help
Replies: 4
Views: 2728

I'm still betting....

.... on Magellan destroying his toy before Syd or Dec 25.

I have little experience with love birds, tiels or budgies, but my experience with these two tells me Magellan is a safe bet.
by Bird crazy
Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:35 pm
Forum: Ringneck Stories
Topic: My Poor Buggas!
Replies: 9
Views: 5374

I would have been more afraid of the smoke killing them. I never thought of that, how would you protect them from the smoke? We're approacing our dry season here in SW Florida and it's already a very dry year and they are predicting lots of fires. Hmm, any good ideas anyone what to do for smoke, I a...
by Bird crazy
Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:25 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Bet I can destroy this before Santa comes!
Replies: 5
Views: 1737

I'm betting....

he's right, he'll have it destroyed long before Dec 25.
by Bird crazy
Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:24 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Meet our Lutino - Charlie!!
Replies: 5
Views: 1859

Hi Charlie

Aren't you the cute one with another little yellow fellow looking back from the window. Could be your twin.
by Bird crazy
Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:17 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Tuki can wolf whistle
Replies: 2
Views: 1124

Wolf Whistle

Way to go Tuki, he'll be talking soon now.
by Bird crazy
Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:20 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Catching an IRN
Replies: 2
Views: 1168

yes

Do you have the cage he is familiar with and a toy he recognizes. If so you can call him and put the cage in the vicinity you saw him in and he may return to the cage to search for food, put his favorite food there, if it's sunflower seeds put those there and then hopefully he will check it out when...
by Bird crazy
Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:48 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: NEED HELP, Luna is regressing
Replies: 7
Views: 2169

Baby bluffing

Nila has been nipping a little more but not really bluffing. I think he's realized that Priya is in charge of him and he is trying very hard to establish that he is in charge of me. :lol:

Needless to say they are both in charge of me but Nila just doesn't realize it.
by Bird crazy
Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:44 pm
Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
Topic: Guess what I have! No pics (sorry :P)
Replies: 11
Views: 4538

Lucy!!!

welcome home to Dani's house.
Can't wait to see her picture.

I'm so glad for you Dani.


Is she a baby or did he buy her as an adult?

They are so pretty it's hard not to want one or two for myself, so while I am green with envy I am very glad for your good fotune.
by Bird crazy
Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:50 pm
Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
Topic: Guess what I have! No pics (sorry :P)
Replies: 11
Views: 4538

what they said

))))PICTURES((((((

uh, please.

I'm so glad for you. Now if there are no pics there had better be a few more details pronto um, please.


Name
age
vos, si or what?

Come on Dani, um please I'm trying to be nice and patient but it just isn't easy for me
by Bird crazy
Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:44 pm
Forum: Ringneck Stories
Topic: Preening Silk style
Replies: 3
Views: 2881

Having a good time

Sounds like a good time to me, but always take the earrings out first
that is a real ouch to me when they pull them out.
by Bird crazy
Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:41 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Hey Ya'll
Replies: 12
Views: 3292

Baby!!

Tell your redneck mom hello from us. Even deeper in the south here in Ft Myers.

You're looking good.
by Bird crazy
Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:33 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Comments/Questions
Topic: Do you think Skyler is a boy or girl??????
Replies: 7
Views: 2157

boy or girl

I have no idea, he looks like my Nila and he dna'd male. I can tell you he sure is a cutie though. I think the wing spreading and standing up tall is a male trait.... I think. Priya is grey and a female and she squats in front of the mirror and talks to herself, I've never seen her stand up tall at ...
by Bird crazy
Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:26 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: NEED HELP, Luna is regressing
Replies: 7
Views: 2169

My two cents...

I am no expert but.... I think that you have to get a bird away from, out of sight of his cage. I would start with just short periods so as not to stress him too much but I would start right away. I'll tell you why, there is a pet store in this town that has a large selection of birds and they have ...
by Bird crazy
Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:03 am
Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
Topic: Ok so I don't want to mess this up by saying it too early...
Replies: 9
Views: 3824

Good thoughts are there

Wishing good things for taht birdie, because while you will feel rewarded
that birdie will really be getting the best reward.

And I too want to know WHERE ARE THE PICTURES
but if it's a choice between a camera or a new feathered surprise
get the feathered surprise.

:D
by Bird crazy
Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:18 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Who's Top Bird Now?
Replies: 9
Views: 1951

dominance

clip his wings :(
may be a bit drastic but should help him realize he is not the top bird
you are then Gilbert then Yoda.

But don't go on my say so wait for a few more comments and lets see what else might help.
by Bird crazy
Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:10 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Nila
Replies: 6
Views: 2039

Nila

Nila is always getting into something, this time it was my purse.
Notice that Priya is absent from the photo but it only took
her another couple of seconds to decide to join in the
search and destroy mission.


Image
by Bird crazy
Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:21 am
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Ozzie Day 36
Replies: 58
Views: 45200

Blue feathers

He has really grown. And he is beautiful.

Those blue flight feathers are awesome.

The color on the eclectus males is the prettiest I have ever seen. Other birds are pretty but the male eclectus is my favorite hands down.
by Bird crazy
Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:18 am
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Some corny pictures
Replies: 5
Views: 1839

Corney!!

My birds don't like corn. I've tried several times and they just walk away from it.

But looks like your two love it.

I laugh too when they throw something down and watch what it does when it hits the floor. Makes me laugh every time.
by Bird crazy
Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:13 am
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: and about the Christmas picture.....
Replies: 4
Views: 1613

He's a cutie

What a pretty thing, and anything red with that light blue just makes them look prettier.
by Bird crazy
Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:09 am
Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
Topic: Babies are out of the nest
Replies: 3
Views: 2123

Now that's a flock of birds

They are adorable. I can sit and look at them and hear their honking. I love that sound. At one point in my varied and gypsy life I had a home in NC and my hubby built me an outdoor aviary and I had several different kinds of finches in it during the spring summer and fall, they had to come inside i...
by Bird crazy
Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:02 am
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Oh the possibilities
Replies: 11
Views: 5006

Grey

I also have a grey female, Priya and she is beautiful too.

She also is a much more docile bird and larger than Nila.
I think that is probably just her individual traits, not common to all greys IRN. But she is a really sweet, clingy bird. Wants to be on my shoulder all the time.
by Bird crazy
Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:59 pm
Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
Topic: Babies are out of the nest
Replies: 3
Views: 2123

Finches, zebra

I love finches, I love to hear their little honking noises. I had a pair for years. They were so much fun. And your new babies are so cute. How many finches do you have? I think we need a pic of each of them with names. I know it will be a long post but we'd love to see them. Or at least I would.
by Bird crazy
Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:56 pm
Forum: Share Your Flock With The Family
Topic: Ok so I don't want to mess this up by saying it too early...
Replies: 9
Views: 3824

Dani

I can hardly wait to hear what it is....
I see green too,

I do hope so.
by Bird crazy
Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:55 pm
Forum: Ringneck Stories
Topic: My messy floor
Replies: 15
Views: 8145

Cleaners

So what we have all learned is that they naturally clean their cages by throwing things out of it they consider unwanted in it. So now all we have to do is teach them to throw it in a trash can placed strategically by the cage.

Think it might work?
by Bird crazy
Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:51 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Kalle
Replies: 6
Views: 2166

Very nice

Great pics, thanks for the update.
They are both beautiful.
by Bird crazy
Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:39 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Who's Top Bird Now?
Replies: 9
Views: 1951

Nila and Priya are the same way. Nila was here first and Priya came in and tries to attack Nila and he runs away.

But they are beginning to adjust to one another. I finally put two perches at the top of the cage and now they both sleep at the top facing each other on their own perch.
by Bird crazy
Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:14 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Hello I'm new here
Replies: 5
Views: 2426

Welcome

And lets hope they get hungry before the drapes are destroyed. :lol:


Welcome aboard. They are gorgeous. There's something about seeing them in a pair that just makes it all seem right. Hope they start talking to you soon. I'd love to know how old they are.
by Bird crazy
Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:08 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Oh the possibilities
Replies: 11
Views: 5006

A blue cutie

Are you hoping to get a blue?

I have my Nila and he is such a pretty color, looks the same as the one in your photo.

Hope it goes well for you.
by Bird crazy
Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:00 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: G'day, im the new guy
Replies: 12
Views: 4966

black lower beak

Hi and welcome
My Priya is dna sexed female and her lower beak is black just like
Nila the male.

About the pics, I get how to upload on photobucket but how do you make the collage, that's the part I can't figure out. :oops:
by Bird crazy
Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:41 pm
Forum: Ringneck Stories
Topic: My messy floor
Replies: 15
Views: 8145

Dirt Devil huh

I spent a night out of town and came home and was talking to the birds telling them how good they had been because the place was so clean, my Mother was here with them. My Mom chimed in and said "That's because I cleaned it up twice today" Guess who else think's I'm crazy... Well so Mom an...
by Bird crazy
Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:09 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Newbie
Replies: 5
Views: 2501

Pros vs Cons

Welcome Sakib

birds are messy, noisy at times and tempermental creatures

they also are very very entertaining and fascinating creatures
that will reward you with so many things when cared for in a respectful manner.

for me the pros far outweigh the cons by about 10 to 1.
by Bird crazy
Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:01 am
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Found a food we like that Amazon doesnt
Replies: 2
Views: 930

You need a shower after dinner because

Oh yeah, yesterday Priya, Nila and I shared a baked sweet potato They had messy beaks, I had sweet potato on my pants, shirt and when Nila was done before Priya he crawled up on my forearm and cleaned his beak on my arm. It was great. Mashed sweet potato smeared on my arm. I wonder if I could get th...
by Bird crazy
Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:53 am
Forum: Ringneck Stories
Topic: My messy floor
Replies: 15
Views: 8145

Fun?????

Now I claimed the name Bird Crazy but you guys who think that's fun you can be birdcrazy 2, birdcrazy 3 etc because only a crazy person would think cleaning up the floor after a bunch of feather butts fun. And I might add I usually watch them make the mess and laugh. Oh yeah Bird Crazy is appropriat...
by Bird crazy
Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:05 pm
Forum: Ringneck Stories
Topic: My messy floor
Replies: 15
Views: 8145

I am belly laughing

What a game, Huh? My two do it too. But not so much with their fresh food anymore, they discovered they like it to eat first now. But the expensive pellets, oh yeah. And Nila went through this period where he would toss them out by color. One day all the green, one day it was the yellow and so on. P...
by Bird crazy
Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:59 pm
Forum: Ringneck Stories
Topic: CAmo is meowing
Replies: 16
Views: 8061

Catschair

So you are a chair to not one but two cats, who like to talk.
It's a great description from a cats point of view. Makes me laugh.

My cat meow's everytime he comes in and out but both birds have learned and say here Kitty Kitty Kitty but they haven't meowed yet.

I'm working on it.
by Bird crazy
Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:52 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Lou pics
Replies: 6
Views: 1810

He's a beauty

Wow he is really beautiful. That color and the ring is just too much.

Isn't something how you can spend 20 bucks for a toy at the store
and all you needed was a bottle cap to entertain them for hours.
by Bird crazy
Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:49 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Our little boy is a thief
Replies: 4
Views: 1456

Have you heard...

the expression: better to ask foregivenss after the fact rather than ask permission.... That expression was made with an IRN in mind, I'm sure of it. You've got a baby there, mine is only 8 months old and he's quite the pig headed determine little cuss and then oh so sweet giving kisses and asking w...
by Bird crazy
Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:19 pm
Forum: IRN Video Forum
Topic: Amazon playing with his ball.
Replies: 4
Views: 3182

I really enjoyed that. Did you buy that ball like that or cut a dog toy to insert the peanuts. It's a great idea.
by Bird crazy
Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:06 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: Ozzie Day 36
Replies: 58
Views: 45200

Gotta love that Ozzie

He is getting prettier and prettier, or handsomer and handsomer all the time. You will fovever be know as Ozzie's mom and dad, can't remember your names but won't forget the name that goes with that pretty little face. If he's pooing on command you deserve the pats on the backs, because he wasn't bo...
by Bird crazy
Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:38 pm
Forum: IRN Photo Forum
Topic: More Yoda
Replies: 7
Views: 1827

He's a cutie all right.

Yoda is adorable.
How is Gilbert taking it all now?
Showing much jealousy?

Priya is the new bird in the house, but she bullies Nila and is very jealous if I hold him.