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tlouiselle

I am so jealous!!! My IRN hates other birds and animals. He/she is not afraid of but aggressive with them. My poor eclectus wanted to be friends but is now terrified because the IRN will chase him off of the perch or sneak up and bite him :-( Give them a little more time with the cage between them a...

tlouiselle

Thank you

I will definately not encourage it then

tlouiselle

I have seen lots of pictures of this but I am not sure what this behavior means or if it should be encouraged. First Skye began to put his (or her) head IN my mouth and makes clucking noises. Now for the first 5 minutes each time I hold him he bows down, puts his head up, pins his eyes, and just clu...

tlouiselle

Awww. That is so cute. I used to let Sky on my shoulder but he started attacking my ears. So he has lost his shoulder privileges. He LOVES baths too. I put him on the top of the shower door on a towel. Every time he is up there he wants to come in, snuggle under my chin, and get soaked. LOL. I hope ...

tlouiselle

Just ask the owners if you could buy her from them? Prices vary with them. To get a better idea as to how much they are selling for, look at the prices ofthe ones on Craigslist and Ebay classifieds

tlouiselle

It will take time to build trust with him. At least he is comfortable to leave his cage to sit on top AND eat out of your hand :-) If you find a specific treat that he likes (or even his food) you can slowly work with him. Place your hand on top of the cage between him and the treat so he will have ...

tlouiselle

We have had a WONDERFUL breakthough!!! I am sooo happy. Since 4 weeks old Sky was my sweet and loving baby. I was heartbroken when at around 4 months he developed a slight additude problem...which only seemed to get worse. He began to scream, bite, battle with us, launch himself from any place to ge...

tlouiselle

If it so frustrating because I keep questining if I did anything to cause it. He has been a little bratty since 4 month old but still wanted to be with us. He would try to intimidate all males that held him. When a male was holding him he would pin his eyes, fluff his head, and start these loud whis...

tlouiselle

I sure hope so. He will call to me or our eclectus if he is not included in whatever is going on. At what age are they usually done with bluffing?

tlouiselle

Sky is 7 months old now. I have had him since he was 4 weeks and I hand raised him. He definately has mood swings like crazy. He used to follow me all around the house and was not scared of ANYTHING. He bosses around the dogs, cat, and our eclectus. He is out of his cage all day every day. I work fr...

tlouiselle

Thank you

He is such a stinker.

tlouiselle

His eyes definitely pin but his wings stay normal. Would breeding season effect him at such a young age? He is 6 months.

tlouiselle

Sky is 6 months old now. We do not know if he is a male for sure, but he has more characteristics from what I have learned (square head, vibrant cheeks, heart shaped wings, and some behaviors)...we still don't know though. He (or she) has recently began a strange behavior with other (human) males. W...

tlouiselle

Skye is 5 months old now. About a month ago our conure Oscar passed away. Skye never loved him but he would sit outside with him, sing with him, and when you took one away they would call to eachother. Oscar was too busy for him. Oscar wanted to lean against him, preen him, and would sometimes play ...

tlouiselle

Okay. I am glad I did not run out and buy one then. It was tempting because they are so close to us. I either want a full violet or a cleartail

Thank you

If you hear back from them would you mind letting me know if they do have any cleartails?

tlouiselle

Thankyou for all of your input Ellie. You have really made me feel better about getting another IRN (if that is what we decide to bring home)...Personally, for me birds are like potato chips, you always need one more :-) I would like to have three :-) When we went to the rescue I was in my glory. Bi...

tlouiselle

Mike- No he didn't send photos. I have tried to have self control and not contact him (even though I have looked at those babies so many times now). It just says it in the listing. I was wondering about that too because those babies don't look like violet. This ad has been on Craiglslist a couple ti...

tlouiselle

We THINK Sky is a male. We studied "him" for an hour comparing his body to the other birds when he has hardly any feathers. He has very square shaped head and vibrant cheeks... but who knows. Boy or girl we still love him :-) His bluffing is not nearly as bad as I expected either after res...

tlouiselle

Thank you Ellie :D I am just so torn between another IRN, a lesser sulfer crested cockatoo (worried about noise level but I am in love with them), a cockatiel (not as high maintenance as the other birds and I still get the cute crest on the head), or an eclectus parrot. I found some BEAUTIFUL violet...

tlouiselle

Sky is 17 weeks old. We have had him since we was an adorable 4week old porcupine. Two weeks ago we tragically lost our black capped conure. Since then Sky has become quieter, doesn't sing, and is even more attached to me than he already was. He likes to spend his days on his huge playgym outside th...

tlouiselle

Thank you for your response

Ha ha the following day after I posted this he bit my ear while I was reading on the forum!!! He still has his very sweet moments though. He is mostly sweet and every once in a while turns in to a sassy stinker

tlouiselle

Sky is all better now :-) Thank you for your kind words you guys. I was going to take him to the vet, had an appointment but he had amazing progress each day. He is back to being his old self...the only thing is we had to take some steps back from weaning off of his formula. He was down to one feedi...

tlouiselle

I read all kinds of information to prepare myself for the dreaded bluffing stage. I have heard that the bluffing stage starts young but then someone also told me that they reach it around a year old. Sky is now 13 weeks old. We have had him since he was a 4 week old adorable little porcupine. At abo...

tlouiselle

Thank you Jessie. I always sweat the small stuff with these guys

tlouiselle

Today I noticed that one of Sky's beautiful long tail feathers is broken. It sticks every which way and swirls around in the breeze. It is broken very high up. Do I leave it?

tlouiselle

Aww thank you, you are so sweet. He is definately feeling better. He is very active and eatting. I talked to a bird breeder that I know and she said he was smart to sit there and wait for us to come home to free him. Hopefully he learned and will not go near there again. I don't like having the piec...

tlouiselle

Our Sky is only 11 weeks old. I work from home so he is never in his cage and therefore not very happy when he has to sit in it during the day. I have family visiting and we were out all day yesterday. When we came home we had discovered that one of the food dish doors had not been properly latched....

tlouiselle

Hi There, You can definately start to give him seeds, fruits, and vegetables to explore. Sky's favorite are apples. He took to those right away. He also loves grapes and strawberries. One of the first things that I fed him while he was on formula (he is finally down to hardly one feeding a day...YAY...

tlouiselle

Sky is about 10 weeks old now and has started to get nippy. Our little angel can be a little devil...but I still love him to pieces. His worst times are in the morning and early afternoons. Towards evening he turns back into my cuddle bug. When he is moody and lunges at me, I say "no bite"...

tlouiselle

Yes I have people that I can talk to

Thank you so much.

tlouiselle

It is definately the baby noise, just much louder. When he talks to me he makes the baby noise more sweetly as he always did when he wanted to be fed. I think he is just playing with his voice. He has already learned how to whistle. I love listening to him make different squeaks and whistles while h...

tlouiselle

Sky is about 9 weeks old now. We have had him since he was 4 weeks. Recently he has had a slight change in behavior. I have expected it but I just want to make sure I deal with the situations properly. I do not want to scare him, but I also do not want him to think he is in charge either. 1. He is u...

tlouiselle

Our Sky is about 9 weeks old now. He was 4 weeks old when we brought him home. Be careful with a cage because he can lose heat and his feet can get hurt on the wires. I saw one who had a torn tendon from the wire on a cage because it didn't know how to properly walk on it. We kept a light on Sky to ...

tlouiselle

Thank you. I will do that :-) I am sure I will have a million questions. I have had so much fun raising this guy. The lady looked at me like I was crazy when I said I wanted to take him home to hand raise him myself. It is so much fun though. I really appreciate all of your help. I will make him (or...

tlouiselle

THANK YOU :-) He does have grapes, apples, and millet too. He eats them all. He was eatting seed this morning after he had formula. He does not drink water though. I have it available to him at all times but he does not drink it. I try to show him by dipping my fingers in the water and then he drink...

tlouiselle

We have had Skyler since he was 4 weeks old. He was on 4 feedings a day. Our little goofball is now 6 weeks old. All of the weaning information that I can find is about chicks that do not want to eat. We are having the opposite problem. Our little piggy still cries to eat every 4-5 hours. He always ...

tlouiselle

Skyler is still a sweet baby at the moment. I have been doing research on bluffing to prepare myself for his/her little devil phase ;-) We also have Oscar, a black capped conure who seems to love his new sibling. Over time we are planning on letting the two birds hang out together as long as they ge...

tlouiselle

Hi Everyone, My name is Tara. This forum has been a savior for my boyfriend and I. We are currently owned by a black capped conure, two miniature pinschers, a cat, and a new IRN. We just brought home our blue IRN baby (Skyler) a week ago. We were told that it was around 6 weeks old at the time, howe...

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