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I'm certainly not the most qualified here, but I'm in a similar situation, and have been seeing real progress. I'm a few months into building a relationship with a parent reared one-year-old whose only experience with humans before me was having the seed bowl filled, and then suddenly being caught a...

Thanks everyone for the advice. My plan for now is to reassess my approach and keep trying. There's a lot to take on board here, but hopefully we can make some progress and I can convince Cirrus that I mean no harm. I appreciate everyone taking the time to share your experience, and hopefully I'll h...

Thanks for the reply. Believe it or not, this was at Brisbane Bird Vet. I'm bad with names, but the first vet, a man, was good, and made me feel confident about coming back; the second was a woman, and gave head scratches until the bird stopped struggling before moving on with the exam. It was a big...

Please excuse the wall of text; the problem is complex and I want to get the details straight. My ringneck, Cirrus, has been with us for about a month now. Not sure whether this bird is male or female, so I'll use xie/xir. Cirrus is aviary bred and in theory 11 months old; the breeder seemed honest,...

Hi! I'm from Brisbane, in my 20s, and as of almost two weeks ago have adopted a ten-month-old white ringneck. In general I realise that this may have been unwise, as young Cirrus has never been handled... but even scared, in a small temporary (and thus unfamiliar) cage with a much more energetic cou...