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In the next moult the bird will get better looking feathers. One of my lovebirds came here with poor feathers, looking a bit greasy. I went to the vet, and asked how this was possible, he said that he was poorly fed in his first home. Here he eats pellets, but is still not looking great, because he ...

I'm sorry, I don't have any experience with that. But the digestive system of a bird is more sensitive than a rat.

Ah that's too bad.. but than you know the reason for the bad colours.. there are also some healthy things you can find right outside, like branches from a willow tree, that's really healthy (make sure that the branch looks healthy, and leave the bast in, in that there are vitamins). You can give pla...

Okay! Wel then it will be okay I guess As long as he can eat, it won't damage him so much I think.

The type of pellet is a hard question for me.. I give them a dutch pellet, called ecobird. That seems to work fine here, their feathers look nice and shiny. I hear a lot that Harrisons is pellet, but I don't know if that's the best, and I find it pretty expensive. Maybe someone in your country can g...

That's good to hear Mine is very picky in her eating.. don't really know what to do with that. She just eats the fruits and vegetables, she nibbles a bit on the pellets, but only if I give them to her between my fingers. I have the idea that only fruit and vegetables aren't enough, what do you think?

Ah okay! In the second pic it seems as if the lower part of the beak is growing over the upper part? Don't know of that's the case, but if it is, it might be a good idea to take him to a vet, and let them check this.. otherwise the beak might keep growing wrongly and the lower part of the beak might...

Thank you so much! It's clear

Is there something wrong with her beak? Don't mean to be mean or something, but it looks strange to me..?

My ringneck is now weaning, and did just learn to drink for two weeks or so. In the beginning she drunk too much (kept on drinking for minutes), maybe thinking that is was handfeeding formula or something, so I gave her water now and than, but did not leave her alone with it at first. Now she is dri...

Did I get the last thing correct too? That the mother has to be albino in order to get an albino young?

That's nice info! Thanks.

I think you should closely watch it's weight, than you know for sure. In the weaning process, it's acceptable if they lose 10% of their body weight. If they loose more, it might be a good idea to go to a vet.

As far as I know, a seed diet is never enough, unless your bird eats a lot of fruit and vegetables daily. Otherwise it might be a better idea to switch them to pellets. And the feathers do indeed show the health of the bird, if he does not get enough vitamins, the feathers won't have their beautiful...

I thought of something else. If the mother is white, it is grey pallid ino. So does this mean that she still has the ino gene? But how is it than possible that she has black eyes? And if the mother is white, so actually grey, she could not have passed on the blue gene, and the young could not have b...

I think I understand it, but please do correct me if I'm wrong! If the mother is an albino: The father has an X and an X-ino. The mother has an Y and an X-ino. This means that if their young is a female, it inherited the X-ino from the maile, and the Y from the mother. If it's a male, inherited the ...

Does anybody know what it means when Luna is wagging her tail?

Oh, they are beautiful! Especially Jasper is really pretty!!

By the way... where can I find pics of your birdies?

Thank you It's indeed a wonderful picture.. I should frame all my pictures... But I haven't done it yet. I can't choose I have one framed, that's hanging above the bird's play ground. That one is of Vinnie, she died a few weeks ago, she had a tumor in her wing, spinal cord and kidneys.. Was really s...

Thanks! I have more pics of Luna in my diary on another site, it's in dutch, but you van see the pics! On this page are the pics of when we just got her. At the first pic Pukkie is cleaning Luna, it's so sweet! But later, Luna and Dino had a little fight, and Luna won't allow any of the lovebirds in...

Thanx! I already did some reading here, it's a great information source! Also because I already read so much here, I thought it was a good idea to finally join I will probably have a lot of questions along the way!

Thanx for your answer! I'm trying real hard, but don't totally understand it. This is what I thought: if the mother is albino, the young is a female to unless the father is split for albino. (so you still can't tell) But as I hear your story, the mother is probably a white (Grey PallidIno), by the w...

Hello, I'm Linde, 24 years old and from Holland. I've got three lovebirds (2 fisheri; Sambo and Pukkie, 1 personata; Dino) and since 2 weeks an Indian Ringneck; Luna. It's an albino, approx 12 weeks, and very sweet She is hand-raised and since a few days completely independent. She loves fruits and ...

Hello, I have an 12 weeks old albino ringneck since 2 weeks now. The mother was white with really dark (I think black) with white/yellow eyes. The father was blue. I was wondering if it is possible to find out what gender my ringneck is according to its parents. I was also wondering if the mother an...