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by hussey
Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:36 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Desperate for HELP!!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 1295

Re: Desperate for HELP!!!!

Thanks Mike for the info - I will go get some Aloe tomorrow and try that. The one thing I have noticed is he is not enjoying his spray bath anymore. I have a little platform that he gets on for his bath he usually runs right to it when I get it out but he wants nothing to do with it. I have been cha...
by hussey
Tue Aug 24, 2010 12:33 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Desperate for HELP!!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 1295

Re: Desperate for HELP!!!!

Thank you Glenn for taking the time to answer my post. I'm hoping he can live without a girl because I'm not in the position to get another bird. One more question have you ever heard about giving a bird Prozac, I can't find anything about it on the board, I just started giving it to him don't see a...
by hussey
Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:19 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Desperate for HELP!!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 1295

Desperate for HELP!!!!

Someone please help me. I have a 3 yr old IRN, he has been a great bird for these 3 years and all of a sudden he has started pulling out his feathers, and I mean pull them out over & over again. His back is bald, his legs and most of his chest, he has also pulled out most of his tail feathers. I...
by hussey
Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:47 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Petting an IRN
Replies: 2
Views: 1379

Petting an IRN

My IRN, Ricky is just over a year old. I really love him and it would be nice if I could pet him. I know some love to get neck scratches and I'm really envious. His biting is pretty sparatic he seems to like if I pull my shirt over my hand before I pick him up I think he feels more secure with his g...
by hussey
Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:33 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: question about talking
Replies: 7
Views: 2533

My IRN is just over a year old, he started saying his name around 8 mths he also barks like a dog but he hasn't learn anything since. But I don't stop trying, by some of the things I have read I might just come home one day and he will have all kinds of things to say
by hussey
Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:26 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Miserable Bird with dogs
Replies: 2
Views: 1103

Thanks for the quick response. I can see what you mean although I think I spent alot of the time with Ricky I take him everywhere with me in the house and talk to him constantly he might not think so - never thought of that. Funny thing is with him is he hates the dogs so much but he picked up on th...
by hussey
Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:09 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Miserable Bird with dogs
Replies: 2
Views: 1103

Miserable Bird with dogs

My IRN Ricky is just over a year old, he bites quite abit but nothing unusual I think. The problem with him is I have 3 dogs also in the house , a german shepard, english bulldog and a min pin he is so mean to them I don't know what to do. I DO NOT want to keep him caged all the time so I leave the ...