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I've had a couple of face nips. He mostly likes to get my ear if I'm not paying attention.

Silly aren't they, keep doing what you're doing. He'll come around. I didn't think my Bobby would, but he has.

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HAHA Bobby meows like our cat. They're such funny things aren't they?

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My Bobby never shuts up. He'll be falling asleep, making all kinds of noise, bobbing his head, eyes pinning. He's so funny. I've recently videoed him, to put on vimeo
https://vimeo.com/home/myvideos/page:1/ ... rmat:video

https://vimeo.com/83673861

he's funny….

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Oh hun, I am so sorry too, but if a bird dies so quick then yes I would think it was already sick. What did the shop say, did you get a post morton done? Really needed, in case you want to get another bird…

so sad, you really did want to love him.

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Aww, a lot of people are against pulling the feathers, but I had to take my Bobby in to see the Vet in June and he had two removed from his left wing, he'd already broken off one, then bent two more. In the end he had no flight feathers so was a complete lopsided bird. They do grow back quite quick ...

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Hello everyone. I've tried the search function and discovered some differences in things so I'd just really like to get a sense of weight from you all. I've had Bobby 6mths now, Male, blue ringneck, just getting his ring in. When we first got him and took him to the vets because he bent his blood fe...

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My lil ringneck is getting his ring :) In amongst the heavy moult he's been having. Such a scruff. I thought I was going to have a bald bird. He has started showing a black ring around his neck. This week it was just a couple of feathers on either side of his neck, but it's spreading the more the pi...

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Very impressed with your birds. They are beautiful and very clever. :) I've just started training Bobby to fetch his balls and drop them to me, but he seems to more like going for my fingers sometimes too... oops. He's lost so many feathers, looking very scruffy. He's also growling and regurgitating...

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Aww, reading this is inspiring. My Bobby is getting so cheaky at the moment. From flying to my hand while I'm picking up stuff he wants from his cage but dropped to jumping across while we're having dinner! and robbing off my plate! So funny but don't want him to do it all the time. :) bobby has bee...

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As we've headed into our summer, 20 plus degrees. Bobby's started to drop feathers again. When we got him he lost around 6 but this week alone he's dropped over 30, some medium ones and some larger ones. But mostly the little ones, and the diddy ones with fluffy bits attached. This is without the to...

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Ahh now I can see why it's so easy to get them squawking all the time. Although we try and ignore it sometimes it's impossible. Will try and leave the room and see what that does. Yes, I know not a good idea to sneak in for a feel. But I've never touched him in 8 weeks. He's not that kinda bird yet....

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I'm really not sure what to say, but Bobby squaks a lot too, in the morning for a few hours and sometimes in the evening. I never hear it as I'm in work, but the other half is at home. This weekend we've been able to hear him a lot more. He gurgles a lot too and dances trying to mate with everything...

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Bobby's lost 8 feathers this week alone, without all the little ones. This bit of moulting has him really cranky too, he actually grabbed my nose while I was talking to him the other day. I too think his chest feathers look a little ratty. But the bigger feathers he broke and had pulled have pins wa...

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My baby, just won't quit with the chunnering while he's all puffed up and asleep, head tucked in his back. lol.... it drives my husband wild. He's had such a fun day with a new tree perch. He's been hopping on and off it and regurgitating food all over it. So funny. I've got a few videos of him. Wil...

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Having chatted to our CAG's vet today it seems that sometimes they do just knock them and with the blood feathers acting like a straw even if it's well clotted it will always lose some blood with a knock or flight. I've seen some blood on him tonight, trying not to freak out, but he's going in asap ...

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So yeah, Bobby's doing great with the training, but this last blood feather every few days or so, drops a bit of blood. It doesn't help that he chews on the end.... everyone else I've spoken too says to leave him he'll deal with it on his own, and that another vet trip might be too much as he will h...

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I can't post pictures. Don't know why, says board quota is full. The feather has gone now. He's eating well, seems okay apart from he's now not scared of me and when I try and get him back in his cage he's taken to trying to nip me. Someone has advised me to move his top perch down a little if he li...

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Thanks for the reply. He has three hanging toys in it. But he'll flutter anywhere inside the cage and caught one on his toy as he was playing. It's a pretty big. Used to have a cockatoo in it and is four times the size as the one his previous owner had him in. I just think it's been some bad luck. A...

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Bobby's managed to bend another feather this morning trying to take a piece of fruit up to his perch he dropped it, got a right stop on and attacked his toy, bent the feather. But he's subsequently managed to chew it off within an hour. There is no bleeding, but again we're in the same boat. There m...

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Judging from my time caring for my former conure, it is expected the bird to sleep 12-15hrs in a day. Puffed up and with one foot up is actually one of the most normal positions for a parrot to sleep in - of any species. As for whether the conditions are normal... I know if I went to the doctor and...

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He has gone to bed early and is puffed up asleep on one foot. Would this be normal for a pretty stressful day?

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Thank you. He's been out eating and throwing food around as usual.

I'll keep you posted on how he is tomorrow. For now he's preening on his top perch.

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Thanks, just got back... The vet said he looks in good health. He's moulting which is why I've found the feathers. He has been clipped. All the way through all feathers. So when they grow back they're a little weird for him. And the bent feather along with the one next to it, started bleeding as soo...

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So, Bobby is in his smaller cage, awaiting to go to the vets. Hubby got him in there with some treats and trickery. (he will never fall for it again)

I'm a little nervous, I did want hubby to come with me but he's working. Oh well.

Wish us luck, and I'll post what the Vet thinks in a little while.

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What an absolutely cracking video.

Thanks for sharing. I should upload some of Bobby, I've only got my koi videos up on my channel yet.

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Okay, so we've had Bobby 5 weeks on wed. He was on a shop bought parrot mix which we copied when he first arrived. I learned in the first week that he wasn't allowed too many sunflower seeds so I removed most of these from the mix. I was giving grapes and then started with other fruits and veggies a...

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Wonderful stories, thanks for sharing. I don't think Bobby likes the spray too much although he does try and nip at the water when I'm doing it. Other than that he loves his bowl.

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After my failed attempt at getting Bobby to step up onto my arm (uncovered) he's been in a playful mood this afternoon, so I rolled him a treat in some paper, and went towards him with it. He instantly knows something is nice inside.... and he wanted it. So I placed my arm under him a little too far...

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I'm having the most fun making different salads and stuff and seeing which veggies he picks out first. Green beans and Spinach leaves.... loves

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Hi Fidget_Green, I'm not sure if this link will work or not, but this is a vid of my male IRN having one of his aggressive moments - there is no one particular thing he does this with - one day it could be his mirror, the next his wooden-hangy-chew-thing, the next it might just be one of the branch...

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Thanks

I'll see how we get on in the next few days. He's been better this afternoon, although he spent near an hour in his bath....

Wil keep you posted.

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Hi there so seeing as I didn't want to totally hijack the other thread. I'm posting the pics of his feathers here. He lost another this morning, when across the room to see me. What alarmed me about this one is that it really has been hacked.... The first feather is one he bent in the cage and knawe...

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I haven't got any pictures but I can put some up tomorrow. We've disturbed his routine a little today as hubby's put up a wire mesh fencing across the door so we can have the sliding doors open. It's been real warm here and too hot in the living room with the doors shut and Bobby out the cage. He's ...

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I've found this thread really helpful. I'm not totally sure of Bobby's exact age but the weather in the UK hit over 15d this last couple of days. Bobby's started itching a little more and I found two feathers I have to admit they don't look in as good a shape as your feathers above. One is only half...

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I'm only on a few parrot forums. And seeing as I like to be active. I thought I'd post about our progress with our IRN Bobby today. We took him in as a friend wanted to re-home him. And we've had him just over 4 weeks now. He was pretty scared at first, but I took to talking to him and sitting by hi...

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First time I gave Bobby some warm mash and veggies today. Carrot and parsnip were cooked with a sweet potato and then mashed with nothing else but a bit of it's own warm water. Bobby loved it. And he came back for more. However, after he's eaten some. He kinda looked like he was going to be sick? Li...

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Bobby just took food from my open hand. Inside his cage, first he was so nervous... up down, up down, but he did it. The second time, he was still a bit scared, he tested my finger, which scared him as it wasn't the carrot, lol. Then he came back after a mo for the carrot. I am so happy... he's awes...

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Mine did, and I had to look up why and what, your video is so cute.

That's what bobby was doing 'head tucked in' and making funny noises. Haven't seen him do it since. But he's started to get more vocal.

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So hope he's better soon.

Played the song mentioned above. And my bobby went crackers. lol.

Just getting him used to some clicker training, he's started to come down for a piece of carrot (his fav)

We've only had him three weeks though. He's about 14 mths.

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Bobbly is now trying to mimic and talk. I am so chuffed. He's been on my head cleaning and 'nipping' my ear. Can't wait for him to be more friendly so I can touch him. He's awesome.

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Your pics are great. We have only had Bobby just over two weeks. And he also itches a lot. We're waiting to get him to an avian vet soon. He doesn't 'step up' though think the last owners just used to let him out the cage and do what he wants, so I have to start training with a skittish bird. He's c...

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It's great to read some of these as I'm only new to trying to tame mine. I never thought to withhold his food as he's always eating. I'm trying to cook some pulses for him, (first attempt burnt oops) so with fresh food at hand, I'll keep trying. Mine loves grapes he'll come from anywhere for a grape...

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My Bobby is now in his new cage. It's essentially a corner African Parrot cage, and he kinda looks swamped in it. However, for the most part he's out of it from 3pm and it can be filled with things for him to play in. All the bowls are bigger too and this is the first time I've ever seen him take a ...

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Here is my lil Bobby, we've only had him just over a week. And he's now on my head... lol....

Think I tired him out though, he went real quiet after he eventually got off me.

It says I can't upload

board attachment has been reached? what's that?

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Aww, I don't know... mine is 18mths old and very scared. He won't even take food out my hand yet.

Hope to learn more as we get to know our new pets. At present he's sat looking at me, as soon as I leave the room now he screeches though, so he must miss me. lol

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What are the pellets? A more rounded food. I like that idea, as at the moment what my IRN was on, is now all over the bottom of the cage as anything he doesn't like he spits out. What a waste.... he likes apples and grapes though

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I've only had my IRN a week today, and he makes a chunnering noise. Like he's rubbing his beak together alongside some extra pops. Weird. But I also don't know if it's weird or not.

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Hi everyone. :) Really new to owning a bird. We got a 18mth old Blue IRN last week. He's pretty scared at the moment. But I'm trying to get him used to me he sits looking at me most of the time. Chunnering away to himself with the odd screech if I leave the room. :) Any tips really welcomed. Thanks ...

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