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- Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:41 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: Questions for members in India
- Replies: 2
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Re: Questions for members in India
HI haider.kk! As You Know Pear's only Grow in Cold Climate. But South India is Really Hot. I've never seen Snow here. So I don't know about their food in Cold conditions. Based on what you said, it might be their favorite food there. Regards shyam hi, you helped me with a problem lately i guess you ...
- Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:05 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Active members from India?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11229
Re: Active members from India?
Avacado is in that list, it shouldnt be fed to them aswell as several other animals. Hi julie! Thanks for this question! I didn't say that you should feed all of these exactly to your Pets!!! These are the Options they are exposed to when they are in WILD . In wild the condition are very different....
- Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:41 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Active members from India?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11229
Re: Active members from India?
Hope The Information I gave are Useful to all!
With Regards
Shyam
With Regards
Shyam
- Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:40 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Active members from India?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11229
Re: Active members from India?
6) what do you feed your birds? My parrots! They always eat costly food and I love taking good care of them. I divide their food in to three types SEEDS, FRUITS, VEGETABLES. they eat Seeds daily. fruits and vegetables will be given alternative days, nuts in once a week. SEEDS: Paddy rice, Wheat, Pea...
- Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:00 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Active members from India?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11229
Re: Active members from India?
5) Do they eat crops like wheat, barley, sorghum, and millet? Certainly Yes! I can always see them around cultivation lands during harvest period. In wild They eat BajRa/Pearl Millet, Jowar, fresh corn, paddy rice, ragi/Finger Millet, wheat, Sorghum bicolor, etc. they love pulses but they prefer to ...
- Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:42 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Active members from India?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11229
Re: Active members from India?
4) Do you see them eating crops of sunflower seeds, areca nuts (areca palm) and rapeseed? The Sunflower seeds are their favorite. I haven't seen them eating it in wild but I've heard people saying They raid the sunflower farms during harvest period. Parrots are seed predators rather than seed disper...
- Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:33 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Active members from India?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11229
Re: Active members from India?
3. Flowers / Buds Frankly speaking I do not know. I think they do not like flowers which have powerful smell in them. I tried some flower buds with my parrots but they didn't even come close to them due to its powerful cent/oder. I think they love Leaf buds. I give my parrots cabbage and they eat it...
- Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:25 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Active members from India?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11229
Re: Active members from India?
2. Fruits Mango, Guva, Madras thorn, Cashew Fruit, Plantain/Banana, Jequirity, Litchi, Longan, Conkerberry, Indian plum/Jujube, Malabar plum, Hog plum, Indian gooseberry, Date (fruit), Fig, Grape, Olive, Mulberry, Sapodilla, Asian pear, Papaya, Custard-apple, apple, Pear/Asian pear, Avocado, Butter ...
- Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:05 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Active members from India?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11229
Re: Active members from India?
Hi Ariahna! The answers for your Questions: 1. What kinds of vegetables do IRNs have access to there? The Most favorite vegetable as far as what I've seen is Small Green Chili (Chili Pepper). They eat them only for their seeds even though it is very very spicy. The other things they find are cucumbe...
- Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:15 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Active members from India?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11229
Re: Active members from India?
Hi Ariahna! As you know, Ground nuts will only grow inside the soil, IRNs do not have much access to them in the wild. Rice and wheat are the major food crop in India. You can see the IRNs around the cultivation land during harvesting period. My parrots Prefer Paddy rice More than Wheat. Pigeon Pea ...
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:27 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Active members from India?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11229
Re: Active members from India?
Hi Ariahna!
I'm glad to meet you too! Ya Soon I'll Upload Their photos!
Regards,
Shyam
I'm glad to meet you too! Ya Soon I'll Upload Their photos!
Regards,
Shyam
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:11 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Active members from India?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11229
Re: Active members from India?
IRNs are not scavengers like Crows. They are not comfortable with adopting them self with human population. The Adult wild parrots here are very aggressive to the people and bite them severely. The Pet IRNs are those which are trained from very young age. My parrots are not aggressive at all. only t...
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:51 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Active members from India?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11229
Re: Active members from India?
Thinking of their food in the wild, They love Mango very much. second comes Guava fruit. Some other fruits are papaya, grapes, Banana, etc. They love Sunflower Seeds very much. But in wild I'm not sure they get it. Basically they like to bite all sort of seeds. I've heard they eat little grasshopper...
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:39 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Active members from India?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11229
Re: Active members from India?
Hi Ellie! I've heard IRNs are territorial Birds. But based on what I saw, They are not like that. I know a place here, The campus have around 25 - 30 trees not very far from each other and all of them have at least a pair of IRN in them. So a minimum of 20 pairs should be there. I think it was a col...
- Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:32 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself!
- Topic: Active members from India?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11229
Re: Active members from India?
Hi! I'm Shyam. I live in Southern part of India called Tamil Nadu. I've rescued 5 rose ring neck parrots from a cat. They were only 2-4 weeks old then. Now Its been six months since I rescued them. Now they can fly and their feathers are completely grown, etc. I would like to answer your questions. ...
- Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:30 pm
- Forum: IRN Diet & Housing
- Topic: Questions for members in India
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1335
Re: Questions for members in India
Hi! I'm Shyam. I live in Southern part of India called Tamil Nadu. I've rescued 5 rose ring neck parrots from a cat. They were only 2-4 weeks old then. Now Its been six months since I rescued them. Now they can fly and their feathers are completely grown, etc. I would like to answer your questions. ...