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hello everyone, my lutino ringneck peaches laid three eggs about a month ago. she doesn't have a mate. from what i've read it seems that at some point the bird should realize the eggs are infertile and lose interest in incubating them, correct? at roughly what time should this occur? as of today, it...

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Roughly what % of his diet is dry seed? My parents had a budgie who had droppings stuck to the feathers around his vent. I asked my vet about this and he said it was likely due to liver problems, which is common in budgies on a poor, seed-based diet. Unfortunately, the budgie died shortly after and ...

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She would already waddle to me for treats, so I'm sure flying to me after her flight feathers grow back in is a very likely possibility. As long as she isn't being moody.

Foot toys are a good idea, I need to look into those as well.

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What do you mean by beanie sounds?

My female IRN gets in a crouching position, tilts her head back, and clucks. It means she wants to mate.

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Well, I'm concerned about the paper shredding encouraging breeding behaviors. But I have heard that male birds like to shred for fun as well, so it should be ok, right? And just to be sure - it's not bad for her to help her "fly" the way I described? Or the way MissK mentioned, by moving m...

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She has a few foraging toys, but she doesn't seem that interested in them. She has been more interested in shredding paper - maybe put shreddable paper in the foraging toys?? I also want to try putting things in a toilet paper roll and scrunching it up for her to tear open. I love the ideas in the h...

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Important update!! Today I thought maybe what Peaches needed was exercise, so I let her "fly" - and by this I mean, because she is clipped against her will, that I let her perch on my finger and then sort of skip down hallways and such so she can flap her wings and feel like she's flying. ...

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Unfortunately, I can't afford her rates. I wouldn't have a problem paying for Peaches to go to the vet if she had a health issue, but being nearly broke, a consultation is my last resort. I'll check if my own vet does consultations though. I'm not sure if there's a specific trigger. She gets particu...

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Peaches needs a routine and you need to stick to it, nothing is more upsetting than having your cage rearranged. Try not to handle Peaches even with food in your hand let her get tp know you better, back off and let her come to you. Myself l stopped my bird laying by moving the cage and re arrangin...

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This is a follow-up to this topic, which got locked: http://www.indianringneck.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18630 Peaches has gotten worse. She now bites me nearly on sight. I know it's not a loss of tameness, because she still allows me to handle her if I have food, and I still spend an hour o...

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How old is Gracie?

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AJPeter wrote:but it seems plug ins are safe

They are not safe, at least not the chemical-based kind (most commercial ones). They release toxic fumes that might smell lovely to us but terrible for our birds' respiratory systems.

One of these chemicals is dichlorobenzene, which might be a carcinogen.

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I love the word squark. I heard that fully flighted birds can sometimes get aggressive, and are more docile when clipped. Peaches is clipped (even though I didn't want her to be - the pet store clipped despite my specifically saying not to) so I don't know if she'd be more aggressive if flighted. Pe...

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MissK, I'm in Texas. For some reason, it didn't occur to me that IRN will court each other. I mean, I KNEW it... I just didn't think about it. :roll: AJ, I absolutely don't want her to lay eggs. I've read that it can cause calcium deficiency, and besides a PMSy female of any species is never fun. Wi...

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Hi all, My lutino female, Peaches, has been acting up lately - territorial about her cage, being more snappy/bitey, and sometimes more noisy. She's normally very quiet and only screams if she's alarmed by something or if she urgently wants something; otherwise she mostly whistles. She also normally ...

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Some male ringnecks develop their rings late, so it's generally not safe to say the bird is conclusively male/female until after they're 3 or so years old. If you want to know for sure without waiting that long and you're in the US, I believe www.avianbiotech.com charges $25 to DNA sex the bird via ...

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Hey, I read this lady's blog on her parrots, and I remember she wrote an article on finding a parasite on one of her cockatoos: http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/having-a-bad-bug-day/ It was a hippoboscidae fly, which you said is the closest to the one your bird had. Jesus, that gave me the shivers. Ho...

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It's sort of like filo, but made completely out of rice flour. I'm talking Vietnamese spring rolls that are just wrapped and eaten without frying.

Will definitely look into hanging it up, I have plenty of hemp rope.

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Don't give me too much credit, I'm just following a conure pattern and making changes to IRN where I see fit. Personally, I can't wait to see Claire's since she actually sews!

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Yay!! MissK stamp of approval?

Yeah, I probably should have hidden the fact that it was disembodied. Oh well. I showed it to Peaches and she promptly attacked the eye. Was probably like, "that doesn't look like me, are you serious?"

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I believe both sleep mumbling and beak grinding while sleepy are normal behaviors that just signify that the bird is relaxed.

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The ones I used are "safety eyes," and they are specifically made so they're hard to remove so children (or birds, or cats or dogs) don't pull them off and swallow them. They look like giant earrings with the back part being a giant screw that you screw a small washer on to keep it in plac...

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Those look great, even if they're not "fancy"!

The eyes I put in in the picture a few posts above are 9 mm and they look about right.

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Thanks all! I'm trying to get mine done ASAP too, but I have a feeling I'll be making many more for friends/family if this one is a success, so if you end up making the beads I would love to use them.

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Hey guys, I made spring rolls for lunch today and Peaches wanted some badly. I didn't give her any, because I had shrimp and peanut sauce in them, but I thought - the wrappings are made from 100% rice flour, so why don't I put stuff that's good for her in them and let her go at it? Well, it was a su...

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I am so ready for new Nila videos/pics (and ones of Sapphire are welcome too)

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I've had a bit more free time lately, so I decided to get started on mine. I have discovered: a) sewing is hard and time-consuming especially without a sewing machine, and b) I never should have stopped doing arts and crafts. The head, which is all that I've been able to complete as of just now, too...

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I'm not pulling anything up for apple cider, but maybe I'm just bad at searching! Lots of positive feedback on apple cider VINEGAR though. Electro, try googling 'Is apple cider vinegar safe for parrots'. Ash I'm not looking for whether ACV is safe, I'm looking for whether apple cider itself is safe...

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I'll do that, thanks.

I fell asleep with Peaches sitting on my pillow yesterday and she chewed through my phone charger cord. Rude!

Happy holidays, MissK!

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Why does he need to be out? Would it be possible to just reach in and clean that spot? He might climb to part of the cage farther away though. If you're worried about harsh chemicals with him in the cage try using apple cider vinegar to clean.

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Yeah, I did search for leg band but didn't find anything useful specifically for what's printed on hers. I'm glad she was not born in '96 though! Perhaps I'll need to try to find what pet shop she came from and call them... There's pretty much no way to tell how old an IRN is once it's fully grown, ...

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I love that parrots can live so long, if you take care of them properly. Do you know how likely it is that the leg band has an incorrect year on it? Peaches' says 96, but the previous owner said she bought the bird two years ago as a "baby," and described how she grew a bit bigger and her ...

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I remember you saying Rocky was... either a rescue or just an older rehomed bird? Do you have any idea how old he is now?

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I actually just reported a pet shop to the animal cruelty sector of my city's police department. The birds were all stuffed into tiny cages - 20 budgies in a super small cage - the ringnecks had no tails because their cages were so small, and I am quite sure a few cockatiels had PBFD. All the birds ...

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I'm not pulling anything up for apple cider, but maybe I'm just bad at searching! Lots of positive feedback on apple cider VINEGAR though.

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Sorry, I wasn't accusing you. I just felt like "wild birds don't have ___ so my pet shouldn't either" isn't necessarily the right argument for doing or not doing something.

So, is apple cider safe for them to have or no?

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My bird loves being petted and cuddled, but if you touch her tail at all she'll growl and pin her eyes at you threateningly.

Is it only the wing area that it won't let you touch, or all over?

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I hate AXE. Like, I HATE it. It literally makes me nauseous.

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I have also heard not to give parrots grit. Grit is for birds whose digestive systems need help digesting the hard stuff they ingest. Parrots are hookbills who peel off the husk/shell of the seeds they eat, so they don't need grit. Apparently, grit can actually harm a parrot's digestive system. Corr...

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Hey, So I noticed that Peaches has something in one of her nostrils. It looks grey, like down or dust or something? I read that parrots have operculums in their nares which help prevent foreign stuff from entering, but I can't tell if it was there before or not, as I only just noticed it. She seems ...

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A very wise person once told me..."nobody cores the apples for the birds in the wild, so why should I?" No offense, but I'm not sure if I'm buying that. Nobody provides the birds in the wild with guaranteed food and shelter from the extreme cold/heat either, so why should I? Nobody takes ...

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Thanks Melika! So, you're saying essential oils ARE safe for use around birds? If so, all of them or just specific ones? I knew artificial ones were generally considered unsafe, already tossed out all my wallflowers :| Again, I don't have a problem with my house smelling weird, it just doesn't smell...

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You probably cut a blood feather, which is a new/developing feather that still has blood running through it. Stop the bleeding with corn starch or corn flour, birds can easily bleed to death if not stopped. He may also need to see a vet. Hopefully someone else can elaborate, I'm not the most experie...

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Isn't apple juice, even organic, potentially dangerous to birds? I heard that juicers will just throw in the entire apple, and there's cyanide in the seeds...

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Many practices have you sign a consent form before they do anything, so their own screw-ups were probably already covered... but it's bad business practice regardless.

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Oh, we don't have anything that smells bad here. I tidy up the cage every day and do a thorough cleaning with scrubbing once a week, so there's definitely no lingering 'birdy' smell. It just... doesn't smell like anything at all, and I like my living areas to smell like flowers

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Oh I didn't mean right away - but certainly the point about lingering diseases is a good one.

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Wait, what? Sanjay, you mean the commercial glade plugins or similar? Or these diffusers and essential oils?

Also what's Freebreeze? You mean Febreze? I thought that was horrible for birds.

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Hmm, just did a quick google search, and apparently I do! I'll definitely look into them, thanks. It's crazy that you found out you live in the same suburb btw. Once while playing a video game (starcraft) I was randomly matched with someone who went to my high school, but was a few years younger tha...

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My heart actually clenched when I read that he had PBFD... that is awful, I'm so sorry. In some places, pet shops that sell pets with diseases like PBFD and psittacosis (I believe even humans are susceptible to the latter) can actually be reported/sued/inspected/shut down. Perhaps it's worth looking...

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