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by Dlmcwilliams
Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:28 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: How do I tame a 5year old Ira I adopted
Replies: 3
Views: 966

Re: How do I tame a 5year old Ira I adopted

The Plucking is no longer a concern since we've had her. We adopted her from a young girl who rescued her from an over populated aviary and nursed her back to health. However she was never able to hand train her and lost time for her birds so we adopted sweetpea. She takes treats from inside her cag...
by Dlmcwilliams
Thu Apr 03, 2014 5:34 am
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Training a cautious Indian ring neck parrot
Replies: 4
Views: 1036

Re: Training a cautious Indian ring neck parrot

We isolate her for training, I have five birds all together who will all be going to the vet shortly and implanted with chips while there because we like to let them fly. So we are not clipping wings. Our Indian ring neck is used to being able to fly but we also don't want to traumatized her when pu...
by Dlmcwilliams
Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:44 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Training a cautious Indian ring neck parrot
Replies: 4
Views: 1036

Re: Training a cautious Indian ring neck parrot

When hand taming her to be more trustworthy, in your opinion should I keep her isolated from the rest of my birds?
by Dlmcwilliams
Sat Mar 29, 2014 5:44 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Training a cautious Indian ring neck parrot
Replies: 4
Views: 1036

Training a cautious Indian ring neck parrot

Hello friends! I have just adopted a five year old Indian ring neck who is very cautious. Any tips on training her to be trusting?
by Dlmcwilliams
Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:35 pm
Forum: IRNs Behavior & Taming
Topic: Need tips for taming
Replies: 1
Views: 885

Need tips for taming

I recently adopted a 5 year old irn who previously plucked herself she doesn't appear to pull feathers any longer, and she is not hand trained. I also have a conure and was woundering if it is a good idea to introduce them to help with the traing of my IRN. The conure is hand trained and very friend...
by Dlmcwilliams
Fri Mar 28, 2014 3:41 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: How do I tame a 5year old Ira I adopted
Replies: 3
Views: 966

How do I tame a 5year old Ira I adopted

Hello, I joined this site because I just recently adopted a rescued ring neck female. She is very shy and untamed. I also own a well behaved jenday conure and a very talkative cockatiel. My question is, what is the best way to go about taming my Ira she is 5years old and at one time plucked herself ...