Alexandrian Parakeets vs IRN, Any major difs

[Captain Rob]

I am currently torn right now between an IRN and an Alexandrian Parakeet. Do any of you have any first hand experience with Alexandrian Parakeets??? Any advice would be helpful.

Thanks Rob

[Datsun and Family]

Hi Rob,

I own a Ringneck but I have recently had a lot of experience with Alexandrines. I think both are fantastic birds in their own right but I really think you need to fall in love with an individual not a breed... I'll explain that a bit better...

When we got Dats our IRN I as on the hunt for a rabbit. I walked into a pet store and in a cage splashing everyone who walked past was my little green bird, I thought "hey this bird has spunk" and it seems my partner did too, so that was it, we had been chosen and there was no looking back. I was not a bird person before but now I am a bird FREAK and I owe that to Datsun.

I love Ringnecks but I don't want to bring all of the ones I come across home I think you need to get a glimpse of their individual personality to make that kind of decision and not just go for the first one you find.

Alexandrines are known as the poor mans Macaw because or their intellegence and loooooonng tail and yet are very inexpensive (the cage to accomodate that tail however is not so cheap) yet they can also be very very noisy, naughty, destructive, nippy....... the list goes on and all those things are the same for Ringnecks, in my opinion it is all about the way you train them. Ringnecks are notoriously bad pets but Datsun has amazed me every day of her life by how sweet and gentle and comparitively quiet she is.

Ringnecks are smaller easier to handle (size wise) and their cages are sooo much cheaper but none of that matters if you fall for a specific Alexandrine! If you have plenty of space, easy going neighbours and heaps of patience I suggest you just look around for the bird who takes your heart and who knows it may not even be an asiatic!

[Captain Rob]

Thanks for the reply and taking your time to help. I agree with you. I too was not looking for a bird but i came across the sweetest IRN and fell an love wth him but i was too late someone else bought him. So ever since i have been looking for a good bird. Thanks Again.


PS. I wish i was in New Zealand!!!

[Datsun and Family]

lol

not today you dont its been raining all day and freezing cold!

I wish you all the luck in finding a perfect feathered friend

-chamon