Have been lurking here for a few days since i bought a baby IRN last sunday so thought id join and say HI ,
I've enjoyed seeing pics and hearing your stories and soon will be able to share mine with you too although i gotta wait 2 - 3 weeks till i can pick my irn up can't stand this wait! although i'm going to see it saturday
take your camera when you go to visit your baby on sat.My baby is kiki she is doing great,she is twenty weeks or thereabouts and is an albino,what colour are you getting,they are all beautiful.jane
I've actually got one pic i took on sunday but was with my cam phone so not best pic ever will be taking some more this weekend. he/she is green can't wait to have her/him back home this is my first irn/bird so quite daunting for me are they relativly easy to look after i will defo be spending allot of time with it at nights to tame but during days my mum will be doating over it she loves birds had a budgie when i was little and was devastated when that died
Is there anything in particular i should/should not do when i bring my ringneck home do i need to leave it in cage for a while to settle in also any ideas for a name im really stumped can't think of anything catchy lol
I would recommed leaving the bird alone for the first day/night he is home. After that do not leave him in his cage all day. For the first six months take him out atleast 2 hours a day becuase if they are left in their cage during this learning period they WILL revert to being wild birds. Take him out and play with him...that's all it is to it
Hi londonlad,great advice from everyone here,they are as everyone says very different birds,clever,I left kiki alone for the first night and the next day I just spoke to her all the time with my hand in the cage, she is stepping up now and likes looking out the window on my arm,thats when I chat to her most.They need a big cage though,the one I have can open at the top and she spends a lot of the day sitting on top.Cant wait to see photos of your baby I had kikis name picked before I got her but something short and catchy,some lovely names on this site.Lots of luck and keep us posted.You could post a few names you like and have a poll on here. We liked Kizzy too,pick something unisex as unless you get it sexed you wont know till its older whether it is male or female.With the albino you dont get the ring so we decided he/she shall be female.
Hi, howdy, and hello,
Welcome to our family! If you are anything like I was leaving your bird alone the first day/night you bring it home is impossible! I couldn't stand not holding my Remmi so that's what I did. And he turned out just fine. Now Byndi I did leave alone cuz she was older and NOT tame at all. But she's coming along just fine now. We're getting there slowly but surely. Good luck in the naming department. I don't like typical names, I like unusual names. I can't think of any right to offer. But if I do I'll let you know.
Hi londonlad wondered how the visit went today and if you have named your baby yet.My kiki enjoyed a strawberry today and so did the curtains and the walls,she is a messy tyke.She sat and groomed her feathers on my arm today.She is coming on a treat,hope you have as much luck as me.jane
She/he was allot more agile than what i swa the week before and wouldnt stop flying actually flew stright into one of the other cages not good thought she;d hurt herself but was ok , very nervous but slowly walked over to me on edge of cage not quite sure what to make of me i guess lol been told can pick up this saturday can't wait how are you doing on the training part then is it quite easy i was really nervous saturday so i guess itll all come with practice
Welcome to the wonderful world devoted to IRN's!!!!
We are a great family and so glad to have you join. Please, post any and all pics or questions! That's what we're here for!
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Hi londonlad he is gorgeous,tiny but lovely.You got a name yet? Training is going okay with kiki she has become a little stubborn last two days,stepping onto my hand but off just as quick,I just kept on and on and on,you need loads of patience,she kept flying to the curtain rail and trying to eat the wallpaper so I just kept taking her down and she got the message,her cage opens at the top with a perch so she sits there,flys off I return her,hard work so we decided to build a gym to sit on the table by the window and encourage her to go there or the cage top,it is working,they really are smart and with gentle care and lots of talking they respond well.Kiki is already copying sounds and chatters away loads back and forth to me.I bet your little one will be just as wonderful. I got lots of pics of gym we built on www.dropshots.com/cubagold
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can't stand this wait! although i'm going to see it saturday 
will be taking some more this weekend. he/she is green can't wait to have her/him back home this is my first irn/bird so quite daunting for me are they relativly easy to look after i will defo be spending allot of time with it at nights to tame but during days my mum will be doating over it she loves birds had a budgie when i was little and was devastated when that died
