A warm hello from sunny South Africa

Aldeleen · Post by **Aldeleen** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:08 am

Well, Helloo to everyone! This is rather new to me but happy that i found the site!

I have a Turquoise IRN, Pi-ko... He (or i think thats its a he) is now one year old and i hand reared him from when he was only a few weeks old!!
I dont have to say that he supplies me with endless joy!!!
He loves me but hates strangers (or anyone)!
Ive read that IRN ringnecks go through a rather rough adolecent phase and im aware that Pi-ko will soon experience this too. I recently bough the Walmach Taming and Training dvds to help me a bit with training and so forth...
Although, i cannot figure out how to introduce a training diet, Pi-ko has never been interested in sunflower seeds and eats only canary and budgie mix.... i realise that all that is in order and that sunflower seeds are not the prefered diet but i dont know how i am going to get him interested in treats... he doent eat any "junck" food - only fresh fruit and cooked mix! He loves passionfruit--- HE GOES ABSOLUTE CRAZY when he gets one and will destroy the whole thing!

maybe this is a bit long for the first "helloo" but maybe some one with a bit more knowledge can help me out straight away!!

:-)

thank anyways-- its like therapy hehehhe

Regard
Aldeleen

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:58 am

Hello and welcome to the board. I was fortunate enough to be able to visit South Africa a couple of years ago and absolutely loved it.

If you're training with food rewards and your bird doesn't like some of the usual treats it sounds like using passionfruit as a reward might be the solution.

Jim

Post by **Lauren** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:31 am

Hello and welcome to the flock! Pi-ko sounds adorable. If you find Pi-ko loves something. Use it to your advantage! It also doesn't always have to be food either. I use my Jibbys bell and peanut butter for Yoda who is much more difficult to handle.

Goodluck with the training! Just remember to be patient through the 'stubborn' times. We'd love to see some pics of Pi-ko.

Therapy is a perfect word for it! hehe :lol:

Aldeleen · Post by **Aldeleen** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:34 am

Ye-- i cant believe how informative this is and im thrilled with all the replies! Thx ALL!!

I have been trying to post pic's but its a bit tricky..... any suggestions?

Post by **Lauren** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:41 am

There is a 'sticky' in the photo section.

But I'll explain here..

1. First upload your photos to any free photo sharing site. eg I use Photobucket.

2. Around your uploaded photos you will see some codes..

[IMG] for showing the pic in your post.

[URL] for showing a link in your post to your photo.

3. Copy Paste the code into your post. :wink:

Done.

Tip: You may want to resize your photos using any photo editing program you may have if they are too large before you upload to Photobucket etc.

Aldeleen · Post by **Aldeleen** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:50 am

Thank you thank you ! Im gonna try it out right now!! :-)

Aldeleen · Post by **Aldeleen** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:24 am

So here he is -- this is Pi-ko!!!
With his--"man-walk" heheheh

(i hope this works)

Here he is hiding and playing under the blanket!!! cute bird man!!!

Post by **Lauren** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:26 am

Awwwww! There he is! He is adorable! Thankyou for sharing him with us. I love em when they pin and dance.

Aldeleen · Post by **Aldeleen** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:27 am

ooops i see what you mean with the size--oh welll Now ITS NICE AND BIG!!! HHEHEH

Fah · Post by **Fah** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:21 am

Quite a cutie.

South Africa eh? Have been through Namibia and east a little. Was only in South Africa for a very short time.

The places I went werent really up for tourism situations while I was working heh so I do hope to go back to see some more of the wildlife that Africa has to show off.

Post by **kyria** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:34 am

Welcome to the family and to your lovely boy .. His ring will be beautiful when it is fully in.