So we've had our little green Ringneck for about 6 months now (she's still just a baby!) and she's quite a character! Aside from a minor attitude problem she's quite cute! She was hand reared so she is fairly tame and loves beeing handled.
Anyway, recently i went to a bird pet shop so that I could get her wings clipped, and the guy there was adamant that after 4 years of age female Ringneck's in particular go feral. He only had bad things to say about her and told us we only had a few years left of her being a tame bird! What he said was, once they start laying eggs, all they think about is breeding and the surge of hormones causes them to "forget that they're a tame bird" and that she would bite and attack us etc.. He said that the only solution is to put them in an avairy outside - that they make horrible pets when they're past 4 years of age. Lena is our first bird so we don't have a lot of experience with birds.
The whole family has become very fond of Lena, and we would be upset if this was actually to happen, so my question is, does anyone out there have nice, tame older female Ringnecks? Any information on what happens to them after they mature around 4 yrs would be much appriciated! i truly hope that what he said was not true! Hope someone can help us out!
Thanks in advance
