soooo happy!!!!!!

[xxleahxx]

Today my baby blue IRN had his first car trip to my parents :)while we were there he was amazing! never wanted to be off my shoulder, it was like he was comfortable with me and didnt want to leave my side , i even took him down the street shopping with me and not once did he even try to get off my shoulder or hand so happy!! wish it was the same story at home though but at home he likes to be mostly in his cage, any advice ??

[TaraJ]

Awwwwwwwwwe that is so cute....I had happy time with my new blue ringneck this afternoon...I had been out for part of the day and when i came home my little guy actually seemed happy to see me and played with me and all for the first time....i was stroking his beak and he kept rubbing his head on my fingers and hand....Maybe it was because i bought him a new toy while i was out also...finally felt a bit of a bond with him today...made me smile maybe it was a good day all round for our little blue babies

[xxleahxx]

awwww how cute! congrats! how old is your baby? this is my first IRN and im completely in love!!! mine atm is going a bit silly hanging upside down and trying to open his cage door wanting to get out so im going to get hime out and have a play with him

[TaraJ]

Mine is nearly 9 weeks old....He been funny again today....Hanging upside down also and hanging off toys and stuff...Really beginning to become a funny character....Im loving him also...I should stop saying him coz i dont know for sure...may have to get dna test done to know for sure

[xxleahxx]

So same age as mine then yer I need to stop calling mine him too haha...does yours have any type of light ring around its neck ?

[TaraJ]

Yep mine has faint ring around the neck

[TaraJ]

I think most babies can have faint ring....Some people also say they can tell the sex by the shape of their head and most peoplesay there is no real way to tell unless get dna sex test or surgical test....i just dont wanna hurt my little fella and pull his feathers or take blood from him...Not myself anyways....i dont want to even clip his wings but is getting to point where im going to have to get someone to do it because he flying places and im afraid is going to hurt himself

[TaraJ]

Hey Leah there is a couple pictures of my baby Tiki in the photo section if you want to take a look

[xxleahxx]

Yehh i wanna get mine dna tested but my partner thinks to just wait because when its older we will be able to find out easily as his godparents own a pet shop and breed birds and that is where we got it from so luckily they clipped itits wing for me before we took it. aww looked at your pics,he is adorable !! I can't work out how to put pics up

[TaraJ]

you have to open a photobucket account and put your pics in there and then upload pics from there to here. Took me awhile to work it out also. If you do a search on here on how to upload photos there should be a good explanation on how to do it.

[xxleahxx]

Ohhh thanks heaps. Also,does your IRN make chatting sounds like its trying to say something ? coz I swear mine is !

[xxleahxx]

here are some photos
http://s1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... 3570_n.jpg



http://s1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... 6342_n.jpg







http://s1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... 5675_n.jpg

[TaraJ]

awwww yours is a cutie too...Yep mine does little chatty sounds like trying to talk too.....just had a drama when i got home...got him out of cage and he went mental biting me and then flew off round the house and then flew head first into the wall....definately tome to clip wings...by looking at your pics im reckoning yours could be male and mine female....just going on shape of head...yours seems to have fuller forehead like males do...may have been the angle tho

[xxleahxx]

Uh ohhh .. yep time to clip, he will bond better to you that way anyway as he will be more dependant on you. It's really easy, you can look it up and find a diagram on where to cut,only clip one wing tho , to put it off balance. Hmm maybe mine is male but I guess time will tell, we will love it either way.. as for the chatty sounds. Do you think they are actually trying to talk ? When mine does it I talk back to him n he repeats it but I cant understand

[TaraJ]

I have been reading on here and a lot of other sites to make sure you clip both wings otherwise it puts them too off balance and they will just flop to the ground and can break their neck or hurt themselves too badly...If both wings are clipped they can flutter enough to stop themselves from hitting the ground too hard....i remember years ago it was the common practice to only clip one wing but everyone now days seems so dead against it....so much different info confuses me hey....i used to clip my cockatiels wing years ago when i had him and used to do only one also.

[xxleahxx]

I guess everyone has different opinions. but I got mine done by someone that breeds birds and has seen alot of birds with both wings clipped can't fly one day but the next have learnt n just flew off if having them outdoors.Yehh my bird did have a few crash landings but has now learnt what it can and cant do. its really up to you yhough bit I take my baby outside so really don't wanna risk losing him.

[TaraJ]

yep everyone out there has different opinions and i will always listen to everyone also...have looked at few tips on wing clipping on youtube and there are a lot of people doing it different ways hey.

[TaraJ]

each to their own tho i guess hey...what one person says isnt law tho against what another says.....im gonna think long and hard about what im going to do tho...but definately know i need to get Tikis wings clipped before he hurts himself

[xxleahxx]

Yehh well I'm sure you will make the best decision for your baby

[TaraJ]

so i will keep the pics coming of my little fella and you too hey....love to look at these little guys....they are too cute lol...cant wait to hear more stories as they grow up

[xxleahxx]

Yup for sure just gave my little one a bath, he loved it! He's now sitting here chirping away

[TaraJ]

hahaha mine decided a few days ago to give itself a bath in his water dish. It had a little dried food on his face from when he was handfed and it was driving him nuts so he thought it was time to get it off lol. I helped him a bit by spraying with water and he loved it. He got the dried food off too.

[xxleahxx]

hehe they are funny little things!! mine been going crazy tonight hanging off his cage and toys, sooo funny to watch!

[Athame]

Hi
I just looked at you baby ahh how cute.
You said he / she was 9 weeks old, is that the age of the pictures?

I only ask because i have a 9 week old (well i was told) and he still almost bold on his head, he has tiny little feather coming through however not like your baby in the pictures.

Do you have any idea at what age do the head feather come through, it may give me a reference to the age

Thank you

[TaraJ]

Hi there Athane....yep mine also is nine weeks old and i have pics of Tiki in the photo section...The photos were only taken a few days ago....I have noticed some other people also that have ones around the same age who arent fully feathered also...Not sure why this is as im only new to owning a ringneck....I know mine was fully feathered at 6 weeks old when i first went to see him from the breeder....mine is also fully flying at moment and i really need to get wings clipped asap....Im also from Australia...NSW mid north coast here...Glad to see another Aussie on here also...There a few i think...There is so much info on here ....I love this site.

[TaraJ]

when i said fully feathered i meant mostly feathered...but feathers on head were all there

[TaraJ]

Sorry Athame i spelled your name wrong also....looked back and saw that just now

[xxleahxx]

hi there, yes mine is going on 10 weeks and it was fully feathered when i got it at 8 weeks...im not sure as to when they actually get all there feathers as i didnt see mine before 8 weeks and this is my first IRN

[xxleahxx]

ohh Tara, i am from mid north coast nsw too

[TaraJ]

Hahaha how small a world eh?? lol....Im from near Macksville....Where abouts you at?

[xxleahxx]

Grafton

[TaraJ]

haha small world hey....i didnt even think you were from Australia let alone only couple hours up the highway lol

[xxleahxx]

haha i suppose i should update my profile then lol ohh, my baby gave himself a bath today, was very funny

[TaraJ]

lol too funny....Mine decided to fly around the house again today.....was going to clip wings but wouldnt sit still so now i have chickened out coz dont want to hurt him or do it wrong or have him hate me for doing it myself...so going to have to get someone to do it....not sure who...dont know if trust vets around here because they are no doubt not used to birds and will freak him out

[xxleahxx]

would it be a possibility to contact the breeder and see if they can do it for you? im sure they would for sure know what they are doing

[TaraJ]

The breeder admitted to me he is not that good at doing it....he doesnt really do his as he lives in a big warehouse and he has 2 tame ones that fly around inside and all his breeding birds are in averies...have a friend down here that has birds also so may get him to do it for me yet......Tiki is being cheeky today....had music on earlier so he thought he had to be louder than the music to be heard and just now have let him out of his cage in our loungeroom but closed the door so he doesnt have run of the whole house...decided he would fly round and round the loungeroom then land back on his cage and then started sqwarking as if to say "haha what are a gonna do about that" and then walked around top of his cage dancing coz was so proud of himself lol

[xxleahxx]

Keeping him in one room for now is prob a good thing anyway nawwww he sounds like he's getting a very cheeky personality lol.