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determining age of indian ringneck parrots
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:17 pm
by snutiruti
I recently purchased two IRN parrots and I was wondering how do you determine how old they are. So far they seem to be females, but it can take up to three years to see the males ring under his neck.
Thank you
Darlene
Re: determining age of indian ringneck parrots
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:12 pm
by 333greenbean333
I dont think there is anyway of testing how old they are without spending hundreds of $$.
If you post a photo of it I may be able to help a little.
Re: determining age of indian ringneck parrots
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:10 pm
by snutiruti
I cannot figure out how to send pictures of them on here otherwise I would.
Re: determining age of indian ringneck parrots
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:11 pm
by 333greenbean333
Hi, here is my email try sending them to me.
d-3-p@hotmail.com
Re: determining age of indian ringneck parrots
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:09 pm
by Jasmineandme
snutiruti wrote:I cannot figure out how to send pictures of them on here otherwise I would.
you can use a photo bucket, upload the photos on there, copy the [IMG] code, and paste in the 'post a reply'
And actually i wanted to correct you on one thing, you cannot see if they are males or females.. unless you get them DNA'd or wait till they are
TWO years old, that is when the ring starts to appear.
Re: determining age of indian ringneck parrots
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:46 pm
by smallworld
Jasmine's bout right but you could also use a genetic calculator. It works in some cases but it depends. For example (i might have mixed the parentage up), I think our Greenie's parents are lutino (male) and blue (female). Hence all green birds born will be male. So this wouldnt help you in your case, as you inquire about the age but if you do have a male and he just doesnt have his ring yet, it might help, give you an age range.
Re: determining age of indian ringneck parrots
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:53 pm
by snutiruti
Thank you for your help. With assistance I think we found out one is older and one is younger but the younger one we will have to wait a bit to find out if it is a boy or a girl, which is my blue one and boy this one loves to talk. My green one does but is more quiet and seems for right now like to be talked to and that is all.
Thank you again
Darlene
Re: determining age of indian ringneck parrots
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:58 am
by julie
some get rings earlier than two and some are older than two before they get rings.