Hi there, im lewis and i am new to indian ringnecks i have just Got an 18 month green ringneck named eddy, he cant talk yet and wont allow me to handle him, i can feed him by hand wether he is in or out his cage he perchs on top of his cage right next to me, i can move my hands slowly towards him but if i get to close he usually just flies away, he has allowed me close enough to give me a nip but he just bites to test me and then flies away, what can i do to get my bird to allow me to stroke, handle and pet him?,
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
A little handling advice
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Re: A little handling advice
Aww, I don't know... mine is 18mths old and very scared. He won't even take food out my hand yet. 
Hope to learn more as we get to know our new pets. At present he's sat looking at me, as soon as I leave the room now he screeches though, so he must miss me. lol
Hope to learn more as we get to know our new pets. At present he's sat looking at me, as soon as I leave the room now he screeches though, so he must miss me. lolRe: A little handling advice
Lol mines was clicking and whistling this morning, i have a clicker ordered and coming in the post does anyone know a link or have any advice for training with it?
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Re: A little handling advice
do a search within this forum, there is a lot of good and detailed advice that has been given over the years. i can guarantee that if you do some searching on here you will find exactly what you need to help you.
Cheers
Paul
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Paul
Re: A little handling advice
Trained parrot. Com is a good source. Just keep in mind michaels parrots have been in training for a very long time.
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Re: A little handling advice
Hey there Lewis,
I just got an an 18 month latin female. She is quite tame, she has only been in the house for about 4 days. On the 1st day we got her out and she would sit on our shoulder. The only problem I have with my bird is the defensive biting, when they are on our shoulders they bite our ears, so we now have to wear beanies. The bird only sits on my shoulder because it was always handled that way. The breeder we bought it off always had them on his shoulder when he was in the aviary.
It is a very good sign that he eats from your hand. Definitely keep that up. Personally he just needs to get used to you, he flies away as a defence mechanism (if their wings are clipped they bite, hard, like mine) maybe position the cage in a place you usually are, mine is in the family room so it can hear our voices, get used to us, we make sure it's apart of the 'flock' (its new family). You want to just sit by the cage, maybe talk to yourself, I like to whistle to my bird, it makes him comfortable and IRN's will eventually learn to mimic your whistles.
Quite simply your bird needs more time to adjust, get used to you. When it's in the cage you want to put your hand in, just so it gets over the fear of your hand when its secure in the cage. When the bird stops biting your hand (if it bites your fingers simply form a fist for this), you want to have your hand open with the treat. When it eats off your hand a lot more you want to have your arm or finger out in front of it, for this say a simple "step-up", then you want to drag the treat out of reach so it has to step up to your finger/arm. This one of the last stages of taming! When your bird does do this, reward it with a lots of treats and praise.
Do this continually (make sure the treats aren't that fattening, because you don't want them overweight), the bird will generally get more comfortable with you and your arm/hand. Have it sit on your arm outside the cage and it will become for comfortable. Give it a lot of time with you, it may nibble or bite, but this will generally be to investigate you, and this is a very good thing.
It may take a while before you can cuddle it properly, it takes birds a while to get like that. But when its more comfortable it will definitely start whistling/talking. Do this so it gets more accustomed to you. Don't rush, this process may take a while, but its a process and rushing or stressing out the bird will push this progress backwards.
Good Luck, feel free to message me or reply to ask any questions,
- Jack
I just got an an 18 month latin female. She is quite tame, she has only been in the house for about 4 days. On the 1st day we got her out and she would sit on our shoulder. The only problem I have with my bird is the defensive biting, when they are on our shoulders they bite our ears, so we now have to wear beanies. The bird only sits on my shoulder because it was always handled that way. The breeder we bought it off always had them on his shoulder when he was in the aviary.
It is a very good sign that he eats from your hand. Definitely keep that up. Personally he just needs to get used to you, he flies away as a defence mechanism (if their wings are clipped they bite, hard, like mine) maybe position the cage in a place you usually are, mine is in the family room so it can hear our voices, get used to us, we make sure it's apart of the 'flock' (its new family). You want to just sit by the cage, maybe talk to yourself, I like to whistle to my bird, it makes him comfortable and IRN's will eventually learn to mimic your whistles.
Quite simply your bird needs more time to adjust, get used to you. When it's in the cage you want to put your hand in, just so it gets over the fear of your hand when its secure in the cage. When the bird stops biting your hand (if it bites your fingers simply form a fist for this), you want to have your hand open with the treat. When it eats off your hand a lot more you want to have your arm or finger out in front of it, for this say a simple "step-up", then you want to drag the treat out of reach so it has to step up to your finger/arm. This one of the last stages of taming! When your bird does do this, reward it with a lots of treats and praise.
Do this continually (make sure the treats aren't that fattening, because you don't want them overweight), the bird will generally get more comfortable with you and your arm/hand. Have it sit on your arm outside the cage and it will become for comfortable. Give it a lot of time with you, it may nibble or bite, but this will generally be to investigate you, and this is a very good thing.
It may take a while before you can cuddle it properly, it takes birds a while to get like that. But when its more comfortable it will definitely start whistling/talking. Do this so it gets more accustomed to you. Don't rush, this process may take a while, but its a process and rushing or stressing out the bird will push this progress backwards.
Good Luck, feel free to message me or reply to ask any questions,
- Jack
Mia!
Re: A little handling advice
I would suggest to be aware that you may never get to cuddle with your fid the way you want to. Your fid will let you know what you get to do, and he/she will ALWAYS be in control of the pace at which life happens. When you come to that realization, you will be able to fully appreciate and enjoy your fid.
Dana
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