Introducing Tony

vortmax · Post by **vortmax** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 7:43 pm

Hello everyone I'm new to the board.

I have an 11 month old IRN named Tony, whom i'm starting to suspect is a hen, but I can't stop calling him "him".

He's a good bird, beautiful step ups, even at the vet or places he doesn't like. Eats dang near anything I offer him, except the yellow pellets in his food :roll:

He's not as personable as I would have imagined tho. He looks to me for protection and to give him things, but he doesn't like one on one interaction. For instance if I'm not in my room, he squawks up a storm until I come see what he wants, or when I'm at my computer (especially while eating) he crawls over on his perch to get as close to me as he can. He also has this funny thing where he will sit on his perch by me and whenever I talk to him he makes this funny growly noise and sometimes pins his eyes. He's definatly responding to me, just don't know what he's saying. After all of this, he still doesn't like to be held, unless he's at the vet or some other strange place. When I make him step up he tries to turn his back to me and flap back to his cage.

regardless he's a really nice bird and i love hearing him chatter and seeing him play with his fish.

Post by **Datsun and Family** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:00 pm

Hi,

Tony is very cute. He sounds lovely... it just goes to show every bird has his or her own personality. Datsun cant get enough cuddles.

My Dats also makes the growly noise but its ususlly him telling me that he would rather be doing whatever I interuppted or he has his eye on something that he cant get to (or I wont let him have) Or just generally hes not getting his way. I dont know if thats the same for Tony, doesnt really sound like it.

One of the great things about IRN's is their independence and individuality, but they can also be frustrating

Are his wings clipped? That may make him more dependant on you.

Anyway have a great day, hope to hear from you again soon.

-Chamon

indian ringneck · Post by **indian ringneck** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:51 pm

I'd like to object to one factor quite popularly considered by many IRN owners. They aren't very INDEPENDANT. Kiki cannot go a day without her cuddles kisses and headscratches in my opinion. She needs them, and at the moment, i'm struggling to get her to stop what I think is 'courting' me. I'm still not sure if that's the definite fact, but i've talked with a few 'parrot experts' and they say that's what they see. Maybe your birds weren't handreared. Please read this topic in ParroTalk forums. It was posted by one of our members and it helps your bird like physical contact. I'm sure your bird will also become pretty affectionate if you follow these steps accurately. I'm not an expert on parrots, but I do read quite a lot of books and research on the net about them.

I have found that one key to have a very affectionate Indian Ringneck Parrot, or other species of Parrot is this: "The more time you spend with your parrot, the tamer he/she will be."

I have found this to be exactly true. One day, I decided to spend my whole day playing with Kiki, guess what? The next day, Kiki needed twice as much attention and affectionate cuddles as ever before. Now, I give her hours and hours of attention each day, and she's the most affectionate bird i've ever had. Indian Ringnecks can be just as affectionate as any other species of parrot. They are just the same.

indian ringneck · Post by **indian ringneck** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:58 pm

http://www.parrotalk.com/forum/index.ph ... 5938&st=30

Here's the link to our ParroTalk Parrot Modification Program by Birdman660 - one of our members.

It's a very valuable post and it helps your bird to become used to parrot physical contact AND become just as sociable as any other species of parrot. It's a myth that Indian Ringnecks aren't sociable! Kiki lays down on her back for me so it's definitely untrue!