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Indian Ring necks Wave and OceanMy
Indian Ring necks Wave and Ocean
Welcome I know these Parrot Rules have been floating around out there for a long time, but that doesn't make them any less true! 1. If I like it, its mine. 2. If it’s in my beak, its mine. 3. If I can take it from you, its mine. 4. If I had it a little while ago, its mine. 5. If its mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way. 6. If I’m chewing something, all the pieces are mine. 7. If it looks like mine, its mine. 8. If I saw it first, its mine. 9. If you have something and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine.
Information on Indian Ring Necks
As the name suggests, the Indian Ring-necked Parakeets (Psittacula krameri manillensis) originates from India.
These birds are elegant, beautiful and make good pets for those willing to provide ongoing obedience training.
If not given sufficient attention, the Indian Ring Neck may become unfriendly and disobedient. In order to maintain their friendly personalities and tameness, regular handling and socialization are a must for these birds.
The plumage of the Indian Ring Neck is apple green, although mutations in a range of other colors also exist. This includes buttercup yellow and the increasingly popular powder blue. This is the colour that I am going to bred. There is also Violet , Cinnamon ,and Colbert blue ,grey and breeders are coming up with new colour mutations all the time
These friendly birds make excellent pets, provided they are handled frequently when young and then throughout their lives. They like being stroked in the direction of their feather growth, and they can learn to do tricks.
When taught carefully, ringnecks are able to learn to talk and their speaking ability can outrank that of the cockatiel or similar smaller birds. They begin talking at around one year of age and can sometimes learn up to 250 words, although their speech may not be as clear as the larger parrots. Most speaking success depends on the amount and quality of time spend with their owner. And the more time the better You will have a wonderful pet if you put the time into him or her!!!
Ringnecks are highly intelligent and able to observe and learn behavior very easily. Curiosity is always peaked when something new is introduced into the environment, and they love to explore. Ringnecks can become territorial in regards to their cages or other play areas. Their vocalization can be very grating if they are frightened, or something doesn't seem right in their environment.
Ringnecks live 15 to 30 years. So be perpard to have your IRN for a long time
Care and Feeding:
Fresh food and water must be provided daily. In the wild, Indian
Ringneck Parakeets eat a variety of seeds, berries, fruits, nuts,
blossoms, and nectar. In addition to these foods, you can offer
them vegetables and commercial pellets. They also enjoy the same
nutritional foods humans eat, including cooked chicken. Cooked
beans, rice, and grains are also enjoyed, but soft foods like
these will spoil in about 4 hours. An occasional millet spray
is a nice treat.
Housing:
A a roomy cage is required as these are large parakeets. They
need room for their long Beautiful tails so a large Parrot cage
should be bought the bigger the better I always say (and so does
alit of other IRN breeders
\•Taming Basics:
Even though parakeets quickly adapt to their enviroment, you should
give a new arrival a few days to get use to you, your voice and
its cage before trying to handle it. A hand fed baby will not
need much taming and can often be handled right away, as it is
use to human attention. To be able to handle and train your parakeet
depends first on trust, so go slowly and be consistent.
Parakeets are generally most receptive to training in the evening
and each session is best if limited to under 20 minutes with about
an hours rest in between. Remember that taming and training a
bird takes patience, never 'punish' your parakeet! This only serves
to destroy the trust you've spent so much time building.
• Initial Training:
Your first goal is to get the parakeet to accept a treat from
you, which will lead to it allowing you to gently scratch its
head. Then you can begin to work on getting your parakeet to step
up on your hand.
Speak softly to the bird to calm it and always move slowly. Start
from the floor and approach the bird from the side rather than
head on. With a treat held between two fingers, coax it onto your
hand. It may try to fly and you may have to repeat this several
times. Once your parakeet steps on your hand, you then start having
it step up from one hand to the other.
If necessary, you can repeat the hand-taming lessons several times
a day but for short periods of time, about 20 minutes a session.
Depending on the tameness of the bird, these two steps can be
instantaneous as in a hand fed baby. Or it can take several weeks
or longer for an untamed bird.
•Advanced Training:
Once your parakeet has gotten over it's shyness, then you can
work on speech training. Repetition and constant is the best way
to train your RIN to talk.
Bluffing Stage
Keep in mind that not all ringnecks go through this stage and it’s more prone to female ringnecks. Most owners believe that because their Indian Ringneck is going through bluffing it is automatically a female—not true. Keep in mind that this stage can last several days or weeks. Some get a severe case and it may last a few months. I’ll say it again and again, ignore any bluffing and you’ll get through this stage fine. Teach you IRN to use a stick to step up on when it is still young that way when the bluffing stage happens you do not have to worry about getting bite . Try to ignored this stage as much as you can as he or she will come out of it , if you yell and are mean to IRN you will have problems when he or she comes out of this stage. Some breeders believe it is from a spike in their hormones level that make them this way . But it is normal and it is something that you will have to go through
Start by interacting with the bird like you would normally do. This bluffing needs to be completely ignored. If the bird bites do not make a fuss about it and completely ignore it. Under no circumstances are you to yell or hit your bird during this stage -- or any other time. Do not wobble your hand, do not spray the bird, or do not flick the beak. Ringnecks do not understand this type of punishment. If they are abused in this manner they become aggressive and fearful of humans. You need to gradually let your ringneck know that biting is not tolerated and will get no reaction out of you. At the same time, you need to be open to your ringneck’s needs and be understanding towards your birds attitude. They need to feel confident enough to trust you and they need time to let these hormones subside.
