Comments on: New Indian Ringneck Information

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:45:08 +0000

My husband bought me 2 Indian Ringnecks for my birthday back in March. I have always wanted birds to add to my collection of pets that I consider as my children. I am reading as much as I can on these particular parrots but unfortunately I was given false information when they were purchased. No one in the store seemed to agree on the age of the creatures, so I believed them to be young. When I researched it I found out that they are actually mature already and are at least 2 years old. Since they are no longer babies it is really difficult to train them since they obviously haven’t been touched my human hands regularly enough, they are terrified of human hands. They are a mated pair and I love them and will take as much time is needed to teach them of this fact and the more I read, the more I learn of their behaviour and the more I understand the particulars about them. They haven’t started to speak yet, they speak more to eachother, but they are beginning to scream a lot less which is nice. I am interacting with them everyday but I find it is a painfully long process. If anyone has any ideas about the best way to go about training them that I am a trusted friend and not someone who is going to hurt them, I would greatly appreciate any advice. I had to take them to the vet to get their wings clipped today and it was an awful experience. Since they do not listen to me yet I had to catch them which is a most distressful experience for all involved. I need as much help as possible.

By: may

may — Thu, 06 May 2010 03:15:50 +0000

hello
i am about o get a ringneck and i called yoogie
im trying to get info about that breed but all the sites r useless and this is
one of the best sites !!
hope u gather more info on ringnecks such as pics of them at different ages

By: Marcy

Marcy — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:06:14 +0000

Hi. My name is Marcy and while in the petstore with my husband, Bob, we saw an albino ringneck that was up for consignment. We were told that the owners could no longer afford to keep her. She is three years old, and loves men. Well, my husband fell for her right off. We left the store and before we made it home I had to turn around and get the bird for him (early birthday gift). As I stated earlier Adrian(her new name) adores men. She and I have a love/hate relationship. She loves my husband and hates me. I have told her that we will one day be fast friends, hehe. Although she still cage guards around me, she will let me hand her treats when she is out of the cage, and just today willingly stepped onto my hand and let me put her into the cage. A great accomplishment considering that I have very little time to work with her. I have a full time job (48hrs a week) and two birds of my own, a nine month old funloving lovebird, Freddie, and an eight month old cockatiel, Punkie. I am looking forward to trying some of your techniques with her in the hope that she will allow me to put my hands into to cage to get her treat bowl and to change out toys while she is still in the cage.