Indian Ringneck Breeder

[katherinebell]

Hello All

I am new to this forum but I am interested in getting a Ringneck. But I have a cat and 2 dogs, I dont think the dogs would be a problem but the cat might. Do you guys have other animals with your birds? and are you able to keep the "peace" so to speak in your household?

I live in brisbane and would love to know of some great breeders in my area one that hand raise there babies etc.

Also I don't know a hole lot about them so any info would be great!

Thanks

[robert]

Katherine Bell. I personally know a parrot breeder,who lives near loganhome.Will ring her soon to see if she has any handraised Ringnecks. Will reply here later today. Before that will send you some other breeders. from Robert and Precious

[robert]

Katherine Bell, just phoned Andrea 33880592 email [e-mail]. Andrea has two Ringnecks,that will soon be ready.Not weaned yet. They are being handraised. You can ring Andrea tonight or soon. From Robert and Precious

[vankarhi]

Welcome Katherine. Yes a lot of us have other pets and birds. I have owned cats in the past. I choose not to own one now ........ not for any other reason except I enjoy the native wildlife and I get upset when my cats in the past would kill them. I own 2 dogs .... a border collie and a staffy. The collie is ok with the birds but the staffy is very movement orientated and cannot be trusted with most other animals.

[pinkdevil]

Hi katherinebell

I have a cat and dogs and fish and guinea pigs and reptiles and.....the list goes on and on lol Also have ringies. I have 4 lutinos that I handraised this year and my Spongie, (she had splayed legs but all better now . I have Spongie and the Lutinos in side at the moment. The cat doesn't really bother them but if they are out having a fly around, she gets an evil look in her eye, so I usually lock her in a room or when she is outside tethered, so the birds can have their time out, then when the birds are back safely away in their cages, I let the cat back out.
My cat is an indoor cat but I do have her outside on a leash so she can not harm any birds etc. Have done this with her since she was a kittne and she always races to her leash when she wants to go outside lol.

Hope you have success in finding yourself a great IRN.

What colour are you planning on getting?

[meandem]

Hi Katherine, welcome to the wonderful world of Aussie Birds. I have a few ringnecks........mmm......lets see....last count.......12. Two of these are hand-reared. They make an excellent pet. I find what you put into them, is what you get out of them.

[katherinebell]

thanks for the replies guys. I had a talk to my family but they said no but I am going to persuade them its not hard haha

I really want a green one with a dark ring, if I am correct the males get the ring around the neck at about 2 years of age?

Anyway are they a noisy bird? because thats what my family is worried about, we used to have cockatiels and they are noisy!!!

And how messy are they? if I just had one. Do they make a lot of mess with the bird seed? my mum is a clean freak! and she hates how the bird seed falls on the ground. But I suppose they would eat fruit and stuff.

[pinkdevil]

Yeah, they are a bit noisier than tiels I'm afraid. But mainly if they are bored or lonely. So if you provide a large cage with plenty of things to do and see, I can't really see noise as much of a problem, with mine anyway.

Mine like to play the "throw food on the floor and watch you clean it up to do it all over again" trick. But I have now put a cage tidy thingy, (you know those material garter type things that go around the base of the cage?). I find that stops alot of seed and fruit being slung around.

I feed mine a mixture of seed, pellets, fruit, veg, sprouted seed and sprouts. Mine have access to seed and pellets 24/7 and fruit/veg is given once a day.

The males are the ones that get the black ring around the neck, although the girls do get a faint darkish green looking ring around their neck to. Usually around the second or third moult the boys will start to show their ring, so the 2-3 year mark, mostly around 2.

Here is a few links to my ringies

WBoy

Jasper

and one I handraised last year.... green chick

[katherinebell]

OHHHHH I REALLY WANT ONE, after seeing those videos I am going to beg my family hehe.

[Birdmad108]

I had the same problem with my parent's but luckily We don't have a cat and My Moms not a clean freak but they finally came through when I got an A+ in my exam. But more to the matter my friend kevin has a bunch of bird's and to cats the bird's actually like the cat because when they're out they hop on the cats back and hang on for the ride so i think yes.if you want a bird really badly like I did come to an agreement with them like better grades or something.

[vankarhi]

congratulations on your A+ Dill106