I have a Ringneck. I got her from a bad situation at a pet store- she was sick, had a severely imbedded ankle band and severe clipped wings. She was at the petstore for 7months and I’m assuming with little to no contact (they just kept transferring her to different sister stores trying to sell her at their asking price- the last two petstore she was at the employees talked about how mean she was). I am honestly surprised she survived all this.
She is finally healthy but wants nothing to do with human hands. She is very curious about the world around her and likes watching.
I used to take her out regularly after she got over her infection and her ankle healed. I stopped recently to try to get her to come out on her own to no avail. I’ll leave the cage open for her to come out on her own- I’ll put a perch right outside the door.
When I take her out I have to chase her around in the cage and I have to pick her up with a shirt (so she doesn’t bite me - she bites hard! gloves don’t work.). I have somewhat taught her step up with a perch to take her back into her cage (she has a flight cage) but again I have to follow her around the room with the perch/stick.
The problem I am having is she just tries to get away from hands constantly (I’ve even played videos of Ringnecks being friendly to people - she tries to bite the hands in the videos).
Part of the problem is one of her wings is being over preen( vet is not sure if this is from her wings being clipped too short Or if it’s behavioral) so she can’t fly and I think this freaks her out . When I first brought her home she would land hard on the bottom of cage because she couldn’t initial perch well either. I installed a platform in the middle of the flight cage and then had the perches near the plat form so the falling distance would not harm her.
Things I have tried are treats and stick/clicker training, just sitting by the cage And showing friend parrot videos.
She has a flight cage, bird light and lots of foraging and enrichment in her cage. She gets a variety of healthy mostly organic foods.
Could some one recommend helpful books and videos ? Or someone one have insight on what else I can try? Anybody have experience in socializing an older bird or been in a similar situation.
Thank you!
She is finally healthy but wants nothing to do with human hands. She is very curious about the world around her and likes watching.
I used to take her out regularly after she got over her infection and her ankle healed. I stopped recently to try to get her to come out on her own to no avail. I’ll leave the cage open for her to come out on her own- I’ll put a perch right outside the door.
When I take her out I have to chase her around in the cage and I have to pick her up with a shirt (so she doesn’t bite me - she bites hard! gloves don’t work.). I have somewhat taught her step up with a perch to take her back into her cage (she has a flight cage) but again I have to follow her around the room with the perch/stick.
The problem I am having is she just tries to get away from hands constantly (I’ve even played videos of Ringnecks being friendly to people - she tries to bite the hands in the videos).
Part of the problem is one of her wings is being over preen( vet is not sure if this is from her wings being clipped too short Or if it’s behavioral) so she can’t fly and I think this freaks her out . When I first brought her home she would land hard on the bottom of cage because she couldn’t initial perch well either. I installed a platform in the middle of the flight cage and then had the perches near the plat form so the falling distance would not harm her.
Things I have tried are treats and stick/clicker training, just sitting by the cage And showing friend parrot videos.
She has a flight cage, bird light and lots of foraging and enrichment in her cage. She gets a variety of healthy mostly organic foods.
Could some one recommend helpful books and videos ? Or someone one have insight on what else I can try? Anybody have experience in socializing an older bird or been in a similar situation.
Thank you!
i like your bird though!
