Sorry, squeeing onion. I got confused. Was looking for Cottonās thread.
But I read through your thread again and your guy looks great and is surely eating a varied diet. He is beautiful but big and his beak seems kind of dark, if that could give a clue if heās a hybrid.
I canāt remember much about IRN vocalizations; the one parrot I had that never warmed to me, no matter how many peanuts and treats I fed him, was my IRN Kermit. I mostly remember a very loud blast of alarm call/ youāre not paying attention to me call. This was over 20 yrs ago; Iām kinda old now, and I was very young back then. A local pet shop owner had the NICEST blue ringneck so I was disappointed.
I think the psittacula are GORGEOUS and elegant birds. I donāt know why Kermit despised me; eventually I wrote a personals ad for him (single green male seeksā¦) and the nice woman who answered took him after two years of him/ her! hating me. I told her I wasnāt beating him but I donāt know what she thought.
Thank you for taking such good care of this mistreated baby. Iām glad heās happy with you. He looks really good and the photo on the tree wall hanging is very nice.
Awww thanks for taking the time to comment on my boy while you were looking for Cottonās thread!
I have been wondering about the beak - I know it can take time for colors to change, most the wild IRN I saw look like they have cherry bright beaks while my guy looks pretty dull. Hard to say if thatās its natural color or if diet and handling from the store caused it, I figure in a year or two I should be able to know for certain.
I am so amazed by how his colors have absolutely EXPLODED! His undertail has turned a brilliant yellow with a cyan blue backing on the long ones like macaws get, his wings have turned a lovely, rich emerald green, and his lime color has really brightened especially after his first shower/bath.
He hasnāt figured out the bird fountain I have yet (he seriously looked at and investigated it yesterday, thatās a step forward squeeee!) and keeps trying to take ābathsā in his water dish.
Itās so funny and sad-pathetic looking, because heās so big, all he can fit in his water dish is his face and he just kindaā¦ smacks it against the water
Heās been mostly okay with me using my fancy pressure mister, opened his wings up and danced under it once he realized he wasnāt being eaten alive or attacked.
I bet that extreme stress and illness could delay puberty.
I definitely believe this; i got my green cheek Conure, Bongo, when she was a little over four and a half years old. By rights, she should have been through or at the very tippy tail end of puberty.
I brouht home one of the angriest, poofiest, grudge holding, snippy, miserable, horribly misunderstood and mistrained little conures I have ever met. She wasnāt cared for well in housing and in food, but her family save the wife adored her so she priorly had a good relationship with two household members especially until she the husband on an ear and the he took it personally and wasnāt sure how to deal with it. Goodbye what training she had left at that point!
She had been kept in so tiny a cage she didnāt have good coordination; sheād take a step and fall off a perch legit because she judged the distance wrong. It was heartbreaking and adorable at the same time to watch her struggle to learn how to move like a normal playful bird.
But her mishandling also meantā¦ no one was consciously focusing on teaching her anything through puberty! She was bounced through home after home after home until I adopted her.
Hehā¦ hijacking my own thread with my other bird
sorry, Echo!
More Echo updoots:
Weāve been very entertained by his cute beeps and burbles. His previous owner is delighted to see him so healthy and happy; she asked me if heās said any new words and I got to tell her I havenāt heard a single one! I honestly forgot he talked. Now I am wondering if heāll be like one of those toddlers who suddenly unleashes a torrent of words they picked up you had no idea they had picked up on
he uses a few of my whistles, especially when he wants my attention or to contact call.
We hear his loud ābir alarmā at least once a day when he is first let loose. I call it the Echo Zoomies - he flies back and forth to different perches and ESPECIALLY by the windows, i think heās vocalizing to the wild birds outside and announcing his state of looseness to the household xD
HE IS NOW TAKING TREATS FROM OUR FINGERS SQUEEEEEEE MY BABY BOY IāM GONNA CRY I SO HAPPY! He has grabbed our fingers a few times instead of the treat on accident, it happens so fast i honestly donāt even have time to react except my eyes widen a bit I know xD very gentle, he didnāt bite just held and let go and tried again for his treat, usually more slowly and carefully tehee.
He has reached out and touched my arm and my palm to see if it would then idk turn into a dragon or a surprise net or iām actually three racoons in a trenchcoat about to spring on him. Iāve been very careful on how we encourage that so he is exploring with gentle touches not a nice hard chomp, at least for now. I know the bites are likely to come eventually
Still, such a nice change of pace from bringing home Bongo who bit me bloody every day at least once, for over a year!
He is becoming more comfortable with people, and handled his first roadtrip and camping event with us absolutely splendid. He was a little stressed during loading and unloading once we got there, but he was SO happy to see Mama was already thereand that calmed nim down a lot. He loved being outside (in his cage ofc
) in the sun and light breeze, then he was safely tucked into the back in our private space, so he wasnāt overwhelmed by people. I only let very trusted people in back to be introduced to him, and no one touched his cage or tried to give him treats (this was right when he began accepting them from us so we didnāt want to push his comfort zone with too many new things at once)
I just learned last night that I am definitely not crazy and he is growing more comfortable with me - my friend was watching him part of the camping event, and noticed that when Iām gone, E ho is a lot more withdrawn, quiet, and cautious. When I am around, he settles considerably, and if I am talking to a person and seem okay with them, then he relaxes and is okay with them too. So heās taking cues from Bongo and I which is WONDERFUL, and a really good help for training him.
So far, so good on house training. He is obsessed with the stained glass butterfly that hangs over our sink and likes to try getting on it when he thinks Iām not paying attention. Heās mostly been popping on the birdie areas so that hasnāt been a hassle, I have to clean up dead bugs in the windowsils or he will eat them
He was so stinkinā adorable when the new birdie toys came in the mail. I opened the package right in front of him and he just did that āhopefully curiousā birdie headtilt-waddle-waddle-sidestep thing birds do. He LOVES the ones I picked out
which also means they wonāt last terribly long butbhey that was the point xD i got him some nice hardwood chewables, mixed with easier shreddables, since he likes both.
He is also a raven in disguise. I am CONVINCED. He flew down to my little incense area (i use only things bird safe and very occasionally- I donāt burn chemical incense or such, loose herbs and windows open, or birdies moved, etc), picked up one of my shiney rocks, and flew off with it after looking at me when I told him it was mine. Heās flown off with it twice xD
I busted open an old box of plastic shiney gems I used for an art gallery display years back, and he went nuts for them with delight. I HAS A BIRD WHO LIKES SHINEY THINGS AND JENGA BLOCKS. YAAAAAY.
So.., hereās some cute pics of the little green child I definitely donāt nickname Grogu in my head!
