Does this IRN look like a "baby" or a very young one??

[Katu]

Would you want to keep him? Why wouldn't that work? I'm just curious. This has been such an interesting story so far. I wonder if his owners left him with a sitter and he got away. It's so sad that it seems like no one is looking for him. I would love to have an IRN, but feel it's above my abilities to care for. I don't know why, but mainly I'm worried about being good enough for any bird, lol. Thanks for taking such great care of him. I love seeing updates.

 

[SilverSage]

You also made reports with local vets, stores, and animal control right? And on Craigslist and Facebook? Because those will be the most effective in my experience. I've never found an owner through a sign but often you can find them those ways.


Also be aware your birds owner may not speak English. That has happened to us; the owner was actually a deployed soldier and his poor distraught wife had accidentally let the bird out and didn't speak any English. It took a while for her to even find someone to call us to let us know she thought it was their bird. She showed up in tears and rushed it to the vet to drop thousands on his recovery. It was a sun conure who had been out for almost a week, but the language barrier had prevented us hearing that it was missing to start with.


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[Tropical]

You also made reports with local vets, stores, and animal control right? And on Craigslist and Facebook? Because those will be the most effective in my experience. I've never found an owner through a sign but often you can find them those ways.


Also be aware your birds owner may not speak English. That has happened to us; the owner was actually a deployed soldier and his poor distraught wife had accidentally let the bird out and didn't speak any English. It took a while for her to even find someone to call us to let us know she thought it was their bird. She showed up in tears and rushed it to the vet to drop thousands on his recovery. It was a sun conure who had been out for almost a week, but the language barrier had prevented us hearing that it was missing to start with.

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I posted is on facebook (parrot 911 alert's faceook not my personal facebook though... I don't use facebook for privacy reasons) and vets and I just posted it on craigslist 2 minutes ago

... but I have an interesting turn of events. While I was visiting the IRN today the city called me. They said it's not allowed to post signs anywhere in Palm Beach Gardens. They will allow me to keep the signs up but I must remove them on Sunday evening. I VERY highly doubt the person who lost the bird knew about this. I sure didn't and neither did HOA. I see all sorts of signs up all the time on the roads for all sorts of crap which people stuck there! Screen repairs, garage sales, lower your phone bill etc and these signs are stuck at random places on the road... next to highways etc, ridiculous.

I'm dead tired now but tomorrow I will search again to see if anyone has any posts about a lost ringneck in Palm Beach county, Florida on the internet....

If anyone here wants to dig in and do a search... go for it I am pooped! :34:

 

[Tropical]

Would you want to keep him? Why wouldn't that work? I'm just curious. This has been such an interesting story so far. I wonder if his owners left him with a sitter and he got away. It's so sad that it seems like no one is looking for him. I would love to have an IRN, but feel it's above my abilities to care for. I don't know why, but mainly I'm worried about being good enough for any bird, lol. Thanks for taking such great care of him. I love seeing updates.

If real owner is not found I will definitely keep him (after the quarantine is over). I will certainly try and make it it work out and see if everything is OK and SAFE for my tiel with the IRN in my condo etc. That IRN is soooo sweet I cannot even explain he is an amazing bird.

Having 3 birds was DEFINITELY not on my plate not by a long shot (as my life is a MESS right now financially). I am trying to fix it and get new business going etc so I am 100% focusing on business right now. My plan is to relocate back to Budapest, Hungary in the next few years once I can financially and bringing my tiels with me is doable because cockatiels are not on CITES.

However conures, ringnecks etc are on CITES amongst other issues (stupid system) which means I very well might NOT be allowed to bring my an IRN with me overseas. This is another reason why I have held off on getting a green cheeck conure because I don't want to fall in love with a bird I can't keep. Getting my two tiels overseas with me is going to be hard enough.

I am thinking waaaaaaay too far ahead though and life has a way of changing plans this or that way and then another way if you know what I mean so nevermind it

 

[Tropical]

I forgot to say I spent about 2 1/2 hours with the IRN again today. He is amazing. I heard something at the front door so I walked to see what it was to look through the peephole and he flew all the way across the living and onto my shoulder. He did NOT want me to leave!! Nobody was at front door and of course that front door is NEVER to be opened unless he is secured in cage.

... but OMG this IRN is so lovable I admit I am kind of obsessed with him already. Today when he saw me he immediately came to me whereas yesterday he was very stand offish because he didn't know who I am but he recalled my yesterday's visit where we became friends... so today when he saw me his reaction was completely different!!

It amazes me how intelligent these birds are. I'm also not nearly as afraid of him as I was yesterday LOL

 

[SilverSage]

I adore Irns as you know between ringies, tiels, and GCCs I don't see why anyone needs anything else in life! Lol.


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[Tropical]

I adore Irns as you know between ringies, tiels, and GCCs I don't see why anyone needs anything else in life! Lol.

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I couldn't agree more

I must say it is truly an incredible experience get to be around an IRN. They are soooo different from tiels! Tiels are all I've ever known (asides from a budgie or two).

For the past several years I have DREAMED of one day getting a green cheek conure in a few years (when I'm ready for 3 birds) and now suddenly this IRN came into my life!! I am dying to see how all this is going to turn out with finding the owner etc.

I just might end up with not only 3 birds a LOT sooner than I thought and not with a green cheek but an IRN!!

I really enjoyed being around that IRN. Very loveable bird... he was nibbling on my face and lips and leaning against me. The woman calls him loverboy and that's exactly what he is LOL

 

[Tropical]

911 Parrot Alert just called me... nice lady. She saw my signs on the road LOL thousands of people are seeing my various signs. She got my number off one of the signs and called to let me know she runs a parrot rescue (911 Parrot Rescue) and suggested I post on 911 Parrot Rescue.... I told her I already did! I posted there about 4 or 5 days ago haha

She uses the good avian vet I'm going to start using.

She did tell me is happens a lot ore often than you think that people say the bird you found is theirs. So really have to screen these people and THEY have to describe the bird... whether it has leg band... which leg has leg band etc

I have not checked bird for micropchip because she and other avian vet told me that is waste of time... it's rarely ever used and being replaced with bla bla... but IF owner is not found and I do end up taking bird to vet I will check then just for the heck of it.

 

[SilverSage]

Exactly; every time I find a bird I get crazies coming out claiming it when it really isn't theirs, they just want a free parrot!


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[Heather123]

Such a beautiful bird.

 

[Tropical]

How come his tail is so incredibly short??? Do baby IRNs usually have a short tail as they are molting and growing in their adult tail??? It looks like either he lost his entire tail completely and it's all growing back in... or that he's about a year and a half old and just growing in his adult tail??? The feathers in his tail are FRESH new ones growing in.

My tiels literally have a longer tails than the IRN does! The IRN's tail looks longer in the photo and video than it does in real life for some reason. Trust me, the IRN's tail is very very short!!

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Here is photo... his tail is VERY short for an IRN!! You can clearly see in below photo (he is preening himself) what a short tail he has.

 

[SilverSage]

Looks all fresh. Either from a super hard molt or from having them pulled out, possibly by a predator while he was loose.


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[SilverSage]

Does this IRN look like a "baby" or a very young one??

Here is an example of an adult IRN tail


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[Tropical]

Re: Does this IRN look like a "baby" or a very young one??

Here is an example of an adult IRN tail


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Yes they have very looooong tails. The IRN we rescued has a tail barely half that length. His tail is much shorter... ... but it'll grow longer of course...

EDIT: Wow!! You have a lot of birds! Are all those birds (Eclectus, Blue Headed Pionus, Quakers, Indian Ringnecks, Green Cheeked Conures, Cockatiels, and Budgies, Canaries, Zebra Finches) your pets? I'd go nuts with that many birds LOL. I admire your ability to handle that many. To be perfectly honest I do not even know how I will be able to manage three birds (2 tiels and a IRN) if real owners do not show up for this IRN... at this time in my life it's too many birds!

EDIT: I just realized they have different shades of blue IRNs in your pic... they are gorgeous OMG.

 

[SilverSage]

It will grow in I'm sure since it doesn't look broken off it is already in the process of coming back


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