How do Indian ringnecks sleep?

[Jando]

Hello everybody I'm getting a Indian ringneck and I was just curious as I'm setting up his new cage do they sleep in huts or do they like to make their own nest. I have a green cheek conure and she loves her sleepy hut. So I just wanna know if I should get a hut or jus put in an extra perch in the corner as I was reading they like to cuddle in the corner of the cage. Thank you for your help

 

[Jando]

Also I have a green cheek conure and I'm getting a Indian ringneck there in separate cages I don't want them to get attached to each other and not get attached to me and my wife. When I play with them do I play with them separately or at the same time? And will they bond with each other in that time were playing with both at same time?

 

[RoshanDv]

My parrot seems ill from a week..I consulted a vet and he said it lacks Vitamin D..i just made him eat small amt of mango and tried providing him water and food along with medicines..His condition still seems bad, he isnt walking with one of his foot, and dragging around and falling off instantly..Someone please help with some solution.

 

[GaleriaGila]

Jando, you sound like a responsible person. I don't know about ringnecks, but many here do! Good for you for reaching out.

Meanwhile... Roshan! For a week? Those are terrifying symptoms! Medicines? What medicines? Please get the bird to an avian vet. Please, at once. It's suffering terribly and may be dying...

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

Hello everybody I'm getting a Indian ringneck and I was just curious as I'm setting up his new cage do they sleep in huts or do they like to make their own nest. I have a green cheek conure and she loves her sleepy hut. So I just wanna know if I should get a hut or jus put in an extra perch in the corner as I was reading they like to cuddle in the corner of the cage. Thank you for your help

I would remove those "huts" immediately! There are members here who have lost their babys because of these terrible things! The birdie will nibble/injest some of the material from the hut and cannot pass it/digest it and they become ill and some have died!
They can also get tangled in the loose fibers of the hut. I think a member found his/her birdie HANGING upside down because the fibers wrapped around one of the birds legs and he couldn't get free!


Jim

 

[Dinosrawr]

The sleepy huts are a huge hazard, as Jim (above) mentioned. The fibres can loosen over time and create either a strangulation or choking hazard for the birds. It also encourages hormonal behaviour, and if prolonged it certainly is not healthy for the bird mentally or physically.

I have a ring neck myself, and he sleeps like most birds do - either with his beak tucked into his wings if he's napping during the day, or at night he crawls into a corner and clings to it. I've tried to provide him with specific sleeping perches and areas for him, but it's just simply what he likes. And it's safest for him, too.

As for the issue with his health and lack of vitamin D... it would have to be a very extreme case if he's already extremely lethargic and is unable to stand upright at this point. A Certified AVIAN veterinarian is your best option. Your average vet generally will not know enough about birds to be of much help aside from a general prescription for vitamin meds or antibiotics. But if given wrong, they can do more harm than good. If he's having difficulty standing, I recommend putting him into a smaller cage with perches that are only a few inches from the ground and using towels on the bottom of the cage to soften his landing if he falls. I'm very sorry to hear that he's ill

 

[Jando]

I will get rid of the hut and put a perch as I don't want my conure to strangle herself as the hut gets older I didn't know they were that bad. And thanks for the info dinosrawr I'll put a few perches around see where he will go n jus wait n see thank yous for your help

 

[itchyfeet]

Neither of my ringnecks or my 'tiel like huts, but they all have their 'corners' they love. At the top of the cage, there is a high perch towards the back corner that's kind of 'shaded' by toys if that makes sense? The toys create a bit of a curtain. They all sleep in that part of their cages.

Introductions need to happen slowly But all of our birds can be out with one another while we do our own thing, and they'll all come to us independently for cuddles/training etc.

Ringnecks are incredible birds, but they've a nature all of their very own. S/he will be quite different from your conure!

 

[keakea]

I will get rid of the hut and put a perch as I don't want my conure to strangle herself as the hut gets older I didn't know they were that bad. And thanks for the info dinosrawr I'll put a few perches around see where he will go n jus wait n see thank yous for your help

For your Green cheek you could do what I do with my conure. I put him in a small sleep cage with a comfy soft rope perch (so he can perch if he wants to) and I lay baby receiving blankets on the bottom loosely. He usually starts out on the perch and when I put the cover over the cage he jumps down and always sleeps cuddled in the blankets. This way he has a designated cage for sleeping and because he goes to another cage in the morning it helps with territorial aggressive behavior and he can cuddle at night, which is what conures love to do. don't worry about the blankets getting soiled because Conures will not "go" where they sleep.

As for the Ringneck, I'm sorry but I am not too familiar with them other than that I think they are adorable and have cute talking voices!

 

[malibushmi]

The sleepy huts are a huge hazard, as Jim (above) mentioned. The fibres can loosen over time and create either a strangulation or choking hazard for the birds. It also encourages hormonal behaviour, and if prolonged it certainly is not healthy for the bird mentally or physically.

I have a ring neck myself, and he sleeps like most birds do - either with his beak tucked into his wings if he's napping during the day, or at night he crawls into a corner and clings to it. I've tried to provide him with specific sleeping perches and areas for him, but it's just simply what he likes. And it's safest for him, too.

As for the issue with his health and lack of vitamin D... it would have to be a very extreme case if he's already extremely lethargic and is unable to stand upright at this point. A Certified AVIAN veterinarian is your best option. Your average vet generally will not know enough about birds to be of much help aside from a general prescription for vitamin meds or antibiotics. But if given wrong, they can do more harm than good. If he's having difficulty standing, I recommend putting him into a smaller cage with perches that are only a few inches from the ground and using towels on the bottom of the cage to soften his landing if he falls. I'm very sorry to hear that he's ill

We don't use sleepyhuts anymore either. We had a sun conure that shredded the inside and strangled himself one night in the strings.

We have a rainbow lorikeet who loves his nesting box and that's where he sleeps. The sun conure has a big coffee can turned sideways and my husband made his a hardwood front with a hole the cover the front. But I think that conure is more aggressive and territorial with that sleeping can in his cage!

We just adopted an albino Indian Ring Neck. I am not sure what he likes but he just seems to perch in the corner of his cage.

Although the conure and lorikeet get along fine when we put them in the same cage, the old lorikeet was very protective of the baby conure and we couldn't take either one out of the cage without the lorikeet getting aggressive. So we separated them. But I would like to put at least a couple of the birds together and get rid of one of the three cages because we just don't have room. Any suggestions?