Indian ringneck and sun conure

[nut]

Hi guys! I have a couple of questions:
1. My sun conures cage is always open and I was curious if this is ok for them? Their wings are clipped(store owner clipped them) and are growing out currently. Should I close the door at night or when I'm not home?
2. How small of a cage is too small for an Indian ring neck?Once he creates a bond with me, he will be allowed to have his cage open all the time. I read that if the ring back is allowed to be out of the cage often then he does t need that big of a cage.. is this right?

Thanks, for answering my questions.

 

[LordFranzG]

Hello Nut,

First of all, nice choice of birds! I have both IRNs and Sun conure and they are really cool birds! Please know that my answers are purely based on what I have learned from both personal experiences and acquired knowledge from experts, so, here we go!

1. It's always good to leave the cage door open and let the birds play inside and outside their cage. However, it should be done with full supervision. Even if they are very well familiar with the space inside and outside the cage, accidents can happen and you wouldn't want your feathered friends to venture into a random space that would trap them, or a hole that leads outdoor. Also, there are a lot of materials/items inside the house that could be harmful for them; a single lick at a perfume bottle left uncapped could be fatal. Birds are curious and even domesticated ones still have very minimal knowledge about human things that are harmful for them. So it's better to just leave it open when you're there to supervise them especially at night. They are easily spooked with the most random banging noise and you don't want them to be flipping, flying around in the dark.

2. Indian Ringnecks have long tails and beautiful wide spanned wings, the cage that I have for my Ringnecks is 4' (height) x 4' (depth) x 6' (width) and they are able to fly happily forward not upwards (it is by choice though). I'm not saying that you should have the same but whether the orientation of the cage is vertical or horizontal, they should have enough space to spread their wings and should be able to turn around on their perch with the tail not having major obstacles. Because even if they're out 90% of the day, there would always come a time when you can't be there to supervise them and they would have to stay in their cage for a long period of time and going back to my first answer, you can't just leave them alone with the cage open.

I hope this helps, It's always good to seek for advise whether you're a new parrot owner or a veteran.

Cheers!

Franz


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[Flboy]

Welcome! As said, never loose when unsupervised!

 

[Scott]

Welcome to the forums, thanks for joining! Excellent advice so far!!