Just brought our baby Indian Ringneck home

[Jamie]

Hi All..

I bought an 11 week Indian Ringneck a week ago. His has been hand reared and was very freindly with hisprevious owner. We got him home and my children have spent a lot of timewith him. We let him out for about 3 hours each day and he used to sit on our hands too. However over the past coupleof days he is nervos to come out of his cage and will not come on our hands. Is this normal? How do we get him to come back on our hands and become tame and friendly again.

Regards

Jamie

 

[_Cass_]

Hi, and welcome to the forum.

One week is not too long that you've owned your new FID (fid=feathered kid) and he is still getting used to his new surrounding's, cage, house, people. It's lots of new, and I would asume he would be a little funny. But someone else may give you a better answer.

BTW: We all love pictures of our babie's. Please share!

 

[Bobby34231]

Hi Jamie and welcome to the forum, congratulations on your new fid (fid=feathered kid), it may be that you might have rushed things a little to quickly for the little guy, being in a new home with new people can be somewhat stressful, you might try a little less hands on interaction and a bit more verbal interaction in a low a calming tone until he becomes more comfortable with you again, it could be that someone has frightened him with something they did or even that the bird feels to much stress from to many hands and is overwhelmed by it all, stress can also trigger illness, you didn't state whether you had an "AVIAN" vet or not, it may be a good idea to get him his first health check up if you haven't done so already to rule out illness as a possiblity for his sudden behavioral change, good luck and keep us updated on your progress

 

[Spiritbird]

I highly suggest your read the thread by Auggies Dad called Bond Forming.

 

[antoinette]

Welcome and congrat's with your fid.
Be patient, and preserver, and you will be greatly rewarded at a later stage.
Bonding and trust, are built over a period of time.
We waiting for the pic's .....

 

[Mel]

Hi Jamie. Welcome and Congrats. Great advise above.

Apart from the normal settling in time, it's possible something could have happened that frightened your little guy, it could be something you're not even aware of - a new person, a noise, something he saw?? The best advise we can give is go slow and be patient

We rescued a Sulfur Crested about 5 months ago. She loved my husband when we got her home, about a week later he caught her chewing the sacred remote control, he picked her up to move her which frightened her so much that when she'd hear his voice she'd bolt back into her cage and cower in the far corner. It took months and months to rebuild that trust with him. If she'd been here longer before that happened
I don't think she would have reacted the same way or for as long.

I know my situation is different esp as Chicka had come with baggage, I'm just using this as an example of how easy it is for things to go back before they go forward.

 

[Cowtown]

Congrats on the being a guardian... it will a rewarding experience for you and your children... you did not mention the age of your children. If you children are young they may have inadvertently hurt him/her by holding too tight or just scared him/her by quick moves or loud noises. As was stated earlier you may have rushed the holding, not giving him/her time to adjust... remember he/she is a baby and all things are strange and new.
I have no information on the Indian Ringneck but all young birds needs to feel secure in and out of their cage.

Search the web and read all you can about the behavior of your Ringneck. and of course you can ask anyone here and they will be more than happy to help or guide you in the right directions to find the answer.

Mike

 

[Jamie]

Hi All

Thank so much for all your help and advice. I think we are expecting too much too soon, so will give Janu (that's what my girls have named him) time to settle in. My daughters are 15 and 12 years old, both are also nervous of Janu and are really careful as hey approach his cage to give food. He did come on to all our hands with the basic 'step up' rule. However I must admit the top of the cage opens up and it did slam down the other day and this must have scared Janu. All his has started after that. This morning I tried to offer food wihin his cage and again tried the 'step up' rule. Unfortunately he was keen and responded with a few bites which didn't hurt. I was careful not to pull away as all the research suggested you should not show fear to the bird. I'm not going to let Janu out for a coupld of days and will take your advice. Sorry guys but I will post some pictures later today when my girls get back (not very technical). Janu has brough much needed love and fun to our home in this short space of time and I'm looking forward t handling him again when the time is right.

Regards

Jamie