Mutation and How to tame an IRN T.T

[Summerwint]

So.... I got a ringneck from a pet store about a month ago. The store was going out of business... He was the only bird that was available other than budgies(originally I was planning to get senegal parrot but he was sold already). I was told that IRN is a he, less than a year old, handfed and in good health. When I was getting him, his tail feathers were a bit of mess and short but other than those, he looked fine.
I was told that he is White Head Grey Lacewing. Is he?
Also, I've raised many(African Grey, parrotlets, cockatiels, linnies, conures, budgies and lorries, but never an IRN. In fact, I've never had a parrot like this. It has been over a month yet he still screams and makes a ruckus whenever I try to give him food/change water everyday.
I literally stay next to his cage, talk to him, eat with him for hours every day but no improvement. One day, I was busy and didn't have time to spare, so I couldn't stay with him for a day. Then, when I tried to give him breakfast the next morning, he swooped down to the bottom of the cage and bit my finger, tearing my skin off. Like junk of it. Then, he started screaming, again...
Any advice or ideas on how to tame him?

 

[GaleriaGila]

Thank you for rescuing this needy darling.
Here are some threads that may help. Good luck.


Here's some reading on bonding for you.

Tips for Bonding and Building Trust

Parrots rarely bite each other, because they convey their feelings beforehand or fly off to avoid physical contact. If it feels cornered and frighten then need to bite will be from the natural instinct of self -preservation. The cage is the Parrot safe haven and any attempt to enter, add or...

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[Summerwint]

Thank you!

 

[wrench13]

Persistence. Especially with RIngnecks, who will go back to an almost wild state if not interacted with almost daily. Many parrots take weeks and some months and months to settle down and start to interact. Keep up what you;re doing. Eventually it will happen.

 

[Summerwint]

Persistence. Especially with RIngnecks, who will go back to an almost wild state if not interacted with almost daily. Many parrots take weeks and some months and months to settle down and start to interact. Keep up what you;re doing. Eventually it will happen.

Thanks! I didn't know that a ringneck would be harder to tame than an African grey. At least my African grey only took 2 weeks to interact with me: plus, he was an aviary bird!
I hope really to hold the ringneck one day or at least give him scratches! He has many feathers that needs preening.

 

[Sph232]

Did the pet shop clip his wings? Most likely just needs time to settle in wing clipping can cause a bird a lot of stress, and give them a fear of humans. It can take along long time to gain a birds trust keep persevering try and see what he is like outside of his cage and let him return on his own he will when hungry, never chase him or force him let him come to you he will eventually.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

How do you get a bird back in his cage when he doesn't want to go in when it's bedtime? Leave him out in the dark?

 

[Sph232]

Why not ? If the room he is in is safe enough for him to be out when it’s light it should be safe for him in the dark . A bird will not fly if it can’t see unless it’s startled.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Why not ? If the room he is in is safe enough for him to be out when it’s light it should be safe for him in the dark . A bird will not fly if it can’t see unless it’s startled.

Thanks! I've been struggling with this because my budgies sometimes give me such a hard time when try to get them back in their cages. It isn't fear with most because the culprit last night was hand raised by me last summer and he is velcro when he feels like it.

Another issue: my budgies share cages. If I just leave the "bad birds" out, do I close the cage door to keep the rest in?

 

[Sph232]

I would and I bet they’re the first one back in the cage the next day. Obviously all birds are different it’ll not take long for a bird to get hungry and some will starve if they can’t access food but most caged birds know where their food is and will retreat back to their cage for it. You will need to keep close eye on them to make sure they don’t I would rather leave a little food on top of cage (as last resort) than to chase and catch them as it’ll only make them fearful.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

My problem is that I leave food for them on top of their cages. I realize I have allowed my budgies to take over my living room. I think I will stop leaving food and water out of the cage to teach them to go back inside to eat. Any thoughts?

 

[Sph232]

Yeah I would only give them their main food inside the cage. and also only give them their favourite treat by hand that way they will learn that the best treats come from you. Which may take awhile but budgies learn pretty quickly.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

My budgies are a bit unusual in that treats don't motivate them unless it's forbidden food like potato chips and only if it's off our plates. They don't care much about millet spray and I rarely feed it because its so messy. Oats groats are loved by most but not enough to get them to do anything for them. If I offered them a dish of oats I'm liable to get mobbed! I'm going to stop feeding them outside the cage almost completely.

 

[Sph232]

My budgies loved the millet when I went in the aviary with it they’d be on it before I could hang it up. My female ringneck loves and wants whatever I’ve got, and my male ringneck ( Newly acquired and very flighty) lm still trying to work out his favourite looks to be monkey nuts which will be used as a treat for taming and cage retreat training.