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Indian Ringneck Love Brings Ringneck Problems

Mitch Rezman
April 11, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Birds & Lighting / Feeding Pet Birds / Hormonal issues in birds / Indian Ringneck / Veterinarian Related

Indian ringnecks are marvelous birds and I’ve had the great fortune to live with the species in two different households.

They’re not big birds they weigh an average of 115 g about the body size of a Senegal or a fat cockatiel but the long tail gives the impression that it’s a much larger bird.

The overall length of the bird must be taken into consideration when choosing the right birdcage and especially the travel carrier.

They can be quite tame and are a relatively good talker.

Below you will find three curated questions about Indian ringnecks that found us one way or another and we felt sharing solutions would be helpful.

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Egad, Ants Are in My Birds Cage & How the Heck Can Ants Be Good for a Bird?

Updated 4/2/19

Hi Mitch,

I wrote to you last year with my ant guard idea (below), but I improved it after that and thought I’d share my improvement of the scheme.

The cage legs in plastic sandwich bags inside cups of water eventually didn’t work.

The bags developed holes letting water in and causing the metal to begin to rust.

I then put the legs directly inside the cups, and put the cups into plastic tubs with water inside them. Ant moats 3.0, so to speak.

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7 Budgie And Parakeet Questions Answered

Mitch Rezman
March 23, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Birds & Lighting / Biting Birds / Budgies / Habitats for caged birds / Veterinarian Related
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Question about Male Parakeet.

Every time I put my arm in the cage he attacks it, or he flies at me when I look in the cage.

My female looks depressed like she would rather he move out.

She used to be so happy.

I got her first, then him a couple of months after.

She would sing, and play with her toys.

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What Is a Good Summary About How It Is to Own Parrots (Macaws Specifically)?

Mitch Rezman
March 16, 2018
Bird & Parrot Anatomy / Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Enviornments / Bird Lighting / Bird Rescue / Birds & Lighting / Biting Birds / Feather Plucking / Feeding Pet Birds / Hormonal issues in birds / Parakeets / Peaches the Senegal Parrot / Plucking/Screaming / Veterinarian Related
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I don’t know that there’s enough storage space on the Quora servers to answer this.

I read that parrots are loud, noisy, and messy – a lot.

Then again so are children.

Let’s start with a top-level explanation.

Pet people in the disciple category will always react negatively towards the word own preferring instead to call it pet bird companionship.

In reality, birds are the most owned pets we can have.

We have to lock them up in a bird jail.

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How Do I Get a Bird Who Loves Millet to Lose Weight?

Mitch Rezman
March 12, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Veterinarian Related
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Hi Kelly

Whereas most people are scared of heights, I am scared of widths.

To that point, call me crazy but I find that little box on Google plus is a bit narrow.

Plus (is that google speak?) I’m feeling rather chatty after taking a five-hour energy.

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Are Bananas Bad for Birds?

From a recent Facebook thread

Donna R

I have never had a bird that ate the bananas they should leave those out

Donna, Donna, Donna

Normally I would jump into high gear and do some real micro fact checking on the subject.

Alas, it’s St. Patrick’s Day and my best friend, John Jameson and I have been chatting.

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How Did My Bird Get Polyuria and What Can I Do?

Mitch Rezman
March 9, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Pellet conversion tips
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I have a cockatiel that has had extreme polyuria for years.

The vet believes it is liver damage.

He is a heavy whiteface pied.

Those mutations have been known to develop liver problems.

I am searching for ways to help his polyuria.

He is otherwise healthy and happy.

(sorry couldn’t find a white face pied pic)

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How Do Birds Sleep Standing on One Leg?

Mitch Rezman
March 7, 2018
Bird & Parrot Care / Veterinarian Related
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We talk a lot about your bird’s foot health so when I saw this article, it was one of those “wow” moments. the importance of your bird’s foot health can not be overstated. The following is a post from ArsAnatomica on tumblr.

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