| All I can tell you is based on my experience with my pet Indian
Ringneck, Rudy. When I purchased Rudy a year ago, He was about
18 months old and not hand tamed at all, as a matter of fact he
was quite wild. After about 4 months of being with us he has
developed quite a personality. He still doesn't like our hands
in his cage, and I doubt that he ever will, however he loves attention
and does all sorts of antics to get us to watch him. He is quite
the ham. On occasion he does make a rather loud noise, when the
cats jump up on the counter near his cage or he wants us to pay
more attention to him. But it isn't constant. I have grown quite
fond of him and wouldn't part with him. I was thinking of getting
him a female but have been undecided due to the fact that he may
lose the personality that took him so long to develop.
I found that he loves apples (favorite), carrots, and peanut hearts.
I was thinking of getting a lutino, but talking with a breeder,
found that the lutino gene is carried by the male, therefore I would
need a male lutino to have splits.
Another beautiful bird is the plum head, and is similar in size
to the ringneck. Extremely beautiful coloring.
Best of luck with your decision!
Regards,
Denise.
P.S. I have spoken with a few breeders in Calif. and they all agreed
that ringnecks are easy breeders. However a note of caution
Males can become sterile if housed in a small cage. These
birds need large cages or flights.
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| I am wondering why Indian Ringnecks are called parakeets instead of
parrots, I have read in Bird talk magazine and different books, and
thats what they are called. To me They have a beak like a parrot, long
tail like a macaw. They look like a miniature Macaw.
I do enjoy mine he says a few words like "Hello, What are you doing ?
What ? " he imitates Betina our Mexican Red head, or Red Crown or
another name for our Amazon is Green Cheek, There are several names
for this particular Amazon.
Anyway back to our Indian Ringneck is a male because he has the black
ring around his neck.
So if anyone has an answer to my above question please let me know.
Thank you
Debbie
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