Hello,
Have been reading the boards for a couple of weeks and now have joined. I'm Steve and have a 5 month old Indian Ringneck named Thunderwing Doomslayer, but we call him Eddie!
I am guessing he's a boy, he really likes females and will let strange women stroke him while he makes little squeeks and churps! I have been watching him closely, but can not learn the trick and so far been unsuccessful!
He was 12 weeks old and hand reared with clipped wings when I got him, he loves being around people and has traveled around on my shoulder in public and behaved well. He used to bite when I got him and took some good chunks of flesh, but I just let him Bite me hard one day and did not pull away(you seem to lose more flesh pulling away). After that his bites got softer, and he would grab the skin on my hand and slowly bite harder. When it hurt I said owch and he let go. he rearly bites harder than that now and uses his beak to climb onto my hand all the time. Once he learned he didn't have to grab the hand to get on it he became very gentle. When getting him to step up, I never pull back when he lunges, he no longer bothers to play up as much. Then one day he was sitting on my sholder and he started preening my eyebrows. It was pretty spooky as he was right by my eye and his beak looked realy big, but I didn't move and he finished preening me. Since then he has been very trusting.
I have had cockateals before, both hand reared and avary birds, and every time the hand reared birds have been very friendly and trusting.
Yet Eddie is already very special and loving!
Steve
