my baby ringneck hates hubby

[birdymomma]

R ringnecks one person birds? my 6 month old HATES HATES my hubby....he used to really like my hubby and now he doesn't like him (not sure if he is actually a he) hubby had bad experience with my older female and decided ringnecks were evil incarnate lol....well he fell in love with peanut but for last couple months peanut has been really nasty towards everyone but my oldest daughter and myself just wondering if anyone else has experienced this

[swanwillow]

you should see what my male devil is like. I swear that he was tame at one point, hes NOT scared. Poor little Mustard is, but Relish, ohh, hes dive-bombed my face! Are either of your pair tame, or are they scardey cats too?

Sorry, I'm no help, just.. wanted to share. My birds always want my fiancee, but he doesn't want them. Poor babies, they'll preen him, and he ignores them. I think the key to his success, he ignores them, and feeds them in the morning. Have him feed one of the meals/day... like, just give enough food in the AM to hold out til 5pm, then have him give them a nice treaty/healthy meal.

[birdymomma]

my breeders from kari are NOT tame my female loves to try and bite my hand when i go to feed or water her and the male is a complete coward grrr makes it hard to take pics my other pair my male is a coward and my female with tolerate me picking her up, but peanut is a handfed baby who is SUCH a brat lol

[catschair]

It may be growing pains. My little lady is a sweetie, but most ringie parents will tell you stories of them being moody & nippy! We would love to see her!

[swanwillow]

hmm, I can't wait for babies, to raise at least one of my own as a pet for my oldest son. He wants a bird so bad, but hes scared of them cause of conures.. nippy little snots

yeah, all of my pictures, my male is trying to attack, while the female is huddling in fear!

[birdymomma]

lol see my conures are mega babes...i have a green cheek and a sun and both are little dolls

[birdymomma]

here is peanut

[swanwillow]

oohh, thats purty! it also looks like the cage I have for my lory. anyway, that got off topic... look at us.

[Chicklet]

Rascal is the same way. He only likes me. He will attack other people. I cannot bring him out of the cage around others. He is very possessive over me.

When I am on the computer and if I have computer problems my dad comes over and fixes it. Well when Rascal is out he loves to sit on my desk and the back of my chair. I had Rascal out when my dad was on the computer and he lunges at my dad and started attacking the back of his head. In a way it was funny. So your not the only one. I just look at it this way, your bird loves you and he is saying that he is all yours but your poor husband.

Rascal is a biter as well. I do think this is a natural ringneck behavior. They are very independent and if not hand raised from birth they are nutso. Rascal was hand raised by the breeder I got him from and was "his" pet bird but became such a huge breeder that he was thrown back in with the other ringnecks and regressed.

So all in all I think your ringneck is just being a ringneck lol. It will be tough to break him from that.

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Originally Posted by birdymomma

R ringnecks one person birds? my 6 month old HATES HATES my hubby....he used to really like my hubby and now he doesn't like him (not sure if he is actually a he) hubby had bad experience with my older female and decided ringnecks were evil incarnate lol....well he fell in love with peanut but for last couple months peanut has been really nasty towards everyone but my oldest daughter and myself just wondering if anyone else has experienced this

My IRN HATES my boyfriend or any other male. My niece can visit and Scarley is ok, but a man, watch out...the pit bull in her comes out. She's my little Bipolar moody pitbull yellow feather duster.