Indian Ringnecks?

[paper_lantern]

I'm not thinking of getting another parrot right now, but possibly sometime in the future. I'm quite captured by Indian Ring neck parrots. They seem very intelligent. However I heard that it is insanely hard to tame them...and even if they are hand-fed you probably won't be able to touch the bird or get it to step up. I've also heard that they bite often.

Does anyone have a ringneck who could give me some pro's and con's? Also, how loud are they usually?

I like to do my research ahead of time, I did two years worth of research before getting Furbie =P

[Khaiqha]

Taming a ringneck is no more difficult than any other bird. I got my first one when I was 12, and it was parent reared. After a month Orion would love to be petted, could roll over, play dead, play tag, fetch, and was a very sweet bird.

My current irn, Ace, can fetch, spin in a circle, gives kisses, put up coins, etc. She likes to be petted by me on her terms, usually in the morning, at night, and during baths. My roommate (her favored person) can pet her any time he wants. Ace is almost completely harness trained. She is fairly assertive, although 90% of her bites are pretend. She also hates birds her size and smaller, and has killed a budgie.

So basically, every bird you get will be an individual. I'd recommend a male, if only because males seem to be gentler. Having an irn step up and be on your shoulder is a breeze. Also, clipping an irn tends to make them more aggressive. They're high energy birds, they don't stay still for long.

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Hello
I have an indian ringneck female who is 5 years old. These parrots are now one of my favourate parrot species. My bird was hand raised and was always very friendly, what i would say is that you need to handle them as much as you can when they are young for at least 3 quartes of an hour a day.
Some people say that their dempement depends on how you treat them in their first six months of life.
They respond well to training and will do anything for their favourate foods. They are not perticularly touchy feely parrots but love to sit on you, and have there neck scratched.

They go through a very important phase called the bluffing phase hich lasts a feew weeks when they are roughly betwween 3 and for months old. Thats when they test the boundries like an adolestant. They might be nippier for a while but aferwars they become friendlier again, you need to teach them what is and what is NOT ok during this phase, and reinfource good behavour afterwards. with possitive reinforcement.

They can be very inquisitive. I hope this helps.