ID ring placement?

[janetafloat]

So I have an ID ring for Alfie (a stainless steel split ring). Does it go above the elbow or between the elbow & the foot?

[marie83]

Below the elbow. Thats unusual for a bird not to be rung over here.

[janetafloat]

Is it? I don't think Alfie came from a 'reputable breeder'

[healthyaddict]

I need to get an ID ring for Doctor. Not sure where to get one in the Bay Area. Not sure if I'm using the right search terms though.

[janetafloat]

I just love love love your avatar pic, healthy addict! You and Doctor are too cool for school

[mrbowlerhat]

I just love love love your avatar pic, healthy addict! You and Doctor are too cool for school

I definitely agree!

[healthyaddict]

I just love love love your avatar pic, healthy addict! You and Doctor are too cool for school

I definitely agree!

Thanks! ^_^

[Andromeda]

Just a thought but I actually had the bands on both of my birds' legs removed. I have heard stories of the bands getting caught in toys and causing broken legs or even leading to the leg needed to be amputated. In very rare cases it can be fatal. I know something like that is unlikely to happen but I thought why even take the chance?

I know if either one of them flew away it could work against me that they're not banded but hopefully that will never happen because I am very cautious about where they are when I open the doors that lead outside. I know it's always an accident when a bird flies away but when I weighed that idea against the possibility of the band causing injury I worried more about injury than losing the bird outside.

It might not even be an option for some people as certain states or countries require banding for all birds or for selective species but I don't own a species that needs to be banded in the U.S. so removing the bands was an option for me.

[marie83]

Catch 22 really isn't it? as long as their toys dont have any thin bits you should be fine. The only problem I've had with leg bands is when I stupidly left a paper tag on a toy and the plastic bit slid down between the band and his leg. That said anyone wanting to keep a found/stolen bird will just remove/cut it off anyway. Microchipping, photographing/videoing any distinctive physical traits ans making a note of any individual mannerisms, like holding food in an odd manner, tricks performed in a certain way/unusual cue word etc are more likely to help in those instances.

I would hope if mine ever got out/stolen that they would recognise me upon recovery and it would be obvious they were mine. Harlie has a distinctive square shaped pearl/pied marking on her but if Olllie got his ring taken off it would be a struggle to prove ownership unless he was in a fit state and remembered how to do his tricks.

[Andromeda]

Catch 22 really isn't it? as long as their toys dont have any thin bits you should be fine.

Yes, it is a Catch-22. I agree that it's highly unlikely but I sleep better at night/feel better when I'm away from home knowing that it's completely impossible.

Microchipping, photographing/videoing any distinctive physical traits ans making a note of any individual mannerisms, like holding food in an odd manner, tricks performed in a certain way/unusual cue word etc are more likely to help in those instances. ... Harlie has a distinctive square shaped pearl/pied marking on her but if Olllie got his ring taken off it would be a struggle to prove ownership unless he was in a fit state and remembered how to do his tricks.

I've considered microchipping but I've heard iffy things about microchipping birds so I've not done it. They both know several tricks but even if they didn't want to perform I think I could probably still prove ownership.

Brown-headed parrots are rather uncommon in the pet trade (at least in the U.S.) and if someone else ended up with Jimmy it wouldn't be a stretch that he was mine. I've also noticed that individual brown-headed parrots have differing amounts of black on their upper beak so I could match that in a photograph.

Green cheeks are very common but Bubba chews the tips of some of his feathers while leaving others alone and it's a pattern that I could match in a photograph.