my new indian ringneck has not made a noise since i got it

[stevenn21]

thanks wolf i have decided against clipping him now thanks when can i let him out?

[ParrotsForLife]

I regret clipping Mango if they are flighted they have more confidence.

[liz]

ok i wont clip i hope he doesn't fly out a window when can i let him out the cge?

A clipped bird can be caught in the wind and have no control of it's flight since it does not have the feathers.

Myrtle was sucked of my shoulder from a door way by the wind. It grabbed her blew her out then caught he in another direction. She even tumble in the wind before she was able to grab a top twig on the neighbors tree. If she had been clipped I would probably never have seen her again. Even worse she was not social at that time and would never have gone to another human for help.
She was calling me to help her but the tree was way too tall for me and she was being blown on the twig and was afraid to let go. A neighbor kid thought it was a cat and volunteered his help. She was scared of other humans but listened to me when I told her to go to him.

You need screens. Are we the only country with flies?

[ParrotsForLife]

I think every country has flies lol but there are never much flies around here and definitely not in the house.

[Wolf]

Well the first thing that you need to do before letting him out is to make sure that the room is safe for him. No exposed electrical wiring, make sure to block off places that he could hide in such as under a sofa, make sure that if you have heating vents that he can't get in them This type of thing.

You have only had your bird for a couple of days, and at this point he is very afraid of everything and needs some time to get used to both you and your home which is a totally different environment than where he was at. This fear is heightened by the simple fact that he is alone. Birds such as parrots are flock animals and they rely on their flock for protection from predator as well as their sense of safety and well being. A lone bird in a new environment often survives only long enough to become some predators snack, a fact that he is well aware of. You are also new to him so he is afraid that you are that predator, the human is a predator after all. So you need to show him that you will not hurt him, that you are his friend and that you are the bringer of good things to eat.

Although I like to let birds out of their cages as soon as possible, it will not hurt him to be in his cage for a few days while he learns that you want to be his friend. It would be helpful for you to establish a feeding routine with him so that he knows where to find his food as well as when you feed him his breakfast and his dinner. What foods that you give him for his dinner can help you to get him to return to his cage on his own, which is better than having to trap him to out him in.

I know that with only having him for two or three days that you have not yet been able to establish any real routines with and for him just yet, so to speed these processes up as much as possible it would be helpful to know what you are feeding him as well as when you are feeding him. Food can be used as a major incentive in teaching them, which is why treats are often used in training. An example of this is that if you feed the foods with the highest protein and fat content for his dinner it can easily be used to help him to learn to return to his cage at dinner time. Knowing what you are feeding him and when can also tell us how you can find the right foods to use as treats for him.

While you are waiting for us to reply to your answers to my post here you should spend lots of time talking to him and singing to him and giving him lots of good boy type of praise using his name often as names are very important to parrots.

[stevenn21]

i just put a whole pear in the cage it wont eat it all at once will he

[ParrotsForLife]

i just put a whole pear in the cage it wont eat it all at once will he

Of course he's not gonna eat a whole pear at once his beak isn't that big lol.Cut it into small pieces he wont be able to hold it.

[Wolf]

No, the bird can't possibly eat the whole pear at one time. Still your pear will last longer for both the bird and for you if you were to cut it into pieces that are about I inch long and half an inch wide and then give the bird 2 or three pieces of it and refrigerate the rest until the next day. This would cut down on the amount of fruit that just goes bad due to being left out. All fruits and vegetables should be cut into sizes that are easy for the bird to hold in its foot to eat it.