09 January 2011

Ringnecked Parrots



Both my Ringnecked Parrots have gone through a malt. Firstly my pastel blue female went through one with she seems to have completely recovered from but now my albino male seems to be going through quite a heavy malt. Usually he is a very beautiful bird but at the moment he is just scruffy with the loss of a lot of his tail feathers.

I have never attempted to house my Indian Ringnecks with any other parrots but I have seen them housed with Alexandrine Parrots, Cockatiel's, Galah's, Crimson Rosellas, Sulfur Crested Cockatoo's and Corella's.

Bourke / Scarlet Chested Parrots

I removed the larger breeding box from the Ringnecks cage and introduced it into Princess Parrots cage to try and get them to breed. However to my surprise both a Bourke and a Scarlet are in the box sharing the duties of sitting on four eggs.

My three species of parrot in the larger centre area of my cage seem to be getting along well. I have witnessed some minor fighting been my Scarlet male and one of the Princess Parrots but with no real intent by either party.

Green Cheeked Conures

The conures continue to sleep in there breeding box but still have not laid any eggs.

They are very aggressive to other parrots of a similar size. When I first introduced the Princes Parrots next to them they would attempt to attack them through the wire. Now they seem to have gotten used to them but I have notice that when the Ringnecks are in a similar position during cleaning they will attempt to retaliate on the aggression.

I have seen them housed with cockatiels in a pet shop. I would like to know how they would go with other conure species