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I have an indian ring neck2007-11-24 17:22:15

my parrot is very mean, he only likes me. He also squakes alot, what can i do to stop this bad behavior. He bites through his cage even when i take his blanket off in the morning. I let him have free range of the house all day, but i am pregnant. When i have my baby should I lock him up? He has bit my face before because he does not like when I type on the computer. Yes he is locked up right now. he he but most of the time when i hold him he just likes to sit on my shoulder.

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I have 2 ringnecks and one of them absolutely loves me. It will talk and do anything to get my attention, then it lets me handle it however I want. The reason I'm telling you this is because it displays the same bad behavior you describe toward my wife and used to do it toward me, but I applied a little bird psychology described at the end of this msg. (BTW, we are raising 5 other birds and I know she's never done anything to cause this ringneck to be antagonistic.)

I've seen this ringneck bite hard enough to draw blood. It has decided to like me and to not like her and that's it. We have to keep the bird locked up because it'll actually hunt her down to give a good bite ! Be careful when he's on your shoulder and remember what I'm telling you here. I believe bird's pick out the person they bond with and there's nothing you can do about it, within limits.

Now I have to give you bad news. Ringnecks are notorious for this bad behavior if you don't handle them at least a little every single day. I'm not saying your bird feels abandoned but reading through the lines I can see how it'd be easy to leave that bird in the cage by itself.