Hello everyone, I'm totally new to this forum so I'll try to briefly explain my questions and what my parrot looks like.
I've established that my baby parrot aged 1 year old named Rio is a ringneck and the colour is totally green.
However, this is my first time owning a parrot in general and I have quite a lot of uncertainty and questions with parrot owning.
Most of these answers could be found on Google but I'm afraid it may not be accurate.
I'll start off with my parrot's sleep schedule.
My parrot is usually only able to get 4 - 8 hours of sleep due to it being sensitive to noises and being placed in a position where it can hear noises from pretty much everywhere. Is this okay? I can't really relocate it anywhere as it would pretty much be disturbed in every part of my house.
Secondly, would this specific parrot able to survive in an air conditioned environment of up to 23 degrees Celsius for a minimum of 11 hours to a maximum of 14 hours? I'm thinking of putting it in my AC room.
Thirdly, it's my fourth day ever since getting Rio. I haven't gotten any toys for Rio yet even though it seems to me that it loves biting a lot of things. What toys would you recommend me getting it?
Fourthly, Rio doesn't seem to be drinking water that much. It only eats, and eats, and eats. I don't know if this is normal if it only takes a maximum of 3 small sips a day. Thoughts?
Lastly, I try to train Rio with target training first but it usually
(i) isn't motivated for food
(ii) doesn't want to walk to my target stick
I am training it without a clicker, thinking of getting one soon though.
How long would it usually take for a parrot to learn these?
These few days, Rio has also been whimpering. I don't know why.
EDIT:
Additional information would be that I may know why Rio isn't motivated for food, it's because his cage is usually always packed with food to make sure he constantly gets the food he needs.
It eats a seed mix and when I train it, I will give it some sort of fruit.
I've established that my baby parrot aged 1 year old named Rio is a ringneck and the colour is totally green.
However, this is my first time owning a parrot in general and I have quite a lot of uncertainty and questions with parrot owning.
Most of these answers could be found on Google but I'm afraid it may not be accurate.
I'll start off with my parrot's sleep schedule.
My parrot is usually only able to get 4 - 8 hours of sleep due to it being sensitive to noises and being placed in a position where it can hear noises from pretty much everywhere. Is this okay? I can't really relocate it anywhere as it would pretty much be disturbed in every part of my house.
Secondly, would this specific parrot able to survive in an air conditioned environment of up to 23 degrees Celsius for a minimum of 11 hours to a maximum of 14 hours? I'm thinking of putting it in my AC room.
Thirdly, it's my fourth day ever since getting Rio. I haven't gotten any toys for Rio yet even though it seems to me that it loves biting a lot of things. What toys would you recommend me getting it?
Fourthly, Rio doesn't seem to be drinking water that much. It only eats, and eats, and eats. I don't know if this is normal if it only takes a maximum of 3 small sips a day. Thoughts?
Lastly, I try to train Rio with target training first but it usually
(i) isn't motivated for food
(ii) doesn't want to walk to my target stick
I am training it without a clicker, thinking of getting one soon though.
How long would it usually take for a parrot to learn these?
These few days, Rio has also been whimpering. I don't know why.
EDIT:
Additional information would be that I may know why Rio isn't motivated for food, it's because his cage is usually always packed with food to make sure he constantly gets the food he needs.
It eats a seed mix and when I train it, I will give it some sort of fruit.