BB> You should clip the females wings and make sure that there is room in
 BB> the cage for the male to get away from the female if she gets nasty
 BB> and put a nest box on the cage. You didn't say how old the birds areso
 BB> I am asuming that the are of breeding age. The amount of time that the
 BB> birds are together should not make a difference in wheter or not they
 BB> will get along or not and the female is normally more agressive with
 BB> rignecks when they want to breed but if She is overly agressive then
 BB> You should separate them.
 I have to agree with this advise. I am hearing too many stories lately
about agressive female Ringnecks. in the psittacula family the females
are usually dominant over dominant over the males. Fortunately I haven't
had any casualities with my Moustache Parakeets or Great Bill parrots.
Fran
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