Hello everyone. I have rescued a couple of animals in my life. The most recent was 2 Indian ringneck parakeets. They are mother and daughter. The mother is about 15 years old. We only know this because of the band on her leg. The band is from India and is no longer allowed in this country. They stopped importing more than 12 years ago. She( Olivia) was a wild caught. She must have been a breeder and who ever had her before kept one of her babies. I now have her as well, Katlin is about 5 or 6 maybe we don't know for sure. The man I got them from was just taking care of them until his friend got out of the hospital. Well, his friend didn't come back. When I answered the ad and went to pick them up they were both in a cage the size for a regular parakeet. I don't know if you have ever seen and Indian ringneck before but they are the size of a large conure. I felt so bad, Olivia has never let us touch her and she screams when I have to towel her to take her anywhere. We have not clipped her wings. We allow her to fly in our room as mush as she wants and is never caged. I feel she has been in slavery way too long. She will enjoy the rest of her years just doing her own thing. Now Katlin is a little different She allows us to pet her. That is as far as it goes with her. I am thankful for that. Katlin has had her share of problems mentally from being caged the way she was. She has pulled out all her wing feathers, and tail feathers. She can not fly at all. She looks like a little chicken. I am forever pulling blood feathers out of her. I just hope that they will both someday feel comfortable enough to call this home and start to relax.