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Post by belle2 on Jan 26, 2014 9:49:17 GMT 10
Hello
I picked up my baby rainbow lorikeet yesterday and am totally new to this. Not sure if I've done the right thing!
There were 4 babies and the breeder showed me how to feed them. They were all making a lot of noise. I picked one which I thought had had enough food and was quiet and passive.
Trouble is it has only made 3 small beeps since, even at feeding time. I really was hoping to have a talker and have maybe picked the wrong one. He is around 10 weeks old.
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Post by avinet on Jan 26, 2014 10:04:34 GMT 10
Hello I picked up my baby rainbow lorikeet yesterday and am totally new to this. Not sure if I've done the right thing! There were 4 babies and the breeder showed me how to feed them. They were all making a lot of noise. I picked one which I thought had had enough food and was quiet and passive. Trouble is it has only made 3 small beeps since, even at feeding time. I really was hoping to have a talker and have maybe picked the wrong one. He is around 10 weeks old. Don't be worried about the lack of noise - the baby will be pretty stressed by suddenly being taken away from his other 3 mates and into a strange environment. It couldl take a few days for him to feel comfortable and resume normal behaviour. At 10 weeks he should be starting to wean - I assume since it is a Rainbow you are feeding it Lorikeet wet mix? Give him a dish of wet mix for him to eat form himself rather than off a spoon. Also have dry mix and water in his cage and you can start introducing a bit of fruit as well for him to start trying. By no means all Rainbows will talk - maybe less than 50% from my experience. Whether yours will talk is unknown yet. I think males are more likely to talk than females but some females can be good talkers. Unless the babies have been DNA sexed you have a 50/50 chance of having a male. To some extent it depends on the effort you make to teach the bird to talk. cheers Mike |
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Post by belle2 on Jan 26, 2014 12:11:58 GMT 10
Thank you Mike
The breeder says he is a quiet little bird. I am realising that I may have made a mistake and feeling very distressed about it. I know he/she should be weaning. The breeder said he liked new owners to hand feed a little to create bond.
I am getting lots of negatives from friends and family and am concerned about having to leave him if I visit my Mum in Sydney or go away for a week. I have asked if I can return him. He is a dear little thing and I really am not sure I'm the person for him.
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Post by avinet on Jan 27, 2014 20:49:42 GMT 10
Thank you Mike The breeder says he is a quiet little bird. I am realising that I may have made a mistake and feeling very distressed about it. I know he/she should be weaning. The breeder said he liked new owners to hand feed a little to create bond. I am getting lots of negatives from friends and family and am concerned about having to leave him if I visit my Mum in Sydney or go away for a week. I have asked if I can return him. He is a dear little thing and I really am not sure I'm the person for him. I hope you have sorted out your feelingsa about this young bird - can't really give you any advice except it takes a while for a bird to settle into a new home and for the owner and the bird to sort out their relationship - and I would also add that it is totally un-ncecessary for you to take an unweaned bird and the premise that it helps to bond - that is total rubbish and is only likely to lead to disaster if the weaning process is not done properly. A bird will just as easily bond with a new owner after it has weaned, a breeder that comes out with the rubbish your breeder has said only wants to get it off their hands because they want a quick profit without the effort of properly weaning the bird. Did he also clip it before you got it? A young bird should be flying for at least 2 or 3 weeks after weaning before it gets clipped - if it is going to get clipped at all. Modern pet bird keeping methods a moving towards letting pet birds be able to fly both for the emotional and the physical health of the bird. cheers, Mike |
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Post by belle2 on Jan 28, 2014 15:55:25 GMT 10
Thanks Mike
My bird now is called Shim or Shimmy because we don't know if it is a she or a him. He has bonded to me very strongly and I bought him a cage and lots of toys today. Funnily enough when I got home with the gear he was missing. He'd managed to get out of his container and onto the floor off the kitchen bench(I shudder to think how that happened). He really likes the cage and I've put his container (plant pot) into the cage with twigs leading out. He caught on very quickly.
I am going to start weaning him. Do I still have to heat the wet food? He refuses to eat it unless it is hot.At what age can he start eating dry food and water and fruit?
I see him advance so much each day.
Cheers
Lyn
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