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Post by frangi on Apr 26, 2014 10:24:36 GMT 10
While I'm waiting for a rosella group to join me so I can ask the same questions, has anyone had anything to do with rescue wild rosellas it's a baby, friend of a friend picked it up off a golf course here in nz, so as they registered pest here no point putting him in touch with bird rescue , I have the awful feeling he's had it for while and tried to tame it, so anyone had anything to do with feeding them up to release.?
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Post by avinet on Apr 26, 2014 20:52:25 GMT 10
While I'm waiting for a rosella group to join me so I can ask the same questions, has anyone had anything to do with rescue wild rosellas it's a baby, friend of a friend picked it up off a golf course here in nz, so as they registered pest here no point putting him in touch with bird rescue , I have the awful feeling he's had it for while and tried to tame it, so anyone had anything to do with feeding them up to release.? Basically it is a case of feeding a quickly as possible ands then leaving well alone so it doe snot become too humanized. If he has been trying to befriend it then it will have even more problems surviving once released. In general it is very hard for a bird raised away from it's parents to make it in the wild - they learn a lot about survival form their parents once they leave the nest. The only hope may be to release it where there are other Rosellas around so it has a chance of joining that group, being accepted and learning from them. There are quite a few "ifs" there but there is little other choice I guess, apart from it becoming an aviary bird. cheers, Mike |
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Post by davidw on May 2, 2014 21:50:36 GMT 10
Frangi, Are all its feathers present and correct? Its possible that you've got a 'runner' (no ability to fly) in which case hes with you for life  I rescued a baby rainbow lorikeet that had the issue. They're automatically euthanized here in Aus so I just hung on to him. Very mischievous little guy indeed. |
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