What Other Types Of Parrots Mix Well?

[Bow]

Hi All,

Just wondering what other sort of Parrots would go well with a Rainbow Lorikeet? Am thinking of adding another Parrot to my family.

I came up with a Green Cheek Conure. What do you all think and do you have any other suggestions?

Looking forward to reading your answers.

[vankarhi]

are you going to house them together??? I am no expert but that might be difficult "food wise" as they eat different types of food...............not sure though (I know they eat differently, not sure they can't be housed together). Size wise would not be much of a problem.

[Bow]

I would have seperate cages for each parrot. Am aware of the diet issues.

[Jane]

I don't have any personally but I know people who have green cheeks and think they're wonderfully fun to have around. Also Scaly breasted lorikeets are great characters.

[vankarhi]

oh ok................then I don't see a problem if they are going to be in separate cages.

[silvercloud]

If they're gonna be separate you can get whatever you want. I haven't met any green cheeks as they're illegal in WA but I've heard lots of good things about them.

[vankarhi]

I have seen greencheeks and they are lovely birds............a bit bigger than a tiel and very pretty colours of greens/blacks and burgondy.

[Bow]

Hi All,
Other than the Green Cheeks what medium sized Australian parrot would get along well with my Rainbow Lorikeet other than the Scaly Breasted ?

[silvercloud]

It's hard to give a specific breed as it all depends on the personality of your fids. Lorikeets can be real bullies to other birds sometimes. How about a princess parrot as they are gorgeous, mostly placid birds.

[Jane]

Oh there are so many gorgeous australian parrots I would have one of each if I could! I have just got some princess parrots and they are just aviary birds but are already coming over to see me when I go in the aviary they are so funny when its bath time.
Other similar aussie parrots (depending on your budget) Regents, Suberbs, Red Caps, Red Wings and King Parrots. If handraised all are supposed to be great companions, you might need a licence for them though. Not hard to get in Qld the Environmental Protection Agency issues them, probably the same in Nsw. They are all fair sized birds, I'm sure they could stand up to a lorikeet.
btw: Bow looks cute!

[Bow]

Bow's Cute ? Em, ya mean Cheeky +. He mimics that blasted Toy Trumpet (in my avatar). LOL Make the phone ring with no one there etc. ROFL He is a total utter Circus. Has pretend baths in a spoon etc etc. Have had him for 5 weeks and between work, Bow, work, Bow, work, he's worn me to a frazzle. ROFL.

[silvercloud]

Cheeky is such a good explanation for them that I gave that name to one of mine.

[Bow]

silvercloud said:

Cheeky is such a good explanation for them that I gave that name to one of mine.

So you think I should change his name to CHEEKY PLUS. Oh believe me it would suite him very well. LOL

[silvercloud]

LOL Bow suits him very well. He's such a cutie.

[Bow]

The Antics this "Bow" gets upto is nobodys business. He is a total riot. Yes he is cute. There are more toys here than a Toy Shop. LOL. Have got him very busy most of the day. It's been 40 deg here and have given him a few baths under the tap today. He half protested. Oh well. At least it cooled him down a bit.

I know they are bright parrots but am wondering just how bright they are and what they are actually capable of learning? Any ideas on what things I could train him to do other than wave ? A list of 4-5 things would be great for me to work on.

Kind regards,
Bow

[vankarhi]

well I taught my galah (her name was Bo too by the way just spelt different) to lift her wings on command and to hang upside from my arm, she would swing herself while hanging there and then I would give her the "up" command and she would lift her wings while hanging upside down as well.

my eclectus has learned to retreive a small wiffle ball, the pick up a leggo and put it into a cup, to shake hands (foot and finger) to turn around and to "hi five". With Bo I only used the word "up" and tapped her head and wings, then lifted them and said good girl. I did this for quite a few days and she gradually started to lift her wings on her own..........to which I would lavish praise and say "good girl' then treat her. Her treat was some patting and scratching as she was not food orientated..........she would toss the food in favour for some loving.

With my ekkie I had heard about clicker training............and I don't know if it is just that she is very intelligent or that the clicker "idea" works........but she was doing things very very quickly. The longest was a few days and that was the retreiving of the wiffle ball. You have to teach them the tricks in little steps too. You can't just roll the ball and expect the bird to chase it and bring it back. I put the ball out and if she moved close, I clicked, when she touched it I clicked, when she picked it up I clicked etc. With every correct behaviour I clicked and said "good girl" and gave her a food treat...........she is food orientated and not into physical touching.......I found she loved passionfruit seeds but it took too long for her to chew a seed (she savoured it lol) so I then tried cornflakes and mueslie..........I could break them down to tiny pieces and she would work for them. When she did something really really clever she got a big treat.......a couple of pieces of cornflakes or mueslie.

I hope I am making sense here too.

by the way you don't have to use a clicker either............but I have found for me it works well as a bridge for them to know what they have just done is what you want them to do. You can just use a word, or a pen top (clicking it up and down) or your tongue (clicking it). The clicker also is only used when teaching a new behaviour..........once the behaviour is learned, then just "good girl" and the treat is all I need.

Hope this has made some sense