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Post by fruitsaladgang on Jan 9, 2008 8:51:31 GMT 10
Hi there! My name is Rachel and I recently acquired two lovely lorikeets. I'm relatively new to bird keeping (apart from a budgie when I was 10  , so far it has been an education. My two little buccaneers are Diego and Isabel. Diego is a rainbow and Izzy a red collar. At the time I was told that they were male and female, Diego is much larger than Izzy and they are both roughly the same age so I can only assume that its true. Both are hand reared and they have the run of the place, the only times they see the inside of their cage is at bed time, or when I go out for the day. I think I'm workin' them out, I've been bitten a few times for understandable reasons and they are usually quite good about the bitting. Diego seems pretty laid back about most things, Izzy's the nervous one and more bitety, but shes the smarter of the two. And due to the mischief they get into and all the beating up of my cats they do, they have been affectionately dubbed the Fruit Salad Gang by the family. ;D |
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Post by silvercloud on Jan 9, 2008 10:49:00 GMT 10
Hi and welcome Rachel. Lorikeets are the funniest lil critters hey. I had 2 rainbows but now only have one and she is hilarious. If Izzy is the smartest one then she is definitely a girl ;D My 2 used to be called 'The peanut gallery' when they were being funny but when being mischievous they were known as 'The terrorists'. LMAO
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Post by vankarhi on Jan 9, 2008 13:15:21 GMT 10
LOL Jules you beat me to it.............of course she is female is she is the smartest lol ;D
Welcome Rachel and your birds sound lovely. I hope you learn heaps here and enjoy being a part of our "family" ;D
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Post by robert on Jan 9, 2008 15:21:57 GMT 10
Welcome Rachel .Good to see too that you are from New Zealand.Hope you learn a lot from here. from Robert and Angel
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Post by Jane on Jan 9, 2008 19:12:43 GMT 10
 Hi Rachel, the fruit salad gang sound like real characters, I look forward to hearing more about them  By the way we just loooove photos here too so we look forward to piccies too  |
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Post by grego on Jan 9, 2008 20:02:55 GMT 10
 Racheal  I also have a pair of Lorikeets tame, l am working with Building them a new home at the moment..good to hear about your pair,sounds like my Lorries "silly, so to speak" Anyway look forward to seeing them and hearing more about there life |
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Post by clara on Jan 10, 2008 7:52:54 GMT 10
Hi Rachel and welcome, i am french and i love Aussie birds then i am waiting some pics ;D  Amicalement. |
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Post by fruitsaladgang on Jan 10, 2008 19:43:51 GMT 10
Oh would you look at that I've got the warm fuzzys! I'm working on those pictures, but the little rascals seem to think that I am in fact stealing pieces of their souls away . |
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Post by gooka on Jan 10, 2008 19:56:28 GMT 10
welcome Rachel... Im sure you will find out all sorts of things from everyone in here.... even tho some of them are a little looney, they are a great bunch of people with a lot of advise to give!!
I too am waiting on pics.... I love lorrikeets but we have so many wild ones around where I live that I just enjoy them in the wild... I feed them a few times a week and they are really becomming quite cheeky...comming up onto my varandah waiting for me to bring them something!!
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Post by fruitsaladgang on Jan 10, 2008 20:10:43 GMT 10
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Post by abby-oldaccount on Jan 10, 2008 20:30:13 GMT 10
hi Rachel and welcome. I'm new here too but know a few of these people from way back. Great bunch of people. I've got 2 lorikeets too with one being almost sane but some rather extensive unnecessary vocab and the other one is just an idiot.  I'll let one of the old timers here explain the deal with photos. My little blonde head struggles on explaining these things. |
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Post by grego on Jan 10, 2008 21:21:34 GMT 10
Great Photo and good to see them Racheal Yes we are a old lot ..lol.. Here is a link l use for photo sending: www.imageshack.us/ |
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Post by silvercloud on Jan 11, 2008 10:41:28 GMT 10
Or you could us www.photobucket.com upload the pics you want, click the img code (the bottom one) click copy then paste it into your post here. Your two are just gorgeous. |
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Post by vankarhi on Jan 11, 2008 14:29:49 GMT 10
nice looking birdies there Rachel.
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Post by fruitsaladgang on Jan 11, 2008 15:53:14 GMT 10
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Post by silvercloud on Jan 11, 2008 16:00:58 GMT 10
LMAO I love seeing pics of soggy birds and no one gets soggy like a lorikeet. ;D
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Post by vankarhi on Jan 11, 2008 16:13:18 GMT 10
wow great photos there Rachel.........bathing ones are just lovely. I do so enjoy watching them enjoying themselves. ;D
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Post by Karen on Jan 12, 2008 0:21:34 GMT 10
Hi Rachel! Welcome to the mix. |
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Post by grego on Jan 13, 2008 21:24:53 GMT 10
Great action pic's there,well done Don't you love it how they look so wet... but happy |
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Post by Jane on Jan 15, 2008 19:23:07 GMT 10
Crikey  They are very very wet Lorikeets, looks like they had a ball |
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, so far it has been an education. My two little buccaneers are Diego and Isabel. Diego is a rainbow and Izzy a red collar. At the time I was told that they were male and female, Diego is much larger than Izzy and they are both roughly the same age so I can only assume that its true. Both are hand reared and they have the run of the place, the only times they see the inside of their cage is at bed time, or when I go out for the day.
They are very very wet Lorikeets, looks like they had a ball