About a week ago I lost my tame lories mate by my own stupid fault, past my ankle out the door of the aviary. The next day I noticed she was very quiet but figured she would settle. Well she hasn't settled at all infact if anything she has got worse, spending all her time sitting quietly inside her log house and not coming out to speak to me. So I made the decision that I would try and find a suitable friend for her. Today I picked up a baby lorikeet from a friend of mine. He is straight out of the nest and had never seen a human before. I figured he would be hard to tame as he is fully fledged and should have been kicked out of the box by now so a little past what I wanted for taming but figured I'd give it a go.

 

Well he's the sweetest little critter as it turns out! He has taken up residence in my transport box at the moment as he likes the security of the box still and I can shut him up in there safe overnight. He spent the arvo sitting on top of it waiting for the next feed He's already stepping up onto my hand and likes a scratch behind the ear In the next couple of days once he has a little more confidence he can be moved into a cage with a towel over it but right now he just wants the box

 

Unfortunately there isn't a whole lot I can do about my grieving girl until this guy is ready to be introduced so I will just have to keep talking to her and try and pull her out of her depression a little but at least I know that in a few weeks she will have another friend :rofl:

Edited October 19, 200816 yr by Neat
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Awww...poor lorikeet. I hope she's okay. Cool about the new baby!

 

Does your friend have any more lorikeets?

Not at the moment, he does sometimes have tame bubs though, this little guy was a surprise as he didn't think any had chicks yet and then he checked a box today on a hunch when he heard a noise and found him :rofl: He knew I wanted one so he called me straight away to come get him :rofl: He checked all the other boxes and he was the only chick apart from two eggs so I was very lucky

Poor thing ... I am sure she will perk up soon ...

 

Little guy :rofl: .... How cute .. he already has you wrapped around his finger :rofl:

Yes hopefully she will perk up, it's so sad to see her at the moment. AV and Pippi were over this arvo and normally she would be chatting to anyone at the aviary and she wouldn't even come out of her log. If she hasn't substantially improved in a couple of weeks I may shorten quarantine and introduce them early. I have a number of other birds that have come from this same person and they are always extremely healthy so the risk would be fairly minimal I think.

sounds like a good idea. Poor girl!

 

Hey if this guy ever has anymore, can you let me know? How much does he normally sell them for?

If he has others I will ask him for info and pm you :rofl:

Are you sure she is not sick? I ask because animals (usually do bounce back), I can stil see her being quiet but not wanting to come out and hide that may be more then it seems.

 

Congrats on the new baby, lorikeets are such a beautiful bird.

I have convinced her to come out a few times and she will still have a scratch and talk quietly to me and is looking very healthy. She is very social and the behaviour started almost immediately her friend left so I don't think she's sick

Do you think if your lorikeet girl was moved to where she could HEAR the new one she may become more alert and interested having heard him ? I know some birds do get depressed upon loss of a mate.

I am planning to do that Kaz, just have to get the baby a bit stronger first and I am short on small cages as I have birds in quarantine and the lorie is currently in an aviary.