Enimgatic_Lorikeet
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- Mar 30, 2020
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- 5 yr old Male rainbow lorikeet named Spectra
Hello, I am a fairly new member of the Parrot Forum looking for some advice.
I have a 5-year-old male rainbow lorikeet and starting in August 2019, I noticed that his eyes change colour. One week, his eyes would be deep, vibrant orange and then the next, his eyes would change to a pale, desaturated white-orange. Usually accompanying this phenomenon is the change in his stool colour and smell. He also starts eating at a ridiculous rate, finishing half a bowl of nectar in one sitting. And he'd still look for something to eat. After this eating, however, he'll either vomit or regurgitate (I still can't tell the two apart all that well); it smells putrid. This all happens within the span of a week. When all returns to normal, he'd go at it again after a few weeks of rest.
From the research I've done, I've found that the times his eyes change coincide with the general parrot mating seasons (fall and spring), but nothing I've read so far describes everything else that I'm witnessing.
I've attached two pictures of him. The first one is his normal eye colour while the second one is from August.
I have a 5-year-old male rainbow lorikeet and starting in August 2019, I noticed that his eyes change colour. One week, his eyes would be deep, vibrant orange and then the next, his eyes would change to a pale, desaturated white-orange. Usually accompanying this phenomenon is the change in his stool colour and smell. He also starts eating at a ridiculous rate, finishing half a bowl of nectar in one sitting. And he'd still look for something to eat. After this eating, however, he'll either vomit or regurgitate (I still can't tell the two apart all that well); it smells putrid. This all happens within the span of a week. When all returns to normal, he'd go at it again after a few weeks of rest.
From the research I've done, I've found that the times his eyes change coincide with the general parrot mating seasons (fall and spring), but nothing I've read so far describes everything else that I'm witnessing.
I've attached two pictures of him. The first one is his normal eye colour while the second one is from August.