Advice please

[Saravp]

I found a baby rainbow lorikeet approximately ten weeks old, being attacked by crows. The crows plucked his flight feathers and his tail feathers so he cant fly. We rescued him and brought him home. He is very sweet and not fearful at all. I have loved birds all my life but never owned one. We have had him for about two weeks now and have built him a play stand on which he sleeps, in our living room. We take him outside daily and he spends a large amount of time playing on small trees and bushes in our yard. I want to eventually free fly him as he loves the outdoors, so any tips on how i could start recall training? I have also come to realize people weren't joking when they told me how much they poo😅 so any tips on how to potty train him would be greatly appreciated. We are working on finding him a large cage for sleeping and for when we aren't home.
What treats can i use for training? As a nectar eating bird he is hard to feed and reward.
Please let me know anything that i could start doing or anything that i am doing wrong.
Below is a photo of what he looks like

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I found a baby rainbow lorikeet approximately ten weeks old, being attacked by crows. The crows plucked his flight feathers and his tail feathers so he cant fly. We rescued him and brought him home. He is very sweet and not fearful at all. I have loved birds all my life but never owned one. We have had him for about two weeks now and have built him a play stand on which he sleeps, in our living room. We take him outside daily and he spends a large amount of time playing on small trees and bushes in our yard. I want to eventually free fly him as he loves the outdoors, so any tips on how i could start recall training? I have also come to realize people weren't joking when they told me how much they poo😅 so any tips on how to potty train him would be greatly appreciated. We are working on finding him a large cage for sleeping and for when we aren't home.
What treats can i use for training? As a nectar eating bird he is hard to feed and reward.
Please let me know anything that i could start doing or anything that i am doing wrong.
Below is a photo of what he looks like
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He's gorgeous! Wow! I wish I had wild birds around my house that looked like him! In the southern part of the US we have painted buntings that have similar coloring with a finch-type beak but I live too far north.

 

[LaManuka]

I found a baby rainbow lorikeet approximately ten weeks old, being attacked by crows. The crows plucked his flight feathers and his tail feathers so he cant fly. We rescued him and brought him home. He is very sweet and not fearful at all. I have loved birds all my life but never owned one. We have had him for about two weeks now and have built him a play stand on which he sleeps, in our living room. We take him outside daily and he spends a large amount of time playing on small trees and bushes in our yard. I want to eventually free fly him as he loves the outdoors, so any tips on how i could start recall training? I have also come to realize people weren't joking when they told me how much they poo😅 so any tips on how to potty train him would be greatly appreciated. We are working on finding him a large cage for sleeping and for when we aren't home.
What treats can i use for training? As a nectar eating bird he is hard to feed and reward.
Please let me know anything that i could start doing or anything that i am doing wrong.
Below is a photo of what he looks like
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Awwwwwwwwww what a cutie! Has he got a name yet? Thank you for rescuing the little guy, crows sure can be merciless to babies fallen from the nest! Are you sure the crows were responsible for removing his wing and tail feathers though? Not wanting to scare you, but he could be a "runner", which is the name given to young lorikeets who might have psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD), and it's the reason why some babies have no wing or tail feathers. It's fairly common in babies here in Queensland but not so sure about where you are, though you can have him tested for it by an avian vet. It is dangerous and pretty contagious so you would be wise to make an enquiry with a vet, particularly if you have friends who have birds because you would want to keep them safe from it.

What are you feeding him? I feed my varied lorikeet Wombaroo nectar for his wet mix at breakfast time, and he gets a combo of Passwell's and Attraction dry powder which I leave available for him all day. Wet mix should be discarded after about 3 or 4 hours as it will spoil after that time. Apologies if you know this already, but you haven't mentioned what you're feeding. You can feed fruits like apple and pear, and green leafy veg too. My guy is heavier on the veg than fruit cos he just doesn't need the extra sugar since he doesn't burn as much energy as the wild ones do. He LOVES things like broccolini, celery and bok choy. Things like citrus fruit and kale should be avoided as they can contribute to iron storage disease, something that lorikeets can become quite susceptible to.

Poop comes with the territory with lorikeets!! Don't be tempted to feed him pellets that are supposedly made for them. They are made more for the convenience of people, and all they will do is make him feel constipated. Lorikeets are evolved to eat nectar, flowers and fruit in the main, so we should not go against all those millions of years of evolution as it is to their detriment. My guy has actually potty trained himself pretty well and rarely has an accident on me, which is GREAT cos I wouldn't even know where to start trying to train him myself!

I'll leave it up to others to advise you with recall training, or indeed any other type of training, as it's never been my forte - my lories have always walked all over me! Do be aware though that rainbows can get pretty aggressive and bitey once they reach sexual maturity. Again, not trying to scare you, but it's something to be aware of. The following resource may help give you more insight - it's an older website but the info is still pretty good ...

The Lory Link

The Lory-Link is here to help people source contacts with other Lorikeet owners in New Zealand and to be able to get help or advice on problems. This is also a great way to swap ideas, locate birds and learn more about keeping lorikeets in general.

www.kcbbs.gen.nz

In all honesty, I think your next best step is to have him wellness tested by an avian vet if you haven't already done so, just to rule out anything nasty, whether it's PBFD or something else. Plus avian vets are an absolute gold mine of info in terms of things like behaviours and training too.

Welcome to the wonderful world of lorikeet craziness, and I wish you the very best of luck!!!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

He's gorgeous! Wow! I wish I had wild birds around my house that looked like him! In the southern part of the US we have painted buntings that have similar coloring with a finch-type beak but I live too far north.

 

[Saravp]

He's gorgeous! Wow! I wish I had wild birds around my house that looked like him! In the southern part of the US we have painted buntings that have similar coloring with a finch-type beak but I live too far north.

Yes they are beautiful but also very loud 😅.
Yeah painted buntings are soo pretty.

 

[Saravp]

Awwwwwwwwww what a cutie! Has he got a name yet? Thank you for rescuing the little guy, crows sure can be merciless to babies fallen from the nest! Are you sure the crows were responsible for removing his wing and tail feathers though? Not wanting to scare you, but he could be a "runner", which is the name given to young lorikeets who might have psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD), and it's the reason why some babies have no wing or tail feathers. It's fairly common in babies here in Queensland but not so sure about where you are, though you can have him tested for it by an avian vet. It is dangerous and pretty contagious so you would be wise to make an enquiry with a vet, particularly if you have friends who have birds because you would want to keep them safe from it.

What are you feeding him? I feed my varied lorikeet Wombaroo nectar for his wet mix at breakfast time, and he gets a combo of Passwell's and Attraction dry powder which I leave available for him all day. Wet mix should be discarded after about 3 or 4 hours as it will spoil after that time. Apologies if you know this already, but you haven't mentioned what you're feeding. You can feed fruits like apple and pear, and green leafy veg too. My guy is heavier on the veg than fruit cos he just doesn't need the extra sugar since he doesn't burn as much energy as the wild ones do. He LOVES things like broccolini, celery and bok choy. Things like citrus fruit and kale should be avoided as they can contribute to iron storage disease, something that lorikeets can become quite susceptible to.

Poop comes with the territory with lorikeets!! Don't be tempted to feed him pellets that are supposedly made for them. They are made more for the convenience of people, and all they will do is make him feel constipated. Lorikeets are evolved to eat nectar, flowers and fruit in the main, so we should not go against all those millions of years of evolution as it is to their detriment. My guy has actually potty trained himself pretty well and rarely has an accident on me, which is GREAT cos I wouldn't even know where to start trying to train him myself!

I'll leave it up to others to advise you with recall training, or indeed any other type of training, as it's never been my forte - my lories have always walked all over me! Do be aware though that rainbows can get pretty aggressive and bitey once they reach sexual maturity. Again, not trying to scare you, but it's something to be aware of. The following resource may help give you more insight - it's an older website but the info is still pretty good ...

The Lory Link

The Lory-Link is here to help people source contacts with other Lorikeet owners in New Zealand and to be able to get help or advice on problems. This is also a great way to swap ideas, locate birds and learn more about keeping lorikeets in general.

www.kcbbs.gen.nz

In all honesty, I think your next best step is to have him wellness tested by an avian vet if you haven't already done so, just to rule out anything nasty, whether it's PBFD or something else. Plus avian vets are an absolute gold mine of info in terms of things like behaviours and training too.

Welcome to the wonderful world of lorikeet craziness, and I wish you the very best of luck!!!

Yes, we named him mango after his favourit fruit. We thought about PBFD but when we contacted a bird specialist he said he looked healthy, and his tail feathers have started growing back so we suspect it was the crows. Either way we have warned our bird owner friends to wash well after handling mango incase.

We feed him the wombaroo mix along with plenty of fruit and vegetables and fresh native flowers from gums and bottlebrushes to name a few. Actually i didnt know it would spoil, thanks for letting me know.

Oh yes it would be wonderful if he could potty train himself, it might come with age but so far there has been many accidents on several victims 😂.

Yeah, so far he seems to just lick but not really bite, but we'll wait and see. I never even knew birds could lick that much.

I'll certainly look into getting him tested just to be on the safe side.

Thanks so mush for everything!