Hi there! I’m a new rainbow lorikeet Mum!

[Birdforme]

Hi everyone. Thanks for letting me join. I’ve adopted a little hand raised 4 month old rainbow lorikeet who was living in a rowdy house with a 1 & a 2 year old who kept trying to grab at him.

I decided that our house would be a nicer place for him. I have semi teen girls & a 7 month old little boy but we aren’t a rowdy house. We’re all introverts so it’s pretty quiet here

Since I brought him home he’s been curious & looking around, rolling around playing with his toys & chirping a lot. He comes out of his cage & walks around the floor but he won’t let us near him or touch him. I expect this is related to his last home.

Any advice as to how to help him acclimatise himself to his new home would be really appreciated. Poor little thing is just a baby & so much change and upheaval already! Hopefully we can give him some stability.

 

[Conure101]

Welcome to the Avenue!

Your baby is beautiful!

 

[Skyandkiwi]

Welcome to AA!

 

[Tvdv96]

Welcome! glad you could take him in
He looks really cute, what's his name?

 

[Birdforme]

His name is Oscar but we’ve been calling him Ozzie for short.

 

[Zara]

Welcome to the Avenue Belinda and Ozzie!

 

[jh81]

Welcome!

for now, just leave him be let him get his bearings and get used to your house first. Then in a few weeks you can start trying to give him jummy things and see if he takes them from your hand. But the best advice for now: go slow hes young, you have many years ahead of you

 

[sunnysmom]

Welcome! If you know anything about his prior care, try to keep things the same until he settles in more. Same bedtime, food, etc. Spend time just sitting with him and even reading to him (or have your daughter) to help get him used to attention and voices in a nonthreatening way. You can also play some music for him.

 

[RainbowFlo]

Your birb is so cute! Hope you enjoy the avenue

~ Estella

 

[Ripshod]

I second the advice from @sunnysmom

 

[IRNluv]

Hi and welcome to AA! I rescued an IRN from a similar situation not too long ago. He's still coming along but has made amazing progress in a short time. A friend of mine who works with birds advised us to introduce target training as a means to build a foundation of trust and as a stepping stone to other training. You can search "target training parrots" on YouTube to see tutorials on it. You're also welcome to read the thread on my guy to see if there are any ideas you can use.

Tips on working with a rescued IRN

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[dollfish]

LOVE lories!

Welcome!

 

[expressmailtome]

Welcome, and enjoy the site!

 

[Cynthia & Percy]

Welcome

 

[Birdforme]

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Welcome! If you know anything about his prior care, try to keep things the same until he settles in more. Same bedtime, food, etc. Spend time just sitting with him and even reading to him (or have your daughter) to help get him used to attention and voices in a nonthreatening way. You can also play some music for him.

Thanks heaps for the tips. I’ll give it a go!

 

[Birdforme]

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Hi and welcome to AA! I rescued an IRN from a similar situation not too long ago. He's still coming along but has made amazing progress in a short time. A friend of mine who works with birds advised us to introduce target training as a means to build a foundation of trust and as a stepping stone to other training. You can search "target training parrots" on YouTube to see tutorials on it. You're also welcome to read the thread on my guy to see if there are any ideas you can use.

Tips on working with a rescued IRN

I hope this is the right place to post this. So a little back story: we've had an albino Indian Ring Neck in our family for two years. She's an ever constant companion to my daughter and is so sweet she could rot your teeth. A co-worker of mine met our bird, saw how much we care for her, and...

forums.avianavenue.com

Awesome! I’ll check it out

 

[Birdforme]

Welcome!

for now, just leave him be let him get his bearings and get used to your house first. Then in a few weeks you can start trying to give him jummy things and see if he takes them from your hand. But the best advice for now: go slow hes young, you have many years ahead of you

Yep we’re not pushing him too much atm. He’s happy to walk around the floor if we’re in the room which I guess is a good start.