SarahSkitt
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Hi All,
I have a few questions about my beautiful girl (Skittles) Rainbow Lorikeet behaviour, I've tried to find some answers on Google and other web pages but haven't had much luck and saw lots of helpful responses on here in the past so figured I'd give it a go!
First thing, she is VERY needy. She was a hand raised baby and I purchased her when she was about 11 weeks old. From the moment I got her home she's had to be around you at all times, at first I thought that was a baby quality and that as she got older she'd grow out of, she's 7 months old now and still just as needy. She doesn't like to do anything on her own, if you're in the room she just wants to be out of the cage and with you. I bought her an expensive, big play area I guess you'd call it, it's as tall as a standard kitchen bench, has sticks, perches, ladders, a swing, a ball, feed and water bowls, etc. that I was hoping she'd spend a lot of time on playing but instead, she just wants to jump off it and be on you wherever you are, which is great unless i'm trying to work, or do the the dishes, or cook, etc. and I want her to be out of her cage and not in the cage while I'm doing those things. Is this a standard behaviour for young loris that anyone might be aware of?
The next thing, and the biggest issue so far, she is very squawky, she gets really loud whenever I'm not in the same room as her! I don't talk to her when she's being noisy and I try to avoid re-entering the room until she's making nicer noises and not squawking but 5 months on we still have the same problem and I'm not sure what else I can try and do to get her out of this!
One final question, I've been trying to toilet train her, I want her to go to the toilet on her perch, she's really good in making sure that when I put her up there she'll do one (big or small) and she really tries to get one out, I praise her and smile and make a whole bunch of noise to reward her but she is still having heaps of "accidents". she's kind of adopted a habit of pooing as I make the motion towards her perch which more often than not misses the designated poo zone, or she's just poo whenever she's standing on anything, like my leg, the back of a chair, etc. Is there like an average time that it can take for a lorikeet to pick up this kind of training?
That's it for now (I think). Thanks in advance for any advice anyone can offer
I have a few questions about my beautiful girl (Skittles) Rainbow Lorikeet behaviour, I've tried to find some answers on Google and other web pages but haven't had much luck and saw lots of helpful responses on here in the past so figured I'd give it a go!
First thing, she is VERY needy. She was a hand raised baby and I purchased her when she was about 11 weeks old. From the moment I got her home she's had to be around you at all times, at first I thought that was a baby quality and that as she got older she'd grow out of, she's 7 months old now and still just as needy. She doesn't like to do anything on her own, if you're in the room she just wants to be out of the cage and with you. I bought her an expensive, big play area I guess you'd call it, it's as tall as a standard kitchen bench, has sticks, perches, ladders, a swing, a ball, feed and water bowls, etc. that I was hoping she'd spend a lot of time on playing but instead, she just wants to jump off it and be on you wherever you are, which is great unless i'm trying to work, or do the the dishes, or cook, etc. and I want her to be out of her cage and not in the cage while I'm doing those things. Is this a standard behaviour for young loris that anyone might be aware of?
The next thing, and the biggest issue so far, she is very squawky, she gets really loud whenever I'm not in the same room as her! I don't talk to her when she's being noisy and I try to avoid re-entering the room until she's making nicer noises and not squawking but 5 months on we still have the same problem and I'm not sure what else I can try and do to get her out of this!
One final question, I've been trying to toilet train her, I want her to go to the toilet on her perch, she's really good in making sure that when I put her up there she'll do one (big or small) and she really tries to get one out, I praise her and smile and make a whole bunch of noise to reward her but she is still having heaps of "accidents". she's kind of adopted a habit of pooing as I make the motion towards her perch which more often than not misses the designated poo zone, or she's just poo whenever she's standing on anything, like my leg, the back of a chair, etc. Is there like an average time that it can take for a lorikeet to pick up this kind of training?
That's it for now (I think). Thanks in advance for any advice anyone can offer