Rosella Parrots

[kingpp]

I was wondering if anyone owns any of them, and what they are like.


Because I’d like to know what they’re like behaviour wise.





I’ve done a lot of research on it but I wanted to get the opinion of people who aren’t big companies trying to sell me stuff.





Cheers!!

 

[Shezbug]

@Ripshod was it you had Rosellas?

 

[Ripshod]

I had a single male Adelaide Rosella. He started mutilating because he wasn't happy being in my home so I gave him up to a fella with an aviery.
When I first got him a member here warned me they do better in an aviery, and that turned out to be so true.
Absolutely stunning birds though.

 

[Shezbug]

I have a friend who hand raised some and I believe although she can still interact with hers they are also happier out in the aviary. My neighbor has one in an aviary also that never seems happy about feeding or branch replacing time- the complete opposite of their galah.

 

[Zara]

Didn´t @Mockinbirdiva have one also? (There is definitely someone else, but I cannot quite put my finger on it...)

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

Didn´t @Mockinbirdiva have one also? (There is definitely someone else, but I cannot quite put my finger on it...)

Yes I had a crimson rosella.

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

Simon was 13 weeks old when I bought him... sight unseen from a breeder I found on classified ads in another state. He was hand fed as well. As far as that goes... hand feeding can simply mean a breeder pulls chicks, feeds them until they fledge but doesn't have the time to really work socially with them. Another factor is a young bird, hand fed, goes through quite a stressful time when leaving it's flock, what it has known and introduced to a new person, voice, home, sounds. Patience with a rosella can result in a bird more likely to be hands on but certainly may not be a cuddly bird or want to be touched like some people just seem to want to do. Simon would step up for me, I could hand him over to other people to hold. Like many other birds when he didn't want to step up he would bite. I knew less about birds then, he could have been a better companion because of that. With that said, I did enjoy him and would certainly have another if there was room in the Bird Inn. They are striking birds!

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

This is the only photo I have of Simon when we moved from our old house to this house back in 1997... in a travel cage before we set up his flight cage... hence the barren look of it. I lost so many photos when I had to get a new computer. One of my favorites of him was with him sitting on a unique rolling cart with foliage behind him at the old house. Somebody else loved it so much they "borrowed" that photo and put it on their website ... a rosella breeder. After I lost Simon to an illness at age 10 I poked around breeders and came across his photo.... and called them to tell them to take it off.... misrepresenting their flock with my bird. Anyway... he was such a beautiful boy and whistled the theme to 'Mayberry'.

 

[Ripshod]

This was my Roger, such na wonderful call. Can hear youtube in the background.

 

[Zara]

This was my Roger, such na wonderful call. Can hear youtube in the background.

Roger is gorgeous. I have missed seeing him. Did you manage to get an update?
My fave video of Roger that you posted , hands down, is this one;

And Tau He was so beautiful!

 

[Shezbug]

Oh yes I love that Roger video!!! He has the smoothest moves

 

[Ripshod]

Roger is gorgeous. I have missed seeing him. Did you manage to get an update?
My fave video of Roger that you posted , hands down, is this one;

And Tau He was so beautiful!

That's the one I wanted to find Thank you so much.

 

[Ali]

Hello!

My uncle kept a trio of rosellas. (2 males and a female I think!)

They were lovely birds (although I didn't see much of them).

Sadly they had to be rehomed as they were very loud and they were in a flat. At that time, I didn't have any birds. If I had experience, I would have loved to have taken them on.

Sorry, not much help on the behaviour front!

 

[Ali]

I have a friend who hand raised some and I believe although she can still interact with hers they are also happier out in the aviary. My neighbor has one in an aviary also that never seems happy about feeding or branch replacing time- the complete opposite of their galah.

I bought a few budgies from the neighbour of a friend and he had a pair in an aviary at the opposite side of the garden. They were really nice birds and seemed really,lay happy.

Out of interest rosella keepers, what are they like/what is there suitability with other species?

 

[Ripshod]

Did you manage to get an update?

He has settled in and got himself a lady friend, really strong bond. I've asked for photos after his next moult, I want to remember him at his best

 

[Ali]

Out of interest rosella keepers, what are they like/what is there suitability with other species?

I have read they canl be quite aggressive towards other birds. I assume this is true?

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

I bought a few budgies from the neighbour of a friend and he had a pair in an aviary at the opposite side of the garden. They were really nice birds and seemed really,lay happy.

Out of interest rosella keepers, what are they like/what is there suitability with other species?

Here's some reading for you ... but short answer is... they are not suitable to be housed with other species, or with another pair of rosellas... they can be aggressive with other birds.

Rosellas

Breeding, feeding, housing of Rosellas and Australian parrots for recreational and conservation purposes.

birdcare.com.au