Frell - the Rainbow Lorikeet - Ball play and talking

[ybleu1]

I have 5 cats (had 6 sadly after Feb 2011 earthquake here my little girl Mascherina lost her life - I miss her) all adopted as kittens from shelters/bad situations. Mascherina was lovely to watch with Bello she used to head butt him & purr copiously :) 1 morning Bello escaped from cage found him on the floor surrounded by all cats & 1 curious dog, he has an amazing way of holdin his own, raises a claw at them all & has beak @ the ready, guess it helps they all grew up together, lol.

[wishes1973]

@ybleu1 Yeah, i have had a rainbow lori before and it got along nicely with my friends dog - used to ride its back. I just did not want to divide my time between to many pets/kids :)

[ybleu1]

Very happy 2 hear he went to a good home :) He's adorable, I have 1 "Bello" he is fine with my felines & dogs+cockatiel ...But I cannot show them affection when he's on my shoulder as he will lunge at them :( he's fine 2 run around on the ground with them,they get on well. Back to Frell though,he is a great talker,I bet his new owners were very impressed with his vocabulary, if Bello had half his word power I would be ecstatic!Do you think you might ever be tempted to have another at some point?

[wishes1973]

@ybleu1 we have cats now, not sure they would mix so well! I may be tempted, but currently no time left (the kids are teenagers now). Maybe when kids leave home?

[ybleu1]

You say you do not have Frell anymore did you re-home him? Thanks...

[wishes1973]

@ybleu1 Yep, he got very aggressive during puberty and we had young children at the time. We re-homed him with somebody who had less young children and plenty of time

[mumandtwins]

he speaks very well

[TheLorikeetLover]

whos a pretty boy...yes you are, awwww :)

[860175]

Can you do a video of you cleaning your lorikeets cage and what you have in your cage because i need to know how much mess they make.

[wishes1973]

Sorry no, we no longer have him with us. This video is many years old. They are extremely messy birds though, also very noisey.

Most parrots are about the IQ and work of a small child of about 1-2 years old. this means poop gets squirted out of the cage and huge messes and brokeness can happen. However it also means cuteness and love (though the mess and distructiveness outweighs that for most parrots!)

[littleredsubmarine]

They have rocket fire poo and are quite destructive. Ours does not like paper and will tear any paper up it can get it's beak on. Like everything around the cage because...it splatters EVERYWHERE

[marcjtdc]

@860175 i trained my white eyed conure to poop in kitty litter and to poop before she gets on my shoulder, so it can be done.

[pivotedkenny]

um can i ask u a few questions about this bird? (i mean their species)how long do they live? can they be taught to talk well? can they be trained easily? how expensive are they?

how loud are they. i want to know. because i might be getting a parrot soon and my dad said that umbrella cockatoos are too hard to care for and they are too needy. so i just want to know if this is the right bird for me

[wishes1973]

Best off googling for information, These birds are necter eaters rather than seed eaters.

[littleredsubmarine]

They live a long time, I heard 50 years. We taught ours a lot of different whistles and it can say "Hello" and it mimics our laughs. Ours cost us $50 from a baby.

THEY ARE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY LOUD.

Screetching is their forte. They need to be handled every single day to stay tame.

If you don't have the time to pay constant attention to this animal, its not the right animal for you.

[Quocviet1]

omg it's fat and cute. i feel like hugging it. i love fat birds. they're so soft and cute!

[motocrossforlife122]

do they make good pets?

[nikebo1]

wow~ awesome! i want one

[profanitie]

Why do they do the headbobbing thing? My bros lorikeet does it too.

[sugarsbcglobalnet]

Most birds do that when they want something or want to jump to another perch (i.e. your arm or the cage), but Lorikeets just love doing it, i guess. silly little birdies. you gotta love em :)

[Glitter138]

LOL what is he saying?

[pivotedkenny]

he saying hello whos a pretty boy?

[kirkygirl]

Do you happen to watch Farscape at all? I think that's what your named your pretty boy after. "You are a pretty boy, yes you are!" :P

[creamofcardstv]

great video and I've rated it as five stars. Please check out mine on some 1930's trading cards of aviary and cage birds.

[renjenlou]

i Have a lorikeet ... his name is buster... well we think he is a he??? he is about 12mths old and the only thing we can get him to say is pretty boy... Wont say hello Wont say shut up wont say anything else and belive me we have tried everything including repeating our selves over and over and OVER..... any ideas

[emeraldforest]

wait a year , he will expand his vocabulary, keep repeating the words you want him to learn .

mine is 13 years old :) you have lots of time !

( if he starts to lay eggs by then , he is a she :P , thats how i knew )

[chaseandfred]

wow! I didn't know that lorys were such clear talkers! I might save up and get one!

[Rokdog33]

Where are his arms?

[wishes1973]

Hes armless :)

[fathergregory]

lol

[wishes1973]

Sure you can. Just say the same word over and over every time you see him. Every time you handle him.

8 months is fairly old for a bird, but if hes been handled all his life and is very friendly then he should be ok.

[hard12get]

today got a rainbow lorikeet from the pet store. but hes 8mnths old. do u think i can teach him 2 talk like ur bird? ur bird is beautiful! the lady in the pet shop said hes not 2 old to learn,