Rainbow Lorikeet - Sasha Having Her Bath

My hand raised Rainbow Lorikeet Sasha having her bath. She is five years old now and baths every secound day, water gets every where during these antics. She even hopped in the bath with me on numerous occassions, which she loves but you have to watch her as she is very inquistive and will investigate anything she dosn't see very often, which can be painful as she likes to test new things out by nibbling on them :) If I am game enough I will get some video of this behaviour and post it here

Thanks everyone for your condolances, I still miss her a lot, even now, but I did aquire A baby hand raised Male Rainbow who I name "Wally", "Wal" or "Wallace" - I am totaly in love wth this species of parrot. He is quite an amazing bird, extremly affection, very playful, a wonderful new friend. He is now over a year old now and I have had him from the age of about 6 weeks. So he extremely attached to me, can't go to far with out him complaining or taking chase and following me every where. I will post some video of him soon.
But he dosn't replace Sasha who was one of a kind and is still sadly missed..

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Pets & Animals

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• Rainbow Lorikeet
• Parrots
• Lorikeet
• Birds

[RodrogerAu]

Yes, Rainbows just love bathing, I had one who loved hopping in my wifes fish tank for a swim all the time. Much to the annoyance of my wife.

As for commercial food (stated below) that is available for these birds, its not the lack of Nectar (generally there is none) it's the amount of carbohydrates in these mixtures. Made for Wild very active birds, not caged or birds who dot not fly kilometers a day....

[CocoJoubert]

It is always so sad when our beloved pets die - hope your heart heals soon.

[RodrogerAu]

@CocoJoubert

Thanks CocoJoubert, it now has been three months but I really miss her so so much. She was one of a kind and I will never be forget her.

[verticalsmurf]

I agree it's not a good idea to share a bath with a Lorikeet, or a shower for that matter, their claws really dig in on the arm when they are flapping under the water.

Even though Sasha enjoys a good bath in that dish, if you can, get one of those plastic kitty litter trays and put about 1.5 inches of water in it. More room to flap around in the water, or do what I call the 'Lorikeet Swim', dunk and neck level to get water over her wings!

[RodrogerAu]

Thanks for the tip, I do have an old cat litter tray but it is already in use by a local very friendly family of magpies who have decided to use it to bath in, so I will have to get another as this would be ideal for Sasha as she likes the water deep.

[verticalsmurf]

@Theafgstar1 - Basically the only difference between juvenille and adult plumage in a Rainbow Lorikeet is that juveniles look duller. After their first moult they become brighter and glossier. The only way to find out for sure if a Lorikeet is a male or female is to have it DNA sexed by a vet, or you could wait and see if it lays an egg.

[Theafgstar1]

how do u get the lorikeet that has a fully red breast does it have to grow and how do you tell a lorikeet male from female

[becaroonie90]

So cute! My lorikeet used go to try and cram himself into his water bowl on the days he didn't have a proper bath lol, he loved water so much.

[darknetable]

I think one of the reasons lorikeets don't last that long (and is very sad) is because they need the real nectar the nature nectar / natural nectar.... not the manufactured nectar :), but I hope very good luck with your lorikeets even if they can be pretty crazy sometimes / alot of times :)

[ZYXYcro]

@RodrogerAu i know how you feel mate. i have a beautiful Patagonian parrot and i cant imagine that i live without her. I simply love that bird more than anything. I hope you will find room in your heart for one little beauty when time come.

[LolGurrl91]

*Splash, splash, splash* 15 minutes later

Sasha: "Ahhh, that's much better. I shall leave you to clean up the mess"

You: Grrr... >:C

[Misadventuresofcam]

poor bird :(

[4321timtam]

awwwww just like my bird:) im so sorry for your loss the best thing to do is talk about it to someone remember her for all the great times. it makes u feel so much better. feel better soon

[4321timtam]

awwwww just like my bird:)