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Post by bushhousearts on Jan 19, 2006 0:42:25 GMT
Just went for a drive with my girls, on the way home we saw this little guy sitting on the side of the road. Went around the block, he was still sitting there, so I grabbed him and have brought him home. Appears to be healthy, plenty of meat on him, no damaged wings, so I'm guessing he's concussed from a car hit. Will keep him caged and quiet for a few hours, hopefully his headache will be gone and he will fly away. Is only young, still has a bit of grey fluff underneath his feathers.  |
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Post by carmz on Jan 19, 2006 0:55:01 GMT
awwwwwwww thats so cute... do you think it is wild or might be someones pet???
what kind of bird is it? a grass parrot?
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Post by luvpurplebudgies on Jan 19, 2006 1:03:00 GMT
wow he beautiful
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Post by bushhousearts on Jan 19, 2006 2:31:22 GMT
it is a scaly breasted lorikeet (aka greenie), he would be a wild one, they are abundant in this area. I have put some cut up apple and grapes sprinkled with dry lory mix in his cage with some grevillea blossoms, but at the moment he is just sitting on the bottom of his cage looking sorry for himself. Doesn't appear to have brain damage or anything, hopefully just mild concussion, they usually recover from that pretty quickly. Just keeping him in a dark,quiet room for a few hours before disturbing him again.
they are CUTE!
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Post by Angela on Jan 19, 2006 6:48:13 GMT
S/he is gorgeous.........I hope he's soon feeling better.
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Post by telmadee on Jan 19, 2006 7:38:36 GMT
oh wow how beautiful
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Post by carmz on Jan 19, 2006 7:43:58 GMT
OOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhh.... ok... well i hope he / she feels better soon !
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Post by bushhousearts on Jan 19, 2006 8:17:09 GMT
has had a little nibble of apple. I have him covered up now for the night. Hopefully after a good night's sleep he will be fine in the morning
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Post by Admin on Jan 19, 2006 9:52:29 GMT
aahhhhh bless him!! i hope he feels better after a good nights sleep  |
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Post by Scully on Jan 19, 2006 14:59:40 GMT
Lucky for him you came along...hes getting lots of TLC.  Hes a pretty bird, hope he recovers soon |
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Post by Terri on Jan 19, 2006 16:10:51 GMT
Poor thing. How good of you to rescue him! Will you be releasing him when he's fully recovered?
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Post by Julie on Jan 19, 2006 19:35:51 GMT
How did he know to wait there till you came along! He is so lucky you found him,hope he feels much bettter soon.
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Post by pollyparrot on Jan 19, 2006 20:53:17 GMT
HESSS SO CUTE
I AM NOT SURE IF IT HAPPENS IN YOUR AREA BUT HERE WE GET A LOT OF LORIKEETS GETTING DRUNK ON CERTAIN BLOSSOMS AND THEY ACTUALLY DROP FROM THE SKY OR BANG INTO THINGS THEY USUALLY RECOVER AND U CAN RELEASE THEM IN A SHORT TIME
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Post by carmz on Jan 19, 2006 21:16:44 GMT
lmao pollyparrot that must be the strangest thing to see....hehehe
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Post by bushhousearts on Jan 19, 2006 22:05:23 GMT
Hi pollyparrot, yes we have the drunken parrot trees around here as well, lol, I've had a few birds come in drunk and had to wait til they sober up to release them. I think the main problem with them getting drunk is that it makes them easy prey for cats and dogs.
He is looking more lively this morning, climbing all over the branches in the cage, so I'll give him some mashed banana with a bit of lory dry sprinkled on it, and once he has had a good feed, I'll release him. We have a euodia elleriana (pink butterfly tree) in full blossom at the moment, and we have dozens of scalies and rainbow lorikeets hanging out in it all day, so hopefully he will hook up with some others.
It is such a good feeling to open the cage and let them out, I don't like keeping wild birds in cages for any longer than is necessary.
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