Charlie my loritkeet

AmandaJayne · Guru

Charlie my loritkeet

AmandaJayne · Guru

I never took a first photo of Charlie until I knew he was going to live... he was so very ill when he first got here that I really thought the worst... it took 12 hours to correct his temprature which is too long normally for a tiny bird... after a few weeks I decided that the little begga was tenacious to say the least so I took this photo for his first... a much healthier looking bird indeed.

-- Edited by AmandaJayne on Monday 26th of September 2011 05:11:31 PM

AmandaJayne · Guru

Already a full on character... we gave h

im his own teddy to cuddle up to .. he still has it too Teddy stays in Charlies bed and if anyone take him out Charlie will pick up Ted and put him back to bed roflolololol Here is is posing for the camera

AmandaJayne · Guru

He slept in a tissue box inside a carry box with a warmer underneath.. here he is snuggling to Teddy for a nap

AmandaJayne · Guru

Getting 'fluff!' and exploring his new world inbetween food n naps!

AmandaJayne · Guru

Once upon a time he could not look over the top of that box....

AmandaJayne · Guru

Feathers!!! at long last!!!

AmandaJayne · Guru

Still sleeping and playing with his Teddy but now he's inside a carry box no longer a tissue box.. this is his bed and still is for night time sleeps... he loves his bed... he calls out if he is up for too long and its getting dark... puts himself to bed! roflol

AmandaJayne · Guru

Trying to cover himself up with the blanket

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Playing with a full tissue box!!!

AmandaJayne · Guru

realizing tissues come from that box .. what fun!

AmandaJayne · Guru

HELP mum!!!! so funny hahahahaha

AmandaJayne · Guru

only a couple of his toys, he has so many he has his own toy box now roflol even hubby looks for new things for Charlie to play with!

AmandaJayne · Guru

Sleeping is not a problem during the day... you just lie down where ever you are and take a nap! (well.. till the flash goes off and wakes you up)

AmandaJayne · Guru

And there is always mum to play with especially when she is at her computer

AmandaJayne · Guru

He knows what a spoon is for at meal times and will bring it to me when he is hungry and wants to be fed.... not that he could feed himself perfectly well.. I think he just loves the attention!

AmandaJayne · Guru

Look mum! I has a mouse!

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There ya go... this is Charlie.... :)

Happywanderer · The Master

That is just beautiful AJ. He is gorgeous, those colours!! Haven't seen those colours before, I don't think so anyway. I know how you would feel leaving him behind, but what would be best, that is the question.

AmandaJayne · Guru

He is an olive so you might not have seen his colors before, lots of people comment on his colors :) And yes, I sorta know its best for him to stay but then I'm worried about any seperation anxiety for him n me!!! roflololololololol Linda was around yesterday to play with him again, she has been coming often to let him get used to her for this trip and soon we will go on a short trip for about a week to see if we have everything working properly, or to make lists of what we need or what we need to leave behind so we shall see how he goes for that.

Boroma577 · Guru

AmandaJayne wrote:
soon we will go on a short trip for about a week,
or to make lists of what we need or what we need to leave behind so we shall see how he goes for that.

Short trips seldom provide all the answers AJ.

AmandaJayne · Guru

prolly not but it will give us an idea of how the solar/battery set up is working... which is what hubby wants to do... in my case a short trip is just what the doctor ordered... I know we could do that at home but........... going away seems oh so much better!

Sheba · Guru

Wow!!! I didn't know there were so many different Mutations etc. these days. [I googled.]

He sure is cute AJ. Hope he doesn't fret too much. Couldn't you keep his wings clipped, so that he can't fly ? And have a cage for when you had him outside? Of course you'd have to watch out for him being underfoot inside.

Hope you get it sorted OK.

Cheers,

Sheba.

Boroma577 · Guru

AmandaJayne wrote:
in my case a short trip is just what the doctor ordered............ going away seems oh so much better!

Oh I do totally agree......definitely trip away AJ.

debnsteve · Member

Hi AmandaJayne..thanks for your welcome on the photo thread!! We traveled from Cairns to Tassie early this year with our middle aged ****atiel...I was worried that she would stress as she's never travelled further than a klm or two before and is a bit of a nervous nellie....much to my suprise she LOVED it, spent all her time chattering happily to herself and looking out the window...got very excited when she heard wild ****atiels, she is a cage bird (I would love to have her free but she's never been loose) so escaping wasn't a problem. I'm sure she wants to go again, whenever we get ready to go out she gets all excited, something she never did before! Your Charlie is beautiful, if you could figure out a way to keep him safe I'm sure he'd love it!

AmandaJayne · Guru

you got her into Tassie? I was told they dont allow birds in there, its one of the reasons we might not take Charlie with us... was also told we cant take him into national parks... its because of these limitations we are getting a 'sitter' for Charlie..... His cage is rather large too and he is not used to being caged all day so will want his freedom, I dont think hubby fancies the idea of Charlie leaving big wet areas on his bed! I'm still undecided as to what to do.... when we go on our short trip I'll see how Charlies goes.. we can also take him on a trip .. we have till next year... he is my baby tho.... more so than any of the other critters..

Sheba · Guru

Love the new Avatar AJ. Reminds me of a Swamp Wallaby I reared years ago. She was Hairless when I got her too. Her mother had tipped her out of the pouch during a bushfire. I used to take her shopping strapped to my waist in a peg-bag type pouch. [See Pic.]

She loved it. Used to pop her head out sniffing all the different smells.

Old people would come up and tell me how they used to raise them, and compare methods of feeding etc.

Used to take a loooong time to complete the shopping believe me.

Only Pics. I have left. She's about half-grown here.

Cheers,

Sheba.

-- Edited by Sheba on Tuesday 27th of September 2011 07:17:55 PM

AmandaJayne · Guru

I've raised lots n lots of critters over the years.... used to go shopping with them too if I was out all day altho not that small.. the small ones I put on a warmer pad to keep thier temps right... but as soon as the fluff turns up they would go with me... backpacks were good (breathable ones).. the funny looks I would get when the bag started moving LOLOLOLOL and the ooo and ahhhs when they checked me bags... I'd have them for 6mths to 12 mths... then they would go to a 'halfway farm' to get used to the openess... then out from there again... its a long process.. and everytime it would be time for one to leave me I would cry buckets!!! (I'd miss em)....

I will put up some photos of the possums too soon :)

-- Edited by AmandaJayne on Tuesday 27th of September 2011 08:33:03 PM

Elle on Wheels · Guru

Hey what a beautiful baby boy and what a great job you did raring him. I reckon you could very successfully adapt him to travelling with you and to a smaller cage. I also think you could help him adapt to 1 or 2 or 3 different minders so that you can go travellling without him.

It's my uninformed opinion that he may be happier staying in one place with a few trusted friends that you introduce him to. And you could come back and visit him in between trips and he would remember you.

But that is just a feeling .

What a fantastic job you did in ensuring he survived.

debnsteve · Member

Geez people are full of misinformation blankstare ...I think you can bring any pet bird in to Tassie. With 'native birds' (even if they have been aviary bred for generations like our ****atiel)you have to fill in an 'import form'...if my memory is correct we got our permit paperwork from Tassie parks and wildlife. They posted the form to us in Cairns before we left & then we just handed it in to the Quarantine people in Devonport...it doesn't cost anything, I don't really see the point of it but you know how the government loves red tape! Don't bring bird seed tho'...they made us chuck ours out, even tho' it's the exact same stuff sold in Tassie supermarkets!!