Shrek and Tilly

[Chantilly]

Shreky is so cute! She keeps fluffing up and dancing around my hand...

[Chantilly]

Sorry, this is kindof sort of cute so i have to share.
My sister and I were catching fish in our paddock because it has rained so much that our dam has big streams of water that the fish climb up and then they go into the puddles of water on the ground, and swim and hop and skip on till they get stuck and die, get caught in a pull of water and get thrown back in the ran or make their way on water on the ground to the creek... 2013 we had a backyard filled with silver perch ... anwyay so we were catching them in a bucket to show Mum&Dad and then put back in the dam, it was cold searching for fish in the rain so that is why our brother wasnt there with us. At dark we came in and I didnt relise Mum had Shrek out, I walked to my room after drying of and I was talking to my sister about the fish or something and Shrek heard my voice. Naughty bird decided to bite Mum hard and then hop on the ground and hop towards my voice untill she found me, i let her step up and she started doing her cute little bop and 'pweh' whistle. I just cant wait till she can fly properally then there will be no escaping her.

[Pajarita]

Awww, baby wanted her momma!

[Chantilly]

Awww, baby wanted her momma!

Haha yes
Oh and two posts ago i meant have not shave, haha thats a funny mistake.

[Chantilly]

You wouldnt beleive how much brighter Tilly is after getting daily fresh fruit and veg for about 5 months, she pretty much just shreds carrot, but eats her greens and almost all the fruit (i give her more than she can fit.) and she goes to it before she goes to her seed or pellets it is such a fun and enjoyable part of her day. I will have to post a before and after picture, but sometimes the lighting changes the brightness in the picture altogether. My baby bird is so beautiful right now!

[JessiMuse]

Sounds like you're doing great with her. I'd love to see how she looks now.

But if I may make a suggestion to her diet...

Considering the kind of diet lorikeets have in the wild, why don't you try mixing the pellets with some kind of natural fruit juice? I would think that with how dry and hard pellets are, a lory is likely to lose its brush tongue, like it would with seeds.

It's also not reccomended to use pellets on lorikeets, because it messes up their digestive system, since they're designed to have mainly wet foods. Yeah, their poop will be wet and gross, but at least they won't be constipated.

Additionally, there is "nectar" you can get for a lorikeet, which would be the liquid version of specialized lorikeet pellets. I believe two brands that are available in Australia would be Passwell, and Wombaroo.
If you go for Passwell, look for "lorikeet complete diet", not to be confused with "lorikeet dry food".
Wombaroo seems to be a little more obvious. Should go along the lines of "lorikeet and honeyeater food".

From my understanding, it's somewhat similar to baby bird food. Comes in a powder, and you just add water. I would think it's meant to be at a thinner consistency, and you probably don't use a syringe.

This is the information I got from research, so I hope it's helpful. Other than that, it sounds like you're doing great. Even if she's only shredding the carrot that's fine, because chances are she's taking some bites in between. My tiels love to shred up broccoli and carrot, and do take some bites in between shredding.
Getting a parrot to play with their food is a good thing, because it promotes independent play, which is really good for a bird's confidence. Plus, when they play with their food, it makes it easier to get them into foraging toys, which is great when a bird doesn't know how to play with toys in the first place.

[Pajarita]

I think you might have the names confused, Jessi. Tilly is a GCC, it's Shrek that's the lorikeet.

[JessiMuse]

My apologies for missing something that may be obvious to you, but where exactly did I get the names mixed up? If you're talking about me referring to Shrek as a she, I thought I remembered Chantilly telling us that Shrek had laid an egg at least once.

Again, I apologize if I'm missing something. Kinda tired right now, and didn't get enough sleep. I'll admit I made a mistake if I did, but I kinda need help seeing it.

[Wolf]

It is alright, you will see it after you get some rest and wake up.

[JessiMuse]

Oh I now just realized it. Chantilly was talking about TILLY's feathers. Oops.

Wow I really am tired