Ill start by saying that Shrekie is a Yellow Scaly cross Rainbow Lory I would guess she is atleast 2 years old, very clingy and has a cage fright.
I got her from the 'bird park' yesterday. Anyways here is as much of her story as I know:
A lady who worked at the mines got her (fom who knows where), and has had her clipped probaby scince she got her, she thought Shrek was a boy untill she laid eggs and was then changed to Shrekie or Shrekina. The lady decided she didnt have enough time for her and gave her away to the bird park around Sep last year, I volonteered the day after she arived and of course thought she was adorable. Any way, Shrekie liked one of the lovely volonteers, and If I tried to touch her when she was on the volonteer my fingers would disapear
. A month after Shrekie arived her favourite volonteer left and then Shrekie wouldnt leave me alone. The owners changed at Christmas and she never got attention from the new people, only me each Wednesday if they let me let her out... seeing as her clipped primaries have pretty much molted out. On Tuesday they had shoved all their mutated lories into a cage together. All these rainbow mutations shoved in with a very nasty chattering lory, and others such as a black capped, cinnamon, and other rainbow mutations. I didnt like this, nor did the old owners, so they talked to the new owner about letting me have it (I was prepared to par for her) and then he just came up to me and just asked if I wanted it. Of course I said yes, I absolutely loved this birdieHabits: Very very clingly, I pretty much have to take my shirt of to get her of, i bend over on my knees so as she flips upside down and can go onto the floor, and she will just lie their upside down clinging to my shirt. She HATES cages, I dont know how or why this came along in her life but probably she was left in the cage for long periods of time. She is very bad at sharing 'her human' with another bird and will atack much bigger birds (eckies even) to defend the person she is on.
Attacks people when they try to take her off the person she is on.
I am going to be working with her allot to try and smooth out these problems, but I am determined not to let it destroy my bond with Tilly, who is annoyed at me right now because she can hear Shreky coming from my room(where Im quarantining her). I will not let it interfere with my time with Till-Bill, but rather the tine I spend sitting on my butt after doing everything I need to do, and have held Tilly for a while, I will then hold Shrekie. Tilly is a little bit stressed from the noises of the new birdie, so I will keep a very close eye on her If Shrekie causes a problem for Tilly I just cant let that be and will have to find a better home with no birds.. or with lots.
Anyway other than that, she is settling in well, and I am trying to show her that going in the cage isnt that bad, because she will always come out. I have bought her wet and dry formula and all is going good.
Sorry for such a long blob of words, thanks for reading
