This is my first visit.
I just joined up because I had some questions about the behaviour of my new Rainbow Lorikeet - Lucifer.
He is 10 months old, I have had him for three weeks. He adopted me when I went into a pet store, he jumped onto my head and wouldn't leave me alone.
He had been abused by another lorikeet that lived there and has a bald spot on his head where the other lorikeet pulled out his feathers. He was quite bitey when we first brought him home.
Since I have had him, he has slowly gotten less bitey and has been exceptionally inquisitive and is beginning to learn very swiftly.
Just a couple of things... he has two things that he seems to be addicted to:
- prawns
- trying to extract nectar from my nostrils
He stole a prawn off me the other day and wouldn't let me get it back off him, running off to his cage to begin to shred it hungrily, until he had eaten it all.
His cage has fresh native nectar bearing flowers and powdered nectar, so the food isn't a problem - he loves that as well.
He also forces his beak up my nose and attempts to extract "nectar" from it with his furry little tongue, really giving it a red hot crack (photo attached)
I quite like the feeling (it is a little ticklish, but otherwise rather pleasant) and don't mind.
My questions are:
- Is it ok to give him prawns as a treat from time?
- Is it ok to allow him to clean my nose?
Will either of the above things hurt him?
Thanks,
Judas
- Nostril cleaning
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Rambo stole and ate a piece of cooked chicken. It looked like canabilizm to us.
your nostrils are filled with bacteria trying to get in and mucus trying to get those bacterium out! Your bird would get sick! I'm not sure about the prawns, birds are allowed to eat some chicken without seasoning or sauce or anything else, but seafood MIGHT be a different story!