Rainbow Lorikeet Pictures

[Jessica23]

Thought i'd share some pictures of Joey. Bit of a long story about how i got him. He was advertised on a parrot forum for sale. His elderly owner had died suddenly (gone into hospital for a routine thing and died - scary isn't it?!) so Joey was taken in by a family member, who didnt get on with him cos he was noisy and, to make a long story short, the poor little man had about 5 homes in the space of a couple of months before he was sent to a family friend (grey breeder) to be sold, which is when i met him.

Anyway, the guy obviously didnt know much of his history, just that Joey was about 10 years old. I've since been told (not sure if its true or not, but no reason not to believe it!!) that he was about twice that age and had been wild caught, which at least explains the lack of leg band!! Anyway, he was my first lory, i totally fell in love with him! So much so that im hooked and am currently waiting for a Black Capped lory egg to be laid and hatch!

The sad news now.. I lost my precious Joey last June :( The most awful thing. I moved him into my new house about 2 weeks after i moved in, and within a few days he had died. Vet could find no obvious cause of death so put it down to either old age and the stress of moving (which im not convinced about as he'd survived several moves!!) or possibly fumes that we were unable to smell like from the carpet being fitted, or even paint fumes though it had been a few weeks since the house had been painted... Anyway, whatever the reason, i miss him terribly. My poor little guy. Very fond memories though!! Enjoy his pictures, hopefully they show his wonderful character well!











He loved to dance!

[Shutterbugmom]

W.O.W. He was so beautiful. I'm so sorry that you lost your bird. I'm sure the end of his life was quite happy with you, though. :)

[becca623]

Oh, He was beautiful! So full of character from the pictures. Obviously, you loved each other a lot. My sympathies on his passing.
Congrats on the new baby. I hope you have a long and wonderful life together.

[jperkins]

Great pics!
I love lories and hopefully will get one some day.
Your little guy looks like he was a ball of fun! :D

[angelicarboreals]

He's cute! Rainbows are crazy little guys, mine is so entertaining to watch play.

[Typhoonkin]

you have a very cute lori! :D
sad to hear about your loss :(

here is a few of my little maniac, her name is goose

and uhm, no she isn't dead :) we had a mad hour and she trashed my desk, and she's all tuckered out but she's a geek and she likes to play wow with me

[LoryLady]

He's gorgeous. The rainbows look so hyper and playful! Thanks for the pics of Joey :)

[Totalsweety]

He is so pretty. I dunno what I would do if anything happened to my Dizzy.

[Rahni]

Gorgeous photos Jessica, the personality of this little guy shines right through them!

[Newticus]

He was obviously happy at the end of his life! They have so much character!
I'm very sorry for your loss.

congrats on the new baby though the black caps are gorgeous

Melanie