Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Email and photos from "Frog Applause" reader (madbutnotcrazy)






 Hello Teresa,

I'm glad you love my birds, they mean a lot to me. 

We have 6 adult birds, ranging in age from 6 years down to 1, and 7 babies currently in nests (6 and 1 with different parents).

One of our birds is more tame, she is Koko and is 18 months old.


We are hoping to tame a few of the babies when they are 4 weeks old (this weekend). This will involve feeding them 3 times per day using a liquid formula.


Our birds are all kakarikis (NZ parakeets). They are slightly bigger than budgies. If you look on Youtube for videos of baby kakarikis being fed it is cuteness overload.


I am sending you a couple of pictures of our adults (you can use them if you wish). The yellow bird is our oldest, she is 6.5 years, her name is Pikachu. There is also a photo of a pied male Pepe (5 yo), posing with a budgie for size comparison. 

The other pied bird is our friendliest, Koko (1.5 years old). 

And as a bonus I have included a picture of our wild rainbow lorikeets. There are 3 and they come to our garden every day for fresh pears (I am spending a fortune on pears!).


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While convalescing...

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