Hi,

I recently bought two rainbow lorikeets hand reared (born approx oct/nov 07), they have been with us a week now and one really hasn't taken to us at all(Charlie)!! It comes out of the cage after the other one (Mardi) Mardi loves messing about - seeing the food will walk up to it sometimes our arm to sit on our shoulders and pulls at our hair. Generally curious and social. I have given him a cat bell/ball. Charlie though, since we got him seemed to have a sneeze. I change their water twice a day clean out their wet mix after they've eaten it or left it for a while. Have dry mix for them all the other times & a bathing bowl I clean twice a day too.

Charlie isn't the strongest at flying yet either but doesn't like to come onto us and is kinda afraid (not shaking or anything just reluctant and shy), so this makes it difficult once he's out. Sometimes they suddenly just like to fly accross the room then that's it Charlie usually runs out of steam then falls, it's concerning to watch, should i make some perch's around the house for them???

Can anyone give some real effective tips to how i can create more trust get them to come on command or into cage and not be afraid of me helping them