You need to teach her another sound, something that sounds pleasant & cheerful & if it sounds like this, more than likely your AG will want to learn it. They enjoy picking up sounds & words that have enthusiasum & cheerful sounds to them.

Bird toys can cost between $5-$40 depending on the size, material and what it does. I have found that my birds prefer toys made out of natural materials like wood and things that they can chew on. Aviod brightly coloured plastic toys. These are eye candy to humans but are a waste of money as birds don’t play with them.

Rainbow Lorikeets have a specialised diet consisting of a wet and dry lorikeet mix. Each packet costs about $12. As with most birds, they also like fruit.

You will also need to buy worming treatment for your bird and mite and lice spray. This needs to be done about every 6 weeks. You can buy various sized bottles ranging from $7-$20.

Becasue of their diet they have very runny poos and are very messy. They also have a large pooping radius around their cage. They love to bathe in their water and are also very very loud, especially in the early hours of the morning. They have a very high pitched screech. They do learn to immitate pretty well and are fun little birds to play with.

There are also many other types of brightly coloured parrots. Eclectus parrots (the males are green and the females are red and blue) cost between $700-$1200. Blue and gold Macaws cost about $7500. Alexandrines (green) cost about $400, the list could go on forever… However rainbow lorikeets are pretty good first birds, as long as you are prepared to deal with the noise and the mess.