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Please Read! If you are going to get a kakariki please do focus on the heart disease section. This is very true. My kakariki was a present. I hadn't researched for it. I researched for a budgie. My kakariki then didn't get the right treatment because there isn't much information online. This is a great video! And helped me understand about my old bird a lot! Thank you so much for clearing this up! It has made me settle from his death! Your amazing love of pets!

ive recently gotten one as i woke up one morning and it was just in my house, as i live in south africa i knew it was a pet, i did all i could to try find the original owner and nothing, so i decided i was going to keep it and this will help a lot to keep charlie happy for as long as possible, thank you

I have two kakarikis and I call them my little clowns with chicken feet 😂, I love them to bits ❤️🌱🦋

Very interesting and informative!! I love kakarikis, they seem so fun to watch. Although it seems that they are too active for me! :D

Loved your presentation, I learned a lot about a new species! All the best to you and your birds💗

I absolutely love these videos you do about these smaller, lesser known birds!! You've really piqued my curiosity as to what kinds of birds would be most ideal for my future aviary. Thank you so much for these videos!!

I love kakarikis! The sounds they make are so distinct and honestly I'm not sure I would be okay with hearing that all the time. I'm sure their activity level might be a little much for me, too. I actually have 4 bourkes and your videos really helped me a lot with figuring out what birds were right for me. I started off with just 2 but quickly realized I'd made the right choice, so about a year later I added 2 more to the flock! Now I have 3 lovely extroverted boys and 1 adorable introverted girl. :) I always enjoy your videos and admire how you manage to keep so many pets happy and healthy! I feel like 4 birds is a lot for me! :D

awwww! my baby!! great video donna, Summer looks like she's having a fun time at your home!

Everything you said is 100% true!! We love our guy, but he is a super messy eater and BUSY! He's out of his cage whenever we're home because he needs to roam around and yes, get into everything! Eats the edge of books and magazines, chews on the edge of wood cabinets or window sills, so we need to give a lot of soft wood or yucca chew toys. He is on a constant lookout for a girlfriend and regurgitates on anything shiny. He gets really possessive over certain objects and tries to bite our feet all the time :D

Thank you for sharing with us your information.. this is very important and helpful 😍

There are so many things you are teaching me so many things about them that I didn’t know!

I loved watching your Kakarikis.That was sooo sweet watching your little girl eat with her foot , just as my Timneh does.I had 2 Kakarikis a while ago for a few months.They were babies.One of my friends went on vacation and askes me to take care of them for a few months. I spoon fed them both . They had yellow heads with an all green body, I believe.They were awfuly cute. I just thoroughly enjoyed watching your Kakariki .It reminded me of the 2 little cuties i had.They seemed like they would be very easy to tame and bond.I love to hear you talk and watch all of your birdies, its alway very informative and i always learn something.Thank you soo much for sharing .Take care bye for now , be safe.

Wow I was waiting for u to make this video !!!!!

They are gorgeous birds.

Great video! I live with 2 kakarikis, and they are the funniest little things! They're bonkers!

It was very helpful. Thank you!

Thank you very much for this great information. You did a very good job again on this. Want truely have a beautiful bird.

I’m so glad this video exists. I was thinking of getting a kakariki but I could never find any actual information on them, anything I did find was so vague. Thank you for making this, now I’m definitely going to get one!

Wow 😍 I love these species spotlight segments 💕 I'll get alot to learn & I enjoy it ✨ nice to know about kakarikis 💖👍🏻✨

I love your hanging play area with the spiral rope perch and others stuff! I saw it in the beginning of the video. I want to do something like that when we get a new house with a bird room!

Thanks for the good advice. 👍

I would LOVE to have a bird like that!!! They’re so pretty. Super fun name as well.

My kakariki is around 3 years old, and he is so smart, he talks all the time,but its very nice. I’m working on developing a better connection with him. We rescued buggies and he really loves listening to them talk alllll day

Very beautiful bird. Hello from Greece 🇬🇷 Alexandra.

I've got a karakiki yesterday! Shes stunning, blue under wings, a red mask and green feathers, I love her :)

Still my favorite bird so far. They're so weird, but I can't get over their adorable noises they make. I finally managed to find someone who has hand fed cream and blue kakarikis, so now I'm getting two more to add to my flock soon ❤️

Out of all your flock, I’m obsessed with Summer! I’m so glad you highlighted this species. Love how she scratches her food like a chicken. Adorable chubby lil doll. Also, I love watching Monty trying to boss the whole flock.. even from across the room. hahahaha

Lovely video

I love this bird. They are so cute and playful - with a charming laugh. Also, being a ground parrot from New Zealand (a cold climate with few predators) they are not very heat tolerate, love investigating, and are very trusting.

Liked the vid., thanks.

I’m thinking of either getting a kakariki, a cockatiel or a lovebird. Also good video!

Beautiful bird

I love species spotlight!

Hi I’m the third to comment yay btw I love u soooo much and I wanted to tell u that ur not like some ppl who take birds as a beautiful creatures to keep as living decor u take them and take good care of them that’s the best thing about u🙃like if u agree

Thanks you very informative

I loved this video! Summer is adorable and reminds me of my Kakariki Ricky so much! They are like twins! I was wondering if Summer frequently does this bowing gesture in one spot for 30 seconds-1 minute when Kakariki’s “present” to their mates although there is no male kakariki around. I noticed my Kakariki does this often and at first I thought it might’ve been tail bobbing but after lots of tests and taking her to the vet she’s perfectly healthy. FYI - My Kakariki is 3 years old.

Love your bird

Nice information

ka-ka-ree-kee. Not only does it mean little parrot but it also means green.

Here are best wishes that your profession brings satisfaction, and pride to you always

Thank you so much

Die van mij is de hele dag uit de kooi geweldig en ze zijn heel nieuwsgierig

I just brought my kakariki home yesterday! They're so funny. They eat everything and use their feet for everything

i have a kakariki thankyou for making this video

thx for info and vid

💛🌟 🐥🐣 Hello, thank you for this very informative video. Gorgeous sweet birds!!♥️🦜♥️🙂 What lucky birds to have you!! Very nice set up! Thank you for sharing!!🎉

Thanks for the video, it helped me a lot when I was deciding on which bird to get! But, I gotta clarify one thing: nope, the female isn't loud at all. Sometimes, she would be loud very briefly, but usually she's doing cute little sounds. The male though... he IS loud. And he DOES continuous sounds all over again. In Germany, they're called "goat parakeets" because their sound kind of resembles the sound a goat makes. I call him my little goat machine gun LOL

There she goes!

I miss my little blue kakariki so much. Sammy was a beautiful little girl who we only had for a year or so. She laid a couple of eggs but it was just too much for her. The third egg got stuck, we found her very unwell one morning but it was too late. The next morning we got the call from our vet to say they'd done everything they could but that was it, she was gone. Kakarikis are stunning and such gentle birds.

A little hello from France ! I love your videos, I'd love to have a bird and looking at all your videos is helping make my choice, thought not for now since I live in a little flat but my dream would be to have a room like yours ! Seems like paradise for me ahah. I would probably go for Lennies or Kakarikis I was wondering how long do you spend with them everyday ? Do you like just sit in your bird room ?

Awe I’m sorry about sizzle :( I recently lost my lovebird wasabi he was a Dutch blue and was only a couple months old. He also had passed away because of a heart condition. Btw l love your birds and your videos always make my day!!

Your information is wonderful and your bird room is amazing. I would love to see a tour of your bird room along with the links of the ropes and things you have on your wall. Also how do you keep everything clean? What products do you use for cleaning?

Love your videos! :) I have a video request; What type of bird(s) would you recommend for apartment living, with neighbors (sound-levels) in mind? Also, I'd love to see a video of just different meals/snacks/food bowls you prepare for your birds. :) Thank you! Happy Easter to you and your birds! ❤️

Thnak you so much :)

Thx i have 2 babies ,,love them

My kakariki LOVES apples and i didnt know they like pomegranate so I'll try that!

Super ....🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Wow , your video was so informative, thank you so much. I have been wanting to buy a Kaikriki for some time now. But have not found a breeder with the yellow ones. The pet shop had I almost got that pair. But was hesitated, didn’t know in witch cage thy will be best in. Now with all your info I want to make a decision, I don’t let my birds out the cages. Maybe one day. I have a room for them but I use that room also for my sowing. Decisions....🧐🤦🏼‍♀️......❤️🌹❤️🌹

the best to you and your birds

i hav a pair of these green though funny birds so cute.

Nice

I have a smol cute yellow green red Kakeriki and she is the cutest thing and she follows y’a around like a little doge and she’s only 3 months old SUCH A CUTE BIRB

Interesting

Ive had mine for probably a year and half now. He is such a blessing. At times i think he has said words. Just not clear. But he is lucky he is alive. The part about the getting into everything. Well one of those was a door that shut behind me. Lost his bottom beak. Oh my was i beside myself. Lost the whole bottom beak. The vet was not hopeful. All he could suggest was to feed him wet food. He is such a smart bird. Was not keen on that so he started to eat from the spoon. Instead of me trying to syringe it in. Was not keen on that because i felt his top beak was getting undermined. So yea i make sure he has coffee ground seeds. But honestly i only do it just in case. Because he eats nearly everything like normal. Has a very strong tongue. I just have to make sure i cut his top beak back with a bit of a point. Been like that for 8mths probably. Never grew back. On the funny side though he has a romantic thing going with my little Turquoise. She is still with him.... Tobias the budgie is her side piece ;). But she has refused sexual activity with my Kakariki Since he cant do the throw up thing. haha. But recently she has started to let him. Its absolutely ridiculous as he is 3 times her size. Sorry this is long. Anyway not only is this Turk letting him, the budgie she has been trying to lure my female conure in on her debauched ways haha. No eggs yet so not even sure the Turk is a female.

Great video. In Serbian language they are called kozice which means little goats It is because of the sound that you described they make.

Kakariki! They are lately raised in Korea, too.

My kakariki is currently sitting on my curtains... He's a crazy boy🤣

l love ur videos could u do short vid on beginner birds for retired older people , if not thx anyways

hi there, i’m thinking about getting a kakariki on the weekend, any tips for first time owners and do you recommend these beautiful birds for inexperienced owners?

Thankyou🙏🏽❤️

I love watching your videos, I actually have a cockatiel and a bee bee parrot other known as a white winged parakeet or a canary winged parakeet. I would love to see you get a bee bee bird because not many people actually have them and there isn’t a ton of info on the internet about them either. I think if you adopted one you would loveee their personality and you could help other people learn more about their care and what not because there really isn’t a lot of info about them. They are known to be moody birds so I’d watch out for that but I think their needy moody personality’s are so funny haha. Mine specifically took some time to tame and he still bites here and there but never really that hard. He also always wants attention and boy let me tell you he constantly wants food. He’s like a food hog and will even steal my cockatiels food through the cage bars sometimes haha. Their just overall funny amazing birds and I would love to see a KZfaqr like you who is so educated on birds to maybe adopt one and help other people learn more about them😁

Chickens! Yes! I had a female kakariki who sadly died after 4 rough years :c she suffered egg laying and broke her foot. Thanks to bad doctors we had to amputate it. With all the pills her body had a lot of problems, she had bad feathers and at the end she got respiratory illness. I was healing her, she lost her voice and at the end she died all of sudden just in hour.. I guess either heart or any other organ just stopped working, thats it :c she was a pretty warrior T.T After almost half year I just got a male kak :3 just a day ago. I am afraid he is a mix of red and orange headed kak (he is yellow, but his read is small and has some kind of gradient to yellow) but he is super energetic, he tried vegies today and I hope he will get on healthy diet very very soon :> your parrot room is just a dream for me, good job!

u said that they don't make a lot of noise, in my experience my kakariki has pick up word that i use when handling him and he usually talks and sings a lot if they know how to talk or whistle or sing, however its very rewording when u take ur bird out the cage and he says "love you." or "Hello" or what ever they pick up or are tort. If u dont like a lot of noise then i would not recommend to teach ur bird to sing s it often come out as screechy tune, but i would definitely teach them to talk. Also thank u for this video really helped as i was debating whether to clip or not clip my kakarikis wing as we live on a big far with lots of trees and hes dark green so he could easily be mistaken for a clump of leaves except from his red cap and there are 4 children who aren always aware if hes out or not, i have put it of for the winter as we dont spend as much time outside and there aren't any doors constantly open, but i have decided to not clip them based on what u said. he know re call so if he dose get out some time i can call him down, and when ever i walk into anther room he follows me and sits on my shoulder. thanks

My kakariki screams when i need to get up to go to school-

I love kakarikis I have a kakariki (green and red), a cockatiel (yellow and orange) and 2 white Indian ring necks

My Kakariki clicks his tongue a lot to objects and me😂 and bobs his head when he does that

Haha they scratch like chickens. :) sweeties

I had a olive pied kakariki, she sadly passed away this summer from what the vet assumed was a heart attack (never did obduction as I was too sad so I just wanted to burry her). I have a very fun Pied Boy who is such a curious little guy. He is very playful! They are such a wonderful species to have.

The Best Birds! I had a Male Kakariki, and he was so well bonded with my Family! It was literally as if he was a Human a because he understood me and he understood my family. He knew he was a part of the family, and he knew his name very well (Kaka). Sadly his lifespan was short he was 4 years of age and he passed away in an accident. I miss him very much... The most Curious, Mischievous Birds: Kakariki!

Im willing to buy a pair of kakarikes but im so nervous to buy a two females or males so can you explain more about how should i know the gender please and thank you so much for this wonderful video ❤️

Thank you for your video. I haven't understand everything as I am German. But I do know much more than before and understand much more. My family got a yellow fronted parakeet, firstly to foster but than till her end of live, when I was 13. We only had budgies before and didn't know that species beforehand. So she felt lonely without a partner and wanted to have her one. We were told, that it is a red fronted parakeet. (For the explanation, they are called differently in Germany so that you only really know which one is which by their behaviour, at least if you don't know like I did till today, the English translation or just right knowledge. In German the yellow fronted parakeet is something like a jumping parakeet as they are more often on the ground, and the red fronted parakeet is something like a goat parakeet, as they are making sounds near to those of goats.) Soo by this mistake we got her a young red fronted parakeet as a partner. His name was Strolchi. We got him only two weeks after we did get to know that Susi the First is living for us forever. First Susi got our old bigger budgie cage and Strolchi a little smaller one. When they did fly together and interacted well, we decided to get them together into the smaller cage. It was only around 2 weeks that we got Strolchi. I am the youngest in my family, so I was considered taking care of Strolchi, so that Susi gets back first into her cage. But she know that something was going on and wasn't tamed either. Strolchi was neither. In this process 3 taking care of Susi and I alone on Strolchi he did something making me cry. He landed on my head ❤️. Finally they were together in the cage. From this moment on we showed Strolchi, that he is safe landing on us. Susi passed away and we got Susi the Second from the same person we'd gotten Strolchi. They were absolutely perfect for each other. They tried to breed and everything was going very well. This Susi wasn't sure if she could really trust us and was sometimes even screeching, in the first time, if Strolchi landed on us. Strolchi got more and more tamed. He always chose me or my Mom for the next greater step. And he loved the "elevator" we were getting him out of his cage by give him one finger than taking him out we were moving slowly our finger up and down and even the whole arm. Eventually he flew than but sometimes you saw him enjoying it fullest. Than he started to talk. First it was a distinct "Komm doch" (Come here), later he called my brother and my Mom fully understandable even for outsiders by their names (Mom as Mama) only my oldest brother and myself he wasn't able to phrase. They had three syllables. But he now decided to call us all first with a name and than a Komm doch. It took as quite some time to find out, that calling Komm doch without something behind was ment for my oldest brother and calling Komm doch with a screech of three syllables for me. Easy to say: I am missing him dearest! Eventhough he passed away only being a bit over 2 years with us. So why is this story so long? I was asking myself over the past 13 years why he died so early... And now, after watching this video, I think the answer is: because of two reasons. Firstly my mom had gotten really ill and was only now and than at home, we kids never till he passed. My mom told me, that his last sentence has been "Mama bleib doch hier" Mom please stay. And the second reason might be the heat at that day. Before this video I had been a bit angry with myself not trying to keep them with at least one of us till mum came back home, eventhough at least once a day one of us looked after them for over an hour. Now I know, that this blame has been to much. We should have known much more about them. This is perhaps the biggest reason over all. But he was happy with us and my family, and maybe I the most, with him. He is still in my heart.

So informative! Thank you for your knowledge! Oh my goodness, what a cutie pie! We have our hands full with our Crimson Belly Conure right now, so we are not in the market for a new feathery buddy. but if I see a kakariki somewhere, I will be able to identify it and spread the info about their care and habits to help someone else. Aww, such a smart girl! That tiny face is so adorable!

My kakiriki constantly says what you doing, peekaboo, who’s a pretty boy and pepper (my dog)

Mine just goes "KRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" every 5 minutes 😂

Kindly may I know the easy best recipe to make egg food for lovebirds. My pair has layed eggs. To my understanding egg and millet steamed and cooked?

I had kākāriki and budgies in the past. Kākāriki are so much more active, or maybe it is just my Kauri was)

Do you feed bugs to your bird? What kind of bugs if so? Very beautiful birds. ❤🧡💛💚

brooo this girl has EVERY kinda bird for real

I have a yellow one and green one and they are 3 months old 🤗

I just received a turquoise kakariki for my birthday. We’ve always had birds growing up and it’s a passion of mine now in adulthood. I have two Indian ringnecks as well. One I personally raised from 3 weeks old. They are kept in a separate rooms though so no worries. I have the opportunity to have a mate for my kakariki but I really enjoy pet birds. I’m told it’s better for them to have a mate. If that is the case I would do it for him, happily. Does anyone have an opinion to share on whether they are better off paired, or would be just as happy single as a pet?

I have a male Kakariki, I've had him for a couple of years now, he's 9 years old. I believe he was kept as a breeding stud, & was never socialised. We've built a decent relationship - I stroke him, & feed him by hand - but he is not comfortable out of his cage. When I leave the door open, play videos of Kakariki calls, he goes crazy, rushing around & calling, but he'll never leave the cage. Any suggestions as to how I can convince him he's safe to leave his cage would be welcome - I'm sure it would improve his life quality!

Sorry another question, do they get alot with cockatiels,? my female cockatiel is very jealous, shes sad when she sees the kakariki on me....what can i do?Thanks

Good on ya for having a go at the Maori pronunciation :) Lmk if you would ever like a hand with it.

Me again lol... So i just want to say i buy new canary 6 months old. His name is Mio. His name is Mio because i remember your bird Rio. Rest in peace, Rio! 😉

The Cache....OMG....

I had a red-crowned male called Jet. Went missing a while ago😢 getting some females soon

Hi. Can you tell me is the blue spangled kakarikis have heat problems

Do they get along with budgies? Thanks

How to stop them from biting, some hurts,thanks