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Owner Said: Helen is a blind rainbow lorikeet. She used to live an a lorikeet flock in an aviary at a zoo. She had a mate named Hamlet who would feed her and defend her from the tricksters in the group. After he suddenly passed, Helen was having a hard time with getting bullied. It was at that point that I decided to bring her home to live out the rest of her golden years. She was around 15 years old at the time and with the big changes of losing her mate, her flock, and starting to live in a smaller cage, I expected she would not give me long with her. That was 5 years ago! Helen is doing incredibly well for a roughly 20 year old lorikeet, her feather condition may be a little rough but she is as spunky as ever. Helen can see light and dark and probably shadows, but not shapes. She doesn't like coming out of her cage because it is her safe space where she knows where everything is. We attempted to train her to step up but she was not a fan. She isn't the biggest fan of people, because she doesn't know what we are, but she does love to "babble" back when you talk to her! She has also learned to mimic her cat siblings meows, sometimes she vocalizes more often in meows than lorikeet sounds! As long as any other pets leave her alone, she is fine living with anyone. She can't see anything scary! Her favorite enrichment is paper and cardboard to shred. She also loves giving her rope swing a beating. She does have a birdie cave that she loves, I understand another caretaker may not want her to keep it but as she was not interacting with us much anyway, we did allow her to keep it. She has not laid any eggs in my care. Her favorite music is EDM and her favorite sounds are gunfire and explosions. She loves action movies, and The Dark Knight is her favorite to listen to! She will dance around, tweet and flap her wings to cheer on her man, Batman. Helen is looking for an understanding home to live out the rest of her golden years. She prefers hanging out by herself and is used to a low activity home. She may not be very social, but she is a joy to have around. She doesn't have the same complicated social requirements of a larger, younger or sighted bird. She just needs someone to talk to, to enrich her, and give her her favorite fruits. We may not know how much longer this old lady has left, but she's enjoying every single day.