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Re: What are these?

Postby Chris&Akilah » Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:12 pm

lol yeah, I admit I was at first thinking "I WANT ONE"...then, oh, lorikeet...liquid projectile poop, errr nevermind.
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Re: What are these?

Postby patdbunny » Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:31 pm

Notice I indicated "had" - past tense. I had a pair outside. I figured I could handle the poops outside. No one told me about the ANTS that LOVE sugary poops. Poops that don't dry but turn into fig newton filling. Cleaning sticky fig newton filling off everything. Perches that . . . MOLDED? I was hosing everything off every day. I figured the daily hosing couldn't be healthy for them. I just couldn't do it.

Yes! They look like little watermelons! They are sooooo cute!!!! I'm "almost" tempted to try again.
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Re: What are these?

Postby zazanomore » Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:17 pm

Do ALL lorikeets have such scary droppings?
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Re: What are these?

Postby entrancedbymyGCC » Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:23 pm

zazanomore wrote:Do ALL lorikeets have such scary droppings?


They are nectar-eaters so they are inherently messy. They do make some dry foods for lories, but I'm not sure if they are as good for them, and I expect they need to drink commensurately more water, so the poop is still going to be very much sugar and water generated.

We do have a couple of lorikeet owners around! They can chime in.
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