Lorikeet resipes

[Parrotkeeper02]

Do u guys that own lories have any recipes for wet/dry mix as well has training treats my lorikeets have been handreared and doesn't know how to eat flower they just lick's the petals and loose interest.

[Wolf]

While I have never been much of a flower eater, I know that there are several species of flowers that are safe for human consumption, so perhaps the best way to get your bird to eat the flowers is to sit down with some flowers and nibble on them in front of him making a big to do about how good they are as this is how they would naturally learn to eat them.

[Pajarita]

I don't think they actually eat the flowers, I think they suck the nectar out of them. But, in any case, any good quality lory wet food served twice a day should do the trick when accompanied by juicy fruit.

[Parrotkeeper02]

Yeah I give them a native plant from my back yard called bottle brush they go nuts of it

[Wolf]

I think that they also lick the pollen off of the flowers as well. I don't know for certain but they might need both the wet and dry mixes.

[Parrotkeeper02]

Yup I give them pellets wet and dry available to them in there large cage at all times and sometime a flower I am looking for resipes caus ther food is really expensive and want to save the money for toys most lori breeders make there own mix really inexpensively

[Wolf]

Hope this helps. You can also add pureed fruits and vegetables to the wet and dry mixes just make sure you use low iron and low vitamin A fruits and vegetables, beta carotene is ok.
Still looking for more.



Recipes

Dry mix - this will make 2 litres

2 cups farex
2 cups rice flour
2 cups biscuit food
1 cup glucose
1 teaspoon vitamins

1 tablespoon of kelp granules
1 tablespoon of brewers yeast
half cup of pollen granules
Mix together and store in a air tight container
This will make enough dry mix to last about five days for over twenty birds.
Plenty of clean drinking water is essential when this mix is served.
Wet fruit mix

2 apples (a green apple and a red apple)
2 pears or nashi pears
1 kiwifruit/persimmon/several grapes etc..
(Basically any mix of fruit can be used).
2 tablespoons of honey
2 Weetbix 3 hard biscuits (wine or malt types or mix) 1 dessertsoon of kelp granules
1 dessertspoon of brewers yeast (pasteurised)
1 dessertspoon of pollen granules
place in a blender and make up to 1.5 litres with boiling water
Blend until a nice runny goo consistency then add cold water to make up to 2 litres.
This will make enough liquid fruit mix for over 20 birds, served warm on a cold day and the birds will really enjoy it.
Scale down ingredients for fewer birds. A serving size for two larger lories would be about 0.15 litre and for smaller birds about 0.1 litre

[Pajarita]

What's 'biscuit food'? Does anybody know? I would be careful with the rice flour because it's usually very high in arsenic... maybe it can be replaced by another type of flour. But, personally, I would use pollen as a base because that's what they eat in the wild as a source of protein.