Lorikeet diet.

[Chantilly]

Basically any info you have on this is greatly appreciated.
I know that they need either dry of wet nectar, and daily fruit and veg. Thats all to it?.. really I dont think so.
I am starting to search into this but basicly what everything says that I have found is what I said above. Any help with this is hugely appreciated, Anyone here with a lory?
Thanks!

[Wolf]

Diet:

Nectar - a commercial type specially formulated for small species or a mix of baby cereal (lactose-free) and honey, malt extract or molasses, mixed with filtered water, made fresh once or twice daily, making up at least 40 percent of the diet; vegetables and fruit especially apple, pear, orange, cactus fruits and bananas, and one or more daily of: carrot, fresh corn, green leaves; plus dried figs soaked in water for a few hours, spray millet and a small amount of soaked or sprouted sunflower seed and small amount of canary seed.

This is the diet recommended for a Rainbow Lorikeet taken from the World Parrot Trust. I do not have any of this type of parrot and don't really know much other than the amount of these seeds must be kept to a really small amount due to the differences in their digestive tract.

I hope that this helps some.

[Chantilly]

Diet:

Nectar - a commercial type specially formulated for small species or a mix of baby cereal (lactose-free) and honey, malt extract or molasses, mixed with filtered water, made fresh once or twice daily, making up at least 40 percent of the diet; vegetables and fruit especially apple, pear, orange, cactus fruits and bananas, and one or more daily of: carrot, fresh corn, green leaves; plus dried figs soaked in water for a few hours, spray millet and a small amount of soaked or sprouted sunflower seed and small amount of canary seed.

This is the diet recommended for a Rainbow Lorikeet taken from the World Parrot Trust. I do not have any of this type of parrot and don't really know much other than the amount of these seeds must be kept to a really small amount due to the differences in their digestive tract.

I hope that this helps some.

Thankyou Wolf

[JessiMuse]

I found this article (well, blog post) on a lorikeet diet. I hope it helps.
http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/the-lorikeet-diet/

I hope no one here minds birdtricks.com. Some of the information on there has helped me immensely, but I know it's not everyone's cup of tea.

[Wolf]

I also hope that no one has problems with it. I am not particularly fond of that site, but I do visit it now and then. If the information is helpful I don't care where it comes from as I am not into politics only in learning about and trying to help our birds.

[JessiMuse]

Politics? I've only ever seen information on birds on that site. Are you sure we're thinking of the same website?

[Chantilly]

I found this article (well, blog post) on a lorikeet diet. I hope it helps.
http://www.birdtricks.com/blog/the-lorikeet-diet/

I hope no one here minds birdtricks.com. Some of the information on there has helped me immensely, but I know it's not everyone's cup of tea.

Awesome thankyou, I hadnt seen it before now but it seems like a good site to be looking at.. scrolling through the home page at some of the topics, this is funny

Birds eat…and they poop…and then they poop some more. A cockatiel might relieve himself every 15-30 minutes – that’s a lot of relief. Have you ever wondered about the journey your bird’s food takes before it becomes an embarrassing stain on your shoulder?

[JessiMuse]

That one was written by Patty. She's pretty cool. She runs their Facebook page, and I've had a few conversations with her. She's basically the main blog poster.

[Chantilly]

:lol: That one was written by Patty. She's pretty cool. She runs their Facebook page, and I've had a few conversations with her. She's basically the main blog poster.

Cool! I now officially know the order food comes out their body as poo!

[Wolf]

Yes politics, as in I like this site to the exclusion of this other one or I like this person more than this other one so I don't listen to anything they say. That type of politics. Same principle as being a staunch republican or democrat and ignoring what the other side has to say.