lorikeet

I just took my bird (a black lory) to the vet and he said that an all nectar powder diet is actually not very healthy for them because of the high sugar and they don’t get as much exercise in captivity as they do in the wild. I’ve been feeding her Blessings Lory Nectar since I got her 4 years...

E.B loves fruit. The ones he doesn’t like so far are blue berries and cherries. He’s not very interest in vegetables either but gets them everyday anyways

Snacking on some moringa flowers

E.B snacking on some pansies

E.B enjoying a rose

Hey everyone, Our Lorikeet E.B is about 4 months old now fully weened and fully feathered. but he never bathes 😂 He has a big deep water dish and I never see him interested in the water not even to drink. (He eats plenty of nectar- fruit-vegetables) When do birds start to bathe? Should I...

E.B is super playful and sometimes get’s nippy when hi plays. He doesn’t bite too hard though

E.B’s first shower

E.B getting some sunshine and fresh air

Hello everyone, So I am a new owner of juvenile lorikeet named E.B. He has been with us for about 3-4 weeks now. He is super playful and we all adore him. My question is what is the best way to reward for good behaviors when training them? Because he all ready eats fruit throughout the day...

Hey everyone, So I was wondering does the beak color give any idea how old a lorikeet might be? I mean the shop owner mentioned he was about 11 weeks old but I saw other members with lorikeets that age and their beaks look more orange. We’ve had our lori for about 3 weeks now , more orange...

Photo dump! Here are a bunch of pictures I took at Wagga Wagga botanical gardens NSW one time, can't remember when. It's so cool there, I suggest pop in if any of you Australians cross in through there, they have many birds. There was a female rainbow lorikeet, and I kept seeing different...

Hey everybody. Miss Gizmo suprised me a couple of days ago with a small egg at the bottom of her cage. She appears to have a bit of egg butt going on - but still her usual self, being noisy, happy, eating and drinking which is great. I’m a little stressed though as I know female lories are prone...

Hi everybody- i’m Kyla from NZ. Crazy about parrots - I had a lovebird named Tangelo that unfortunately got sick and passed Dec 2022. I have since adopted an 8year old Rainbow Lorikeet by the name of Gizmo - loving Tangelo and learning from him enabled me to be a savior for this lori, as she...

listen, i know we really dislike vetafarm here ESPECIALLY for ekkies, BUT how do we feel about occasionally giving an ekkie some of this: Vetafarm Forest Fusion Lorikeet "Formulated by veterinarians and made with fresh Australian ingredients, Vetafarm’s Forest Fusion Lorikeet diet has been...

My baby rainbow lorikeet (4months) is going through his first molt, he is extremely irritated, doesn’t want to play and bites very painfully (he has never done so before this). Very alert and crabby at anything that moves. He use to love his spray baths bit now he is just angry at everything. He...

Hi all, i’ve had one of my lories for about 10 months and have recently adopted her brother who is the same age as her. i’ve noticed that they occasionally seem to be doing what looks like feeding each other. i’ve never owned more than one lorikeet before so i don’t know why this is, is it...

Hi there I am really new to this forum and honestly, this feels a little like a last resort. I feel I need to give background information as to why I'm so confused. I have a rainbow Lorikeet named Zuko and I love him to bits. I got him about this time last year making him a little over a...

Hey everyone. I've been looking for some options for longer term feeding options for my Lorikeet. What I mean is a feeder/food source that will keep him fed during the day till night or worst case, overnight. I have to feed my Lori usually 3-4 times a day (Small section of wet food) but will...

So I think it's time to get a new bird again and I want a bird around the same size as a lorikeet or cockatiel, can be a bit bigger or smaller. So I guess I want something either smallish or medium size. I would also prefer it to be somewhat colourful or is bright in colour and can be able to...

So I have a pale headed lorikeet and lately it has started doing something weird. It sort of puffs up and starts sort of moving its head from side to side in slow motion in a really weird way. It also starts making some sort of puffing noise and its eyes start diolating. it only started doing it...

Hello everyone , I'm new to this forum And hoping to find some answers and help . I have just purchased a 4 month old black lory two days ago . He was hand fed from the begining by the breeder. So the first day at home i tried to get him out the cage by having the rearing syrenge in my hand ...

Hi all! My rainbow lorikeet, Loki, is a cute and beautiful handful of weird. You may have seen the video of the lorikeet doing a rain dance... That's my Loki =') Now lately I've discovered he really like the pretty parrot candies that my local pet store sells. He doesn't really eat them, but...

Hi everyone! My lorikeet has been clipped shortly after he started flying. We did some basic training with him before we clipped him, like flying downwards and flying towards us, but he was still VERY young and not a very good flyer, so we decided to clip him just to make sure he wouldn't fly...

Hey everyone! Just wanted to say "thank you" for all the nice advice you have given me when my lorikeet was acting up and biting :) It's not completely disappeared, I think, (can't say for certain because we usually "fight" every other week or so) but on a happy note: him and I have learned...

Hey everyone :( I just had a pretty rough experience with my lorikeet. Some days he seems fine, yes he can get a little possessive but he usually doesn't lash out without warning. Just now, he was sitting on my hand while I was rinsing out his water bowl. Somehow this apparently enrages him...

Hey all ^^ My lorikeet goes absolutely insane over cotton swabs/q-tips. I couldn't stop laughing, it was so funny! X'D Rainbow Lorikeet Goes Nuts Over Cotton Swabs (Funny Parrot) - YouTube Hope you like it, I just has to share ^^:rainbow1:

Hi everyone! My rainbow lorikeet, 8.5 weeks old (just started flying) it totally fascinated with my hands, fingers and ring. Whenever I hold my hand out to him, he takes the fingers (or bits of skin) in his beak kind of locking and "biting" - but very gently. I've encountered him once or...

Hey everyone! Since saturday I've had a baby rainbow lorikeet. He's now six and a half weeks old. He's just getting used to being hand-fed. We fed him yesterday at around 21:00, and this morning at 7:00. I can see he pooped yesterday after we put him back in his cage, but he hasn't pooped this...

Hey everyone, My rainbow lorikeet Loki is six weeks old and has been with me since saturday. He's just getting used to being hand-fed. We fed him yesterday at around 21:00 and this morning ar 7:00. I can see that he has pooped in his cage yesterday after feeding-time, but he hasn't pooped yet...

Hi there, I recently purchased a six month old female Rainbow lorikeet. She is very sweet, but when she comes out of her cage she is never still. I can't hold her on my hand, or get her to stand on a playstand and play. It's very exhausting. Will she always be this way, or can she be tamed...

so as some of you may know , i visited the pet shop today , and instead of a conure , blue fronted amazon , or eclectus , i fell inlove with a chattering lory here in brazil they are called , loris amor amor , he was screaming for my attention , and even stepped up onto my hand , the breeder...

Hiya everyone I hope everyone is well today! I was just wondering if anyone who owns small-medium-large parrots has done or thought about doing natural cage environment? It was suggested to me by another parrot owner I met a while back; basically its like turning your cage into a little jungle...

Hi everyone :) I found a baby Lorikeet this morning and have been taking care of him since. I'm hand feeding him and making him drink slowly through a syringe, because i put a small bowl of food and water in his cage but he didn't seem to touch it. He's been shy but very friendly and alert...

Hey everyone, I'm Jamie, 17 and from Australia :) This morning i found a baby Lorikeet tangled in some long grass. He couldnt fly and i couldnt find find any nests around where i found him. I'm not exactly sure how old he is, but he doesnt have all his colour yet or all of his feathers. I fed...

Hi everyone! First post woo! So I just got my baby Scaley-Breasted Lorikeet (4 months old) about a week ago. I got Olive from a breeder who hand raises his birds (although mine seems a bit unhandled :confused:) . The only problem is that Olive will not touch her wet food. She only started eating...

Hello Everyone, I recently got a blue mountain lorikeet, hatch date was on July 2nd, 2012. It's just an early 5 months old. I have not DNA tested him yet to know if it's a boy or a girl, but I think it's a boy from his behavior. Loves humans and is tamed like no other. Anyways, he ****s every...