Lories

Hi all, I had run thru almost the entire birdie forum here, and notice that LORIES are not discussed at all.

I had recently bought a "Yellow Bibb", a very hipper active adventerous bird. also extremely brave.

I had only had him for less than 3 days and he is daring enough to leap on to me. (he is bought as a wild specimen)

How should I go about gaining his trust?
Is there any pellet food for lories??

Lories are beautiful birds but are less popular in as pets locally because they then to "squirt" liquid droppings. Your yellow-bib probably came from the Solomon Islands and make good pets. They are outgoing and bold and should be easy to handle once they start trusting you.

They are soft-bill pellets (low iron) available but it is safer to feed them a fruit-based more liquid diet. You need to avoid iron-rich diets as they can suffer from "iron-storage disease".

I have seen black-capped lories who have been adapted to a all sunflower seed diet but I think this may cause long term health problems to the birds.

Please visit: http://www.upatsix.com/faq/loryfaq.html to learn more.

Regards!

Thanks for the reply, but wish to check weather I am the only person here keeping a lories, or there are others who can enlighten me more.

I find that this bird of mine is very active and refuses to stay still for teaching. So anyone has this experience to share.

Hi Bulldozer,

I actually didn't have any experiance with lories, but I think most of lories will be 'hyperactive' and love to screech.. I think it is hard to make them stay still


Btw, I think he have trust you to certain extend that is why he come to you. It is a very good start.

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Tanin Eh Boon
Malaysia Bird Community

while checking for info on lories in the net, I saw some lory owner had their birds on their shoulder and playing.
They are not that active, temperament like a normal parrot.

Yes! We have local parrot owners who keep pet lories. I have several pairs and a few pets but most owners don't bring them out because they tend to spray/ shoot liquid poo.

They can also be very territorial. I had a black-capped lory that was fearless and would attack and pull out big clumps of neck and body feathers of my other much larger birds if it had the chance.

Rupert