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!