Welcome bea_ver.

I believe that would be big enough, with exercise in your room.

I was just thinking that it would be nice if new members introduce themselves to the other members and filled in as much of their profile as they feel comfortable with.

Murray NZ

That's not too bad, especially if the bird gets lots of time out of the cage. If you can bird proof your room well enough that the bird can stay in the room, out of the cage, during the day that would be ideal. Some birds would chew up everything in sight, though, so have lots of supervised time out before you try letting the bird have the room to itself.

I don't really know how destructive lories are but I get the impression they don't chew a lot - can anyone else confirm or dispute that?

Nate Waddoups
Redmond WA USA

Hi. I do not think that Lories are destructive at all. Mine has several toys..her favorite is a cat ball with a bell in it, hanging from a peice of string. She has not destroyed any of them. The only thing "destructive" about the lories are thier droppings. We did get a flight suit for our bird, which we got one her once. We have not been able to get it her since. We have vinyl surroung about 80% of her cage which prevents her "spurting" from getting all over the floor and walls. They tend to put everything in thier mouths, but they do not "chew" per say. More like getting a feel for what is in thier mouth more than anything.

How much one on one time do lorikeets need with owners if they are pets? I am thinking about buying one- and trying to find out how demanding it will be on my time.. I used to have a conure that wanted to be on me all day long or it would throw fits and scream. Are lorikeets this way???

Hey..

see my reply under i already posted. I find that my if my lory starts freaking out.I cover her up and she gets the hint that she needs to settle down. It is her punishment. Giving in teachs them that behavior is good because it gets your attention. covering the cage and removing myself from her view is not what she wants..so she settles down and gets the hint.

Hi,
Nice to meet you. I just got a 9 year old Blue Steak Lory from a friend. His name is Bandit. He's quite a talker. I've owned african grey parrots but new to lories. I give him a nectar mix everyday and fruit cocktail and he loves apple jack cereal. I'm really interested in any other help feeding wise anyone can give me. They feed him cracker jacks and alot of junk food. I'd like to get him to eat food that's good for him.

I have had lories for 16 years and from experience and also talking with breeders and other owners I have learned much about these wonderful companions. They need lots of attention and out of cage time with YOU and must be suppervised because they are curious and can get themselves into trouble. They also will see themselves as the dominant pet in the house, my very first rainbow would beat up all other she came in contact with that includes dogs and cats. She befriended my cat at the time and they would play together, sleep together and even eat together, they were inseparable.

Watch out they can be destructive and mischievous, they like to chew on wood that includes furniture and paneling. They seem to take care of their toys, and anything can be fum to play with from a plastic cup to cat and dog toys, mine too love the little cat balls with the bells in it.

When it comes to feeding variety is the key word give lots of freash fruits and veggies, what they like one day they may not like a week from now. Nectar should be the diet staple, if you use a powder mix try putting a small bowl in the cage with just the dry powder, my birds will snack on it all day. I make a fruit and veg concoction that they love, it consist manly of pinapple, bannana, orange, pear, nectarine, carrots and fruit concentrat blended in the blender then I cut up into very small pieces apples and celery with the leaves, peas and corn, but I will put almost any fruit or veggie in it for variety. I portion it out into small containers and freeze it and serve it to them frozen, they love it.

Also water bowls are bath tubs to them so you may want to get a water bottle for drinking water, also make sure you have water in the bowl for them to bathe or they will do so in thier nectar.

I have a couple of rainbow lories, a male and a female. I need information about how they reproduce themselves, what type of nest?, what food they need for reproduction, if any in particular?, which is the better habitat?, etc. All the information possible. Thanks !!

raform1,
Sorry I did not write sooner, a lot going on in my life and home. I have three Green Naped Rainbows, two of which are a mated pair since before they had all their adult feathers in. I have had them for 2002 and have yet to get any eggs, we think it goes back to when they were transported to us, it taumatized the female, and she can be agreesive. However, back to what you need to do, first make sure there is always plenty of food available to them, lots of fresh fruit and vegies and of course nectar, they must know they will not starve to be able to produce eggs, also a large nesting box with peices of scrap material and nesting materials is all they need to make a good nest, the male will be the one to do up the nest and prep it. They will typically breed between October and January and produce clutches of 2 to 3 eggs, the incubation time is 24 days
My third bird was an adoption she at this time is almost 10 years old and her previous owner had know idea what kind of bird she was so she was not feed properly. Now that we have had her for a few years on a proper diet she produces eggs like crazy, however, she is a loner and wants nothing to do with the other two, but I am working on ways to let the male be with her so he can fertilize her eggs. We are hoping that with in the year to start raising chicks.