VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

FOR LORIES AND LORIKEETS

• Lories and lorikeets feed on nectar and pollen
• Nectar foods are usually powders that need to be mixed with water and provided to the birds in special feeders.
• Lories and lorikeets also eat fruit.

1 cup dry baby food cereal

1 cup warm water

2 table spoon condensed milk

2 table spoon honey, raw sugar or glucose

6 drops liquid vitamins for babies

• The food should be changed twice daily.
• In a separate pan offer mixed fruit, apple, pear, grapes, papaya, soaked raisins, tomato etc.
• Seed should be available (medium parrot mix).
• These species also like to chew on bark, leaves and blossoms of most of the trees.