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Post by USAJustin on Mar 14, 2007 0:13:37 GMT 7
Hi Everyone. Last year I passed on the chance to raise some Rainbow Lorikeets. Partly because I had heard from 1 person ( who I shouldn't have really listened to ) about them being difficult to raise etc. Turns out it was jealousy speaking - not some who I though would dispense some decent info. Anyhow... questions are....as my friend whom I buy out of the box from said he Rainbow's are working the Box again.. 1) what sort of formula is best used for Lorikeets? I feed all my guys the Kaytee Exact For baby Macaws. I find the extra fat content does well for them. Would it be best to keep on with that or switch to just the regular formula for the Rainbows? 2) What's the best thing to wean them onto at first? Some have said the Rainbow Pellets but I'm not a fan of Rainbow Pellets at all. I was thinking a more natural pellet like Roudybush or would it be best to skip Pellets all together and just stick to nectar and fruit? Appreciate the advice Hope you're well. Things are great here. Nice warm Sunny days finally. Hell I might able to get a tan now.....
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Post by LittleBudgie2005 on Mar 14, 2007 6:32:28 GMT 7
Good luck with it Justin and can't wait to see pictures... ;D And sorry to hear about your so called friend...
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Post by Silvercloud on Mar 14, 2007 11:09:22 GMT 7
Justin, you can buy specially formulated rearing mix for nectar feeders. I'm not sure what brands you have there but you should be able to find some pretty easily. I feed my guys on wet mix and dry mix plus lots of fruit and some veggies. I can't say what the pellets are like as I don't use them for any of my birds. Good luck with them. ;D
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Post by Matt on Mar 14, 2007 11:23:37 GMT 7
Hi Justin, I have reared lorikeets on roudybush and baby food many times without a problem. I am sure the Kaytee will be fine but I always recommend adding strained baby apple, or apple and pear etc. The fruit really helkps them later on when they learn to eat fruits and veg. I do not like pellet diets for nectar eaters because it can damage their brush tipped tounge, I recommend feeding a dry mix ad lib, wet mix once or twice a day depending on the heat (weather) and a mixture of fruit and veg every day. Changing them from the rearing mix to the dry mix and wet mix is very easy, they will love it because it is so sweet. Good luck with it all.
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Post by Natenla on Mar 14, 2007 13:17:36 GMT 7
I have heard that lorikeets are the easiest birds to handrear! So totally contradicting tales there?! I have heard people using half normal mix with half lori dry mix and slowly increase the amount of lori as the weeks pass, or using baby apples as well, I think they are the easiest to rear because they dont have the cracking seed/pellet stage seed eaters do. And I would use the dry and wet mixes and fruit and vege over the pellets.
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Post by Peter on Mar 14, 2007 14:35:14 GMT 7
Lorikeets are the easiest to hand rear! What matt what nat said
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Post by USAJustin on Mar 14, 2007 15:40:19 GMT 7
well I'm going to do it She'll let me know when they're on eggs. LB - that friend is a good friend but she does get funny at times. Good thing I see her once every other month... Thanks for the info Matt. Much appreciated. I'm thinking of becoming a distributor for Roudybush as it may work out cheaper on the food bill each month. I know they sell I think it's called.... Lory Life... over here. I'll be asking a bunch more q's when there are babies on the way. Those Brush tongues are weird as hell. I was at Marine World where they had the Free Flying Hy's and they have a lory exhibit and I had a Duvyenbodes ( I'm bad on the spelling lately - I'm 30 now so my mind is going on me ) Lory running its tongue up and down my cheek. I couldn't move it as everytime I went to reach for it the darn thing would try to nip me and then go back to licking my face...
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Post by Matt on Mar 15, 2007 11:50:09 GMT 7
Haha, maybe you tasted sweet Justin? Are you sure you did not rub your face in apple before you went in there? Dont worry about spelling, I went to university for 6 years and I still spell things incorrectly......
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Post by USAJustin on Mar 16, 2007 22:49:06 GMT 7
Haha, maybe you tasted sweet Justin? Are you sure you did not rub your face in apple before you went in there? Dont worry about spelling, I went to university for 6 years and I still spell things incorrectly...... haha... I'm not into rubbing apples on my cheeks 6 years at Uni....damm. I graduated High School and went straight to work. hated school and didn't want to put myself through many more years of study at Uni. Kudo's to you though for doing it. Think my problem with the spelling is that I type fast and really should double check it before I post.
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Post by Mark on Mar 17, 2007 5:12:36 GMT 7
I left school when i was 15 and been working ever since i cant spell eather but as long as i get the message throught it works for me
I have learnt 1,000,000 X more stuff since ive left school then when i was at school
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Post by Matt on Mar 17, 2007 8:44:46 GMT 7
I agree with the whole typing too fast and not reading through before posting, I do that all the time. Mark, I agree with you 100% I have learned more life skills from work and talking to people than I ever did at uni! Who cares about spelling as long as you can get a message across that is all that matters.
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Post by Natenla on Mar 18, 2007 12:53:04 GMT 7
Agreed with all of you!! You don't learn anywhere near as much stuff in school as you do when you leave and actually live life. And yeah the brush tongues are pretty weird hey? Also another reason not to feed your nectar eaters like lorikeets seed is that seed can actually perforate thier crop and kill them as thier crop isn't designed for seed.
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