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Post by tielkeets04 on Oct 23, 2004 10:44:47 GMT 10
hi, I just sprouted some birds seed for my tiels & canaries
can the lorikeet have this also ?
tanya
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Post by AussieBirds on Oct 23, 2004 14:31:06 GMT 10
Lories are not great seed eaters Tanya they are more fruit and nectre eaters. However having said that I do give my lorie a very small amoutn of sunflower seed to play with, but as a rule they won't eat seed.
John
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Post by tielkeets04 on Oct 23, 2004 15:23:52 GMT 10
mine likes fresh picked green seed , thats why I wounered if sprouted
seed was safe
he doent get hard dry seed
tanya
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Post by Smiley on Oct 23, 2004 17:17:31 GMT 10
Hi Tanya, I dont no why people say that lorys dont eat seed...I have seen them into grass seeds in the wild..And whiles working at a zoo we did feed then seed,mainly millet.And yes spouted seed as well...They even visit my bird feeder.Just keep it to a small amounts.In the wild there is not always flowers out for them or fruit...So they do have to find other things as well to eat...This mite make a sore point now  Natalie |
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Post by nova on Oct 23, 2004 17:57:51 GMT 10
my parents have a bird feeder they top up each day in their garden and it's the rainbows who eat most of it.
But your right there are times when there isn't flowers out so i guess this is there last resort.
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Post by tielkeets04 on Oct 23, 2004 18:52:52 GMT 10
I'll try him with a little bit and see what happens at the moment he's bust chewing eucalytous leaves up and rubbing it through his feathers
strange little bird
tanya
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Post by AussieBirds on Oct 23, 2004 21:29:50 GMT 10
As I said they are not great seed eaters but will eat it. You have to be carefull with your lories because they ,have a pretty unique tounge that has like a little brush on it to enable them to eat nectre from the flowers. I once saw a birds that had, through ignorence, been fed nothing but seed and all the little hairs had been removed from his tounge his ability to eat the nectre from flowers had been completly disabled, the bird died because he had not been able to get the proper diet.
John
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Post by nova on Oct 23, 2004 23:33:58 GMT 10
I read awhile back that is normal. quote Another preening-like activity observed with many lories is the 'anointing' of their plumage with juice or material from various plants. This has been seen with leaves that are chewed and then the juice tucked under feathers or spread over feet and legs. Fruit trees such as pear, peach and apple, camphor tree, tee tree and eucalytpus tree leaves have been used as well as the stalks and bud parts after grapes have been removed from grape vines. The lory certainly smells different after this process and it is though that this is a natural anti-parasite treatment. the site i have here is great i will post the link in the web link section.  |
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Post by tielkeets04 on Oct 24, 2004 9:51:46 GMT 10
thanks for the info on seed , its sad that some one would feed a bird like them on just seed
now chewing up leaves to keep insects off , amazing what a bird knows to do
all the best Tanya
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