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Post by flamesmum on Dec 27, 2009 20:24:16 GMT 10
I feel i need to add further comments reguarding this food -it highly advised by avain vets NOT to feed this food -at all .
I cant stress highly enough how bad this food is , i have asked my local Supermarket to remove it from the shelves and also sent Masterfoods an email .
Please , everyone using it -i have seen the damage it does -a few dollars more and you have a properly formulated food in Passwells Lorikeet Complete ,
I have 30 plus Rainbows ,plus Dusky Lories , Scaly Breasts , Musk Lorikeets , all fed on Passwells /Wombaroo , all shiney , healthy big birds .
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Post by KatyTheBirdLover on May 28, 2014 23:01:10 GMT 10
Wow, so pleased I saw this forum. 2 days ago I was given a young Rainbow Lorikeet that was found being attacked by magpies. I have raised a lot of birds but they have all been pigeons! Well, my family had a Rainbow Lorikeet when I was young, but I don't remember much about what it ate. Anyway, the people who gave me the Lorikeet also gave me the rest of the (powdered) Harmony Lorikeet mix they had been feeding him (for the week that they'd had him). I looked at the ingredients, and, being a Nutritionist and Food Scientist, thought it looked rather lacking in nutrients! So I looked it up to see other people's opinions and found this forum. So today I went out and bought the Passwells mix from my local pet shop. Since I don't have much money, and the food is a bit costly, I have decided to supplement his diet with my own mix as well. I am yet to do a proper nutrient analysis/estimate, but tonight I made a mix out of stuff I already had around the house: pureed raw carrot, kale, celery and peas. I then pasteurised the puree to kill any germs, and have frozen some mini icecubes of the mix, as well as mini icecubes of a fruit puree mix. I will combine these 2 purees with the Passwells mix. In the future I will be looking into adding other nutrients (fatty acids, etc) into my concoction in the appropriate amounts. I gave him a little taste tonight of the veg, fruit and Passwells mix I made and he seemed to LOVE it! Even more than the Passwells mix alone, which surprised me as he has a very sweet tooth (he seems to hate plain water). I also pick him native blossoms which he enjoys  Attachments:
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Post by avinet on May 30, 2014 10:21:35 GMT 10
Wow, so pleased I saw this forum. 2 days ago I was given a young Rainbow Lorikeet that was found being attacked by magpies. I have raised a lot of birds but they have all been pigeons! Well, my family had a Rainbow Lorikeet when I was young, but I don't remember much about what it ate. Anyway, the people who gave me the Lorikeet also gave me the rest of the (powdered) Harmony Lorikeet mix they had been feeding him (for the week that they'd had him). I looked at the ingredients, and, being a Nutritionist and Food Scientist, thought it looked rather lacking in nutrients! So I looked it up to see other people's opinions and found this forum. So today I went out and bought the Passwells mix from my local pet shop .............. Hi and welcome Katy I have never been that impressed with Harmony as a food for Lorikeets, and Paswell is certainly a better food. Vetafarm also make a Lorikeet food that will give good results - vetafarm.com.au/product/golden-lori-rice-formula/ - that may be in your local pet shops. Lorikeets in the wild are mostly nectar eaters, they have a modified tongue with a brush end to scoop the nectar and also pollen out of flowers such as Grevillea. They also eat fruit and often consume insects (probably accidentally when eating nectar). Most Lorikeets owners will feed a powder food - given both wet and dry - and supplement with fresh vegetables and fruit, so what you have prepared is doing much the same in a puree form. I wouldn't bother trying to do much more to get a more balanced diet - there hasn't been the research done on lorikeet nutritional needs to even know what their nutritional needs are, although there was some research that indicated their wild diet is quite low in protein - less than 10% from memory. It is well known though that the Ca:P ratio for parrots should be around 2:1 - excess phosphorus can inhibit calcium absorbtion, and also that vit. D3 is vital - something that birds kept inside can have problems with. And, as you have found, they love to get fresh blossom, especially Grevillea, and daily cutting will keep them very happy. Just a note on the Rainbow you provided a photo of - he looks like he may have a viral disease that Rainbows are particularly prone to - Psittacine Beak & Feather Disease. His feather quality is very poor, even allowing for a magpie attack, and I suspect he has a tendency for feathers to fall out very easily. The virus attacks the feather follicles, stopping proper feather development, and they are unable to fly since the flight feathers are not properly attached to the bone of the wing, tend to fall out, similarly with the tail feathers. Being a virus there is no cure, and the future prognosis is uncertain. Some birds (a minority) make a full recovery, regaining feathers and eliminating the virus. Others regain feathers but are still carriers while maybe half will steadily lose feathers, and eventually die from liver failure as the virus starts attacking the liver. That liver failure may only take 6 months or maybe 6 years and all you can do is provide the bird with a good home and good food so he enjoys his live with you. The bird can infect others, but almost exclusively it is a disease that is caught in the very young, in the nest, from either parents that are carriers or from virus left behind by another occupant of the nest hollow that was infected. Older birds seem to have a sufficiently developed immune system to not get infected, however it is best to keep him away from other birds until it is certain that he has the disease. If he grows new feathers in the next few weeks, can fly, and looks like a normal Rainbow Lorikeet then he very likely did not have PBFD and his appearance is just a result of magpie attacks - but I am not confident that is the reason. Keep us informed of how he goes cheers, Mike |
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Post by sxuldv801 on Feb 17, 2015 19:11:39 GMT 10
HI EVERYONE I SEE YOU SAY HARMONY DRY LORIKEET MIX IS NOT GOOD BUT AS I HAVE A BREEDING PAIR OF SCALY BREASTED LORRIES I USE IT ALL THE TIME AS WET N DRY BUT QUESTION  MINE ARE VERY FUSSY THEY WONT EAT FRUIT OR VEGIES AND THEY HATE THE OTHER BRANDS OF LORRY MIX I TRIED TO FEED IT TO THEM AND THEY REFUSED TO EAT IT ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA ALSO THEY EAT THEIR OWN EGGS ?? |
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