Lorikeets aren’t on nectar?

[aniboo]

I saw a thread today saying that nectar isn’t good for lorikeets for the main course. I’m confused, can someone help?

 

[Diveks]

I saw a thread today saying that nectar isn’t good for lorikeets for the main course. I’m confused, can someone help?

I have not seen that thread but I have owned and bred various species of lories and lorikeets for years. I feed my lories the usual diet of nectar, fruits and veggies with the occasional flowers (they are also offered insects when I feed the reptiles but they usually decline)

I do agree that they are hyper little things but I feel like that is just how they are. I feel like they act just like how they do in the wild. I observe wild lorikeets and the ones I own do not seem to act any differently, maybe like a caique level of energy if I have to explain it.

Can anyone else chime in?

 

[Shezbug]

Totally agree they are naturally pretty busy hyper birds, love watching them do their own thing in the wild.
They give the cockatoos a run for their money, streal their food, hassle them for fun etc and not many other birds are game to annoy the cockatoos lol.

 

[Zara]

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