Tell me about the yellow streaked and/or black lory?

[Zinnia]

Yesterday at a pet store, I got a chance to hold a yellow streaked lory and i LOVED her. she was so sweet, playful, funny, and beautiful. I must have spent an hour in there just petting her and playing with her! I hadn't really considered a large lory until then, and I'm having trouble finding much information about the larger species online, much of it is geared towards rainbows.

so if anyone has a yellow streaked, black, or another larger lory, could you possibly tell me what owning one is like? what is their general temperament? what do you love about them, and what do you not like? How loud are they, compared to other birds? and any other information you'd like to add. Thank you so much!

 

[Animallover03]

Bump

 

[jmfleish]

Lories are complete clowns and can be a lot of fun. The only downside is their diet of nectar which can make their poop really watery and really messy. If you go to Youtube and put in Lory, you should find some videos of them. Great personalities but cleanup can be a pain.

 

[SpecialistElbru]

Many years ago I would visit a place where they had a few outdoor flight cages with different species of lory in different flight cages. I found a few groups of lories that I could chatter with. It was interactive thing, they would make an interesting sound and I would imitate it, then I would make sounds that they would imitate.