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Lorikeets

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Rainbow Lorikeet

Rainbow, Purple Crown & Musk Lorikeets

Natural Foods

Nectar from native flowers, Sap from eucalypts & wattles, Soft fruit & berries.

Special note....some baby lorikeets will not accept liquid food unless it is made very warm, bordering onto hot.
(37.7 to 43.3 degrees Centigrade or 100 to 110 Fahrenheit) feed every 2 - 2 1/2 hours.
 
Basic recipe
  1 Teaspoon Wombaroo Lorikeet & Honey eater mix (or Golden Cob Lorikeet mix)
  1 Teaspoon Raw sugar
  1 Teaspoon Baby cereal
1 Teaspoon Egg Biscuit
  1 Teaspoon strained baby apple/pear
Mix to a sloppy consistency (like runny custard) and feed baby birds from a small spoon.
Juvenile and older birds will feed from a bowl or feeder tube.
Add a small bowl of water and pieces of soft fruit such as pear, apple and banana as well as native blossoms for the birds who are self feeding.

In hot weather you can use the Lorikeet Dry Mix. Sprinkled over fruit as this doesn’t curdle in the heat as the wet mix does.

Still supply the wet mix once the day cools down towards evening.

Always supply fresh fruit and native blossoms.

Adult Lorikeets can be fed the high protein mix as for Adult Nectivores but with the Insectivore left out.

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