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Many people have
classed Lorikeets as too hard to care for, and maybe years ago this was
most likely true. Today though, is a completely different situation,
with the idea of suspended or noble cages, availability and prices of
suitable birds, and of course, new and improved Lori-dry and Lori wet
mixes, Lorikeets can now be quite easily looked after. Of course there
will still be those people who will disagree. I believe these people do
not and will not give Lorikeets a change.
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To be quite honest, Lorikeets are really impressive birds with their
colour, character and wit. They are one of only a few species of birds
that stay active all day long. They can keep themselves amused with the
slightest of things, which in turn keeps their neighbouring birds
amused. Apart from a few Lorikeets that are mostly green in colour all
over, the majority of Lorikeets are very colourful displaying all the
colours of the rainbow and more.
Lorikeets are found on most of the
world’s islands with Australia having seven species.
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Two
views of the Author's aviaries
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Those being the Little, Purple-crowned, Varied, Musk, Scaley,
Red-collared and Rainbow. The Rainbow Lorikeet is the most commonly
known of all our lorikeets and is named the “Lory of the Blue
Mountains” in other parts of the world. Aviculturists have
had mixed success with breeding our Lorikeets but usually they are
easily bred with the right diet and housing. Without a doubt , Scaley's
and Rainbows are the easiest to breed in captive conditions, they seem
to adapt sooner than the other species of Lorikeets. I have kept over
the years, all of the Australian Lorikeets including the Varied, but
now I only specialize in only two of the species. These being, the
Rainbow and Red-collared Lorikeets, plus a few foreign Lories.
Breeding
Pair of Rainbow Lorikeets |
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For my
Australian Lories I have set up a set of suspended aviaries, as I
believe this is the only way to have Lorikeets for easy maintenance and
minimum mess. The bank of suspendeds consist of 12 cages measuring
900mm high x 600mm wide x 2.4 meters long. These are fully enclosed
with two walkways at the rear to check nest boxes easily. In a separate
part of the yard, I have a bank of 4 suspended cages, measuring 900mm
high x 600mm wide x 2m long
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