What can you tell me about mini macaws and lories?

Question

I have two lovebirds but I'd like to upgrade. I'd like to hear some personal accounts and firsthand knowledge about these.

And are lories true parrots?

BTW, I can look up articles for myself. I was asking for YOUR opinions.

Answer 1

Lories and Lorikeets are indeed parrots. They differ in that they have a brush tongue to facilitate the consumption of nectar and pollen. They do not eat seed. As far as a companion, I recommend them highly. They are known as the clowns of the parrot world. Can be excellent talkers, and bond well with their human caretaker. Although some people will say that they are difficult to care for because they have a totally different diet to other pet parrots, I don't find this to be the case. There are many lorikeet nectars produced commercially today as well as a lorikeet pellet. On top of the staple diet add fruit, and some sweet veggies like corn or peas. Their droppings are more frequent that other parrots, but are easy to clean and odourless. I can't imagine life without my lorikeets!

Answer 2

Lories and lorikeets are parrots. (The difference is in body shape--Lorikeets have long slender bodies and longer tails, Lories have shorter, fatter bodies and short wide tails. The term "lories" refers to either/or.) They eat a different diet from traditional parrots, such as mini-macaws, love birds, Amazons, etc. Lories cannot digest seeds and should never be feed seeds. In the wild they eat flowers and fruit and nectar. In capivity, you feed them a powdered diet (available from several sources) which you can supplement with a pelleted diet (Pretty Bird now makes pellets just for lories but my vet doesn't reccomend 100% pellets for lories; they need their powder). I also give mine fruit.
Lories are extremely active. They need a larger cage than a parrot of the same size. They poop often, and it's very gooey. They do not stay tamely on an external perch or on a shoulder--they run around. They like and need all kinds of toys (hanging toys and "hand" toys) and various types of perches--mine have rope perches they can pick apart and real branches (Manzanita) to climb and swings to hang from. They like a nesting box to sleep in at night.
Lories can talk. They aren't great at it, but all mine have said something.
The lifespan seems to vary. I had one die just a year ago at 15 of old age, but her father is 19 and still going strong. I saw one online on a pet adoption site who was 34. I've lost a couple at age 12 (I've had many). If you assume your lory will live about the same length of time as a cat, you'd probably be right.
I'm not sure what else you want to know. Feel free to IM me or message me with more questions.
(spell check isn't working so sorry for any mistakes)

Answer 3

i think so