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You can get pollen from many health food stores and I guess you can order it through google. I buy mine from a health store at the central market.

@@RosStiles oh thanks for the help

I think you misunderstood me. I don’t blend the pellets. The vets recommend pellets as a nutritional product. I wouldn’t just like to live iPod vitamin tablets either. The lorikeets love the wet mix that I make. I add bee pollen when I can and if there isn’t much in flower. At the moment the lorikeets are not even coming home because there is lots of natural wild blossoms, lilypillies etc... around for them to eat. Thanks for your interest :)

Your red lori pair should have a similiar diet. You can easily buy dry mix and just give extras such as apples, pears and any c tropicsl fruit you have available. Also pick them native Audtrslian flowers everyday that you can. If not on Australia - find out what other nectar eating birds in your area eat. Mine have enjoyed lavender very much and that is not an Australian native.

Would you be able to write down ingredients thanks

I have a pet companion lorikeet I have never managed to potty train. Try researching a couple who run “bird tricks”. Apparently it can be done.

J Z125cc they eat all types of fruit except Ava ado and they do enjoy a little bit of carrot, they also eat Lorikeet mixes wet or dry plus nectar pellets. Dry food stops the squirting poo and yes they can breed if it's a pair that's handraised.

So sorry - I didnt realuse I was getting questions. I hope your lorikeys are thriving. Pick lots of native flowers for them from the side streets or parks.

PINK CHAMPAGNE Hi, no they were not de husked. It was only as a special treat. We usually fed them juicy fruits or nectar. They have recenrly been scared away by the red wattle birds.

Ros Stiles Oh no, I hope they come back, you are such a sweet lady,

They love a few sunflower seeds but too many are really bad for them. I also gave them some chopped up veg and nuts. This was a pretty exciting period for us. All the lorikeets had been rescued by us one way or another. We released them as a flock of 17. We trained them up to eat mainly natural flowers and when they came back everyday (often flying into the aviary for food) we continued to put wet mix out for them. We generally only have three returning for spring and summer now - although more will return if it is dry and often when they first come back to the district, as a flock. The seeds were not husked, part of their joy is to split them open first, then chew up the inner husk.

They were all rescues that had been released but kept coming back. If you want lorikeets in your yard firstly live in Australia or near Australia are some types. Second, plant smaller native nectar flowers such as bottle brush. Third - put out fruit and lorikeets food mix. Lastly - no dogs and especially no cats. In fact most have stopped returning since our neighbour got two little happy dogs.

These days I buy wet lorikeet mix (dry powder I mix with warm water), grapes, pears, apples, baby spinach and lettuce mixes. Swiz also loves olives, tomato and olives.

Ros Stiles i know this post is years ago but i hope you can reply to me and yes i need your help and experties

RUSSELL BALUYOT - I am so sorry I didn’t notice your post. Can I still be of assistance?

Rae Cooper I hope the recipe helped you and gave you some inspiration ?

verticalsmurf - it is always best to give birds what is in their natural diet. Baby birds eat regurgitated food though - which is what started me down this track. Then I had tips from a Fauna Rescue volunteer about the weetbix. I didn't like them getting the nasties from manufactured food and it was getting expensive to feed so many - Hence the bulk buying etc... I hope you and your Mum are getting lots of bird love. My birds also like many fruits,greens, cooked veg and Swiz loves olives. We just have to keep trying them out on new things. 😀