Post by Smiley on Mar 7, 2008 5:21:18 GMT -5
RAINBOW LORIKEETS
Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus.
With permission smileysbirds.proboards26.com/index.cgi
OTHER NAMES:
Swainson's Loris, Blue Mountain Lorikeets, Bluey, Green Collar Lorikeets
There are many subspecies of Rainbow Lorikeets.
·Blue-Faced Lorikeet (T. h. intermedius)
·Brook's Lorikeet (T. h. brooki)
·Dark-Throated Lorikeet (T. h. nigrogularis)
·Djampea Lorikeet (T. h. djampeanus)
·Edward's Lorikeet (T. h. capistratus)
·Forsten's Lorikeet (T. h. forsteni)
·Green-naped Lorikeet (T. h. haematodus)
·Massena's Lorikeet, Coconut Lorikeet (T. h. massena)
·Mitchell's Lorikeet (T. h. mitchellii)
·Ninigo Lorikeet (T. h. nesophilus)
·Olive-Green Lorikeet (T. h. flavicans)
·Red-Collared Lorikeet (T. h. rubritorquis)
·Rosenberg's Lorikeet (T. h. rosenbergii)
·Southern Green-Naped Lorikeet (T. h. micropteryx)
·Stresemann's (T. h. stresemanni)
·Sumba Lorikeet (T. h. fortis)
·Swainson's Lorikeet (T. h. moluccanus)
·Weber's Lorikeet (T. h. weberi)
·Wetar Lorikeet (T. h. flavotectus)
·Pale Head Lorikeet (T. h. caeruleiceps)
·Deplanche's Lorikeet (T. h. deplanchii)
SIZE
Length about 30 cm, weight about 125 grams.
SEXING
Visual sexing is not reliable and surgical or DNA sexing is necessary.
HOUSING
Is best as a single pair to a flight, since they can be quarrelsome in the breeding season. Rainbow Lorikeets are housed best by the way of suspended cages, although they are kept in conventional type aviaries as well.
Nest Boxes
A 30 cm by 30 cm by 45 cm high nestbox can be used, and the usual precautions for keeping the Lorikeet nestbox clean are required. Two eggs are laid, and incubation by the hen takes 24 days. The babies fledge at around 56 to 60 days, and the young become independent after a further 14 days. Double or even triple brooding is likely, especially if babies are removed for hand rearing. Sexual maturity is at 18 to 24 months.
Best to clean there boxes every second day, if not every day. For young lorikeets droppings are very wet.
MUTATIONS
The Olive form has been produced by cross breeding with Olive Scaly-breasted Lorikeets, and then breeding back to Rainbows, but is not common in Australian aviculture and is not a true mutation, being derived by hybridization. Some mutations: Jade, Blue Fronted , Pied, Lutino, Aqua Lutino, Cinnamon, dilute, Grey/green, Mustard.
Some mutation results:
cinnamon x cinnamon = 100% cinnamon.
cinnamon x normal = 100% normal split cinnamon.
normal split x cinnamon = 50% cinnamon, 50% normal splits.
normal split x normal split = 25% cinnamon, 50% normal, 25% normal split.
cinnamon x olive = 50% normal split cinnamon, 50% olive split cinnamon.
olive split x cinnamon = 25% normal split, 25% cinnamon, 25% mustard, 25% olive split.
www.rainbows.com.au/photos.htm
Hand-reared rainbow lorikeets make good pets, having a playful, "larrikin" temperament. They may not be appropriate pets for everyone due to their finicky dietary needs.
Problems:
Lorikeets are very untidy eaters and spoil the cage and its surrounds with their large, wet droppings. These messy eating habits require a diligent owner who is willing to clean the cage every day to prevent bacterial and yeast (thrush) infections.
Rainbow lorikeets are susceptible to iron storage disease (also called, "hemochromatosis") psittacines such as Proventricular Dilatation Disease (PDD), gout, fatty liver, and polyoma. There is also a strain of the beak and feather virus (PBFD).
Diet
Lories diet include wet and dry mix. Also relish fruits and vegetables as a part of their daily diet EG: Apples, pomegranates, papaya, grapes, cantaloupe, pineapple, figs, , sweet potatoes, carrots, broccoli, squash, bell pepper, jalapeno peppers, corn, dark leafy greens . Lories also enjoy flowers, such as pansies, nasturtiums, roses, hibiscus, marigolds, and dandelions. They especially enjoy tearing up these flowers after all of the pollen and nectar has been consumed. They also enjoy sprouted seeds.
There are probably as many ways to feed lories as there are people feeding them. While there is no absolute one way to feed them there are some guidelines that can make the diet quandary easier.
Lories are physiologically different than other parrots and are designed to consume a diet of nectar, pollen, fruit, bugs, small lizards and such. Their brush tongue is perfectly suited to the gathering of this nectar and pollen. Their ventriculous, or gizzard, is less muscular than that of other parrots therefore they should not eat the type of hard, dry diet we feed our other parrots.
Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus.
With permission smileysbirds.proboards26.com/index.cgi
OTHER NAMES:
Swainson's Loris, Blue Mountain Lorikeets, Bluey, Green Collar Lorikeets
There are many subspecies of Rainbow Lorikeets.
·Blue-Faced Lorikeet (T. h. intermedius)
·Brook's Lorikeet (T. h. brooki)
·Dark-Throated Lorikeet (T. h. nigrogularis)
·Djampea Lorikeet (T. h. djampeanus)
·Edward's Lorikeet (T. h. capistratus)
·Forsten's Lorikeet (T. h. forsteni)
·Green-naped Lorikeet (T. h. haematodus)
·Massena's Lorikeet, Coconut Lorikeet (T. h. massena)
·Mitchell's Lorikeet (T. h. mitchellii)
·Ninigo Lorikeet (T. h. nesophilus)
·Olive-Green Lorikeet (T. h. flavicans)
·Red-Collared Lorikeet (T. h. rubritorquis)
·Rosenberg's Lorikeet (T. h. rosenbergii)
·Southern Green-Naped Lorikeet (T. h. micropteryx)
·Stresemann's (T. h. stresemanni)
·Sumba Lorikeet (T. h. fortis)
·Swainson's Lorikeet (T. h. moluccanus)
·Weber's Lorikeet (T. h. weberi)
·Wetar Lorikeet (T. h. flavotectus)
·Pale Head Lorikeet (T. h. caeruleiceps)
·Deplanche's Lorikeet (T. h. deplanchii)
SIZE
Length about 30 cm, weight about 125 grams.
SEXING
Visual sexing is not reliable and surgical or DNA sexing is necessary.
HOUSING
Is best as a single pair to a flight, since they can be quarrelsome in the breeding season. Rainbow Lorikeets are housed best by the way of suspended cages, although they are kept in conventional type aviaries as well.
Nest Boxes
A 30 cm by 30 cm by 45 cm high nestbox can be used, and the usual precautions for keeping the Lorikeet nestbox clean are required. Two eggs are laid, and incubation by the hen takes 24 days. The babies fledge at around 56 to 60 days, and the young become independent after a further 14 days. Double or even triple brooding is likely, especially if babies are removed for hand rearing. Sexual maturity is at 18 to 24 months.
Best to clean there boxes every second day, if not every day. For young lorikeets droppings are very wet.
MUTATIONS
The Olive form has been produced by cross breeding with Olive Scaly-breasted Lorikeets, and then breeding back to Rainbows, but is not common in Australian aviculture and is not a true mutation, being derived by hybridization. Some mutations: Jade, Blue Fronted , Pied, Lutino, Aqua Lutino, Cinnamon, dilute, Grey/green, Mustard.
Some mutation results:
cinnamon x cinnamon = 100% cinnamon.
cinnamon x normal = 100% normal split cinnamon.
normal split x cinnamon = 50% cinnamon, 50% normal splits.
normal split x normal split = 25% cinnamon, 50% normal, 25% normal split.
cinnamon x olive = 50% normal split cinnamon, 50% olive split cinnamon.
olive split x cinnamon = 25% normal split, 25% cinnamon, 25% mustard, 25% olive split.
www.rainbows.com.au/photos.htm
Hand-reared rainbow lorikeets make good pets, having a playful, "larrikin" temperament. They may not be appropriate pets for everyone due to their finicky dietary needs.
Problems:
Lorikeets are very untidy eaters and spoil the cage and its surrounds with their large, wet droppings. These messy eating habits require a diligent owner who is willing to clean the cage every day to prevent bacterial and yeast (thrush) infections.
Rainbow lorikeets are susceptible to iron storage disease (also called, "hemochromatosis") psittacines such as Proventricular Dilatation Disease (PDD), gout, fatty liver, and polyoma. There is also a strain of the beak and feather virus (PBFD).
Diet
Lories diet include wet and dry mix. Also relish fruits and vegetables as a part of their daily diet EG: Apples, pomegranates, papaya, grapes, cantaloupe, pineapple, figs, , sweet potatoes, carrots, broccoli, squash, bell pepper, jalapeno peppers, corn, dark leafy greens . Lories also enjoy flowers, such as pansies, nasturtiums, roses, hibiscus, marigolds, and dandelions. They especially enjoy tearing up these flowers after all of the pollen and nectar has been consumed. They also enjoy sprouted seeds.
There are probably as many ways to feed lories as there are people feeding them. While there is no absolute one way to feed them there are some guidelines that can make the diet quandary easier.
Lories are physiologically different than other parrots and are designed to consume a diet of nectar, pollen, fruit, bugs, small lizards and such. Their brush tongue is perfectly suited to the gathering of this nectar and pollen. Their ventriculous, or gizzard, is less muscular than that of other parrots therefore they should not eat the type of hard, dry diet we feed our other parrots.