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I would not really recommend a homemade lory diet unless you have had an avian nutritionist look at it.
One of my good friends just had her black lory die from iron storage disease and he had a very good variety of food that she gave to him. Through her research and also talking with several Avian vets that specialize with lories and talking with Dick Shroeder on the phone, she has found that the best lory diet out there so far is the Lory Life powder as it is the lowest in iron content. Some lories are more susceptible to iron storage so it is better to go with one that is very low in iron. Personally, I would rather go with someone that has done the research on this than to try to be the nutritionist myself as they have done alot more studying and research on nutrition than I would be able to do or have resources for.
Besides, lory powder is not really that expensive a large container of lory life for one bird will last at least a month to a month and a half or more and 30 some odd dollars is not any more expensive than some of the other foods out there that we feed our birds especially since it is the main portion of their diet.
JMHO
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