Lorikeet

[godivaamor]

I adopted and lorikeet. Great personality. But was not told a proper story that they can poop sideways 3 feet out. Driving me nuts as a I am a clean freak. I was blankets and rugs daily.
Advice please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lavender955]

have you tried bird diapers.?? I live on west coast and there is a lady who makes the diapers for birds... no I am not advertising for her. just thought it might help you..

[Buteo]

First, congrats on the adoption.

I've met some really sweet examples of the brush-tongue birds.
I'm disappointed to hear you weren't informed of their extraordinary abilities of jet-propelled excretion.
It's very sad because I know for a fact that kind of omission has caused the rehoming of more than one Lori.
I'll be honest, as loving and funny as they are, it's one of the things that kept me from seriously looking at Lories & Lorikeets when my family was looking for a new feathered addition....
Yeah! They're poop squirters....... .. gooey, poop squirters....

As for possible solutions to your problem, it depends how far ya want to go & how much $$ ya want to spend.

I think the most expensive way would be putting clear plastic panels on the outside of the bars. You need 3 sheets of 3/8" clear Acrylic or Lexan(sp?) long enough to cover the lower 3/4ths of the cage height & the stainless steel hardware (nuts, bolts & washers) to hold them on. You could use thinner plastic, but if the bird manages to get it's beak on those panels, they better be able to withstand some abuse.
The biggest drawback to this idea is that unless you use 4" bolts with spacers to give the panels some clearance from the bars, you're going to continuously need to remove the panels to clean them.

Though not as stylish as a hanging rug or even a blanket, plastic sheeting can be your friend. It's really easy to wipe clean & fairly cheap to replace.
Tape it to the walls behind & around the cage. You can even lay a sheet on the floor to catch all those "world record attempts" out into the room.
((Try to make sure your bird's cage &/or playstand are far enough away that the bird can't lean out & chew on the edges of the sheeting.))
You can buy it in large rolls of varying thicknesses, lengths and widths as "vapour barrier" from your local Home depot or similar store.

Having experience with using "flightsuits", I can tell you the diaper route will be OK for short periods, but completely impractical as a long term solution.
Our White Capped Pionus occasionally has looser droppings and I know the wetter the poops, the more often you are going to need to change the pad. With a Lorikeet, I'm pretty sure you would be changing the liner every 2 hours, three tops.

NOTE: If you do go to using a flightsuit at any time, do yourself a favour and install an extra leak shield layer.

Leak Shield:
Cut a small rounded "cone" (the same shape as the suits inner liner) from your plastic sheeting and insert it inside the flightsuit between the liner and the outer material.

Hope that helps with your dilemma, and good luck with your FID!
BTW, any chances of posting some pics? We'd love to see your Lorikeet!

[BigBird]

Ive got two lorikeets in the house and yes the mess drives me insane. Id put them in the aviary if i thought they would survive, but they are too tame, the others would bully them too much. Anyway we put the clear plastic around the cage, it worked really well, just find away to secure it so that it is easy to remove to clean otherwise its a real pain in the butt. Think i might try perspex or something harder like that. Plastic was difficult to clean and dry easily. Much as I love my loris I would never get anymore in the house they are far too messy and noisy.

[xafsmom]

Originally Posted by godivaamor

they can poop sideways 3 feet out.

Ok, I don't own lories... and I can't really offer advice, but...

I was sitting here reading this forum, chomping on a sandwich for dinner, chewing.. chewing... clicked on this thread...

And spit sandwich all over my desk laughing. I did NOT expect to read that!

LOL!!!!!

[Ashling]

Sideways? Don't you mean backwards?? lol But yes they are very adept at what they do... I just do a big clean every week inc the bottom of the cage, the bars, the floor and some day I might get onto those curtains... Good luck, as annoying as it can be, lorries are completely worth it for their personalities! It gets easier to deal with trust me! :)

[guest1717171]

does anyone have a photo of a lori's tongue?
i have never seen a brush tongue
*curious*

[Monica]

Didn't think I could find one, but here's an image! Just click to enlarge!

[guest1717171]

wow
that is bizarre
and cool
and strange
lol

[BigBird]

my lori does tongue kisses, it is so freaky and ticklish!