Hi,
From your description, that would put her at a younger age than what you originally said. It sounds like he is between 7-10 weeks now – keeping in mind that they tend to develop more slowly when hand fed versus being parent fed. So it depends on how old she was when she was pulled from the nest – the earlier pulled, the more behind she will be on her development. This also means she should be offered formula about 3 times a day, depending on what she is eating on her own. She may simply be hungry if you aren’t handfeeding her enough. The advice I gave before was based on her being 11 weeks, which is near the weaning age.
You only mentioned that she is eating nectar, and this is far from being enough nutrition for her. You should be offering some formula in a small dish, nectar, soaked lory pellets as well as dry lory pellets, warm cooked brown rice with mixed veggies, and fruit. She needs a lot of foods to choose from, so that she learns to eat a varied diet. As for the nectar, I am talking about a nectar made for Lorys & Lorikeets – not a hummingbird nectar, for example. In the wild, they eat fruits, berries, pollen, nectar & some small insects. So they do need a protein source as well as the sugars they get from the Lory diet. A formulated lory diet should have the nutrients she needs. She is still growing, so it’s good for her to still eat formula, because it has what a growing chick needs. Try offering her some out of a small cup – they tend to like to eat it on their own. If she continues with the begging, in spite of offering her lots of foods, the next concern would be a possible yeast infection in her crop which would prevent her from getting the full benefit of her food. But now that we have determined she is much younger than you thought, I think getting more food into her should help her be satisfied.
Thanks for the update,
Brenda
