Scenic Bird Food Feeding Directions - Lory

Feeding Directions and Converstion Protocol

Dry Lory Food is a very versatile food. Scenic manufacturing produces a food that will reduce the amount of moisture required to feed your bird, resulting in a cleaner, safer environment. Dry Lory Food also allows your pet to mimic its natural feeding behavior.

Follow some of these suggestions:

Use Lory Powder to convert birds that are eating LNS based stews. Before mixing the powder with your pet's favorite meal, acclimate your bird toa reduced quantity of LNS and increase the amount of other dry food items offered. Start by adding two (2) teaspoons of Dry Lory Food powder to a food dish anchored near the water source. Your bird will sample the food and then dip its tongue in water. This is normal.

Closely monitor your bird's water quality and quantity. Add more water after morning feeding if level becomes low and replace the water after morning feeding if it becomes contaminated during the day.

Continue to reduce the amount of LNS offered daily as long as your bird maintains body weight and there is evidence the powder is being consistently consumed.

Once your pet is transitioned to the powder, add the powder to the bird's feed pan along with other food items. You can offer your pet the dry powder or the dry pellet to eat. In addition to drying up your pet's droppings this will also make cleaning up a breeze and allow you to reduce the feedings to one per day.

If mixed with these stews, Lory Food should be more than half your birds total food consumption measured by volume. Your goal is to have your bird eat a mixture of 50 % of other foods (for variety) and 50 % Dry Lory Food. This may vary day by day or even month to month at different times of the year and in response to other environmental and social changes.

Use Lory pellets the same way. The pellets will add interest to your pet's favorite stew and keep their shape!

Once converted, your pet will consume about ten (10) grams or one tablespoon of Dry Lory Food per day, regardless of its weight or its size. This may vary day by day or month to month at different times of the year and in response to other environmental and social changes.

Always have fresh drinking water available.

Always monitor your bird's eating behavior, weigh your bird often, and make sure your pet is eating Dry Lory Food. (See White Paper.)

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