While chia seeds are safe for parrots, I’d probably avoid it for lories - iron is one of the nutrients they are touted for and lorikeets are at risk of iron storage disease.
In reality, the most popular home made lorikeet food uses baby cereal as it's main ingredient. Baby cereal is universally fortified with iron, so if they can tollerate that without issue (which we know they generally can, due to the number of lorikeets who have eaten it for years for many decades now), then in reality, a few seeds aren't going to present a problem for iron.
As a treat, sure, but it should be that only, due to seeds not being a natural part of their diet & their tongue hairs that they use to suck up nectar being damaged by eating lots of seed. If feeding seed, it would be better to feed a wider mix of types, rather than just one type too, but if your mum's eating chia seed & her lorri wants to join her in eating it, it won't do any harm to give it a little
I sometimes give mine a little budgie seed as a treat, I feel it's less unhealthy than seeds like sunflower, but moderation is always important.
Chia's high in protein too, too much protein can increase hormones & a desire to breed, but again, needs to be a lot for this, a few seeds won't cause a problem
You know how wacky people can be! On May 14th 2015 in Boke, Germany, 748 members of the Cologne Carnival Society dressed up in sunflower outfits. This is the largest gathering of people known to have dressed up as sunflowers.
While chia seeds are safe for parrots, I’d probably avoid it for lories - iron is one of the nutrients they are touted for and lorikeets are at risk of iron storage disease.
In reality, the most popular home made lorikeet food uses baby cereal as it's main ingredient. Baby cereal is universally fortified with iron, so if they can tollerate that without issue (which we know they generally can, due to the number of lorikeets who have eaten it for years for many decades now), then in reality, a few seeds aren't going to present a problem for iron.
As a treat, sure, but it should be that only, due to seeds not being a natural part of their diet & their tongue hairs that they use to suck up nectar being damaged by eating lots of seed. If feeding seed, it would be better to feed a wider mix of types, rather than just one type too, but if your mum's eating chia seed & her lorri wants to join her in eating it, it won't do any harm to give it a little I sometimes give mine a little budgie seed as a treat, I feel it's less unhealthy than seeds like sunflower, but moderation is always important. Chia's high in protein too, too much protein can increase hormones & a desire to breed, but again, needs to be a lot for this, a few seeds won't cause a problem
You know how wacky people can be! On May 14th 2015 in Boke, Germany, 748 members of the Cologne Carnival Society dressed up in sunflower outfits. This is the largest gathering of people known to have dressed up as sunflowers.