Tex explained that during this stage of their feather growth almost all the head feathers molt at once, to make room for the silky, new adult head feathers. Tex and Kathy also were accompanied by tiny babies, still being hand-fed. All lories are from the South Pacific, and are distinguished from all other psitticines by their brush tongues. The brushes are made of papillae, and are used in removing nectar from flowers. The lory diet is primarily of fruit and nectar in the wild.
Lories are all natural clowns.
Everything is a possible lory toy. They do use leather. Lories have a reputation for being messy because their nectar-based diet causes a liquid feces. Tex feels that lory areas are actually easier to clean, because their waste stays soft and can be mopped up or wiped off, rather than hardening and having to be scraped off. Lories love baths.