Wild lories sleep in the nests year round. A pet lory can be provided with a commercial next box. A nest suitable for a lorikeet can be made from a clean, quart-sized plastic bottle. The opening can be cut off the enlarge the entrance. Either of these can be wired into the upper portion of the cage.
Lories investigate everything.
In the past, lory owners had to make their own diets. Many of these were tedious to make, and oftentimes nutritionally poor. There are many commercial diets available today. However, no one can be certain which is best in the long run. Lories do not usually eat seeds, except for those in soaked figs, or occasionally small pieces of millet spray.