Breeding is mostly August to January. The Musk Lorikeet is kept in reasonable numbers in Australian aviaries but has a reputation for being fairly difficult to breed. It is a peaceful bird, and can be successfully housed in a large well-planted aviary with finches, doves and Neophemas. It appears to exhibit no aggression, even during the breeding season. However better results would probably result if they were kept as individual pairs in large suspended flights.
Pairs can form very tight bonding.
The diet is typical of Lorikeets, as covered in the introduction to the Lorikeets . The nest box can be about 20 cm by 20 cm and 40 cm deep, with a 7 cm opening. Sawdust or wood shavings are the preferred nesting material, because of their ability to absorb the runny droppings. However it will usually be necessary to clean out the box and replace the nesting material several times while the babies are in the nest. Incubation of the 2 eggs takes about 24 days, the babies usually leave the nest at about 45 days, and are independent after a further 10 days.