Getting red (Mynah Bird)

[just4test]

Hi
Both my bird's feet are red . First, there was a drying mode
The bird has good appetite and energy
But sometimes they prefer to sit
When it's in the cage, it sometimes does not stick on the wood
His age is about 50 days

 

[SailBoat]

Welcome to Parrot Forums.

Bird skin is very thin and it is not uncommon for the color to be light red as the muscles below the surface are seen. Areas in which there is no feathers tend to be darker and thicker to limit the effects of the Sun and variation in temperature.

 

[EllenD]

Welcome to the Community! Please don't EVER hesitate to ask any question you might have about your bird, there is no such thing as a "stupid" question!

At first I wasn't sure what you were asking about, but after reading Sailboat's response I now understand...I don't know much about Mynah's, but I do have extensive experience breeding and hand-raising parrots, so I've closely seen and handled hundreds of newly-hatched chicks.

I don't know what the growth progression/timing is for a Mynah Bird, as far as their "stages" of growth and the ages that correspond with those stages, but at only 50-days old (less than 2-months old) he's still an extremely young baby, and it's not at all unusual for a baby bird's skin to appear very pink/red...And as Sailboat already mentioned, birds have extremely thin and very translucent-looking skin at any age. So this is not unusual at all...

****HOWEVER, if it's ONLY THAT 1 LEG that appears to be red, or if ONLY THAT 1 LEG is that color of red, compared to the other one, then there might be an issue...However, we don't know anything at all about this baby Mynah Bird, such as:

-Is it being hand-raised by you, or is it being raised and fed by it's parents?
-Is it housed alone, or is it housed with other birds?
-What type of cage is it being housed in? Nest-box? Brooder? Is it possible for this baby to hurt himself on the cage material, or could it have fallen off of something, like a perch?
-DID YOU PUT A BAND ON THAT PARTICULAR LEG? If so, at what age did you band it?

What I'm getting-at here is that if that one leg is much different-looking than it's other leg, much more red in color, or if you see any signs of it having-been pecked-at or injured (any exterior wounds/bite-marks, any blood, any limping or favoring of that leg by the baby, etc.), or if you notice that this baby is showing any signs/symptoms of being sick or in-pain (is the bird very lethargic, sleeping a lot or not moving a lot, quiet, fluffed-up all the time, any constant crying sounds, any vomiting, runny droppings, etc.), then it's possible that he has hurt his leg or another baby or it's parent's have injured his leg, and it may be infected. If you can give us some more information and maybe a photo of it's other leg to compare it to, then we can better help you out...

 

[Flboy]

Hi, it looks like a photo of each leg and they appear similar!

 

[EllenD]

Hi, it looks like a photo of each leg and they appear similar!

I'm not seeing the upper-thigh of the other leg at all, which is the part of the leg that is extremely red...I'm only seeing the lower part of each leg, which both do look the same and totally fine. It looks like the feathers are fully covering-up the upper-leg/thigh of the opposite leg. I can see the other knee joint, which does look the same as the leg in-question, however...

I'm just assuming (shame on me, lol) that the OP was trying to say that "This upper leg is very red compared to the other leg", assuming that they did look at the other leg to see if this degree of redness is bilateral. I could be very wrong, but I'm just assuming that that's the first thing they would have done when they saw the redness on one leg...And it is very, very red, not that it couldn't be normal of course, but if this bird's right upper-leg isn't even close to as red as the left one is, then there is a serious issue, which is why I was trying to clarify and make sure, because if it's only that leg, then this poor baby Mynah has a serious issue and is in a lot of pain...you never know...