A while back my African grey parrot got into a fight with another parrot and sadly lost the upper section of her beak. Despite this injury she's fully recovered, though she needs prepared food and is obviously less mobile.
One big problem is that she can't preen herself, I've been doing my best to do this for her and she's very soft and cooperates. Doing the large grey feathers is easy however the smaller white feathers which make up the down are harder to separate. Whereas the main feathers come out in tubes which easily break up, the down feathers come out in compact sticks which aren't brittle in the same way. Could anyone suggest a good way of preening the smaller feathers?
One big problem is that she can't preen herself, I've been doing my best to do this for her and she's very soft and cooperates. Doing the large grey feathers is easy however the smaller white feathers which make up the down are harder to separate. Whereas the main feathers come out in tubes which easily break up, the down feathers come out in compact sticks which aren't brittle in the same way. Could anyone suggest a good way of preening the smaller feathers?
