Some Questions

[fowlstack]

1. My baby is approaching one year old and lately he has been regurgitating for me and doing the goofy breeding dance. Isn't it a little young for a small/medium Amazon to be approaching maturity?

2. Although he loves his misting baths, he is still not preening himself after his bath. When I first brought him home at 4 months he did not preen, and I assumed he would do so as he got older (but has never had someone teach him how). But after his bath he just sits and dries off by drip-dry. This winter I did use a hair dryer on him when it was a little chilly in the house, but now that summer is here in Texas it is no longer needed. Should I be concerned?

Thanks y'all...

 

[SailBoat]

1. My baby is approaching one year old and lately he has been regurgitating for me and doing the goofy breeding dance. Isn't it a little young for a small/medium Amazon to be approaching maturity?

2. Although he loves his misting baths, he is still not preening himself after his bath. When I first brought him home at 4 months he did not preen, and I assumed he would do so as he got older (but has never had someone teach him how). But after his bath he just sits and dries off by drip-dry. This winter I did use a hair dryer on him when it was a little chilly in the house, but now that summer is here in Texas it is no longer needed. Should I be concerned?

Thanks y'all...

Aaaa, the joys of a young Amazon! You are correct, he is still young for his first onset of a Hormonal Event. That does not mean that the guides of being a young male are going to hold-off as the hard-wired segments of maturing step into place.

If he is fully feathered, he has been preening. Not all young Parrots will preen after a bath, shower or misting (please never directly mist (spray) a Parrot in the face). It takes awhile for them the determine that preening after a good bath is a great time. It will happen.

My DYH Amazon still does not preen after a shower. With the exception of Puffing-Up, he pretty much sits in the Sun Light and air dry.

Amazon's Rule!

 

[fowlstack]

Great thanks.. I will stop being concerned.

 

[wrench13]

Yeah no worries Fowlstack, my Salty takes a misting shower, not with great relish, but extends his wings to get them wet, He goes back into his cage, where he will try to finish off the job in his water bowl and then get dried by a forced air heater ( in winter/late autum and early spring) or just sits there. His fethers look fine after a good soaking I must say.

 

[clayman]

Don't worry about it. My two girls are also close to a year old and they never preen directly following a spray/bath. When they are so soaked they can barely fly, they do not preen and instead find some other activity to keep themselves occupied. They usually start preening when getting close to being dry.

One note on using a hair-dryer -- I wouldn't recommend it. There is a risk of your baby catching a cold if the stream of air is too cold, or damaging his feathers if it is too hot. Instead, let him just air-dry. If you are concerned about the room temperature, turn up the heat a little, or use convector heater to quickly warm up the room, but again -- do not let the stream of air directly on him, but let it blow close, possibly on the floor next to his cage if he is sitting on it.

 

[Inger]

Don't worry about it. My two girls are also close to a year old and they never preen directly following a spray/bath. When they are so soaked they can barely fly, they do not preen and instead find some other activity to keep themselves occupied. They usually start preening when getting close to being dry.

One note on using a hair-dryer -- I wouldn't recommend it. There is a risk of your baby catching a cold if the stream of air is too cold, or damaging his feathers if it is too hot. Instead, let him just air-dry. If you are concerned about the room temperature, turn up the heat a little, or use convector heater to quickly warm up the room, but again -- do not let the stream of air directly on him, but let it blow close, possibly next to his cage if he is sitting on it.

The other risk with hair dryers is that, for some reason, some of them have a non-stick coating in there.


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