Karigan
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- Jul 3, 2011
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- Parrots
- Kitoko: Female Senegal Parrot, born 2002
Talia: Female CAG, born 2008
Mateo: Female CAG, born 2008
I posted this on general health, but I figured posting here too couldn't hurt.
We took our birds for a visit to the vet, new bird exam, meant to be nothing special.
Our senegal checked out perfectly, he was a little jealous of her condition.
Tali the CAG checked out good, if not a little thin
It's Teo that worries me. He's a CAG, sibling to Tali and four years old. Her feathers were perfect, but when we opened up his, we were horrified to see the condition of his wings.
They are split and cracked like old wood. Most of the primaries and some of the secondaries were terrible. Split and peeling like one of those cheese strings. I couldn't take pics because the vet cliped his wings back to avoid furher damage and sent them off for analysis.
I've read about PBFD, but although the pics of wings look similar, he is showing none of the other symptoms and the damage looks old. The rest of his feathers are perfect, though his tail is a little scraggely. He eats well, though always after his sister. He is submissive, but hoots and grooms normally.
I am currently changing them over to a veggie and pellet diet, rather than the veggie and seed diet they were on. We've also ordered Harrison's recovery formula which we'll recieve any day.
What do you guys think? I've narrowed it down to a few things:
Damage from falling and wacking his wings
agressive grooming and chewing
poor nutrition
Lack of bathing (I've been spraying them down about 3 times a week, whether they like it or not)
I'm hoping that his next molt will show healthy feathers.
Any insite you could give me would be very helpful, thank you.
We took our birds for a visit to the vet, new bird exam, meant to be nothing special.
Our senegal checked out perfectly, he was a little jealous of her condition.
Tali the CAG checked out good, if not a little thin
It's Teo that worries me. He's a CAG, sibling to Tali and four years old. Her feathers were perfect, but when we opened up his, we were horrified to see the condition of his wings.
They are split and cracked like old wood. Most of the primaries and some of the secondaries were terrible. Split and peeling like one of those cheese strings. I couldn't take pics because the vet cliped his wings back to avoid furher damage and sent them off for analysis.
I've read about PBFD, but although the pics of wings look similar, he is showing none of the other symptoms and the damage looks old. The rest of his feathers are perfect, though his tail is a little scraggely. He eats well, though always after his sister. He is submissive, but hoots and grooms normally.
I am currently changing them over to a veggie and pellet diet, rather than the veggie and seed diet they were on. We've also ordered Harrison's recovery formula which we'll recieve any day.
What do you guys think? I've narrowed it down to a few things:
Damage from falling and wacking his wings
agressive grooming and chewing
poor nutrition
Lack of bathing (I've been spraying them down about 3 times a week, whether they like it or not)
I'm hoping that his next molt will show healthy feathers.
Any insite you could give me would be very helpful, thank you.
