Tailless Double Yellow Headed Amazon?

[GWMYR]

Hi, recently saw a tailless DYHA up for sales.

Am really very curious what will cause a DYHA be tailless? Birth defects? Or plucking? Seems like a few feather growing out of the tail but not really visble. The DYHA seems perfectly fine except for the tails.

Anyone mind to enlighten me?

Before are the images that i got from the seller.

 

[Kiwibird]

Usually, in pluckers, wing and tail feathers are the last to go. That bird appears in good feather on the rest of it's (visible) body. The rest of the feathers also appear healthy.

My guess is the bird may have had it's tail grabbed or something greatly frightened it and it dropped those feathers to get away (or as a instinctual response to extreme fear). Parrots do have that 'instinctual' response if a predator grabs their tail, they drop the feathers to get away.

 

[labell]

I agree with Kiwibird, it could also be that amazons in general play pretty hard and it could have been damaged playing or from a hard landing. Either way it should grow back in no time.

 

[GWMYR]

Alright, so you guys think it will grow back? His owner tell me that his not sure about why he will become tailless. The rest of his body's feathers are in good condition, only his tail.

 

[Mariss]

My Senegal had on one time 1 tail feather. It was pretty weird to see.
He was young at that time, so I imagined he just played rough, and the feathers broke off .

 

[GWMYR]

I see, so it did grew back?

 

[Mariss]

If it grew back you ask? Yeah. He has a beautiful, seriously full tail.

 

[Birdman666]

Usually it's due to plucking disorder...

Either that bird pulls it's tail feathers, or it was housed with a bird who plucked, and pulled out it's tail feathers.

I the feather follicles are damaged they won't grow back. If they are not damaged, chances are they will grow back. And if he's the plucker, chances are pretty high he'll pull them out again.

If they are housed with another aggressive bird, the first thing the aggressive bird will go for are the tail feathers and/or the feet...

Every once in awhile a zon will just get so frustrated with itchy butt feathers that they remove them before they finish growing in. It does happen once in awhile with zons... I have seen it in both zons and macs. (Macs do it for a different reason. they get them caught in stuff all the time, and instead of being careful with their tail, they just get frustrated and yank them out... Zons do it primarily because the new feather growth is making them uncomfortable.)

 

[GWMYR]

Usually it's due to plucking disorder...

Either that bird pulls it's tail feathers, or it was housed with a bird who plucked, and pulled out it's tail feathers.

I the feather follicles are damaged they won't grow back. If they are not damaged, chances are they will grow back. And if he's the plucker, chances are pretty high he'll pull them out again.

If they are housed with another aggressive bird, the first thing the aggressive bird will go for are the tail feathers and/or the feet...

Every once in awhile a zon will just get so frustrated with itchy butt feathers that they remove them before they finish growing in. It does happen once in awhile with zons... I have seen it in both zons and macs. (Macs do it for a different reason. they get them caught in stuff all the time, and instead of being careful with their tail, they just get frustrated and yank them out... Zons do it primarily because the new feather growth is making them uncomfortable.)

I see, the owner said that it's slowly growing out. Like right now, there's one feather there. But from the images that i see, the DYHA's bodies feather are fully intact. Guess I need to check with him if he housed the DYHA with another DYHA because from what I know he has 2 DYHA

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

One time,years ago,I was getting very mad/frustrated with my Blue Front,Amy. I had owned her since she was just 16 weeks old and she was becoming very aggressive with me.
In a weak moment, I had gone to a local pet store and saw "Gerty" a very big CAG,and asked the manager if she would consider a trade,and she said yes.
So I took Amy to the store < my mom was CRYING! NO NO NO DONT DO IT!!>

I would go visit Amy once a week and she remembered me! running to me <they kept her on a perch with some other bird>and climbing on my arm to my shoulder,she didn't do that to anyone at the shop.

I came back the next week and she was missing a couple tail feathers! I asked the manager what the heck happened,and she just said " oh that..some little kid came by and pulled the feathers out" !! I was angry! at the kid,and at myself for doing such a mean thing to Amy! I told the manager " that's it...Gerty isen't working out at home and I want my Amy back" They had Amy up for sale for $1700.
I went home and got Gerty and the carrier and took my Amy HOME! she <and MOM> were so happy. Now this was like 20 yrs ago and I think Amy has learned a lesson,along with me. She has been sweet ever since.

Jim