Betrisher
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- Jun 3, 2013
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- Parrots
- Dominic: Galah(RIP: 1981-2018); The Lovies: Four Blue Masked Lovebirds; Barney and Madge (The Beaks): Alexandrines; Miss Rosetta Stone: Little Corella
When I kept fancy mice, I would get the occasional pairing where one mouse would continually overgroom its mate until it (the mate) was bald! I learned early how to make a plastic cone for the little barberers to wear so they could no longer mutilate their partners.
Now, our Shadow is barbering her mate, Dusk, so that his ears are exposed and his feathers are thinning seriously all over his head! I don't know what to do! The cage is bristling with toys and chewies and opportunities for diversion, but Shadow is obsessed. I can't imagine how to fit a cone so that she could still eat and drink (it's easy with mice).
Does anyone have an idea? I don't want poor Dusk to be bald and my son (who owns the lovies) is beside himself.
Now, our Shadow is barbering her mate, Dusk, so that his ears are exposed and his feathers are thinning seriously all over his head! I don't know what to do! The cage is bristling with toys and chewies and opportunities for diversion, but Shadow is obsessed. I can't imagine how to fit a cone so that she could still eat and drink (it's easy with mice).
Does anyone have an idea? I don't want poor Dusk to be bald and my son (who owns the lovies) is beside himself.
