Flaking Beak?

Wingnut · Dec 21, 2018

Hi Everyone! I’m actually posting here for my girlfriend’s cockatiel “Gretel”. Something that has come to our attention is the fact that her beak has been “peeling” more than I’ve usually seen on a bird, and there seems to be a loss of feathers between the beak and eyes. (I will attach some photos).
Gretel is 10-11 months old and seems to be pretty happy-go-lucky. My concern is that she may have picked up PBFD from my Lovebird who may or may be carrying the virus.

Laurasea · Dec 21, 2018

I think she has an infection in her nostrils, or respiratory infection. Needs to see an avain vet, most are easily treated. I wouldn't jump right to beak and feather disease, most common is psittacosis, or other type of infection. What do you feed the bird?

Wingnut · Dec 22, 2018

The timeline would make sense since my Lovebird Kiwi may have psitacossis and we let these two have play dates. Gretel (the cockatiel) is fed a seed based diet. Both Gretel and my Lovebird we’ve tried getting to eat veggies, but they just run from them...

ChristaNL · Dec 22, 2018

Just get a claoca-swab done and then you'll know.
(I prefer swabs over bloodwork, because well.. no blooddrawing necessery and in active cases it is obvious.)
No worries till you have the results ... and even if they test positive: meds are your friend.
If one of them tests positive you will need to treat all the birds anyway.

but, if it is just the beak:
Does she have a nailtrimming perch where she can polish her beak as well?
(Usually have one of those concrete ones near the foodbowl does the trick)

LOL, when mine get a scruffy beak it is usually because I forgot to rotate the perch (should be done 1/4 turn every 3 months or so, or it needs replacing anyway after a year) and it gets worn a bit smooth and no longer works very well.

GaleriaGila · Dec 22, 2018

Speaking of vets...
If you'd like to follow up...
Certified Avian Vets
https://abvp.com/animal-owners/find-an-abvp-specialist/
If none are near you...
Avian Veterinarians
http://www.aav.org/search/custom.asp?id=1803
In my opinion, any of the vets listed here should be better than a regular vet.
Most of us here rely very heavily on our vets.

Flaking Beak?

Wingnut

Member

Laurasea

Well-known member

Wingnut

Member

ChristaNL

Banned

GaleriaGila

Well-known member

Shine's antibiotics Course has ended: What now?

Periodic vomiting

Most Reactions

Similar threads

Latest posts