KrisandPenelope
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Ok so I am totally new to being a parront and anything that seems different always puts up a red flag for me. I have a very active crimson bellied conure who is almost a year old. About maybe a week and a half ago she started this hopping behavior. It started with a couple of hops here and there to now anytime she is not flying when she is on the floor or my computer desk she is hopping. She is eating, perching, playing normally. She is actually swinging from the bars of her cage as I type this, but the hopping to me almost looks like limping. I checked her foot pads and they are a nice normal color and her grip is normal as well. I went further up her thighs and on the right thigh she has about 5+ really thick pin feathers which I thought may be the reason she is preferring to hop right now. She has her bi anuual vet appointment coming up in about 2 weeks, but if more experience parronts feel this is extremely worrisome I have no problem taking her in as soon as possible. I am working on getting her more accustomed to what happens at the vet like toweling and nail clippers as the last trip she worked herself up to the point where she made herself sick. So the more training time in before her bi annual the better. As for her diet shes on harrison's pellets, fruits & leafy green veggies, sweet potatoes, pumkin ... nibbles of zucchini and peppers, goldenfeast mixes. Shes out of her cage 6 or more hours and shes going through her first major molt so her poor feathers are finally being replaced by nice healthy ones. I've attempted to attach videos. She does pause for a 30 seconds here and there as she saw my phone and got camera shy!
Thanks in advance!
[ame="https://youtu.be/nRhVisftk3s"]Penelope 2 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="https://youtu.be/6AoOR66eOmk"]Penelope - YouTube[/ame]
Thanks in advance!
[ame="https://youtu.be/nRhVisftk3s"]Penelope 2 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="https://youtu.be/6AoOR66eOmk"]Penelope - YouTube[/ame]