Hi all,
This is Mooki, my Indian Ringneck Parrot who is 10 years old.
We have been noticing over the past 6 months - 1 year that he has started to have this patchy area on his wings which has not been growing his normal feathers back.
His diet is mainly, seeds and fruit and he always wants what we are eating so we give him some peanut butter toast, crisps etc. I am fully aware of the poisonous food such as avocados, chocolates and others which we do not give him or tempt at any cost.
His lifestyle is pretty chilled, he spends most time in the cage and just an FYI it is a HUGE cage. His cage is 1.5m wide and 2m tall, I am totally against parrots staying in a small cage so he has a big one.
So every morning I change his food and water, because his food bowl is big he usually takes a bath in it everyday or every 2-3 days entirely depending on him. And then in the evening we let him out the cage to fly around the house for an hour just to get some exercise and just do his own thing if that makes sense?
So I personally don't know what the issue is regarding the wings? He's a friendly bird, gets along with everyone in the house, doesn't bite and is pretty much tamed. He has a large variety of food and still has the freedom to explore on his own.
One last thing, he used to be a very sexually frustrated parrot. Every time I used to let him out the cage he would would fly to my shoulder and do a mating dance. At times he would make noises in his cage until he is let out to do his mating dance on my shoulder. I did some research online and learnt this is not good for him so stopped this from ignoring him and put him back in the cage every time he started doing this. Now he has stopped doing this so not sure if this has any significance on his feathers?
Please be aware, in this picture he is currently moulting. So it may look as if he is losing a lot of feathers but in a few weeks he will look completely fine. Just not his wing area.
Please let me know, he is not showing any signs of illness or anything. Maybe he is old? I have no clue so I appreciate every answer provided by you guys! Thank you so much!
This is Mooki, my Indian Ringneck Parrot who is 10 years old.
We have been noticing over the past 6 months - 1 year that he has started to have this patchy area on his wings which has not been growing his normal feathers back.
His diet is mainly, seeds and fruit and he always wants what we are eating so we give him some peanut butter toast, crisps etc. I am fully aware of the poisonous food such as avocados, chocolates and others which we do not give him or tempt at any cost.
His lifestyle is pretty chilled, he spends most time in the cage and just an FYI it is a HUGE cage. His cage is 1.5m wide and 2m tall, I am totally against parrots staying in a small cage so he has a big one.
So every morning I change his food and water, because his food bowl is big he usually takes a bath in it everyday or every 2-3 days entirely depending on him. And then in the evening we let him out the cage to fly around the house for an hour just to get some exercise and just do his own thing if that makes sense?
So I personally don't know what the issue is regarding the wings? He's a friendly bird, gets along with everyone in the house, doesn't bite and is pretty much tamed. He has a large variety of food and still has the freedom to explore on his own.
One last thing, he used to be a very sexually frustrated parrot. Every time I used to let him out the cage he would would fly to my shoulder and do a mating dance. At times he would make noises in his cage until he is let out to do his mating dance on my shoulder. I did some research online and learnt this is not good for him so stopped this from ignoring him and put him back in the cage every time he started doing this. Now he has stopped doing this so not sure if this has any significance on his feathers?
Please be aware, in this picture he is currently moulting. So it may look as if he is losing a lot of feathers but in a few weeks he will look completely fine. Just not his wing area.
Please let me know, he is not showing any signs of illness or anything. Maybe he is old? I have no clue so I appreciate every answer provided by you guys! Thank you so much!
