littleredhen77
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i had 2 nice long weekends in a row..but i had to go back to work this morning. i made ziggy a new toy with a toilet paper tube and paper strips, and i hid a millet spray inside, showed him it was there and he seemed interested..so off to work i go!
..fast forward to when i come home...
and there are 5 CHEWED OFF WING FEATHERS on the bottom of his cage! hes chewed off wing feathers before but never more than 1 a week or so, seeing 5 of them at once is traumatizing! he was even working on a 6th..hes got one thats broken and twisted but still attached.
i feel like he got spoiled from spending 3 1/2 days straight with me and then i was gone all day today...im currently feeling like the only way to keep him happy would be to quit my full time well paying job and work part time at a gas station or wherever i can, just so i can come home and see him more often and prevent this...hes such a naughty bird! it had been weeks since he last chewed off a wing feather! ive been looking forward to molting season so the quill ends would come out and he would grow in a nice full set of feathers for the first time since ive adopted him :'( now im not sure he will ever have all his feathers.
its not his appearance im really worried about, but i feel like this is the start of what could become a more serious problem..as of now, he only chews off half of his wing feathers and leaves the bottom half attached..leaving him looking like hes gotten his wings clipped by a butcher..but this could escalate into full on plucking im afraid..
anyone have any advice on this? was it wrong of me to let him glue himself to my shoulder for my whole long weekend? im so stressed right now (
..fast forward to when i come home...
and there are 5 CHEWED OFF WING FEATHERS on the bottom of his cage! hes chewed off wing feathers before but never more than 1 a week or so, seeing 5 of them at once is traumatizing! he was even working on a 6th..hes got one thats broken and twisted but still attached.
i feel like he got spoiled from spending 3 1/2 days straight with me and then i was gone all day today...im currently feeling like the only way to keep him happy would be to quit my full time well paying job and work part time at a gas station or wherever i can, just so i can come home and see him more often and prevent this...hes such a naughty bird! it had been weeks since he last chewed off a wing feather! ive been looking forward to molting season so the quill ends would come out and he would grow in a nice full set of feathers for the first time since ive adopted him :'( now im not sure he will ever have all his feathers.
its not his appearance im really worried about, but i feel like this is the start of what could become a more serious problem..as of now, he only chews off half of his wing feathers and leaves the bottom half attached..leaving him looking like hes gotten his wings clipped by a butcher..but this could escalate into full on plucking im afraid..
anyone have any advice on this? was it wrong of me to let him glue himself to my shoulder for my whole long weekend? im so stressed right now (