HELP!

[Iris227]

My lovebird, Frosty, has been scratching out his feathers from his crop and tail. His tail was pretty bloody. (Now it's just dried blood.) This has been happening for quite a while now, so we started putting the tonic that the vet recommended onto his affected areas. The tonic didn't work, so we put on some of our own: propolis. This helped tremendously. My other lovebird Mango (who was also scratching out feathers in his tail, leg, and crop area) seemed to start regrowing some of his feathers. Today, one of my relatives decided to put on some extremely excruciating cream on Frosty's affected areas. When another relative saw him, she immediately called me and asked me what was going on: I told her that my relative has put some cream on Frosty. Frosty looked so depressed... We(me and my other relative) and I tried giving him millet, he refused, flax seeds, he refused, apples, he took one bite... We tried to then wash him with SOAP as we were very distressed... Then we dried him with a towel. The stench did not go away. He then kept asking us to put him next to the infrared lamp.

What can I do?

 

[zERo]

My lovebird, Frosty, has been scratching out his feathers from his crop and tail. His tail was pretty bloody. (Now it's just dried blood.) This has been happening for quite a while now, so we started putting the tonic that the vet recommended onto his affected areas. The tonic didn't work, so we put on some of our own: propolis. This helped tremendously. My other lovebird Mango (who was also scratching out feathers in his tail, leg, and crop area) seemed to start regrowing some of his feathers. Today, one of my relatives decided to put on some extremely excruciating cream on Frosty's affected areas. When another relative saw him, she immediately called me and asked me what was going on: I told her that my relative has put some cream on Frosty. Frosty looked so depressed... We(me and my other relative) and I tried giving him millet, he refused, flax seeds, he refused, apples, he took one bite... We tried to then wash him with SOAP as we were very distressed... Then we dried him with a towel. The stench did not go away. He then kept asking us to put him next to the infrared lamp.

What can I do?

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I would stop all of the creams. Especially if they are not made for birds.

He needs to see an avian or at least exotic vet!
This could be serious.

Sorry you’ve come here under unfortunate circumstances.

 

[wrench13]

I heartily agree with zERo. Stop with the all the creams and such. There should be qualified Avian Vets in the Singapore area, please get her there ASAP.

 

[LaManuka]

My lovebird, Frosty, has been scratching out his feathers from his crop and tail. His tail was pretty bloody. (Now it's just dried blood.) This has been happening for quite a while now, so we started putting the tonic that the vet recommended onto his affected areas. The tonic didn't work, so we put on some of our own: propolis. This helped tremendously. My other lovebird Mango (who was also scratching out feathers in his tail, leg, and crop area) seemed to start regrowing some of his feathers. Today, one of my relatives decided to put on some extremely excruciating cream on Frosty's affected areas. When another relative saw him, she immediately called me and asked me what was going on: I told her that my relative has put some cream on Frosty. Frosty looked so depressed... We(me and my other relative) and I tried giving him millet, he refused, flax seeds, he refused, apples, he took one bite... We tried to then wash him with SOAP as we were very distressed... Then we dried him with a towel. The stench did not go away. He then kept asking us to put him next to the infrared lamp.

What can I do?

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There are a number of excellent avian vets in Singapore, if indeed that is where you are located. You'll find contact and location information for them here...

Avian Vet Resources

After a suggestion by a member, @Abu Colo, the Mod Team decided to create a list of veterinarians around the world who see birds. This was something we had discussed a few years ago, but the task seemed so large that we didn't get very far. However, the need is there and we decided that the time...

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I hope you can get some help for your little one, I agree with @wrench13 and @zERo that he should see a vet. I wish you all the very best for him 🙏