LeaKP
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Nigel is my 11 month old CAG. I've had him since he was 3 months old, just weaned. He's done great. He eats, is now talking, hangs upside down, flings poo and slings mango.
He was scruffy looking when he came home but quickly learned the value of showers and looked better just with good food and showers. Fast forward some months and as expected his first hard molt hit. I am hoping in time his scruffiness will be replaced with new feathers. He drops feathers, a lot of them, sometimes 8 or 10 a day. Then he will go a couple of days and not drop but 1 or 2. I've checked the feathers, they're not plucked or chewed. But he looks scruffy indeed. No bald spots save for a small one on his head he's always had since he came home and underneath his wings a small bare space that's also always been there. Seems to be a bit better in both spots tho.
What kind of made me have a question mark over my head is finding a couple of pin feathers in my hand when we were just playing. One was the other day, I was scratching his neck and a pin feather fell into my hand and then today the same thing. I've not had a baby grey for 25 years so I can't remember if this is normal or not. Seems a bit off.
Here in Malawi there is no avian vet anywhere. In fact, it's not easy to find any kind of vet.
He's acting fine, he's happy, eating and making noise otherwise, flings poo and laughs.
He was scruffy looking when he came home but quickly learned the value of showers and looked better just with good food and showers. Fast forward some months and as expected his first hard molt hit. I am hoping in time his scruffiness will be replaced with new feathers. He drops feathers, a lot of them, sometimes 8 or 10 a day. Then he will go a couple of days and not drop but 1 or 2. I've checked the feathers, they're not plucked or chewed. But he looks scruffy indeed. No bald spots save for a small one on his head he's always had since he came home and underneath his wings a small bare space that's also always been there. Seems to be a bit better in both spots tho.
What kind of made me have a question mark over my head is finding a couple of pin feathers in my hand when we were just playing. One was the other day, I was scratching his neck and a pin feather fell into my hand and then today the same thing. I've not had a baby grey for 25 years so I can't remember if this is normal or not. Seems a bit off.
Here in Malawi there is no avian vet anywhere. In fact, it's not easy to find any kind of vet.
He's acting fine, he's happy, eating and making noise otherwise, flings poo and laughs.