serge_09
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hi
i wouldnt say this is really a health concern as such but figured this might be the best section for advice...
i have a greenwing macaw, lola, she is coming up to 5 months old (which could be the reason) and shes a lovely looking bird but her tail feathers are really tatty and scruffy (ill try and upload a photo when im home). on one side of one of the main tail feathers there are none at all. now ive never noticed exceptional amounts of feathers (the odd one here and there where weve been playing) so i have no reason to believe shes plucking them... i just dont know why they're that way??
shes had feathers start to sprout on her head too, well she has hard 'stems' for lack of a better word, which look and i assume will turn into feathers, isnt she a bit young for that?
she is my first bird and all this is a little new too me, just trying to gain a better understanding of what shes going through
thanks
lewis
i wouldnt say this is really a health concern as such but figured this might be the best section for advice...
i have a greenwing macaw, lola, she is coming up to 5 months old (which could be the reason) and shes a lovely looking bird but her tail feathers are really tatty and scruffy (ill try and upload a photo when im home). on one side of one of the main tail feathers there are none at all. now ive never noticed exceptional amounts of feathers (the odd one here and there where weve been playing) so i have no reason to believe shes plucking them... i just dont know why they're that way??
shes had feathers start to sprout on her head too, well she has hard 'stems' for lack of a better word, which look and i assume will turn into feathers, isnt she a bit young for that?
she is my first bird and all this is a little new too me, just trying to gain a better understanding of what shes going through
thanks
lewis