Bella and her Long eyelashes

[itsjoyceduh]

Hi everyone! I just noticed how long Bella's eyelashes are and I thought i'd share them with everyone! Feel free to show off your babies eyelash and beauty !

 

[henpecked]

I preen my Jakiepoo's eye lashes, she so loves it.

 

[JerseyWendy]

Beautiful photos of GORGEOUS Bella (and her magnificent eyelashes!!!!)

 

[henpecked]

Wish i could take pictures that good.

 

[itsjoyceduh]

Wish i could take pictures that good.

Hahah thank you ! It was by luck I took a lot in order to get a few good ones ! The struggle

 

[thekarens]

She's adorable!

 

[PetoftheDay]

Aww, what great photos, and spectacular lashes indeed! Thanks for sharing these with us.

 

[Allee]

Wonderful close ups of Bella's sweet face and lovely lashes! Thanks for sharing!

 

[GreatBlue320]

Beautiful Bella!

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

Beautiful! I love Blue Fronts. My Amy is a pleasure. Loves her showers and she looks so beautiful when she is all spiffy. I'm gonna try and get a pic or two of her lashes now too lol.


Jim

 

[Kiwibird]

Bella is a beauty! Kiwi says "hello!" Kiwi doesn't have anything on Bella's lashes (but he is a boy:54.

 

[henpecked]

Now you're gonna make me go check some of my pairs to see if it's only hens that have lashes.

 

[denaw]

I Never noticed eyelashes on Elvis my DYH...then he was a boy too.. I am envious of those lashes!! She is Beautiful, and looks like a 'she'
Dena

 

[SailBoat]

Long eyelashes on an Amazon (male or female) is a quick visual of the recent/long term good health, quality of diet and more importantly - not dealing with stressed. After a quick over view of the physical appearance of an Amazon, a detailed look at his eyes and eyelashes will provide a quick snap shot. Long eyelashes are seen only on healthy, happy and stress free Amazons.

For me, the recent loss or long term loss of eyelashes demands a very close visual inspection of the Amazon including droppings. Health, diet or stress issues are likely present. If other signs are apparent consider changing the status of your Amazon to sick and treat as needed depending on what your findings are: Stress Reduction / Diet Change / Vet Visit.

Seeing another individuals Amazon that has no, very short, or very few eyelashes has me doing an automatic double check of the overall parrot. If I am seeing any sign of other issues, I will not make contact with that Amazon and if I do - its a full removal of my clothing and a full shower before I get deep into my home or make contact with my Amazon(s). Lived though that dark period of friends losing nearly, if not all of their parrots has me ever mindful of spreading one or more of the illness parrots can carry.

Love long eyelashes on Amazons.

NOTE: This applies to Amazons only!

Steven,

 

[Skybird]

Beautiful eyelashes.....Bella is so pretty. Thanks for sharing....have to check Reggie's eyelashes....lol

 

[Kiwibird]

@ Sailboat- Curious where you got your information on amazon eyelashes from? I have been around parrots (including amazons) my entire life and am pretty knowledgeable and have never heard that before. While I have never seen an amazon with no eyelashes at all personally, I have seen some with more than others and was always under the impression it was kind of like some have more yellow or blue or red ext... (just an individual characteristic). My big male BFA has eyelashes, but not as many as Bella. He's certainly not unhealthy or stressed or angry.

Bella, the BFA in this post, looks like she is either fully or has more dominant A.a. aestiva traits in her than the more common (in the US) A.a xanthopteryx to me. I have noticed in my (limited) seeing/researching A.a aestivates they seem to have thicker lashes, more blue, less yellow and smaller size than their bigger cousins.

 

[itsjoyceduh]

hahah I LOVE how everyone is checking and hopefully taking pictures of their birds eyelashes! EVERYONE UPDATE PICS OF YOUR BABIES!

 

[witchbaby]

Bella has some lovely lashes. Very cute.

 

[Phungcpu]

Very nice macro pic

 

[SailBoat]

Thank-you for asking for more detail regarding eyelashes and for adding what I had forgotten to add: color of the eyelashes and density.

As a product / sales / application engineer for the upper mid-West in North America and a product / application engineer for Europe, I have traveled to Europe many times over the years.

I first was introduced to this tool while on a business trip to Germany, Sweden and England some twenty-five years ago. While in Germany, the company's representative that I was traveling with was a fellow Amazon lover. Europe had just lived though another wave of parrot illnesses and the topic of being watchful of the health of one's parrots had come up several times during our days together. While in Sweden later that week with our northern representative who was a breeder of bird dogs, I asked if he had any contacts with parrot groups in Sweden. He did and with luck I meet a small group of old and new world parrot lovers, although our time spent on the topic of eyelashes was very short. My interests was how they and their parrots deal with their long winters. I was very lucky while in England where I met with the then President of the Amazon Society and several senior members. The topic of eyelashes was discuss in detail along with year around outdoor free fight.

Sadly, I find myself short on time this morning. I promise to provide greater detail next week.

FYI: Based on your photo I believe you have a: A.a. xanthopteryx. I provided a detail review of that sub-species on page two of my Welcome Post.

Steven