ctwo
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- May 16, 2019
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- Parrots
- Mango the Indian Ringneck and Peach the Cockatiel; Kiwi found a new home
I mostly want to know if she is healthy.
Peach is paired with an indian ringneck, and they mostly seem to get along (had them about a month).
I'm a little worried that Peach is not that healthy, or maybe she is just very old. She seems to be more active when with the IR as he nudges her around to where he wants her. She will climb on the bars and hang upside-down and flap/stretch wings, but usually sits puffed up. She makes very little noise. If I remove the IR for a while, she does not move around much at all and typically just sits on her food dish.
She will only eat seed so I want to get her diet in better shape. I'm not really sure the best way to ween her off of seed if that is what shes been eating for a long time. She seems to eat regularly and with gusto at times. Her poops look fine to me and I only saw her sneeze a few times, but not the past couple of weeks.
When she was flapping and stretching out her wings, I noticed one is missing the outer feathers and there appeared a darker spot under the feathers at the wingtip. I don't know if that is an old injury or something more recent. She seems to fly just fine.
Maybe she just needs more time to get comfortable with me and maybe I should separate her from the IR. He gets upset if I get near here and will fly back to the room to be with her, especially if he sees me go in there.
Peach is paired with an indian ringneck, and they mostly seem to get along (had them about a month).
I'm a little worried that Peach is not that healthy, or maybe she is just very old. She seems to be more active when with the IR as he nudges her around to where he wants her. She will climb on the bars and hang upside-down and flap/stretch wings, but usually sits puffed up. She makes very little noise. If I remove the IR for a while, she does not move around much at all and typically just sits on her food dish.
She will only eat seed so I want to get her diet in better shape. I'm not really sure the best way to ween her off of seed if that is what shes been eating for a long time. She seems to eat regularly and with gusto at times. Her poops look fine to me and I only saw her sneeze a few times, but not the past couple of weeks.
When she was flapping and stretching out her wings, I noticed one is missing the outer feathers and there appeared a darker spot under the feathers at the wingtip. I don't know if that is an old injury or something more recent. She seems to fly just fine.
Maybe she just needs more time to get comfortable with me and maybe I should separate her from the IR. He gets upset if I get near here and will fly back to the room to be with her, especially if he sees me go in there.