Hi everyone!
I am a feather mom of three. I have a green cheek and cinnamon conure and a budgie.
My green cheek has always had light feather plucking issues that never fully go away. He gets better then goes right back to plucking.
I’m spending quarantine with my parents and they live in WA where the climate is very dry and there’s all sorts of new pollen that my birds haven’t been exposed to.
In the last two weeks the pollen has been super bad and pancho (green cheek) has plucked SO many of his feathers. I’ve never seen him this bad. I’m really upset and have bought Pluck No More by King’s Cages and have been adding some to his water and spraying him throughout the day as instructions state.
With that said, I noticed today he has green diarrhea. I haven’t noticed it before today but I honestly don’t know if it’s been longer than a day.
My question is what have you all done to help with plucking?
I’m wondering if the climate is causing his skin to feel dry and he’s more inclined to overgroom and pluck?
The diarrhea - could it be from the pluck no more liquid I’m adding to the water?
I feel so bad for my feather baby.
I’ve cleaned his cage, added new toys and have looked into all sorts of anti plucking remedies.
Also considering avian calm hemp to help calm his nerves. He’s a naturally anxious bird unfortunately.
Any advice is greatly appreciated
I am a feather mom of three. I have a green cheek and cinnamon conure and a budgie.
My green cheek has always had light feather plucking issues that never fully go away. He gets better then goes right back to plucking.
I’m spending quarantine with my parents and they live in WA where the climate is very dry and there’s all sorts of new pollen that my birds haven’t been exposed to.
In the last two weeks the pollen has been super bad and pancho (green cheek) has plucked SO many of his feathers. I’ve never seen him this bad. I’m really upset and have bought Pluck No More by King’s Cages and have been adding some to his water and spraying him throughout the day as instructions state.
With that said, I noticed today he has green diarrhea. I haven’t noticed it before today but I honestly don’t know if it’s been longer than a day.
My question is what have you all done to help with plucking?
I’m wondering if the climate is causing his skin to feel dry and he’s more inclined to overgroom and pluck?
The diarrhea - could it be from the pluck no more liquid I’m adding to the water?
I feel so bad for my feather baby.
I’ve cleaned his cage, added new toys and have looked into all sorts of anti plucking remedies.
Also considering avian calm hemp to help calm his nerves. He’s a naturally anxious bird unfortunately.
Any advice is greatly appreciated