Davidcsky
New member
- Apr 22, 2014
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- Parrots
- Barney, Quaker Parakeet who joined us as a 4 week old baby on the 15th July 2013 & Mannie, Alexandrine Parakeet who joined us as a 4 week old baby on the 8th of April 2014
Hi Guys,
My quaker has been plucking his feathers out lately (drawing blood from his wing pits). After a run to the vets and treatment (antibiotics, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatories) nothing really changed. Following that we tried treating Barney for Giardia (using Flagyl) as there seemed to be the symptoms but no success there neither. Yesterday i noticed that he had plucked the whole of his under belly area.
I am not very keen on vets in my country as there is no avian vets. Do note that Barney has not been sexed and I am not sure whether he/she is a male or a female (though i suspect Barney is a she). Barney has just turned 4 this year so my suspicion is that hormonal changes are the cause. I don't believe the cause of all this is parasites as Barney's cage is next to my other parrots' cages and they do not exhibit any of his symptoms. Barney is well looked after with plenty of toys and attention and is fed Roudybush as his main food.
Can you kindly provide me with suggestions of what could be the case of all this as i hate seeing him/her in this state. Could it be truly hormonal? my vet suggested some sort of implant which is injected under the skin between the wings which helps with hormonal imbalances. Shall i give it a shot?
Thanks and your help would be greatly appreciated!!
My quaker has been plucking his feathers out lately (drawing blood from his wing pits). After a run to the vets and treatment (antibiotics, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatories) nothing really changed. Following that we tried treating Barney for Giardia (using Flagyl) as there seemed to be the symptoms but no success there neither. Yesterday i noticed that he had plucked the whole of his under belly area.
I am not very keen on vets in my country as there is no avian vets. Do note that Barney has not been sexed and I am not sure whether he/she is a male or a female (though i suspect Barney is a she). Barney has just turned 4 this year so my suspicion is that hormonal changes are the cause. I don't believe the cause of all this is parasites as Barney's cage is next to my other parrots' cages and they do not exhibit any of his symptoms. Barney is well looked after with plenty of toys and attention and is fed Roudybush as his main food.
Can you kindly provide me with suggestions of what could be the case of all this as i hate seeing him/her in this state. Could it be truly hormonal? my vet suggested some sort of implant which is injected under the skin between the wings which helps with hormonal imbalances. Shall i give it a shot?
Thanks and your help would be greatly appreciated!!