griegos767
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- Apr 12, 2021
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Hello, thanks for helping!
We adopted an eastern rosella a couple of months ago, and when we got him the feathers on his chest looks disheveled and I wondered about plucking. He had a hard life with no toys and all seed diet before.
We were really happy to see his health, behavior, and feathers improve. His red chest feathers even grew back!!!
But then, for the first time after having a full red chest, I noticed him preening in that area and his chest suddenly looking quite disheveled again. If I look at the bottom of the cage, it even looks like the red feathers are a bit shredded.
We don't have an aviary vet in our area, so we're still looking for a specialist who can help. In the meantime, does anyone have experience with this? Is he ok? And is there anything I can do to try and alleviate it or help the little guy?
Seriously the sweetest bird I've ever had, and it's killing me if this means he is distressed.
Thanks again for your help!
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We adopted an eastern rosella a couple of months ago, and when we got him the feathers on his chest looks disheveled and I wondered about plucking. He had a hard life with no toys and all seed diet before.
We were really happy to see his health, behavior, and feathers improve. His red chest feathers even grew back!!!
But then, for the first time after having a full red chest, I noticed him preening in that area and his chest suddenly looking quite disheveled again. If I look at the bottom of the cage, it even looks like the red feathers are a bit shredded.
We don't have an aviary vet in our area, so we're still looking for a specialist who can help. In the meantime, does anyone have experience with this? Is he ok? And is there anything I can do to try and alleviate it or help the little guy?
Seriously the sweetest bird I've ever had, and it's killing me if this means he is distressed.
Thanks again for your help!
(I attached a photo in the reply post below
)
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