Hello. Our Galah Bowie is aggressively itching his chest. Not his entire body, just his upper chestā¦ā¦ā¦not behavior heās ever shown. We put him in a towel and took some pictures, and his chest looks to be incredibly dry and flakey, but also some signs of pin feathers and blood feathers coming in in the areas that seems to be bothering him the most. Our house is 50-55% humidity so I donāt think that is the problem. I also took a picture of the paper at bottom of his cage, which I switched out last night, and you can see all the dandruff from him itching just in the last 14 hours. Last week he pulled out all of the white āfloofyā feathers, which was also a bit out of character for him, though he hasnāt been pulling out or destroying any of the pink feathers. We have hepa filters through the house, so I don't think it would be an airborne allergen.
We took him to the avian vet last week who told us that he is healthy, but prescribed a supplement for dry skin. That said, does anyone have additional insight into what may be going on? Is it normal to have this level of dryness and discomfort just from a few pin feathers and molting? He seems very uncomfortable. Weāve been giving him baths daily with a "bird bath" spray from a local parrot store that includes water, menthol, methyl salicylate, thymol and witch hazelā¦ā¦ā¦could this be causing the skin dryness? Is there a better spray with Aloe or something that would help? He seems to get comfort for at least an hour after a bath.
His diet is approximately 50% Zupreem, 20% Harrison, 20% sweet potatoes/brocoli and 10% nuts/seeds as foraging treats.
Any insight is welcome!
We took him to the avian vet last week who told us that he is healthy, but prescribed a supplement for dry skin. That said, does anyone have additional insight into what may be going on? Is it normal to have this level of dryness and discomfort just from a few pin feathers and molting? He seems very uncomfortable. Weāve been giving him baths daily with a "bird bath" spray from a local parrot store that includes water, menthol, methyl salicylate, thymol and witch hazelā¦ā¦ā¦could this be causing the skin dryness? Is there a better spray with Aloe or something that would help? He seems to get comfort for at least an hour after a bath.
His diet is approximately 50% Zupreem, 20% Harrison, 20% sweet potatoes/brocoli and 10% nuts/seeds as foraging treats.
Any insight is welcome!
