I recently adopted an African Grey. She is my first Grey. We get along incredibly well. After she came home, I noticed that she had a bold spot on her neck, under her beak (you cannot see it unless she stretched out her neck), and also it looks like some of the feathers on her feet are missing. The feathers on her neck look like they are growing back.
About two weeks ago I noticed that there were a couple of feathers at the bottom of her cage. This was in the morning when she woke up. The person at the rescue said that it would be expected for her to pluck some feathers as all the moving would undoubtedly cause some stress (I'm her 3rd home, 4th if you count her foster home). A week after the first time I found feathers, I found a couple more. This morning I found another. In total she has lost 7 feathers in the month that I've had her, and they are all found in the morning when she wakes up.
Is this normal? She's on a healthy diet (pellets, fresh fruit, nuts, etc). She seems very happy to me and I think she's adjusted very well to her new home. She gets about 3 hours of out-of-cage time in the morning, and 4-5 hours in the evening (at her prev home she was only let out a couple of hours after diner because they had dogs that needed to be crated). Could they be feathers that she had picked on before, so they were damaged and are falling now? Could she be molting?
Thank you in advance for your help.
About two weeks ago I noticed that there were a couple of feathers at the bottom of her cage. This was in the morning when she woke up. The person at the rescue said that it would be expected for her to pluck some feathers as all the moving would undoubtedly cause some stress (I'm her 3rd home, 4th if you count her foster home). A week after the first time I found feathers, I found a couple more. This morning I found another. In total she has lost 7 feathers in the month that I've had her, and they are all found in the morning when she wakes up.
Is this normal? She's on a healthy diet (pellets, fresh fruit, nuts, etc). She seems very happy to me and I think she's adjusted very well to her new home. She gets about 3 hours of out-of-cage time in the morning, and 4-5 hours in the evening (at her prev home she was only let out a couple of hours after diner because they had dogs that needed to be crated). Could they be feathers that she had picked on before, so they were damaged and are falling now? Could she be molting?
Thank you in advance for your help.