Is my lineolated parakeets preen gland impacted?

[kimoakley]

Just looking for some advice in case i'm overreacting. I've never really paid attention to the gland before so i'm not sure if this looks unusual. My parakeet is 3 years old and the sex is unknown. If I'm not just being paranoid and there is a real issue here doesn't anyone know how to fix it? He just has his yearly vet checkup about 2 months ago so I figured if there's something wrong they would've noticed it then but maybe it's new.

 

[HeatherG]

I see that the gland is large and bare. But now that I look closer I see feathering is otherwise normal and if it were impacted the bird would be uncomfortable and possibly plucking. An impacted preen gland eventually gets infected.

Is your bird having problems? Is it pulling its feathers? Why do you think the preen gland is impacted?

 

[kimoakley]

I see that the gland is large and bare. But now that I look closer I see feathering is otherwise normal and if it were impacted the bird would be uncomfortable and possibly plucking. An impacted preen gland eventually gets infected.

Is your bird having problems? Is it pulling its feathers? Why do you think the preen gland is impacted?

He's not having any problems and doesn't seem to be uncomfortable. I was just worried because of how bare the area is and because there looks to be a little bump.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

The Preen Gland has a little nipple in many species. Looks normal to me (BTW- what a cute linnie!)