Rocha
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- Jan 21, 2022
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Hi,
Hoping someone can help our little Roger...
Roger (female) approx 35 years old. Started laying eggs 3 years ago (2/3 eggs once per year in Dec). This year she laid 2 eggs. She was perfectly fine through the whole process then a couple of weeks later, literally ovenight all her tail feathers curled up then the next few days they got worse and now all her body feathers are looking tatty. The 2nd morning after her feathers curled I found her on the floor (very unusual) and she had pooped a lot all over the floor.
In the daytime she is her usual interactive self, eating lots and getting upto the usual mischief! but late at night time she acts really strange. She usually sleeps on top of her cage in the lounge, but now she won't go on the cage (night time only). I have tried leaving a light on for her, I've put another stand in the lounge that she could sleep on, I have even tried sleeping in the lounge with her but it's as though she is afraid of something. When I was in there with her she started walking around frantically and picking at her feathers - like extreme pruning. It was like she was trying to run away from her feathers/tail, maybe they were annoying her. She will sleep on the sofa or on the floor but not go on the cage. Then come daytime she is back to her old self. But her feathers are getting worse. Her eyes are normal and nothing wrong with her beak. There isn't a specialist avarian vet near me so I'm hoping someone here has seen this before or can point me in the right direction. I have read is could be a deficiency after laying the eggs so I have started giving her some calcium suppliment. Any advice greatly appreciated! Thanks...
(I have attached some pictures and included one prior so you can see how she usually looks)
Hoping someone can help our little Roger...
Roger (female) approx 35 years old. Started laying eggs 3 years ago (2/3 eggs once per year in Dec). This year she laid 2 eggs. She was perfectly fine through the whole process then a couple of weeks later, literally ovenight all her tail feathers curled up then the next few days they got worse and now all her body feathers are looking tatty. The 2nd morning after her feathers curled I found her on the floor (very unusual) and she had pooped a lot all over the floor.
In the daytime she is her usual interactive self, eating lots and getting upto the usual mischief! but late at night time she acts really strange. She usually sleeps on top of her cage in the lounge, but now she won't go on the cage (night time only). I have tried leaving a light on for her, I've put another stand in the lounge that she could sleep on, I have even tried sleeping in the lounge with her but it's as though she is afraid of something. When I was in there with her she started walking around frantically and picking at her feathers - like extreme pruning. It was like she was trying to run away from her feathers/tail, maybe they were annoying her. She will sleep on the sofa or on the floor but not go on the cage. Then come daytime she is back to her old self. But her feathers are getting worse. Her eyes are normal and nothing wrong with her beak. There isn't a specialist avarian vet near me so I'm hoping someone here has seen this before or can point me in the right direction. I have read is could be a deficiency after laying the eggs so I have started giving her some calcium suppliment. Any advice greatly appreciated! Thanks...
(I have attached some pictures and included one prior so you can see how she usually looks)