Hello all!
A little background on my bird experience: i have worked with many species including quakers, conures, african greys, cockatoos, cockatiels and hans macaws. I have owned a cockateil for a few years and after becoming very close with a umbrella cockatoo i pet sit for often i wanted to rescue a larger bird. Well just so happens that a friend of a friend was looking to rehome her Ecelctus as she told me that her new work schedule of a 12 hour shift was too long to be away from her baby. His name is Simon and we do not know his exact age she had told me he is a little bit of a plucker but he is starting to grow his feathers back. When i met him the first time we instantly clicked and he always perks up to see me. I did a few months of research before actually taking him home. But it seems like he is still plucking. I will list possible symptoms and then my specific care.
Symptoms: •sneezing fits, not heavy breathing though just a few sneezes here and there
• he still plucks and does this thing where he is almost violently scratching himself
• he scratches his beak a lot on stuff and it kinda looks like there are little bits of dry parts to it.
• he has a heavy musky smell. Its not a gross smrll but its noticable.
•he also squats a lot. Like he looks like he is about to fly but just doesn't.
His care: He always has fresh water i change it two times a day. His cage is in our dining room across the room from our cockateil. He came from a home with other birds too as the previous owners were fosters for parrots but Simon was their personal bird. He get for food a fresh produce and grains chop recipe that i pre prep and freeze once a day and then his second meal is sprouts and he gets a treat of a nut once a day. Usually almond or macadamia. He also gets little bits of the fresh fruit we have on hand. At his old home they gave him harrisons eclectus diet like 10 pellets a day but i know that usually pellets are not good for ekkies cause of their digestive systems. He also is out of his cage and with me for at least 6 hours a day if not more. I don't see him play a lot he usually just watches me or dances a little.
As a new ekkie owner i want to know if i am doing anything wrong or if i can do anything to help before i take him into the vet. Cause at this point i think i am going to take him just to get a wellness check at least. Oh he also does not like water that much but i know they need to stay humid so i am not sure how to get him to like it. Any advice for a newbie is greatly appreciated !! I will post a picture too of him! We have had him for about 3 weeks now so it is all still pretty new i am just nervous i am doing something wrong that i dont know about. Here he is eating a banana snack.
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A little background on my bird experience: i have worked with many species including quakers, conures, african greys, cockatoos, cockatiels and hans macaws. I have owned a cockateil for a few years and after becoming very close with a umbrella cockatoo i pet sit for often i wanted to rescue a larger bird. Well just so happens that a friend of a friend was looking to rehome her Ecelctus as she told me that her new work schedule of a 12 hour shift was too long to be away from her baby. His name is Simon and we do not know his exact age she had told me he is a little bit of a plucker but he is starting to grow his feathers back. When i met him the first time we instantly clicked and he always perks up to see me. I did a few months of research before actually taking him home. But it seems like he is still plucking. I will list possible symptoms and then my specific care.
Symptoms: •sneezing fits, not heavy breathing though just a few sneezes here and there
• he still plucks and does this thing where he is almost violently scratching himself
• he scratches his beak a lot on stuff and it kinda looks like there are little bits of dry parts to it.
• he has a heavy musky smell. Its not a gross smrll but its noticable.
•he also squats a lot. Like he looks like he is about to fly but just doesn't.
His care: He always has fresh water i change it two times a day. His cage is in our dining room across the room from our cockateil. He came from a home with other birds too as the previous owners were fosters for parrots but Simon was their personal bird. He get for food a fresh produce and grains chop recipe that i pre prep and freeze once a day and then his second meal is sprouts and he gets a treat of a nut once a day. Usually almond or macadamia. He also gets little bits of the fresh fruit we have on hand. At his old home they gave him harrisons eclectus diet like 10 pellets a day but i know that usually pellets are not good for ekkies cause of their digestive systems. He also is out of his cage and with me for at least 6 hours a day if not more. I don't see him play a lot he usually just watches me or dances a little.
As a new ekkie owner i want to know if i am doing anything wrong or if i can do anything to help before i take him into the vet. Cause at this point i think i am going to take him just to get a wellness check at least. Oh he also does not like water that much but i know they need to stay humid so i am not sure how to get him to like it. Any advice for a newbie is greatly appreciated !! I will post a picture too of him! We have had him for about 3 weeks now so it is all still pretty new i am just nervous i am doing something wrong that i dont know about. Here he is eating a banana snack.
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