Brittany741
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- Feb 9, 2015
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- Parrots
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SI Eclectus (Ruby) - 11 / Eclectus (Wrangler) - 7 / Eclectus (Pinto) - 6 /
Red Sided Eclectus (Oliver) - 4 mos. /
White Bellied Caique (Dan) - 2 /
Foster Congo African Grey (Molly) - 6
I was giving her a bath today and noticed her gland by her tail was puffed up and showing obvious signs of infection.
After washing my hands with chlorhexidine surgical scrub, she let me express nearly 100% of the infection. Going to get her started on antibiotics. I suspect this is a major contributing factor to her plucking. Her feathers are dull and brittle feeling- of course- without her having access to the gland for proper preening.
My daughter took video (she's 8) and it's a little long but at least you can see how it went. My sweet baby bird didn't protest or object whatsoever. I can only imagine the relief she felt from the pressure.
[ame="http://youtu.be/uu1HpzGtjms"]Rescue Eclectus has an infected gland. She let me express the abscess. - YouTube[/ame]
After washing my hands with chlorhexidine surgical scrub, she let me express nearly 100% of the infection. Going to get her started on antibiotics. I suspect this is a major contributing factor to her plucking. Her feathers are dull and brittle feeling- of course- without her having access to the gland for proper preening.
My daughter took video (she's 8) and it's a little long but at least you can see how it went. My sweet baby bird didn't protest or object whatsoever. I can only imagine the relief she felt from the pressure.
[ame="http://youtu.be/uu1HpzGtjms"]Rescue Eclectus has an infected gland. She let me express the abscess. - YouTube[/ame]