Ninjina93
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- Jan 21, 2022
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Hi all! I recently rescued a wild quaker fledgling from the city streets, dehydrated and exhausted. He's now in my care until he can fly away after building up his strength. Already he is flying pretty well around the house, and has a lot of 'spice' 😂, but the vet suggests another two weeks tops before releasing him to the colony.
Since we found him his tail feathers have been extremely tatty. The vet gave me a biotin vitamin supplement last week to mix into his food, otherwise he is eating very well with a variety of fruit, veg, grains, nuts, seeds and complete pellets.
This morning he lost two of the worst feathers. He was screaming flying around to shake them out. I have the vet again on Tuesday but I'm just worried. I'm wondering if this been from a nutrient deficiency from before I found him, or perhaps an attack? Has anyone seen this before?
The vet only found traces of a non-serious fungal infection in his poop, for which he is being treated, and just in case I am treatinh my other wild rescued quaker who is a permanent family member.
Any thoughts about these feathers or question suggestions I should throw to my vet on Tuesday would be so appreciated!
Since we found him his tail feathers have been extremely tatty. The vet gave me a biotin vitamin supplement last week to mix into his food, otherwise he is eating very well with a variety of fruit, veg, grains, nuts, seeds and complete pellets.
This morning he lost two of the worst feathers. He was screaming flying around to shake them out. I have the vet again on Tuesday but I'm just worried. I'm wondering if this been from a nutrient deficiency from before I found him, or perhaps an attack? Has anyone seen this before?
The vet only found traces of a non-serious fungal infection in his poop, for which he is being treated, and just in case I am treatinh my other wild rescued quaker who is a permanent family member.
Any thoughts about these feathers or question suggestions I should throw to my vet on Tuesday would be so appreciated!