I have an African Grey that I have owned since she was 2. She is now 22 and in the last few weeks has had a strange thing going on with her feathers. She is normally very soft and silky. When I got her, I worked with an avian vet who said her feather under her wings grows in kind of funky, so she has always picked them a bit, but remained the same.
I called the local and only avian vet in town as she has been progressively losing feathers. I do not see her pick, but when she sits somewhere for a period of time and I move her there is actually a small pile of what looks like skin. When I look close, her downy feathers seem greasy almost matted to her body. If I rub the area gently it works loose and leaves a bald patch.
Once I get the matter off her, the skin looks ok and some fathers are coming back. It seems to be traveling about her body.
As I said, I took her to the vet-it was not as bad as it is now. She said her skin was probably dry and to bath her every other day and apply this balm. I did, but the balm just seemed to make more of a mess. I sent her photos of how it was looking and asked about sending out a fecal-which I dropped off today.
She is acting fine, but I am really worried and the vet does not seem to have any definite idea and is hard to access. I read as much as I can and find nothing that seems similar. Has anyone else ever dealt with an issue like this? Nothing has changed and I am stumped and very concerned.
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I called the local and only avian vet in town as she has been progressively losing feathers. I do not see her pick, but when she sits somewhere for a period of time and I move her there is actually a small pile of what looks like skin. When I look close, her downy feathers seem greasy almost matted to her body. If I rub the area gently it works loose and leaves a bald patch.
Once I get the matter off her, the skin looks ok and some fathers are coming back. It seems to be traveling about her body.
As I said, I took her to the vet-it was not as bad as it is now. She said her skin was probably dry and to bath her every other day and apply this balm. I did, but the balm just seemed to make more of a mess. I sent her photos of how it was looking and asked about sending out a fecal-which I dropped off today.
She is acting fine, but I am really worried and the vet does not seem to have any definite idea and is hard to access. I read as much as I can and find nothing that seems similar. Has anyone else ever dealt with an issue like this? Nothing has changed and I am stumped and very concerned.
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