Wing Improvement!!!

[sammmy]

Hi!
Not sure how many of you remember but when I came on here a few months ago I had adopted a GCC with stripped feathers and was showing wing destructive behaviors.. I wanted to show everyone an update on Skittles!

This was when I first got him and joined the site:



And this is Skittles today:


That's a difference about about 6 months living with me

 

[weco]

That's quite an improvement.....looks like he was originally barbering his feathers...stripping the feather barbs from the shafts.....congratulations.....

 

[Christinenc2000]

Nice just goes to show a little TLC goes a long way .

 

[Dopey]

Awesome!

What was your routine with him?

 

[sammmy]

A better diet, constant stimulation and lots of love!

When I got him he was on a seed diet that he actually hated, and he rarely ate veggies or fruits. Now he eats the Tropican Life Time pellets and he gets a small amount of the Kaytee Tropical Carnival seed mix (he loves the hot peppers and dried bits of fruit) He eats leafy green veggies and carrots most often but gets other fruit treats as well.

For a while he was getting a new toy once a week just for destroying purposes and then I rotated his toys every two weeks so he thought they were new LOL. We also found a bunch of cool foraging toys which he loves and seems to distract him.

And then once his feathers grew in we encouraged him to learn to fly and he absolutely loves flying and having the freedom to chase after us or the dogs!

I knew he SEEMED much happier since coming to live with us but this feather improvement and how silky smooth his feathers look and feel definitely proves it to me.

Ohyeah and ofcourse positive reinforcement for good behaviors helped alot

 

[Allee]

WOW! That's amazing progress! Skittles looks fantastic, thanks for the happy update. I love success stories.

 

[4dugnlee]

That is AWESOME!! Great job taking care of him and giving him the love he deserves!!