pablo
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Posts: 12 
Types of birds owned: Black masked lovebirds
Number of birds owned: 2
Are your birds flighted?: Yes
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Post by pablo on Jul 12, 2016 22:02:00 GMT
Hi,
I have noticed my male lovebird was losing feathers from the legs and the neck, to be more exact in the throat and upper chest zone. Now it is almost bald in this zone even if he has canons (new feathers sticks) incoming.
I have an anti mite drops named pulmosan I brought from Spain and I put a drop in his neck skin at the back.
Let's see what happens these days if not I will take him to the vet. He is fine flies sings plays bites... so I don't know if it's hormonal disorder or what...
The female has been with him all this time and she doesn't have any issue.
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OscarTheGrouch
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Types of birds owned: Plum headed parakeet,Cockatiels and a BFA
Number of birds owned: 4
Names of birds: Mango,Rocko,Loki,Oscar
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Post by OscarTheGrouch on Jul 13, 2016 4:35:36 GMT
Hi, I have noticed my male lovebird was losing feathers from the legs and the neck, to be more exact in the throat and upper chest zone. Now it is almost bald in this zone even if he has canons (new feathers sticks) incoming. I have an anti mite drops named pulmosan I brought from Spain and I put a drop in his neck skin at the back. Let's see what happens these days if not I will take him to the vet. He is fine flies sings plays bites... so I don't know if it's hormonal disorder or what... The female has been with him all this time and she doesn't have any issue. I think anti mite drops go in the water not on the bird.If he had mites I'm sure the female would get them too and it could be her plucking his feathers.I would keep a close eye on them and make sure its not her plucking him. |
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pablo
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Posts: 12
Types of birds owned: Black masked lovebirds
Number of birds owned: 2
Are your birds flighted?: Yes
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Post by pablo on Jul 13, 2016 17:20:15 GMT
Yes you are right. It could be a plucking issue. I will keep an eye. Now they are happy flying around an eating pear heheheehhe.
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OscarTheGrouch
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Posts: 330
Types of birds owned: Plum headed parakeet,Cockatiels and a BFA
Number of birds owned: 4
Names of birds: Mango,Rocko,Loki,Oscar
Are your birds flighted?: Yes
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Post by OscarTheGrouch on Sept 8, 2016 15:52:33 GMT
Yes you are right. It could be a plucking issue. I will keep an eye. Now they are happy flying around an eating pear heheheehhe. How are they now? |
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OscarTheGrouch
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Posts: 330
Types of birds owned: Plum headed parakeet,Cockatiels and a BFA
Number of birds owned: 4
Names of birds: Mango,Rocko,Loki,Oscar
Are your birds flighted?: Yes
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Post by OscarTheGrouch on Sept 8, 2016 15:52:48 GMT
Yes you are right. It could be a plucking issue. I will keep an eye. Now they are happy flying around an eating pear heheheehhe. How are they now? |
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easttex
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Types of birds owned: CAG
Number of birds owned: 1
Names of birds: Allie
Are your birds flighted?: Yes
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Post by easttex on Sept 11, 2016 9:51:31 GMT
I would agree that he is probably plucking. It's most often behavioral, but there could be a physical cause, and I would take him to an avian vet for an evaluation..
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OscarTheGrouch
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Posts: 330
Types of birds owned: Plum headed parakeet,Cockatiels and a BFA
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Names of birds: Mango,Rocko,Loki,Oscar
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Post by OscarTheGrouch on Sept 11, 2016 12:26:21 GMT
I would agree that he is probably plucking. It's most often behavioral, but there could be a physical cause, and I would take him to an avian vet for an evaluation.. He wasn't plucking he was just going through a heavy moult and still is and he has lots of his flight feathers back. |
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easttex
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Posts: 46
Types of birds owned: CAG
Number of birds owned: 1
Names of birds: Allie
Are your birds flighted?: Yes
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Post by easttex on Sept 11, 2016 14:38:40 GMT
I would still keep a close eye on it. A heavy molt is not the norm for parrots. They come mostly from warm climates, so have no need for the stress of a quick set of new feathers. You typically can't tell when they are molting except for the feathers on the floor.
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OscarTheGrouch
Administrator
Posts: 330
Types of birds owned: Plum headed parakeet,Cockatiels and a BFA
Number of birds owned: 4
Names of birds: Mango,Rocko,Loki,Oscar
Are your birds flighted?: Yes
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Post by OscarTheGrouch on Sept 11, 2016 16:20:25 GMT
I would still keep a close eye on it. A heavy molt is not the norm for parrots. They come mostly from warm climates, so have no need for the stress of a quick set of new feathers. You typically can't tell when they are molting except for the feathers on the floor. They grew back a long time ago, He just went heavy on his head and had a little bald patch but his pin feathers have come off and he has a bright shiny head lol.He never lost any feathers on his neck I just thought he did. |
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