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It is too early for me to be sure, but I have seen improvement in my lovebird Sunny these past two weeks. We went away for a couple of days and had someone watch him. This is about the third person to watch him when we have been away (usually only two days) and every time we come back he looks better.
This time as soon as my son picked him up he started petting him and the father of the girl who looked after him said that we shouldn't be petting him like that, he should only be pet on the head. To be honest I was a bigger culprit of this, so now we just pet his head. Where we were petting him before was like we were trying to mate with him....in hindsight I should have known that.
So far all of you with Feather Pickers out there, this may be the reason.....again it has only been two weeks, but this is the best he has been for a year. I really hope I am not jinxing it by posting, but if it is, hopefully I can help even one of you because no one ever suggested this may be the reason.
In addition to this I cut out the amount of food I give him daily and I have cut down on the amount of seed I put in his mix. He is pooping and I weighed him the other day, so he is getting enough. He is now looking healthier and a brighter yellow. Not sure if it is the molt that is making him look brighter or a combination of less picking, eating better and the molt.
I've attached a picture of him from March 13th and one from him today, March 30th.
This time as soon as my son picked him up he started petting him and the father of the girl who looked after him said that we shouldn't be petting him like that, he should only be pet on the head. To be honest I was a bigger culprit of this, so now we just pet his head. Where we were petting him before was like we were trying to mate with him....in hindsight I should have known that.
So far all of you with Feather Pickers out there, this may be the reason.....again it has only been two weeks, but this is the best he has been for a year. I really hope I am not jinxing it by posting, but if it is, hopefully I can help even one of you because no one ever suggested this may be the reason.
In addition to this I cut out the amount of food I give him daily and I have cut down on the amount of seed I put in his mix. He is pooping and I weighed him the other day, so he is getting enough. He is now looking healthier and a brighter yellow. Not sure if it is the molt that is making him look brighter or a combination of less picking, eating better and the molt.
I've attached a picture of him from March 13th and one from him today, March 30th.
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