He does slightly but I can not work out if it is showing through from the underside as his feathers are pretty beat up. I thought I would not bother about checking into it too much till he molts his flight feathers, then I will have a real good look because I have a feeling it is just showing through from the underside.
Opps, I forgot to quote your post @Macawnutz
This is where the yellow ankle feathers would be spotted.
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I don't panic about sedation. In fact I ask for it when ever Korbel goes in as he does better. BUT... I know and trust my vet.
The nasal spray they use does not work on Korbel, I've heard it often does not work on BG's but would take the edge off.
I would want them sedated to remove that band... Don't want him moving and cutting his foot off! OMG
No, not showing through. He has yellow there and when he molts that feather I would love to see it. Is he old? My late BG Greg had that weirdo yellow there too.
Don't watch the videos... I would not even watch when I'm in the room. It's a shot and a big one. All my birds BUT Korbel are chipped. Don't ask why not Korbel as I don't have a decent answer. I'm more a mom and not a good nurse with him.
OH, that's why his head is huge with a baby beak! Duh.... I knew his birthday was coming and how old he was. It just didn't click seeing Burt in pictures for the first time. Lol
Oh yes, I totally remembered we were talking about ankle feathers.... Actually I got sidetracked by cuteness. The beaky one on his back is my favorite.Scrutinizing his feathers I see nothing but healthy in your photos. If he has off colored ankle feathers I would consider it normal for him. His feathering is beautiful...
Or maybe this is. hard to say. (click the invisible arrow beside "Shezbug said:" to go to original post)View attachment 276927 He was so tired after playing that he fell asleep on my bed resting on my sons arm.
And this:He also squeals like a little kid in a play ground when I tell him I am gonna come and get him, I say things like "I'm gonna get your toes", "I'm coming to get you, you better hurry up" and he squeals so loud and long it makes everyone laugh.
He also has a crazy conversation with his feet for about an hour each day, he gets on the floor of his cage and rolls around with his foot in the air. His foot and his beak seem to take turns attacking each other which keeps him amused for ages and he usually waffles on in bird language the whole time.
@Macawnutz, I have just had a look and without hurting, stressing or angering him it does look like it may be a little yellowed. It is not one of the ones I can get a good look at when the wings are stretched out as it sits right underneath another feather so I had to try to carefully look between the two feathers. If it is not yellow then it is much much lighter than the other ones near it.
You have a baby. You should be able to poke and prod him anywhere. If you can't you need a new playtime game that teaches it.
Sit him in your lap and literally act like you are doing a medical inspection of him. Scratch his beak, pull his head up and scratch feathers under his chin. Rub his cheeks, ears and nares. Open his wings and dig through wing feathers. Pick up and massage both feet, turn him around and spread his tail and inspect feathers. Make it fun and preen while your doing it.
Teach him towels are not scary, teach him to take juice from a tiny syringe, harnesses, nail trims.... If you are going to go through toddler macaw ( which I would never do again ) at least give him a foundation that will help you for a lifetime. Lol
You told me to make sure I could do all those things early in the year which I made sure I worked on with him as he was minimally handled as a baby bird. I now can do all the things you have mentioned and he is usually fine with most of it but I am having to kind of pull the feather out in a way that it is moving some of his bigger pin feathers which are really bothering him. I am really really worried about hurting his feathers but I will have another look today while we are playing and see if I can get a better view at the particular feather. I really do not know how much I can move the individual wing feathers about without causing damage or pain to him. He will grumble about his wings being touched every time but he will usually sit patiently while I check them out, I have done the digging around in the tail frequently but I am so stressed about the safe range of movements of the wing feathers that I mostly settle for a quick gentle shuffle around in them very carefully. How much movement can they take without causing any pain or damage?