Plucked amazon

[MarvinDaAmazon]

Hello, I recently rescued a turquoise fronted amazon who had plucked his chest and back bald. I've been giving him frequent mistingings and he even trusts me enough to help him preen his head and face. My question is I noticed he has what looks like a feather growing in under the skin on his right leg, the tip is slightly exposed....will it come out or should I seek help from my avian vet.

 

[TikiMyn]

Welcome and thank you for taking him into your home! What is his name?
It sounds normal to me, which means you are doing a great job If you can post a picture that would help though just to make sure

 

[MarvinDaAmazon]

His name is Marvin, I was told hes around 7 years old.
The second pic is of the feather under the skin.

 

[Clueless]

What a beautiful face!

@Macawnutz @melissasparrots

Do either of you know the answer to his question?

 

[WallyLoopey]

Those look like new pin feathers to me.
Is the whole pin under the skin?

 

[melissasparrots]

It looks like a normal pin feather coming in to me. Without all the feathers surrounding it, you can see it start to emerge under the skin where normally you would not.

 

[Hankmacaw]

Looks like a normal feather coming through. This will give you the opportunity to see at what point in it's growth he plucks it - and if he doesn't Hooray!

He's a beautiful Amazon. Thank you for taking him into your heat and home.

 

[iamwhoiam]

Thank you for rescuing him. Consider taking him to vet for a new bird check up if he hasn't been to one for a while. He is very handsome.

 

[MarvinDaAmazon]

Since I had him these few weeks he has not plucked feathers....he preens, and itches his head to show me where a pin feather is. I received him with a small prevue bird wrought iron cage that is recommended for a cockatiel. I have since gotten him a massive playtop wrought iron cage that can accommodate a macaw. So I'm guessing he didnt get alot of out of cage time and being in those tight quarters led to the plucking

 

[MarvinDaAmazon]

Yes he has been to my vet for his checkup, she says he looks good and if he plucks still she can recommend a bird behavioral specialist.

 

[iamwhoiam]

Yes he has been to my vet for his checkup, she says he looks good and if he plucks still she can recommend a bird behavioral specialist.

Great! Good, too, that he hasn't been plucking since you brought him home. I have a 31 year old Blue-Fronted Amazon, Casey Lee.

 

[Macawnutz]

Awww a cutie!

 

[Love My Zons]

Beautiful Blue Front. First, a Vet visit for a baseline on overall health should be done if it hasn't. Amazon's are good eaters, and many People who feed a sunflower seed based diet can attribute most birds to poor health and Amazons can be prone to fatty liver disease. If you haven't been to an Avian Vet (hope you have one if not, some exotic Vets do birds) a blood panel to see that liver/kidney/cholesterol are good. And to check for any vitamin deficiencies (particularly Vit A)

Once you get a baseline- the introduction to a better diet, better skin care with showers or mistings and love! I hope your pretty new baby becomes all green again.

 

[MarvinDaAmazon]

He eats zupreem pellets as a base diet, he Is fed treats of cashews and scrambled eggs with the shell once a week. Other then that I make a bird mash of fruits and veggies every morning. He seems to like broccoli, kiwi, mango, pink lady apples, cantaloupe,carrots, spinach and seedless black grapes.

 

[Stephen Sr]

I took my Sun Conure Baby to the vet his lower beak was a little lopsided the vet trimed it with a Dremel. Charge me $38. I have a dog that is difficult to trim the nails I take him to another vet it takes three of us to get the job done and I am charged nine dollars. I now do my own beak trimming cost of the tool $28 dollars. Of course you have to be careful as you could take off too much very easily! My point don’t go to the vet for every little thing a lot of the stuff you can take care of yourself, I’m sure if the pinfeather became a problem I could take care of it myself and save the vet bill