newbudgied
Checking out the neighborhood
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- 7/1/20
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We've only had this lovely little dude for about a week now and we're all getting accustomed to eachother. We're wondering if he might have mites in need of intervention (or another issue). We've never had birds before.
An early picture right after we got him shows some white-ish areas on the cere which seems mostly fine, but now he has an increased amount of this whiteness + slightly darkened area on the cere and a distinct dark line between cere and beak that looks like maybe dried crust or blood.
He certainly has been increasingly grooming himself each day since his arrival and seems to be pulling more small feathers out each day he usually concentrates on his under-wing area wear it meets the body. He also picks at his feet more than we're guessing is normal. No scaliness on the feet to be seen. He has been rubbing his face on his perch as well. All this seems normal in certain doses, but we're not sure how much is too much since we're new to being bird caregivers.
He is fairly well adjusted and flies to our shoulders during his out-of-the-cage time. My wife has been having some sort of reaction with very itchy and slightly burning shoulders, neck and upper arm since we got him. We're not sure if this is an indication of allergy to the bird itself, or more recently considered it might be mites. I am not experiencing anything similar although he spends time on my shoulders, and arms as well.
Thoughts or advice? Thanks
An early picture right after we got him shows some white-ish areas on the cere which seems mostly fine, but now he has an increased amount of this whiteness + slightly darkened area on the cere and a distinct dark line between cere and beak that looks like maybe dried crust or blood.
He certainly has been increasingly grooming himself each day since his arrival and seems to be pulling more small feathers out each day he usually concentrates on his under-wing area wear it meets the body. He also picks at his feet more than we're guessing is normal. No scaliness on the feet to be seen. He has been rubbing his face on his perch as well. All this seems normal in certain doses, but we're not sure how much is too much since we're new to being bird caregivers.
He is fairly well adjusted and flies to our shoulders during his out-of-the-cage time. My wife has been having some sort of reaction with very itchy and slightly burning shoulders, neck and upper arm since we got him. We're not sure if this is an indication of allergy to the bird itself, or more recently considered it might be mites. I am not experiencing anything similar although he spends time on my shoulders, and arms as well.
Thoughts or advice? Thanks
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