Hello from Toronto!

[Ripshod]

The brown above his cere is caused by the keratin dust from new feathers. It sticks there because of the humidity from his breath. Does he bathe?

 

[Hipcricket]

Hi! Thank you. He really doesn’t like bathing. I’ve tried several many types of baths. In cage, on cage, out of cage, bowl, dish, pan, Tupperware, passive misting, cat fountain - he does not like any of them. I offer baths daily. I decided to go with the lixit bird cage bath. He will drink from it - but won’t go in! I figured, if he doesn’t have same place, same time, he likely won’t take to it. He takes a very long time to warm up to anything new. Silly, dirty boy! The feathers are clean now by the way. I used a soft toothbrush and brushed them. He will allow it…sometimes.

 

[qasem.yech]

Most welcome to join the forum!