Is this mites?!

[Millymb23]

I have noticed my parrolet has been overly preening himself a lot lately. I thought it was molting but I went to Google and seen about mites and now I'm very scared. Here is a close up around is nose. I don't know if it always looked that way, cause I never fully examined it before until now. I have tried shining a flash light on bottom of his cage and didn't see anything. I tried to check around his face and feathers but I don't want to blind him.

 

[fashionfobie]

When in doubt a vet check is a fine idea. However keep in mind that preening means many things.

Parrots, and really any social bird, sometimes preen as a gesture of friendliness or non aggression. They want to make a statement like hey, no worries I am just preening. If you see what seems like extreme preening it could be that you are excited about you new bird, maybe looking at your bird a lot, and the bird is trying to make a point that everything is chill. (It is called an appeasement gesture.)

If I were you I would consider how you are acting around the bird. Try and take a step back and just relax. Maybe even pretend preen your own hair to gesture back to you bird that yes, all is peaceful.

If you do think it is mites a vet is a good place to start. Parrotlets are fragile and small and you need to ensure the proper doses are administered, etc.

I hope this helps

 

[Millymb23]

When in doubt a vet check is a fine idea. However keep in mind that preening means many things.

Parrots, and really any social bird, sometimes preen as a gesture of friendliness or non aggression. They want to make a statement like hey, no worries I am just preening. If you see what seems like extreme preening it could be that you are excited about you new bird, maybe looking at your bird a lot, and the bird is trying to make a point that everything is chill. (It is called an appeasement gesture.)

If I were you I would consider how you are acting around the bird. Try and take a step back and just relax. Maybe even pretend preen your own hair to gesture back to you bird that yes, all is peaceful.

If you do think it is mites a vet is a good place to start. Parrotlets are fragile and small and you need to ensure the proper doses are administered, etc.

I hope this helps

Thank you so much!