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pink wings?

Shilohbird

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so I brought my babies home yesterday, and they both seem very healthy (eating and drinking, exploring, normal droppings). But my lutino, Jester, has very pink wings. It doesn't look like blood feathers, but instead like he either has very few feathers on the tips of his wings, or the feathers themselves are light pink instead of yellow-ish white. He hasn't feather plucked at all, and is very fluffy on his tummy. Is he just a weird coloring? If it's important, he (along with 6 other birds) was rescued from a fairly neglectful situation, but they're all healthy
 

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It wouldn't be a normal coloring, but it's possible that something in the environment was reddish/pinkish and he accidentally rubbed on it. Could be a toy with red dye, a pink mineral block, or maybe rust depending on how bad the neglect was?
 

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It wouldn't be a normal coloring, but it's possible that something in the environment was reddish/pinkish and he accidentally rubbed on it. Could be a toy with red dye, a pink mineral block, or maybe rust depending on how bad the neglect was?
i'm not entirely sure. they've only been rescued for a few weeks. I don't have any toys with super red dye but the foster might have, so I'll keep an eye out and see if it goes away. If not, I'll just assume it's a funny coloring. They aren't professionally bred, I believe he was born during the years of neglect and two of the other birds who were rescued with them are his parents. He's not exactly the breed standard lol
 

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Offer up plenty of bathing opportunities and see if it goes away. Some stains can take a while to go. Have a look to be sure there is no injury, and from there just monitor and see if it lessens after bathing.
 

Shilohbird

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Offer up plenty of bathing opportunities and see if it goes away. Some stains can take a while to go. Have a look to be sure there is no injury, and from there just monitor and see if it lessens after bathing.
I havne't bathed them yet but I will today, and there's no wing injuries, he flies perfectly fine and stretches them out a plenty. It's on his tail a tiny bit too, so I assume it's just some dye that rubbed off and doesn't show on the otehrs because he's a lutino
 
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