Hello
I have an indian ringneck pair who recently had babies and i've been hand feeding them for 3 weeks now (they are now 6 weeks old).
I have noticed that the male (father) ringneck has been shedding allot of feathers as it is with the female aswell. But my concern is that the male looks more baldish on his back and has more destroyed and battered feathers than the female, I also sometimes catch him while he is aggressively scartching himself.
Today when he was flying, he dropped one of his HUGE tail feathers, which got me concerned.
I have realized that they were very depressed after we've pulled away their babies.
and plus they can hear them from upstairs when te babies are eating and begging for food. In the beginning when we first pulled them, the pair was screaming all day and going back and forth to were the nest box door was, to look for the babies.
Before the babies we used to give them lots of attention, we dont have much time for that now so the fact that we dont give them attention is a bonus. (although i thought non-tamed pairs dont need attention, but i'm guessing i could be wrong).
I need some advice and ideas on what the reason to this should be, and the resoluion for it.
Thanks
I have an indian ringneck pair who recently had babies and i've been hand feeding them for 3 weeks now (they are now 6 weeks old).
I have noticed that the male (father) ringneck has been shedding allot of feathers as it is with the female aswell. But my concern is that the male looks more baldish on his back and has more destroyed and battered feathers than the female, I also sometimes catch him while he is aggressively scartching himself.
Today when he was flying, he dropped one of his HUGE tail feathers, which got me concerned.
I have realized that they were very depressed after we've pulled away their babies.
and plus they can hear them from upstairs when te babies are eating and begging for food. In the beginning when we first pulled them, the pair was screaming all day and going back and forth to were the nest box door was, to look for the babies.
Before the babies we used to give them lots of attention, we dont have much time for that now so the fact that we dont give them attention is a bonus. (although i thought non-tamed pairs dont need attention, but i'm guessing i could be wrong).
I need some advice and ideas on what the reason to this should be, and the resoluion for it.
Thanks