ZekeZack
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Hello all! It's been a hot minute since I posted here but I wanted to get your opinions on this and if anyone's had birds with a case of iris coloboma?
I have two caique boys, about 2.5 years old each. They are brothers, from the same clutch and as they matured I've watched their eyes go from dark brown to bright red. The oldest has a grey ring inside the red that is very pronounced as seems normal for caiques as they get older. The younger one however never developed that grey ring, it's there but I have to squint and look very carefully. I've noticed that what's more, the grey ring does not seem to be symmetrically round. Which means the iris is oval. When I look it up in the internet I come up with iris coloboma.
Does anyone have experience with this kind of thing? It says it can affect his vision and out of the two of them he's always been the one who's hesitant to fly despite being a bit smarter/picks things up faster than his brother. It doesn't look like there's much anyone can do to fix it either but at least it doesn't normally get worse with time.
I have two caique boys, about 2.5 years old each. They are brothers, from the same clutch and as they matured I've watched their eyes go from dark brown to bright red. The oldest has a grey ring inside the red that is very pronounced as seems normal for caiques as they get older. The younger one however never developed that grey ring, it's there but I have to squint and look very carefully. I've noticed that what's more, the grey ring does not seem to be symmetrically round. Which means the iris is oval. When I look it up in the internet I come up with iris coloboma.
Does anyone have experience with this kind of thing? It says it can affect his vision and out of the two of them he's always been the one who's hesitant to fly despite being a bit smarter/picks things up faster than his brother. It doesn't look like there's much anyone can do to fix it either but at least it doesn't normally get worse with time.