I found this molted flight feather this morning. My Blue Crown is going on 23 and I feel she is on a healthy diet. Volkmans seed mix plus dried fruit & veggies, birdie bread, fresh raw fruits and veggies. Blair's Super Preen and AviCal I use on seed mix on the top of it three times a week. Cooked egg is given two times a week. Should I be adding a calcium supplement to the soft food each day? She has never exhibited any tendency to pluck or chew. One recent change in her environment is the addition of Shadow, a Red Bellied parrot. Shadow does a lot of attention from me since she is very social. My Blue Crown is not as social. Shadow has been here for 8 mo. I see no problems with my other birds and there are no new additions to my flock. Chuckles, my Blue Crown, has full flights now. I want to keep her that way as with my other birds. I am wondering if this is perhaps an emotional stress thing, since Chuckles does show distress when I pay a lot of attention to Shadow. It disturbs me when I take Shadow out since I can see a real change in her character. I try to give her equal time but maybe this is not enough? Could it be nutritional? I do not have the option of a veterinarian exam and bill so being disabled, I must do the best I can with your advice. Any ideas?
View attachment 127392 The feather is of good color but has this lengthwise empty stripe. In this area there is no green color and you can see right through to the paper behind it. This is not a blood feather. It was molted. Otherwise there is no unusual coloring and the rest of the feather does not seem to be chewed on the edges nor is it missing and pieces. I will take a few more photos.
View attachment 127392 The feather is of good color but has this lengthwise empty stripe. In this area there is no green color and you can see right through to the paper behind it. This is not a blood feather. It was molted. Otherwise there is no unusual coloring and the rest of the feather does not seem to be chewed on the edges nor is it missing and pieces. I will take a few more photos.
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