Stress bars or something worse

[Emma&pico]

Before I run to vets in a panic I will probably still book one for Tuesday when I am off but are these stress bars or something else like vitamin A deficiency?


I don’t know how well you can see them but he as black tips on his wings feathers he’s nearly one was plucked by parents as a baby but he didn’t have them when I got him I don’t think he’s moulted his wings just head I’ve seen no big feathers in bottom of his cage etc

baby picture

he doesn’t have the yellow he use to so maybe as moulted but surly I would have seen large feathers ?

@Pixiebeaks (sorry know your not too good )
@April
@Mizzely any better pellets for vitamin A he’s on roudybush
@Macawnutz seen you good at feathers

 

[TikiMyn]

Looks like bronzing when they play etc the feathers wear and become thinner, and eventually molt out. Babies can be extra rough on their feathers. A vet check never hurts to be sure. The yellow feathers are not very large, maybe he did molt those out? As far as I am aware once a feather grows in it can't change color(except the bronzing that is the wear of the feather)


He looks absolutely stunning

 

[April]

Looks like bronzing when they play etc the feathers wear and become thinner, and eventually molt out. Babies can be extra rough on their feathers. A vet check never hurts to be sure. The yellow feathers are not very large, maybe he did molt those out? As far as I am aware once a feather grows in it can't change color(except the bronzing that is the wear of the feather)


He looks absolutely stunning

I agree with the bronzing as well,especially since he is a playful guy.

 

[Emma&pico]

Looks like bronzing when they play etc the feathers wear and become thinner, and eventually molt out. Babies can be extra rough on their feathers. A vet check never hurts to be sure. The yellow feathers are not very large, maybe he did molt those out? As far as I am aware once a feather grows in it can't change color(except the bronzing that is the wear of the feather)


He looks absolutely stunning

Thank you he doesn’t roll on his back or anything though but maybe a few on toys are too close to his perches and he likes climbing through his balsa hoop sits with inside it I was thinking he maybe a bit too big for his nutz tunnel too might try rearranging his cage a bit not use to such a big bird

 

[Emma&pico]

I agree with the bronzing as well,especially since he is a playful guy.

Thank you

 

[Pixiebeaks]

Looks like mild over preening to me . But babies can have rough feathers before first molt

 

[Emma&pico]

Looks like mild over preening to me . But babies can have rough feathers before first molt

Thank you

 

[Shezbug]

Definitely just a bit of bronzing.

 

[Emma&pico]

Definitely just a bit of bronzing.

Thank you

 

[Mizzely]

I feel like my green cheek always looked like that lol. She had a habit of rubbing her feathers on toys and squeezing into small areas

 

[Dartman]

Pippen is like that too, always everywhere in her large flight cage so the edges and even the tops of her feathers have black spots and many active birds will have the same thing after beating themselves up playing and rubbing against things.

 

[Emma&pico]

Pippen is like that too, always everywhere in her large flight cage so the edges and even the tops of her feathers have black spots and many active birds will have the same thing after beating themselves up playing and rubbing against things.

Thank you why do they make us worry so much I sent pictures to Blu breeder and she said vitamin A deficiency scared me I might still take him to vets on Tuesday though just because I won’t settle

 

[Emma&pico]

I feel like my green cheek always looked like that lol. She had a habit of rubbing her feathers on toys and squeezing into small areas

Thank you glad it’s nothing once I get something in my head that’s it drove hubby mad last night he said you want to take him to emergency vets I think it was just to shut me up

 

[Mizzely]

Thank you glad it’s nothing once I get something in my head that’s it drove hubby mad last night he said you want to take him to emergency vets I think it was just to shut me up

Aww but at least he was willing!

As for Vitamin A deficiency, there's a whole host of ways it can manifest. I would be surprised with your feeding routines if you had a vitamin A deficiency. Ripley had it and it was much more about his respiratory system.

"Clinical signs are nasal discharge, sneezing, periorbital swelling, conjunctivitis, dyspnea, polyuria and polydipsia, poor feather quality, feather picking, and anorexia. Birds may have absent or blunted papilla of the choanal slit. White plaques (hyperkeratosis) may develop in and around the mouth, eyes, and sinuses. In chronic epithelial conditions (eg, pododermatitis, sinusitis, and conjunctivitis) that have been refractory or recurrent, often vitamin A deficiency is the primary cause. Birds with reproductive disease on poor diets should be considered deficient."

from:

Nutritional Diseases of Pet Birds - Exotic and Laboratory Animals - Merck Veterinary Manual

Learn about the veterinary topic of Nutritional Diseases of Pet Birds. Find specific details on this topic and related topics from the Merck Vet Manual.

www.merckvetmanual.com

 

[Emma&pico]

Aww but at least he was willing!

As for Vitamin A deficiency, there's a whole host of ways it can manifest. I would be surprised with your feeding routines if you had a vitamin A deficiency. Ripley had it and it was much more about his respiratory system.



from:

Nutritional Diseases of Pet Birds - Exotic and Laboratory Animals - Merck Veterinary Manual

Learn about the veterinary topic of Nutritional Diseases of Pet Birds. Find specific details on this topic and related topics from the Merck Vet Manual.

www.merckvetmanual.com

Thank you to be fair when she said it I was like how I thought I was doing alright with diet I do have vitamin drops that remi and pips breeder recommended but never used to go in water he said to use once a month