mrjayd

I had a smaller cage that I put out on the patio today to get her some sun and she seemed to like it. She was playing in her water dishes splashing around and taking somewhat of a bath. But she still was chewing throughout the day. If it is the lack of sun why she is doing this, how long will it take for her tio stop chewing? Will she stop all at once?

Thanks Jayd, I feel so sorry for her. She looks terrible. Like I said she is not pulling any feathers out, she is just chewing and shredding them. Now I see her starting on her tail feathers. Where can I buy some aloe juice and what kind of light should I get for her? This is the only bird I have had that I kept full flighted so I can't take her out in the sun. I might want to get her clipped once just so I can take her out in the sun for a while and see if she mends.

Nala is only 6 months old now and she is mutilating her wing feathers on the top of her back. She is not plucking them out but just chewing and shredding them real bad. I can't figure out what is wrong. I have plenty of chew type toys in there all the time and she plays and chews on them all the time but she just hangs from her cage and reaches around with her head and chews her feathers. I give her daily baths and she eats all kinds of foods. She fly's around the house every day so she doesn't seem bored. Any suggestions?

Thanks everyone. Now to get a harness so I can take her outside and get some sun.... :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e059XSAlKOQ Just a quick little something I put together for you all. Hope you all enjoy it. Nala is doing great.

I read somewhere that full flighted birds never pluck their feathers. Is that true and has anyone out there who has flighted birds ever plucked?

So my Nala has been off her morning feeding for about a week now and eating good all through the day now. I have still been feeding her about 50cc at night around 9-10pm. But the last couple days I noticed her eating her seeds and pellets around that time. So question is, do I stop the late night feeding all together at some point and when or do I just keep giving her less and less until it down to nothing? Thanks....JD

Here are a few pics of Nala...

Exactly what I have read and have been told by many breeders so wondering why the vet says they have too much zinc in them and are bad.

I just took Nala in for her initial checkup to the vet today and they told me and gave me some documentation about cherrio's being bad for greys. Something about zinc being in them and one of the things it could cause is feather picking among other things too. Anyone else ever here of this?

Well just got back from the vet for Nala's initial checkup and she passed with flying colors. She weighed in at 420g and what makes me mad is I weighed her before I left to the vet on my so-called professional scale that I payed over $100 for and she only weighed 360g on that. So all this time I have been weighing her and thought she was under weight, my scale has been way off. But even according to my scale she was up about 20g from last week so she is definitely putting some weight back on. The vet told me she has some really big feet and that she could possible reach close to 500g. About what age do they reach their peak weight?

well that's about right then cuz she was 385g when I got her and she is down to about 345 now. I use Embrace plus and she eat 55-60 twice a day. Will the peanut butter disolve in the formula? I will try and post some pics later after work.

Oh hey jayd thanks for asking. Just been busy. She is doing good. She is down about 40 g since I got her about three weeks ago. She just flies constantly and I called the vet and they said this is normal bit I am taking her in for a checkup anyway this Saturday. I am still feeding her twice a day but she doesn't seem to eat eveything else like she uses to. I mean she eats but just picks at things. She seems healthy and very active just not a good eater.

Well I actually just noticed it the last couple days. It is not always all water, sometimes there is the green stool looking piece mixed in but sometimes it seems like all water.