orange foot?

[harmar]

Hi I noticed last night that sashas one foot is a bit orange, almost like it stepped in something, The black scale part it still black, but the skin that seperates the black bumpy parts has orange tinge to it.

The other foot looks normal.

I tried washing his foot and giving it a bath but still orange.

He still acting just like he always does, poops the same, so not sure what it could be,

I know people skin can turn an orange tinge if they eat too many carrots.. I feed sasha about 1.5 baby carrots a day, don't know if that would be enough.

[Guest jamalbirdbiz]

u R probably guezzing right. mayB lay off the carrotz 4 a while and C what happens. lettuce all know the outcome. :evil: orange bird feet sound pretty cool. B)

[judygram]

My guess is if it is only one foot turning orange then maybe that is the one he uses to hold the carrot to eat it, doing that would explain the orange foot, most greys will tend to use the same foot to hold food to eat it.

[JillyBeanz]

Harmar - Harvey's right foot is orange every day too - it's the one he holds his palm nut in - I wouldn't worry - you have to eat a whole lot more of carrots than that to build up the carotene in anyone's system.

 

Judy's right - don't worry - it's just the colouring

[judygram]

Besides Jill it would show up in both feet and not just one if it was the carotene buildup.

[she]

Charlie has his right foot stained all the time,its the foot he eats with,I dont think you need worry at all.<br><br>Post edited by: she, at: 2009/11/08 19:09

[JillyBeanz]

judygram wrote:

Besides Jill it would show up in both feet and not just one if it was the carotene buildup.

 

Ha Ha! Didn't think of that!!!! :laugh:

[danmcq]

Hey, you could leveage this to your advantage, fashion wise.

 

Just give your grey items to eat so the Talon will match the color your wearing that day.

[Luvparrots]

:laugh: This is pretty funny if you really think about it!!!:laugh:

[chimaysmommy]

I'm thinking he stepped in something...as others here have already said if it was the carrots, the discoloration would be all over and not just one foot.

 

On a personal note, my grey currently has a blue foot. Haha...He stepped in some of his poo after having quite a few purple Zupreem pellets and it stained his scales blue on one foot.

[justinskym51]

Actually, I noticed this happened to our grey a couple of weeks ago as well. He eats carrots too, and hasn't been acting any different than usual. Looking at his foot now the orange is gone (it looks a little lighter than his other foot but I don't see a reason to be concerned about it) and he's still as silly and happy as ever. My guess is it's probably just stained from holding the carrots. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

[rbpittman]

Dixie has one red foot - actually more magenta than red - but she loves pomegranites always uses her left foot to eat.