Ekie

[sn4pp3r]

Hai guys,

mutation or crossbreed ? some yellowish color in the head and body and some greenish feather in the wing side. will the color change back to normal ?

thx

[Jayd]

How long has this she been this way? Jayd

[Luvparrots]

I have a male ekkie I rehomed a year and a-half ago. He has yellow and white coming in with his new feathers. He was totally plucked front and back when I got him. His diet was terrible and frankly he was a mess. His diet is much better, he is much calmer and I am just grateful he has stopped plucking. Perhaps someday he will have green feathers again.

[birdhouse]

About a month after I got her, my ekkie's first molt produced a bunch of yellow feathers. The pattern on this bird's face & head look a lot like the stress bars that Kura had.

 

I found out there are a number of possible causes besides natural mutation. This can be caused from hormones, disease, feather destruction, dietary issues & stress. Because she was a rescue I was pretty convinced that Kura's problems were the last 2. Once corrected, there was a huge difference in her feathers & her colors were normal by her second molt.

 

There are apparently some conditions where the change can be permanent, though. There's a lot of information in this link, if it helps...

 

http://www.landofvos.com/DifferentColors/thoughts.html

[sn4pp3r]

How long has this she been this way? Jayd

 

I just bought her yesterday as i tought she was kind of special.

[Greywings]

She is beautiful either way and I know you will provide the best of everything for her.

[Jayd]

I just bought her yesterday as i tought she was kind of special.

The reason I asked was as birdhouse said, it looks like a nutritional or stress relater problem, a possible lack of needed nutrients. Ekkie need a special diet. Loud noise, arguing, is very bad for them, especially for a female.....Jayd

[Guest jamalbirdbiz]

What a pretty bird.

 

This ekkie sounds a lot like my wife. no loud noise or arguing. it doesn't agree with her. if you wants to get on her bad side try either one and she will avoid u like you were a grey who over did it on the dairy.