Pink leg feather

[Tali]

Hi y'all! 

So my new baby girl Tali has one random red feather on her leg. She's only 4 months old and I was wandering when she goes through her first molt do you think this feather will always grow back pink/red? 

I think it's mega cute haha! I hope it stays 

sorry she was also chewing up a note from my doctor while I was typing this question haha! who needs a shredder when u have an African Grey 😂

[judygram]

Chances are it will molt out but then you never know, my 12 year old grey never had any red factor feathers until this year when she grew a couple on her neck, they are  still there but likely will molt out, I wouldn't worry about it.

[Timbersmom]

You never know with the red feathers. Timber has a couple that he has had since I got him, so I'm assuming they are permanent. I call then his "beauty marks"

[Greytness]

Red feathers give her more character! Plus a great way to ID her if ever needed

[Tali]

Hey y'all, thanks for your replies

yeah I absolutely love her little red feather! I do hope it grows back red when she molts 😁

and yeah I totally had that same thought about making it easy to ID her if she ever loses her leg ring.. or gets nicked 

[Tali]

On the subject of leg rings... do any of you find your Greys constantly playing with it, biting at it. Lol sorry or do y'all even have bands on ur greys 😆😊

Random pic of the day haha! She loves my earrings, and nibbling on my ear lobes lol ... she's my little weirdo 😂 

[Robert Beyer]

Three of my birds   2 African Grays and one Sun Conure has the leg ring and I have never seen them play with it.  

[neoow]

I had to get Alfie's band removed from his leg as it was rubbing and started to look like it was getting sore- that's the only time I've ever seen him poke at it. I asked my vet to remove it to avoid any issues/pain.

Edited to add- I had him micro-chipped at the same time so I still have a way to ID him if the worst should happen and he escapes the house.

Edited November 28, 2018 by neoow

[judygram]

I chose to not put the band on Josey as I have heard several stories of them getting the bands caught on something then injuring themselves, I have the band in my possession but do keep an eye out for any kind of redness or swelling on the banded leg. 

[Robert Beyer]

The band we have on our Conures and African Grays have my wife name and mobile phone number.

[Greytness]

Only 2 of my 13 parrots don't have leg bands. And none of them mess with them.

I like the idea of having a phone number placed on their bands. Got an estimate a while back, but it was way too expensive to cover all my fids.

[Greytness]

Tali, that's so cute!