Tail feathers coming loose.

[SassyRose]

Her wings are clipped! But I'm considering letting them grow out. But too nervous! Don't want to loose her. She flaps off her cage when she gets a fright.

[BMustee]

Are they clipped too short? My sun conure I used to have got his wings clipped way to short and he broke off all his tail feathers from dropping like a rock. When the wings are clipped correctly your grey should be able to fly accross a bedroom and land kinda like an airplane at a nice angle, not just go 3-4 feet and crash.

[birdgranna]

One of my greys, Quinn, has a chronic feather problem resulting from Chlamydia and calcium depletion as a baby. His wing feathers do not grow in properly. His feathers start to grow, then break just above the base of the shaft and then he chews them off. Because he has no working flight feathers, he crash lands and will break his feathers, including his tail feathers. He is almost

5 yrs. old now. He is on calcuim supplement daily, although no bird should have daily calcium with out the vets say so. He eats very well, all sorts of veggies and fruits, Zupreem pellets , chicken and chicken bones. I mist him with aloe vera juce and water every other day (he hates it). Also, his flight feathers were likely cut improperly as a baby and apparently this has had an mpact on his growth. He is a small CAG, quite nervous but has a cute personality. He doesn't talk much even though his cage mate yaks up a storm. He prefers to mimic the conures and does not have the cognitive abilities of Jiggy, my female. He lives a full life even without beautiful feathers. He is to the vets twice a year and she cannot give me any other advice.

[fireball]

can you tell me what dilition rate you use on the aloe vera, I've got a simillar issue and want to try some aloe vera on my CAG

[BMustee]

Don't dilute it...it works best at full strength.

 

Also, don't mix the gel and water...that doesn't work and there could be other chemicals in the gel.

[birdgranna]

1/3 Aloe vera juice to 2/3 water.

[lovemyGreys]

you are correct, a correct clip should still allow a bird to glide gently on landing & not drop like a ton of rocks.

[danmcq]

I use the Aloe Juice at 100%, no water mixed. It certainly keeps the skin supple and free of dry itchy spots. :-)

[birdgranna]

Vet told me to use 1/3 to 2/3 as it is sticky and worry about bacterial growth from the juice residue. I also put it their water at night. they get Nekton feather vitamins in their water during the day also.

[SassyRose]

They must be too short then.. Cause she flies about two or three metres and then crash lands.