Plucking feathers and scratching
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 12:58 am
Please help!!
My baby's name is Skye. Skye is a year old now and has started plucking his/her feathers for about 2 months now. I first noticed the thinning of feathers on the head but then it progressed to Skye plucking his neck,whole front body and back, not forgetting under the wings. Skye seems to be itching and sometimes frantically pecks at the feathers on the body.
I have been given Stop-Pluck spray and some Feather oil but this does not seem to be helping. I have also De-wormed Skye.
Pet-shop says it might be Beak and Feather and do not want to touch him for fear of a little feather on their clothes that in turn might affect their birds. But I visit my sister who also has ring-necks and none of them have diplayed any signs of having contracted B&F from Skye.
I forgot to mention that when Skye was approx 1 month old his Tail feathers fell out and it has still not grown back. Skye is also extremely small compared to other Ringnecks.
Can't afford a Avian vet - now what?
My baby's name is Skye. Skye is a year old now and has started plucking his/her feathers for about 2 months now. I first noticed the thinning of feathers on the head but then it progressed to Skye plucking his neck,whole front body and back, not forgetting under the wings. Skye seems to be itching and sometimes frantically pecks at the feathers on the body.
I have been given Stop-Pluck spray and some Feather oil but this does not seem to be helping. I have also De-wormed Skye.
Pet-shop says it might be Beak and Feather and do not want to touch him for fear of a little feather on their clothes that in turn might affect their birds. But I visit my sister who also has ring-necks and none of them have diplayed any signs of having contracted B&F from Skye.
I forgot to mention that when Skye was approx 1 month old his Tail feathers fell out and it has still not grown back. Skye is also extremely small compared to other Ringnecks.
Can't afford a Avian vet - now what?
