mimi
Weaned Todd
Koko
Joined: January 2005
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Post by mimi on Jan 17, 2005 22:44:45 GMT -7
When Koko beggin to arrange your feathers, he pluck some from the smallest feathers from its body? Every day I find between 5-10 feathers.
Is this normal?
Koko eat very little in the day, he beggin big eating between 8-10 p.m.
Is that badly?
:)P.S. He stop trouble from us when he eating. He stop come out from the cage when we come in the room, until he eat. He stop for the moment and when we sit he continue to eat.
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Post by Jane on Jan 18, 2005 1:34:10 GMT -7
It is natural for them to lose a certain amount of feathers daily, along with down, during normal preening.
If Koko was plucking you would see downy areas probably on the chest, neck or legs as they usually concentrate on particular areas to start with. These then become bald.
If Koko is molting you would start seeing wing and tail feathers and you might be able to see the new pin feathers growing in. Birds in captivity do sometimes have a more frequent molt as well, especially with the smaller feathers.
They usually have a big feed in the morning, and another one in the evening with smaller snacks during the day. I think he is wanting to eat when you eat because this is natural flock activity.
Jane
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Preston
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Sisika and Pete
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Post by Preston on Jan 18, 2005 18:05:40 GMT -7
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